When The Phone Rings / The Call You Just Made Is

Chapter 49 Desire

"Are you no different from your mother?"

No, it's impossible...

Hee-joo listened to the sound of raindrops on the umbrella and watched her sister anxiously. The operation was successful, and her ears should be able to hear now.

Why does she look so shrivelled? Has her sister always had this impression?

A strange sense of disharmony arises spontaneously. Hong In-ah is now more uneasy and in crisis than when she was a child.

"But because of you, I really want to come back." 

"......."

"Do you think the position you snatched is real?"

This is not a question, the thorny words accurately pierced Hee-joo.

"Don't get me wrong."

Her hands trembled slightly like a spasm.

"Children only see what they want to see."

In-ah handed the umbrella to Hee-joo and said.

Now she stepped out of the umbrella to welcome the falling rain.

Hee-joo panicked and wanted to get closer, but In-ah shook her head and refused. This was a silent rejection.

"You have liked mermaids since you were a child." 

"......."

Sudden words.

"Then have you ever thought about it? Between you and me, two people who can't talk, who is more like a mermaid?" 

Hee Joo tried her best to understand her sister, but her words were still vague. She couldn't answer, but her sister raised her lips calmly. 

"But, this is not you, Hee Joo." 

"......!" 

Hong In-ah's eyes were shining black. Hostility.

Hee Joo, who has always lived as a window for her sister, couldn't help but feel it. 

This hostility was so obvious that it couldn't be ignored. Her chest ached. 

"Even if you exchange your hair for a golden dagger, a child who can't pierce the prince's heart will be useless in the future." 

These were mysterious words. But they also seemed like a declaration of war. 

"I'm sorry for being late, this sentence comes from the heart." 

Her sister turned around in the rain without regrets. 

"During this period, I asked you many times that you had worked hard." 

Her body was wet all day. There were more than 10 missed calls, and her sister's messages piled up. 

However, she didn't want to reply to any of them. 

"Even if I don't work hard... maybe divorce will be easy..."

The drizzle gradually fell, and it turned into a storm without knowing when. If this is the case, shouldn't she feels joy instead of being depressed? Shouldn’t she celebrate it? 

Hee-joo barely pulled herself together and walked towards the kitchen.

With no energy to cook, she just opened the refrigerator and took out a can of beer.

To dispel the silence, she turned on the TV, which was broadcasting the president's special speech and the Q&A editor of the Blue House spokesperson.