8 Years - ENG VERSION

Chapter 18

HAEIN

On Monday I had dropped Haeji off at school. Jisoo went to a meeting with YG about her next job and then had therapy, so I stayed at the apartment.

My schedule was free, and I was bored at home, the morning seemed to drag by. I was in Hae-ji's room arranging the laundry in her closet, her room was perfectly tidy, she was organized like me.

The doorbell rang, making me frown. I walked towards the door trying to guess who could be ringing the bell that day, surprising myself when I opened the door.

"Jennie?" I cleared my throat, her presence making me a little uncomfortable. "Jisoo isn't here."

"Yeah I noticed. You are with your clothes on." Her voice was laced with irony. "But I didn't come to talk to her." I frowned. "Can I come in?" She asked almost pushing me inside, not waiting for an answer. I closed the door and turned to her, who put her hand to her stomach, grimacing.

"Are you okay?" She nodded and composed herself. Returning to her menacing posture.

"What do you want?" I didn't understand the question. "With Jisoo. What do you want with her?"

"Why are you asking me that? Did she ask you to?" She denied. It didn't make Jisoo's profile ask others to ask about her, but it was weird for Jennie to be there asking me that.

"No." She took a deep breath. "She still loves you, Jung Hae-in. She never stopped loving you and was broken when you were gone." Her voice cracked. "It was painful to see her destroyed, but pretending to be okay." I denied it.

"She wasn't pretending." A wrinkle formed on her forehead. "I watched the videos, pretty much all of them, the BlackPink House, the documentary... She was genuinely happy to be with you guys." I sighed. "Which made me think maybe pulling away was good for her, she was happy." She denied.

"She wasn't. Not completely. Once we talked about life and what happened and she cried. So much..." Her voice cracked again, like she was going to cry or like saying the words hurt. "She wondered why you left, didn't insist on staying."

"She asked me to leave. I thought I would remind her of something painful." I swallowed, I wanted to cry. "If she hadn't asked me, I would have loved to be around to see all her wins."

"Don't do that again, Hae-in. She's insecure, afraid you're leaving, you still haven't had a clear conversation about this and what you have." I denied it.

"I will not go." I guaranteed. "I would never leave again and like I told her; It is not a lie, Kim Jennie." She made another painful face. "It's a second chance to live what was stolen from us." Her grimace got worse, she looked like she was in a huge pain.

"Take me to the hospital." She asked, only then did I notice her hands on her belly. "Hae-in, take me to the hospital now!" I felt in my pockets and looked around for my keys. I found them hanging on the hook and hurried into the bedroom, grabbing my cell phone.

"Let's go..." I said not knowing if I was helping her walk or not. She willingly held my arm as she walked, she didn't seem to be feeling so much pain anymore. "It's better?" She nodded.

"But the contractions are more frequent, we need to go." I nodded.

She gave me the address and on the way to the hospital, she called irritably and between groans of pain, she spoke to her husband about the child being born.

"NOW? WON'T HE BE BORN NEXT YEAR?" It was on speakerphone, so I could hear his desperate voice.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM? A DOLPHIN?" I almost laughed, I bet she was in too much pain to be that pissed off.