Heal

Chapter Four

Han-eun made her out her front door. She always took a jog. Every other morning to gather her thoughts. Jogging was the only time she had for herself. She did not enjoy it but it was the only way to keep herself sane, even the slightest bit.

She always drugged herself with antidepressants and sleeping pills. She could not even shut her for a second without having nightmares. She hated being alone in the dark. She hated being alone but she wanted that. She wanted to be left alone but at the same time she was scared that she would hurt herself.

It would not be the first. Her mother found her all smeared with blood and crying her lungs out. Her father was angry at her. So angry that he hurt her even more. Adding the the pain she felt. Making her even worse. The family doctor prescribed Han-eun to "fix" because her father believed that she was really losing it but he did not even see that it was all his doing.

She ran down the peaceful streets of her neighbourhood. She almost tripped over and fell as the sight of the the most beautiful looking girl she had ever seen.
She wore baggy jeans and a oversized sweatshirt that looked really old. Her hair was tied into a tight bun but a few strands were flying around helplessly.
She did not notice Han-eun as she stood there. Memorizing her facial features. She had a cute baby face. She looked so innocent and soft. Han-eun wanted to hug her and stare at her forever.

"Willow?"
The girl lifted her head and let out a gasp. Guess she was not expecting to see someone from her school.
She looked really tired and deep thought as her chocolate brown eyes locked with Han-eun's.
"Ahn Han-eun? What are you doing here?"
Her voice sounded so sweet as if it dripped with honey.
"Uhm, well." The girl cleared her throat as she felt herself blush.
"I live here. I was just going for a jog."
Willow nodded looking away. "Right. You live here. Uhm, thank you for waking me up yesterday. I'm sure that was really hard for you, considering I'm a 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤."

Han-eun nodded silently. She felt guilty about that. Harper and Wanda were mistaken about Willow being a freak show. She looked really nice.
"Harper was just being stupid. You're not a freak show."
"I'm sure. Good seeing you but I have to get to work."
"Work?"
The shy girl nodded. "I work as a nanny for the Johnson's."
"Oh. See you around then. Bye, Willow."
"Bye, Han-eun."

"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡?"

"𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘."

"𝑁𝑜𝑎ℎ? 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒?"

"𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑎'𝑎𝑚 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑎'𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒. 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑎."

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤. 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒."

"𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑎ℎ 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡."

"𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑒. 𝑀𝑦 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠. 𝐶𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑖 𝑎𝑚? 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒?"