Sky High

Reunion

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Yoon Se Ri

"Be honest to yourself." I repeat Dr. Ma latest order as I carefully decide whether to come to Jeong Hyeok's welcoming or not.

My chest constricts. My heart clenches. My hands sweats. My feet paces. It's a little throwback to that day when I realized my real feelings for Jeong Hyeok.

Elation and remorse. Happiness and guilt. Mixed together. I feel, again, like the worst woman in the world.

To find love, amid the tragedy, is still the grandest treasure. My love for Jeong Hyeok is food for my heart. It's in pain for so long, it feasts on the first signal of love and that love becomes my lifeline in this tough time.

Albeit one sided.

Missing him so much these past four months, harboring jealousy toward another woman because of him, it hurts. Still, I welcome it. It is still better than being numb.

But now that Jeong Hyeok will be back here, that there's a chance I meet him... it triggers a stab of savage guilt towards Mu Hyeok within me. I feel so sorry for him. All this time I grieved him, the only thing I kept apologizing was the way I pushed him out and let him suffered alone for the loss of our son.

Lost in all that was the reality that I fell in love with his brother when we were married. Although I didn't realize it at that time, although I didn't do anything - or did I? - it still didn't change the fact that I cheated on him. Emotionally.

I know, I know. I sound a little manic and not at all making sense.

Where the hell is this guilty feeling when I cry because I miss Jeong Hyeok? Where is it when I talk more about Jeong Hyeok with Dr. Ma? Shouldn't I feel guilty back then?

I'm frustrated. Why I keep realizing something important at the last minute?

I need to talk it through, really. So here I am, visiting columbarium on a Friday night, standing in front of my late husband's urn.

Oh, God.

"I'm just the worst, aren't I, Ri Mu Hyeok?"

You're a wonderful wife.

Sure, you said that in your letter. But I have something I haven't told you. Something that...

"It's only short time removed from your death and here I am longing and feeling giddy about someone else. Your brother at that!" I blurt out regretfully.

Right, Yoon Se Ri. Way to go to make it seems like it happened after his death.

"Be honest to yourself." Dr. Ma's voice ringing again in my ear. I sigh and put my forehead on the box.

"Oh my god, I'm gonna break your heart even when you were dead...

"I fell in love with Jeong Hyeok when we were married." I whisper guiltily, tears pooling in my eyes.

"I didn't mean it to happen, I promise you. I didn't even realize it. It sneaked up on me. And I know... not meaning for it to happen or realizing it, it doesn't make it right. I know that. You didn't deserve this."