The Love💜 In Our Soul

chap 9

I opened my eyes as taekwon was shaking me so hard, thinking it’s an earth quake.
_what!?...
I growled and punched him jokingly.
_we are invited for lunch…
He said and fell next to me, he was still half asleep.
_I thought it’s earth quake…
_I called u like 20 times but u didn’t wake up so I shook u hard…
_who has invited us?...
_ah…Jung family has called the secretory like thousands time since morning…they say their mother wants to see us today…
_today?...
_yeah…like today…
_what time is it now?...
_it’s 11:15…
He glanced at his phone screen and replied.
_when we have to be there?...
_for 12:30…
_so we don’t have that much time?...
_no…get up and take a shower…
He said, rose up and left.

We were 10 mins late.
_hi…come in plz…everyone’s waiting for u…
Wonbin Said and we followed him to the living room.
_everyone?...
I said in surprise.
_my mom…my sister…and my brother…
_hello...
We said in synch.
An aged woman rose up in shock, she held his hand on his mouth and her eyes started to fill with tears.
An middle aged man walked to us whose I assumed to be his older brother.
_hello…I’m Jung wonshik…
He said and shook hands with us.
_mom…ure ok?...
eunbin asked.
She nodded in response and walked to us, turning her gaze from taekwon to me and from our heads to toes.
_can I hug u for a sec?...
She stood before taekwon and asked. Everyone looked at her in shock and disbelieve.
After a long delay, Taekwon nodded uncertain.
She hugged him, hanging her arms around his neck, taekwon bent a little.
Her hug lasted longer than anybody expected. Finally she broke the hug, her eyes were teary.
_pardon me…
She said and went out the living room slowly.
Eunbin went after her mother.
_u really look like my dad…and u look like his friend…
Jung Wonshik said.
_I saw his picture before…he was so handsome…
I said. Taekwon was standing there and lost in his thoughts.
_plz…have a seat…
Wonbin said with an embarrassed smile.
_oh right…plz excuse us…we totally embarrassed ourselves by keep u both standing…
Jung Wonshik said.
_it’s alright…
I said, put my hand on taekwon back and pat him kindly. He looked at me, he was lost and scared.
_wonshik...
He mouthed.
_are u ok?...
I asked.
_not sure if we did a right thing by coming here…
He leaned a little toward me and whispered in my ear.
_it’s alright…let’s sit now…
I said, smiled warmly, took his hand and squeezed it softly to assure him, then dragged him to a sofa.
We talked about our works for some mins before they called us for lunch.
I learned that Jung wonshik is a famous painter and has held a lot of art exhibitions, he also teaches in seoul art university…wonbin is a ballerina dancer and musical actor and has participated in great shows…and eunbin is the ceo of the Jung entertainment which exclusively works only on theaters and musical shows. Jung leo whose is their father was a pioneer company owner and has sold his companies and stablished an entertainment company so Jung mina, her wife would work in the company as the ballerina teacher, the job that eunbin as the ceo and wonbin as a great ballerina dancer are doing now.
We sat at the table. After a sec, jung mina and eunbin came too. She sat at the head of the table, taekwon was her right and I was tekwon’s right.
Her 3 children were in front of us and in the left of Jung mina.
We started to talk about ourselves, explaining how do we know each other, but not much important talks.
_there is something that I think u all should know…
Jung mina said.
After we had finished our lunch and sat down in the balcony to have some tea.
_are u ok?...u barely ate lunch…
I whispered so only taekwon would hear me.
_not really sure how to feel...
Taekwon whispered awkward.
A sec later a servant entered with an photo album in her hands. She handed it to jung mina and left.
She opened the album and pulled out the first picture, then handed to us.
It was a photo of 2 teenage boys, which I can swear it was me and taekwon only in 40’s.
She started to explain and we passed the picture among ourselves.
_the story is about my husband…Jung Leo…his best friend was their gardener’s son…Kim Ravi…they were friends since they were 5…I don’t have any photo of their childhood as my father and mother in law never took a picture of their son with the gardener’s son…in fact they used to scold them for hanging around…years passed and they hide their friendship…gradually Leo realized that his feelings are more than that…he gathered all his gut and confessed to Ravi…I don’t know really about the detail…I just know that my father and father in law signed a contract that they build a company in common…50-50 all its profit…Leo and I married…we couldn’t change anything about that contract…so we married...without any love or feelings…he told me the truth from the very first days…and I always appreciated his franking…he told me that he loves another person…in my wedding night…when we sat in the car…I saw his shocked face as he didn’t expect the driver…I still remember everything clear…Leo yelled at him to pull over…I remember how he got out the car and walked toward the driver…they talked for some mins and I never can forget the love I saw in Leo eyes that night…that night I realized who his lover is…to my surprise his lover wasn’t a beautiful and rich girl…his lover was a tanned and muscular man…exactly look like u (she said and pointed to me)…and deep down in my heart I always knew that love will never be mine…soon I got pregnant…when I was in my 28 weeks we heard a bad news about Kim Ravi…he was involved in a car accident….the car burned in the fire…2 weeks passed and Leo had lost his sanity…he locked himself in the room…didn’t eat…didn’t sleep…that time Leo’s babysitter was working for us…that night she went in his room…I don’t know what she told him…I only know that when I opened my eyes I was in the hospital and wonshik was born…”I can’t kick the first love out of my heart but I promise to try my best to fall in love with u…” I still remember his words…I never told him that I cherished this word more than all the “I love u”s he had told me…years passed and in one of my charity trips to a  assissted senior living I saw a man talking to himself…his own name was Ravi and his imaginary friend was Leo…Leo were so happy to know he is still alive…we talked and brought him home…we realized that Ravi had brain tumor and he participated in an American drug test…he had signed a contract that he won’t reveal that he’s under examine…he faked his death by crashing his car to guard rails and then burning it…that days no one would bothered himself to check the real reason of an accident for a gardener…by the way…around a month after staying with us…he had a heart attach and died in his sleep…after years and years suffering…he had a painless death…after Ravi’s death Leo couldn’t bear it…he didn’t eat anything…didn’t talk to anyone…didn’t laugh nor cried…he only would sit and stare at their pictures…2 years later he died in his sleep…in Ravi’s death anniversay…this is the truth about him and ever since his death I had this struggle with myself if I should tell u this or not…I don’t know if the similarity between u tow and Leo and Ravi is just a coincidence or u are reincarnated…but I’m happy to meet u both…
She finished her talking, straightened her shoulders and left.
None of us could think of anything to say, we sat there and sank in our thoughts.
_we better go…
Taekwon said after a very long time of silence.
We drove home in silence, both lost in our own thoughts.
_I think we should see that psychic I’ve met..
I said as he parked the car in the garage.
_I still think I’m dreaming…it can’t be true…right!?...
He looked at me, lost and confusion were clear in his eyes.
_I’m confused too…
I mumbled.
_I’m going to sleep…
He said, got out and dashed inside.
I sat there and watched him, thinking that we should talk to that psychic.