Kim Chu Seok: "What?"
As he did not hear her, Gaeul begins to grab a chair and to sit down closer to her grandpa on a hospital bed.
Gaeul: "Grandpa, do you have a wife or any children to visit you?"
She asked.
Kim Chu Seok: "My wife has already died a long time ago."
"And my two sons were at America, so I'm all left alone."
He replied.
Gaeul: "I'm sorry to hear that..."
As she slowly spoke while looking down.
Kim Chu Seok: "Don't be sorry, my darling."
"And I'm so sorry for my rudeness from yesterday while ago."
As he slowly reaching his shaky hand at Gaeul and Gaeul begins to hold his hand.
Gaeul: "It's okay, I understand how you feel."
As she warmly smiled at her grandpa while she still holding his hand.
Jeong Eui: "I'll get you some coffee while you can talk with him."
As he gently spoke to Gaeul.
Gaeul: "Buy me ice americano."
She replied.
Jeong Eui: "Okay, grandpa, do you also want some coffee too?"
He asked him.
Kim Chu Seok: "Doctor told me not to drink coffee and alcohol again, it's okay."
He replied.
Jeong Eui: "Okay, I will be back."
As he bowed down at Kim Chu Seok and to leave this ward room.
Gaeul: "Grandpa, I have so many things that I want to say to you."
She spoke.
Kim Chu Seok: "Of course, tell me anything if you need, I'm all ears."
He spoke back.
Gaeul: "After you feel better, do you mind if I can take you to Toro?"
She asked, then he was thinking slowly before replying to Gaeul.
Gaeul: "You can have DNA blood test between you and my dad."
"So my dad can believe that you're his biological father, what do you think?"
She suggested.
Kim Chu Seok: "How can I ever called myself his father when I already abandoned him from long time ago?"
As he asked back without looking at Gaeul.
Gaeul: "But you didn't know that grandma was pregnant though, so it wasn't your fault, grandpa."
"And I'm so sorry that I was too harsh on you yesterday."
Kim Chu Seok: "No, you were right, I was incapable adult to your grandma."
He sighed deeply.
Gaeul: "No, I don't mean to say that."
"Bad accident can be happening sometime, so please forget everything from the past and come to Toro with me, please?"
As she begged him with her sad face at him. He thinks slowly before replying to Gaeul.
Kim Chu Seok: "If your dad didn't say anything, then I'll just leave by myself."
"I can't believe that I'm doing something to embarrass myself."
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The Tree of Autumn
RomancePlot: Kim Gaeul was a student from Toro village of South Korea countryside. She fall in love with the boy from her next door who was her childhood friend named Kim Jeong Eui. Their parents are both opening their restaurant shop as a Toro neighborhoo...
