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Author's Note:
Mild angst. NSFW. 4,200 words. Unedited.
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The fishermen at the boarding house always stayed briefly for lunch. They'd return after fishing the whole morning. After lunch, they would go again to the sea, or salted the fish if they chose to.
When Hansu and Eun Gyo entered the house from the backdoor, Yang Jin was mending her clothes. It was the moment where she usually could rest for an hour or two.
She was so shocked to see Hansu entering the house. And Eun Gyo following behind him. Of course she remembered that he was the rich fishbroker that stayed for a night the previous month. But she couldn't imagine why he and Eun Gyo would appear together, except for a mere coincidence.
"May I speak with you?" Hansu asked.
Extremely confused, Yang Jin nodded.
"N--ne. Do you need to stay here again, Sir?"
"No, it's not that."
"Eun Gyo, pour him a cup of tea."
"Ne, Ma'am."
"No," he said, "Just sit here."
And to Yang Jin's amazement, Eun Gyo listened, and sat beside him.
"Ma'am, I'd like to tell you, I'm going to bring her to Japan."
Yang Jin was so shocked she became as still as a stone. They could her suppressed screams. Bokhee and Deokhee, the two servant girls, were listening in as well.
"But--why? Are you in need of a servant? I need her too, here."
"I'll bring you another two girls to do her work. They will be here tomorrow morning."
"What do you mean bringing her, Sir? For how long?"
"She carries my child. I don't intend to let her live apart from me."
Yang Jin opened her mouth but no words came out.
"But.......surely, you have a wife, Sir?"
"I do. And Eun Gyo knows that. I will take care of her well, though."
Yang Jin was so startled.
"After what happened to your mother, how could you be such a fool? You sold your body to him???"
The blow was unexpected for Eun Gyo. Yet she then felt it was even more foolish to think those words wouldn't come out.
"He has a wife! How could you do that? You're going to make my boarding house look like a whore house!"
"Ma'am, please, I--"
"Get out from my house!!! GET OUT!!!"
Yang Jin stood up, and she was the most furious Eun Gyo had ever seen her.
