Chapter 92
Lisa
Jennie's area is nicely lit up compared to mine, even though we both live in the city, which is kind of peculiar. During the day, the place looked like any other, but the night gives it a special charm, a feeling of home. "Here you go," I smile, park the car right in front of the front door, but I don't kill the engine. Jennie smiles as well, "Here I go." She is leaning back against the chair and lazily looks at me, "I must say that this was actually kind of fun."
"It was, wasn't it?" I chuckle, finding it surprising myself. It went pretty smooth, considering everything. "Now back to my nightmare," she groans and I suspect it's about her ex and how she misses him at night, but then she adds, "If I don't burn up one of these nights, I'll be lucky."
"Burn up?" I ask and lift a brow in curiosity. I don't recall anyone ever describing their heartbreak as burning in the middle of the night. She nods, while she's busy turning back and fetching her purse, which she did not need at all. "My AC got screwed up. I don't know what's wrong but the technicians are busy installing new ones all over Seoul."
"Yeah, the beginning of the summer has been pretty hot given Seoul's climate." I look at the time in my car and while thinking about how much time do I have before I completely shut down, I ask: "Which model of AC do you have?"
"I don't know. It was there when, umm, he and I bought the apartment." She shrugs, "I guess it's not older than six or seven years. I guess it was to be expected, I don't know how to maintain these things and, well, Kai hated air cooling in general." The more she tells me about the guy, the more I can't see how she ended up with him. "Mind if I take a look at it?"
"At what? My AC?"
"Well, yeah. Maybe I could fix it temporarily until the technician can properly do it." I see it in her face that she doesn't believe I can help her in any way with that. Maybe it's because she knows I'm into solar energy, which doesn't really connect with fixing the broken ACs. "I helped Bam and Irene with their own AC too and nobody died, if you're worried about that." She shrugs and sighs, realising I'm probably her only option here. If I fix it, she might sleep soundlessly, and if I can't, there will be no worse scenario than a steamy night. "If you're that confident, sure then." Now, I kill the engine, get myself and Leo out of the car. The look he gives me when I pull him from his seat is not a particularly happy one. It just reminds me of all those people who claim babies are evil and psychopaths. They've probably encountered a stare like Leo's. Jennie offers to carry him. I believe Leo would very much appreciate being in Jennie's arms, more than in mine, but I can see how she can barely stand in those heels and that she's tired herself. I tell her that it's fine and that she's been carrying him round and about for the entire day. Her apartment is on the first floor. The building itself isn't particularly tall, I'd say there's only four or five floors in total. Her door still has the Easter ornament of a white fluffy bunny holding three colourful eggs between its paws. Jennie fishes out her keys and starts unlocking the door. "If you fix it, I'll owe you one." I smirk, "I don't want to make any promises. I'll try to help, but nothing is for sure."
"At least you can tinker. I'm a dancer." She pushes the door open and lets me in. When she turns on the lights, her apartment shines at me in pastel yellow shade. It's relatively small, but for one, two or three people this is more than enough. I take off my shoes and make sure to look around. She has a few art pieces on the walls, usually abstract and only in the shades of grey. She leads me to the living room where a comfy couch of creamy colour looks engulfing with so many decorative pillows piled on it. I suppose that wasn't always the case, at least not while her ex was still here. Jennie smiles, "Any comments about my abode?" I look at her when I'm done grovelling around in an obvious way. She's in the process of taking off her shoes. "No, it's just a lot like you. Homey, comfy and stuff."
