"Good morning."
Mario's sweet smile was the first thing you saw as soon as you opened your eyes. You blinked a few times before sitting up. You looked around the room before looking at him again.
"Why are you here? Where's your mom?"
"Eomma told me to stay here in your room and wait for you to wake up."
"What?!" You asked him.
"She told me to give this to you." He said giving you an envelope.
It's blush pink, her favorite color. It's scented too, her favorite scent, the one she wears when she needs to meet someone special or when she's going out with Mario. You opened the envelope and saw a folded letter. There is something written on the outer side of the letter.
"Please tell Mario to leave you before reading everything." You quietly read.
You glanced at Mario. He's watching you, waiting for you to tell him anything. You sighed before asking him to go to the living room and entertain himself. After he closed the door, you unfolded the letter.
"Y/N,
I'm sorry for being such a cruel friend. I really appreciate that you accepted my offer to work for me and live with us. You were such a good aunt to Mario. You are indeed my sister from another mother, someone I can trust forever.
I tried to fight. I tried to live. I tried but I can't. When you came, I didn't know much. As you got closer to Mario and slowly started becoming his second mother, I found out about it. I had 4 months to live.
I'm sorry for being so heartless. Maybe brain tumor affects the heart too. I'm sorry. I know you have your own life. I know you have your own dream and goals in life but please let me be selfish for the remaining days of my life and for my son as well. I swear this wasn't what I wanted. I wanted to see him grow up and be a good man but I have no choice.
Please take care of him like he is your own son. Please treat him the way you will treat your own child. Please be his mother when I'm gone. Don't leave him alone. He has no one else. You know well that his father is still in jail and I'm an orphan. He has no one but you. Please. I'm begging you. Be my son's mother.
-SY"
You let go of the letter after reading it, letting it fall from your hand. She's dying? She knew?! And she didn't tell you anything?! She was suffering all along and she said nothing?! How could you not notice anything?! What kind of friend are you?! You were with her always!
You quickly grabbed your phone and called her. You dialled her number over and over again but she never answered. You prepared yourself and Mario to go out. You need to find her.
You went to her cake shop first. Maybe she's just there. Maybe she's just busy. Maybe she just didn't hear her phone ringing. Maybe. She has to be there.
Taewon, the head baker, noticed you as soon as you entered the cake shop. There were a handful of customers so everyone else was busy. You walked to him to ask him.
"Oppa, did you see Seoyeon eonni?" You asked him.
He stared at you in confusion. "What? No. Why? Well, she went here yesterday to tell me you're our new boss. What happened?"
"What?"
You sighed in disbelief. She can't disappear just like that, leaving everything she has to you. You didn't know you were already crying until Taewon pulled you to the office and hugged you tightly. He kept on saying comforting words although he doesn't know what's going on.
"Don't worry. Everything happens for a reason. God has a plan. Just trust him. The storm will be over soon." He said as you cried onto his chest.
