A COLD DAY IN JULY SERIES

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"Mom, why did you."

Ruhan runs into the house and cries harder. She pulls her mother from the kitchen, takes a bucket of water, and throws it into the fire.

Jungwon comes into the house in confusion and suddenly coughs when there's thick smoke in the house causing him to not breathe properly.

"Why did you burn this?!"

Ruhan shakes her head.

"Why did you burn this, mom?"

"My late father gave this to me before he passed away! Why did you burn this teddy bear?!"

"Why did you also burn the album of us together?! Why did you need to do this far?!"

She cries sobbing until her throat gets so dry.
Jungwon looks at her sister, surprised when she cries so hard. He had never seen her crying this hard before.

Her veins show up on her head, her face gets so red and tears keep escaping from her eyes. Ruhan coughs so bad and pats her chest because this moment hurts her so much.

The teddy bear and the album were given by her father and it means a lot to her. She always keeps it safe with her.

She always kisses it and takes a look at every picture in the album to heal the pain in her heart whenever she's at her lowest.

But now, everything ruins up.

"This is what you get for crossing the limit."

Her mom pulls her hair hard before pushing her to the wall causing Ruhan to cry harder. She begs for her mother to let go of her as she gets so weak, but her mother refuses to listen to her excuses.

Again, Ruhan coughs and ends up vomiting blood in front of her mother.

Before Jungwon could stop the scene, his father suddenly approaches him and drags him into the room.

"Don't come out until this end."

Jungwon shakes his head and tries to escape the room.

"Don't hurt, Ruhan!"

"Don't do that to her! Stop both of you!"

Jungwon kicks the door again.

"Don't hurt, Ruhan!"

Ruhan falls to the ground hard with blood coming out of her mouth.

"How many times do I need to tell you, Ha Ruhan?"

"I don't want you to get into a relationship until you get a job! I don't want you to get in love at this young age! Do you know how worse it is when you fall in love at a young age?!"

"You will lose interest in studying and working! You will be fooled in love! Why is it so hard to understand me?!"

"What did I just see from Minjin?!"

"How many times have you been doing this with him?"

"Is he Jihoon?! Jungwon's friend?!"

"I feel so betrayed. I treat him nicely and let him stay here because I believe in him so much. I don't expect him to do this."

"How long have you been dating him?!"

"Tell me, Ha Ruhan!"

She slaps her face hard.

"Did both of you meet when he stays here?"