The warm curse: Sacrifice for love

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"Ms.Hong is coming everyone!"
Mr.Nam walked down the hall spreading the news, as his steps had some unease that bothered the tenants as they heard his voice

"Everyone, meeting in Toto's restaurant right now"
Mr.Nam again said before making his was to Arno

Soon, all the tenants were in Toto's restaurant, waiting Mr.Nam to start the meeting, but that anxious feeling Mr.Nam shared with the tenants bothered them all. The tension existing there, everyone waiting for anything to hear from Mr.Nam's mouth, and by his look, it's not something peasant they will find out now.

"Mr.Nam will you start talking aready!"
Ms.Jang said, sitting beside her husband, both of them tapping on the table with their hands

"I need to tell you all something"
Mr.Nam slowly started, his voice so different yet, not even said the tenants felt that sadness filled them

"What is it?"
Larry asked, his voice holding a amount of distress

"Ms.Hong's mother died"

The place echoed from gasps. Everyone was too shocked to say a word.
They waited for some bad news, but these were definitely not on the list of everything they thought of.
And that sadness finally observed them fully as they saw Mr.Nam wiping his tears.

"Is it's true, Mr.Nam??"
Kwak Hee so asked her voice breaking

"Ms.Hong must be terrified"
Seo Miri said, looking down, empathising with the one person she always looked as the most bright, Cha young

"But how did that happen?"
The question Mr.Tak asked, got Mr.Nam curious too

"I don't know, too. We'll find out when they come. Now let's just try to help Ms.Hong, she needs our support"
Mr.Nam stated his words steadily together with all the tenants who agreed

But who thought that the woman was coming back... Had a different dementor, not looking the same in anyone.
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Later in the evening, Mr.Nam saw a car in front of the Plaza and immediately ran to greet Hong Cha young and Vincenzo, who had just arrived.

Vincenzo helped Cha young to get out of the car, but she ignored his help and walked beside him, leaving him alone in front of the car.

As she walked to the Plaza entrance, she saw Mr.Nam running to her, but neither she moved nor smiled at him.
Just as Mr.Nam came to Cha young, he hugged her tightly, some tears rolling down his face.

Vincenzo came next to Cha young, looking at her not hugging the man in front of her or showing some emotion and empathy. She did none.

Mr.Nam felt not being hugged back, and so he pulled back to see Cha young, but he was immediately left stunned, as
Cha young didn't even wait to look at him. She just walked past him as if he didn't exist and entered the Plaza.

Mr.Nam looked at Vincenzo, who was feeling too guilty to say anything, but of course, he had to ask.

"Vincenzo, is she okay?"
Vincenzo hugged the man, and they both turned to go inside

"She may not be now.. But she'll be better in no time"
Vincenzo responded back

As Cha young walked down the hall, before she could go up to Vincenzo's apartment, the tenants stopped her, getting around her, trying to comfort her.. Something she didn't want.

"Ms.Hong!"
The tenants yelled after her, hugging her, some of them wiping their own tears.

But on all that, Cha young stayed calm. Nothing touched her iced heart.
She had a calm, flat expression on her face, which confused many of them, making then feel goosebumps.

"Ms.Hong are you feeling okay?"
Kwak Hee so asked as she held Cha young's hands, waiting for her to say anything, but instead she heard hollow laugh, which send them shiver down their spine

"Do you need something, Ms.Hong?"
Chul wook, asked, his question also unanswered, when Cha young looked at the man who tried to reach her

Vincenzo tried to pull Cha young closer to him so she'd feel better.
But instead, she met him with a gaze colder than death itself. And she turned to walk up the stairs to the apartment.
This behaviour from Cha young was not understandable to the tenants.

"Vincenzo, is Ms.Hong good?"
Ms.Jang asked him

Vincenzo lowered his look and sighed. He lost counts how much he had answered this question these days, which showed that Cha young...Is really different since everyone did mention it.

"She will be.."
After his short and simple words, which didn't ease the weird feeling in them, he walked to his apartment too.

Vincenzo saw the door being open and walked inside, seeing Cha young packing out her suitcase.
Her hair was all over her face, and she was looking down until she heard Vincenzo's voice.

"Cha young, everyone is worried about you..."
Vincenzo said, his voice somehow tired from the situation

"So?"
She immediately responded, her voice so flat as never before, showing no empathy at all, none.

"You should at least tell them you're fine..."
Vincenzo plea was met with Cha young's chilling laugh, which caught Vincenzo off guard even more

"Fine..."
Cha young let a laugh. "Yeah, I am fine"

"You know, you can tell me anything, I am here for you"
Vincenzo came closer to her, tucking her loose hair behind her ear

And then he saw that she was picking more of her stuff to put in the suitcase, and not unpacking it, so he looked at her confused.

"Don't bother.. I am leaving anyways"
Cha young said that flat tone of hers, making Vincenzo exhausted even more

"What do you mean??"
He asked, holding her hand, as she walked towards the door

"I am leaving..Vincenzo"
She said again, her expression somehow mocking everyone around her

"Why?? Where will you go?!"
Vincenzo's voice shows his concern and fear

"I don't know where I am going. But I am leaving."

With her words, Cha young pushed his hand and walked out of the door with her suitcase.

Vincenzo ran to her, trying to stop her.

"Hong Cha young, stop. I can't leave you alone"
He said turning to catch up with her

"No one asked you!"
She yelled at him

"Wait I said!"
Vincenzo again grabbed her arm, turning her body to his

"Please don't go... This is your home"
Vincenzo eyes full with plea, but still Cha young didn't even bother at all, nothing softening her

"Nothing feels like a home anymore"
She said and again walked away, her steps echoing until they were no longer heard.

Vincenzo couldn't stop her, not when those words hurt him, like nothing else had done.
There's no way Cha young meant that she would never say something like that... Something a person so heartless would say.

But Cha young did say that.

She did leave too.

And no one knew where she was.

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