Chapter ③: The Last Hope?

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Third person POV

- start of flashback -
After leaving the president's office, manger Kim took the smart-phone out of his gray suit trousers pocket and hurried to dial Yoon Jisung's number to ask him to go to Daniel's house and try to talk to him. At this moment it was of vital importance to understand why that boy was behaving in such a violent way.

After concluding the phone call with Jisung, manager Kim hurried to dial another phone number: from this call depended his plan to put Daniel on the right track again.

"Good morning, Sister, I'm Kim JungHee, do you remember me?" said manager Kim trying to be as polite as possible.

"Sure JungHee, how could I ever forget you?" an old lady answered on the other side of the line "if you're calling me it means you are facing some difficulties. How can I help you?"

"She knows me very well, Sister. You see, I have a problem with a guy to whom I'm the manager and I would like to help him.... Could you receive me in the convent for a moment?"

"Of course, I'll wait for you" and having said that the mother superior concluded the call.

- an hour later in a convent in Seoul -
Manager Kim arrived at the convent as soon as possible. Once he reached his destination he found the mother superior waiting for him, the woman who for a long time had been a support for him and that, in part, had made him the man who he is now. Having greeted the woman, he followed her to the latter's office to discuss the problem that afflicted him in complete privacy.

"Mother superior," the manager began before being interrupted by the woman

"Please JungHee, we've known each other for so many years, just call me Sister Angela" the woman said, urging the man to continue with his speech...

"Okay, so with your permission... Sister Angela, you see, I'm in a big trouble. And my job also depends on the solution of this. A guy who works for my agency, an idol named Kang Daniel, has been involved twice in a fight within a single month. I'm convinced that there is something that upsets him, but unfortunately I can't make him say anything. It almost seems to have closed completely in himself and that's why I thought that maybe, if you could try to talk to him, his attitude would return to what it used to be. In short, being violent isn't really part of him" said the manager with watery eyes. He really cared about the future of that boy, he really cared about him, coming to consider him almost like his own son.

"I understand, I understand. It's a big problem. From what you have told me, in the nature of this boy there doesn't seem to be violence, but being troubled by something led him to react in such a way. I'm sorry JungHee, but I don't think I can help you... I don't think that Daniel would be willing to listen to me" said Sister Angela in a worried voice

"Okay. I'm sorry to have stolen you some precious time"

"Wait JungHee! I said that I don't think I can help you in the first person, but I was thinking that a novice of this convent, perhaps, could be the right person to bring that boy back to the right path. Please wait patiently here while I go to discuss it with the girl"

And having said that, the mother superior left the office heading towards the small chapel of the convent. She was sure she would find there the person she was looking for. That little girl who had lived with them since she was only 6 years old, from the day she was found involved in a car accident in which her parents died. From that day on, that little girl at the time without any identity, was called Isabella and as such she was raised by the nuns, giving birth to the desire in her to take the vows one day... and that dream would come true soon.

After calling the girl to her, Sister Angela led her into her own room where she explained what would happen from then on.

- in Sister Isabella's room -
"But mother superior, why me? Why do I have to go and take care of a boy with behavioral problems? I don't think I'm ready for such a task and above all I think it's more appropriate for me to stay inside the convent to concentrate and devote all my attention to the Lord, before finally taking my vows" said the amber-eyed girl, Sister Isabella.

"Dear, I'm not forcing you to accept this position, but I think it can be a good starting point for you. Please try to see this task as a challenge that our God confronts you to test your faith" answered the old woman with eyes full of understanding; she knew that a similar role could really scare the girl and make her feel not up to par.

"But mother, this is not a challenge that the Lord imposes on me. I don't think I'm ready, I don't want to risk to get some doubts when I'm so close to the realization of my dream"

"Honey, it is precisely for this reason that I thought of entrusting this task to you. Try to understand: you grew up inside this convent, you never left it. You don't know the outside world and you have never had the opportunity to experience things that for girls of your same age are natural. I don't want your decision to become a nun to be linked only to the fact of not knowing anything else. It is my job to give you the chance to choose your destiny openly! Please Isabella, give yourself this chance" Sister Angela gently patted the cheek of the young woman who was sitting on the floor in front of her.

The words pronounced by the mother superior came straight to the heart of the young Isabella who decided to pay attention to what the elder had proposed to her, thus accepting the challenge.

Two hours later, manager Kim and the young novice were standing in front of the door of what was going to be the girl's new home from now on.

- end of flashback -

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