Shameless Love - Park Chanyeol

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Emma

- Saturday November 12th

When I got inside my car to the drivers seat, I immediately got my work shoes off. I winced from the pain in my feet when I took them off. Having a feeling that I'm growing blisters on the bottom of my heel. I had to fill in the whole day for an employee who has a contagious fever, never want to do full day shift again. It was brutal. After I got my feet to basically breathe, I started the ignition and drove to the retirement home my grandmother is in.

- 20 minutes later

I slowly parked my car in the parking lot but before getting out, i quickly put back on my uncomfortable shoes since I got no other pairs which is so stupid of me. Then I got out, and made my way to the retirement home. The home is painted light blue with paintings of flowers, rainbows, butterflies, etc. With the help of my art skills, I helped that day and it was a great feeling to have when you make other people smile and be happy. It gives a good vibe so it's not always depressing.

When I opened the door with the handle, a little bell rang indicating that someone has entered the retirement home, which was me of course. The lady at the desk, which is Mrs. Francis on the name tag but since I'm always here to see my grandmother, she would much rather prefer me to call her Linda. She looked up to see who it was, when she saw that it was me, a smile appeared on her face as she says "Why hello Emma. How have you been?"

I walk over to the desk with a big grin revealing my dimples as I was writing my signature on the check-in sheet to see my grandmother as I say "Ah I've been good, I just got off work today." After I was done signing in, I look up as she says "Well your grandmother is very excited to see you, she told me that she's got a little surprise for you." I shyly chuckle. Knowing that my grandmothers surprises are always amazing, there's no doubt in my mind that this one will be amazing too.

I then say "Awe aha, well is she ready to see me or should i-" she cut me off before I finished my question as she assured me "No no she's ready. I'll just let her know that you're here, hold on." Then she makes a quick phone call. I wait patiently as she talks to another person on the phone. She then ends and says "You can go in now." She smiles at me as I smile back with a "Thank you." as I open the door to the visiting room that reveals all the elders, their visitors, and nurses. My eyes roamed around the room to find my beautiful grandmother until I noticed her from a far.

She is in the corner at the table by herself, she's looking out the window of the beautiful garden. I fast walked over to her. When I was closer, I gently tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and it revealed my beautiful grandma's face with her bright smile. Seriously, her smile could light up a whole room. It made me smile as she got up to give me a big embrace with her saying "Ahh hello my beautiful granddaughter." I'm a little taller than her by about 5 centimeters when she says "I swear you're getting taller, stop it." We both release as I lightly chuckle and say "Nah I think you're getting shorter?" She playfully hit my arm as we both chuckle. She loves to have fun so we always makes jokes, it's always uplifting, especially if I had a long day at work.

She then says "Em, could we go outside? I need to talk to you in private." I nervously nod to the thought about the surprise Linda told me she had. Before we went outside, I let a nurse know, since visitors are supposed to do that and then we head outside. The cool breeze hitting us as I have my arm locked with my grandmothers. We both walked slowly since her legs have been bothering her lately. We walked a little bit around the beautiful garden, seeing the astounding autumn trees, and the gorgeous pond. I just loved this area, it's so calming.

We then walk towards a bench as she slowly sat down with me giving her guidance so she could sit. After she sat, I automatically sit next to her as we both face each other. She takes a deep breath and says "Okay Em since your getting older, I think it's time that you have this." She grabs something from her side pocket of her white pants when it reveals a little white box to hand to me. I accept as I open it and it's a silver diamond heart necklace.. My mom's silver diamond heart necklace.

My eyes started to tear up just by the thought of her. I quickly rub my eyes as my grandmother says sincerely "You may already know that this is your mother's necklace."

"H-h-" I didn't know what to say since my words kept choking up. Now tears are forming as I felt one roll down my cheek. She then says "She used to wear this all the time. She wouldn't go anywhere without it. But I want you to have this Emma." My eyes got a little wide as I say "I-I can't, it's too much." As I close the white box to give back to my grandmother but she refuses as she says "No I want you to have this, she would want you to have this." She gives the white box back to me as I ask while choking up again "W-w-why me?"

She pats my back and says "Because you were the best thing that's happened to her. She loved and cared about you and your father very much. I remembered I was babysitting you and she came home with the biggest smile on her face saying 'Gosh I miss my little angel.'" When she said little angel, I felt another tear roll down. Still looking down by all the little memories I remembered of my mom. She died when I was only 5 years old. It was so hard, especially for my father and grandmother. They didn't know what to do. I didn't know what was going on since I was only 5. 5 year olds don't know much, so it was tough getting older without a mother or a mother figure.

She then says "Also you remind me so much of your mother. You have the same dimples, sparkle in your eyes, smile, hair, laugh, everything. But you'll always be Emma in my heart. I may miss my daughter a lot but you'll always be my beautiful Emma that is always kind, artistic and loyal to others. You're a true beauty." Okay now I'm officially tearing up. I rub my eyes to get the tears off my eyes and cheeks. I take a deep breath as I look at my grandmother who is already looking at me with a sincere smile on her face for comfort. I smile back and say "Thank you, thank you so much." We both lean in for a hug. It's more like a comfort hug. It was very comforting. Being in my grandmothers arms, safe.

"Aw your welcome sweet girl." We both released as I wipe the tears away again. She then says "Here, turn around." I obey as I turn around knowing that she's getting my mom's necklace out of the white box, I put my medium length autumn hair up as she places the necklace around my neck. I put my hair down as I look down knowing that I now have the responsibility for my mother's necklace. It's like she's with me now, it's a wonderful feeling.

My grandmother than says "Awe love, it looks amazing on you. Your mother would agree also." I look down with a tear drop down onto my jeans. A smile to the thought of her, I miss her so much. It's so hard, but it's been years and I need to let go but I can't and I won't, I'll keep holding on to her. She's beside me, I can feel it.

I want to make her proud of me. I was to go far in life for her, my father, and my grandmother. That's all I need to be successful honestly.

okay so this was the first chapter, I know it wasn't much but I hope you liked it :-) please like and maybe comment