Alone (Michaeng)

Chapter 14: Unexpected

Chaeyoung's POV

"How should I pay this?" I stared at the bill in which the hospital gave me earlier this day. I didn't manage to find an answer but my mind kept on telling me something.

A sound from her bag came out. It was her phone. I checked it and it says that 'Eomma' is calling. I thought she had distance with her? I don't even remember name written in the contact list. I didn't answer it for 5 minutes but still it kept ringing. She kept on calling and calling until I finally left out a sigh.

Now that I've realized it, I know too little about Mina's parents. Where are they to be exact?

I doubted myself... I grabbed my phone but my hands started trembling in fear. Her mom will be worried, but this is the best way this could be solved or else she would suffer a little bit more than she should.

"Hello." A speaker said in the other line. It sounds like Mina, a voice that is soothening. I didn't speak at first because I felt guilty about what happened... It's like a point in life wherein my parents would scold me for my low grades. I mean parent... Here comes my dramatic past now.

I never met my mom and I rarely see my dad. My grandma is the one who takes care of me most of the time but due to her old age I was kind of forced to take care of myself. You know I feel like that I'm an unwanted child. I did say I had an unnie but I never saw her even once. Even if my grandma told me to go here to live with my unnie. I did met my dad atleast thrice my whole life... but only for an hour or so... because I only saw him in one of those soju stands... That's why I symphatize with Mina because I kind of feel her. Especially knowing that some people also hated her. 'Who's more unfortunate... you or me? Either way... I'll never make you feel alone like what I felt.'

"Hello." She repeated. This time I answered cutting off my day I mean night dream. I tried to catch up into where I left. "Is this Mrs. Myoui?" I asked, wanting to assure that it was really her.

"Yes it is... who is this?" She asked. Of course I answered. We both talked and talked and kept telling her the things that happened to her daughter and every accident that happened this day to the point that I could hear her body movements and breath from the sounds that came from the phone and that she almost fell unconciously on the floor. I did stutter a lot since I'm so nervous that I already had multiple goosebumps while talking to her. Atleast from what her responses she gave to me, she sounded charming and forgiving. HOPEFULLY.

"Chaeyoung-ssi..." She hanged up. I was left in a dead air since she did that suddenly. She didn't even mention her reason for calling her own daughter. I was about to go to bed and thought that I would just save some money for myself or so atleast for my roommate. I took a nap... well I was suppose to sleep, but then I heard knocking from the door at the middle of the night. It was a tall woman who looks like... kind of me? How did she even get here? Speaking of, the address... I didn't tell her that.

I slowly opened the door, but then she pushed it making me unbalanced. I stumbled against the floor right away. She looked at me suspiciously and did that to me for like 2 minutes straight. 'Just who do you think you are?' I know I'm kind of disrespectful but currently, she's a no one to me. Sorry.

After that she hugged me and cried into my shoulders. 'Am I missing something? Isn't she supposed to slap me for not taking care of her daughter?' I didn't know what to do since it was so awkward. You know... it was just silence and her sobs that I could hear clearly. I could even feel her breathe in my neck...

"I miss y-you..." She blurted out, still not backing out her tears. We stayed like that until I can feel that my shirt is all wet now. 'What does she mean by that? Did I even here it wrong?'