Drifted Away - Shinyu from TWS | ✅

Taught

I walked home empty-handed. I had nothing left except a small wad of cash I found in my mother's wallet. It would last about a month of food but not enough for me to survive for a year. 

I would acquire my parents' money as soon as I turned 18. I refused to be put in foster care where chances are, people would host me only to make money from me. So, I  decided to stay in the house we were supposed to move into for the time being, until I figured something out.

My parents died in a brutal car crash on our way here. We had just moved out of our old apartment in Busan and my parents had finally found enough fortune to be able to move to Seoul. It was supposed to be the best night of my life, but it ended up being the worst. 

It was a clear memory in my head, always hitting me like a pang of sadness in the pit of my stomach. 

We were waiting for the green light but a car appeared out of nowhere and crashed into the front of the car. And then came my mother's blood-curdling scream. I winced and then came my father's shouts. And then the front part of the car collapsed on both of them.  I remembered my mother's whimpers all too well; begging me to save her. But I was helpless, defenceless in the back of the car.

I could not pull myself together. I shrieked, trying to reach their arms from under whatever remained of the car. But they were stuck. After a few seconds, I could not hear anything from my mother anymore and my father stopped breathing. I cried, not bothering to get out of that car myself. I wailed and I sobbed, but nothing could bring them back anymore.  

I entered home. So empty...

All I had was a few exchanges of clothes which I packed in my bag while coming here. The rest of our belongings were to arrive in a moving truck but my parents were not here anymore to pay for that. 

I slid against the door, dropping to the floor, my arms shielding my face. I snivelled. Again, the tears were unstoppable. 

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