Love Him For Me

Chapter 18- Falling into Place

Dara's tears keep streaming down her cheeks as soon as she's done reading her medical records.

Two weeks ago, she received the other set of documents she requested from Seoul General Hospital. It contained the documents of her operation and her birth.

She opened it and read through the documents one by one. She was looking at her birth operative records...

ADMITTING DIAGNOSES:
1. A 28-week gestational female, twin B.
2. Discoordinate twin.
3. Intrauterine growth restriction.
4. Prolonged premature rupture of membranes.
DISCHARGE DIAGNOSES: Per discharging physician.
REASON FOR ADMISSION: Respiratory depression requiring intubation.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:
This patient is the twin B of a 28-week gestation twin pregnancy treated with tocolysis ....

'Twin B.'

She can't explain what to feel when her earlier suspicion was confirmed.

She has a twin.

But she doesn't know who her twin is. Is it a boy or a girl? Is my twin, also my donor?

She confronted her aunt and uncle about what she discovered and they were as shocked as she was. They have no idea she has a twin.

She also went back to the hospital to ask but unfortunately no one in the hospital including the kind Mrs. Gu have any idea that she has a twin. Dara then couldn't make any request for a document to know where her twin is and to support her conclusion that her twin is her donor.

She also visited the orphanage where she was turned over to, but the elderly center director said no other child was turned over to them that day she was brought to their orphanage.

This has left her with only one more option and she decided to pay that person a visit.

She walked the dark alley leading to a row of ill-maintained apartments, Dara started to question if she really should be there. When she went earlier to the address that she obtained from the hospital records, in a friendly neighborhood in downtown Seoul, she was told by the new owner of the house that Mrs. Jang Hyun-sook no longer lives there and gave her the new address where Mrs. Jang transferred to and that's where she is going now.

When she's finally in front of house number 45-C, the number in the address she was given, she saw an elderly woman bent down, busy with something. She looked about the same age as her aunt Meng.

"Juh-giyo? I'm looking for Mrs. Jang Hyun-sook?" She asked the elderly woman politely.

The woman immediately looked at her when she mentioned the name. She also saw a hostile look in her face. Like she's ready to launch at her any minute.

"Why are you looking for her? Who are you?!" The old lady barked at her.

When the old lady spoke Dara recognized her voice from before so she knew she is Mrs. Jang.

She wasted no time. She immediately introduced herself and told the lady why she was there.

"I told you I have nothing to say to you! If you want answers then ask someone else. I've suffered enough already just because I was there when you are born so please, just go and don't ever show your face here again!" The woman said angrily but teary-eyed. Dara sensed bitterness in her voice.
Before Dara can say anything more, the old lady went inside her house and shut the door on her face.

"Mrs. Yang, please! You're the only one who can help me find my sibling!" Dara pleaded while knocking on her door. But when it became evident Mrs. Yang is not coming out any longer, and her neighbors started to give her disapproving look, Dara left the place feeling disappointed. She is frustrated that no one seem to know where her twin is. And the only person she knew that can help her refuse to help her.