Omen - [EDITING]

Painful Purpose

MinYoung

I stare into mid air, dumbfounded. 

My eyes are damp wet. I can't focus on one point. The spoken words are coherent and repetitive in my mind. Not even a single thought crosses to me that such events surpassed. 

It is not my story to tell. It is a story foretold. It is the story of a dying person. 

With a steady heartbeat that faintly pounds against my chest, I've felt sorrow for a person like never before. I was always cold to him because he was a stranger. I was doing everything to protect myself. I had the rights to act and to defend. Father wasn't around. I didn't know the sole reason why. I waited and waited. 

Even after SeokJin's made himself clear and is in dire need of help, suspicion persists. I admit I feel guilty hearing the truth now. It's been concealed after all these years. I'm stuck in the middle. I don't mind. I got to see Father. He has his reasons as to why he severed our contact. I may not comprehend his ways of abandoning me, but it wasn't on purpose. 

Father wanted me to grow up. He wanted me to be independent and strong in worse case scenarios. He had a reason that I doubted so much. I thought he left me in disappointment after Mother passed away. There had to be other ways aside from this path, yet what had been ordained has already transcended into petrifying events. 

A parent is willing to sacrifice anything for their loved ones. They don't want their offsprings to bear a burden that's beyond their limit. They want their children to be as happy as possible. Alas, some may not understand. They have different ways of communications that can't be comprehended directly. It always takes time and repetitive accidents to solve the issue. 

Assumptions will always be made if the other party didn't mention anything in advanced. 

Father carefully takes off the earplugs from me and settles a palm over mines. I can barely take the voice message thoroughly. My breathing becomes haggard and I know I can't cry right now. He's sacrificed all his time and power in order to save SeokJin. 

SeokJin wasn't a distant relative or cousin. He wasn't a stranger in the first place to Father. I should've known him, but my childhood memories were never that strong. It surprised me when Father surreptitiously mentioned my past relationship with the original SeokJin.

Where is he right now?

My chest burns in melancholy for not recalling him instantly. I was too engulfed in the situation about Mother and Father. I had considered once before that I didn't feel the warmth of the home even when I'm protected under it from Father's hard work. 

It was there the whole time. 

The original SeokJin is a distant relative of the previous head manager that worked in the Black Snow Co. Company before he passed away. Father and the manager were like brothers. They wanted to extend the life of SeokJin. They wanted to help him live longer and happier. They didn't want to see me cry as a child if SeokJin isn't there anymore. 

He treated SeokJin like his own son, but unfortunately SeokJin's uncle has brainwashed the whole sector for his own ideal. His uncle wanted to hold power and wealth. It sickens me to think that someone like SeokJin would be used for a filthy reason of an excuse.

His uncle is not in his right conscience. He thought that if he could use SeokJin for a test subject, he would gain millions of worth in cash, no matter how immoral it would end up. He'd be searched as the most in search engines. He'd be the top of the topic to discuss between adults regardless whether its right or wrong. 

The original must've been duped into thinking that his remaining days could be expanded into something worth. 

Not like this ...