Some Luck and Wits

II.

"And then she smiled at me! Then she talked to me! Then she invited me!!! Oh my God I'm so happy right now!!! Could you imagine that Seul, I fucking talked to Kim Jisoo!!!", Lisa squeals out while standing in the middle of Seulgi's bed.

Seulgi, on the other hand, is just seated on the edge of the bed, waiting for Lisa to lose her balance and fall down so she could have a good laugh at her friend.

"I could die right now! I could die happily right now!!", Lisa adds, now kneeling down clutching one of the pillows.

"Will you calm down? You're going nuts!!"

"I am going nuts man! I could not forget how angelic her face is and how sweet she was! My God!"

"But you didn't get her phone number. So, how's that work?"

Then Lisa almost wails in despair. It's true. She forgot, again, because of how thrilled she was, to get any contact number where she could at least message Jisoo. It was another opportunity lost.

"Don't worry buddy. It isn't as if she would give you her personal number. Sad to say, that was just a one time experience. You were just lucky."

"Yeah, sure. Thanks for the support, Seul!", she mockingly states.

"Just saying buddy. You have to accept reality."

"Yeah, I know. Jisoo is a famous and rich human being and I'm just me."

"Hey I didn't mean that way."

"I was just joking Seul. Anyway, I have to go. I still have to check my sister. The store might already be closed and I have to fetch her before I go to work."

"Oh how's Roseanne?"

"She's fine. Same old same old."

"Still in therapy?"

"Yup! Every weekend. Supposed to be thrice a week, but you know, still can't afford the price.", Lisa sadly states. "She's helping aunt May in her store. I told her to not tire herself but she wants to do it so I let her be."

"Your sister is a strong and smart girl, Lisa. She doesn't let her incapacity get in the way."

"Yeah. And I super admire her for that. And again, if you know someone who needs thinhs done or who needs fixing of something, just call me."

"Sure, Lis. But get some rest too. You're doing too many things."

Lisa gets her things and says, "Ciao!", to her friend.

Lisa and Chaeyoung are siblings. Step- sisters to be exact. Roseanne Park or Chaeyoung Park, is the older by two years and Lisa Manoban, the youngest.

Roseanne's father left them when she was just a months old. Her mother then met Marco Manoban. After a year, Lisa was born.

Despite having two different fathers, they grew up to be close to each other. When Roseanne was 5 and Lisa 4, their mother died of heart attack. Two years after, Marco suffered the same fate, leaving the two in the care of a friend, Aunt May  who was so kind enough to put them to school.

To show their gratitude, Lisa and Roseanne always helps May in her fruit store just few blocks from their small house.

When Chaeyoung was in 2nd year college and Lisa was in 1st, another tragedy happened. Roseanne was part of the cheerleading squad. While in practice for the national competition, she missed her spot after being tossed and landed on her butt, causing her to be in so much pain. She said she was fine and just rested for a day with pain relievers and then got back to practice. They won the competition, however, the pain never went away until she slowly felt that she could no longer move her legs and barely feel anything in her legs.