Memory || KTH ✔

CHAPTER 24 : Truth trails

JI HAE : Wha-

Ji Hae was soon prompted to the realization that she had been ignorant, all the way long.

Mr.KIM : Yes. Her Uncle told me that her memories of Taehyung have erased completely.

Ji Hae could match the pieces now that it all made sense, as to why Jae Ra hadn't shown any signs of familiarity towards Taehyung during the trip.

Mr.KIM : If she has moved forward from her past. There's nothing for you to be guilty anymore. She is almost non-existent to our lives now. And so are we to her's.

Never had she thought, that this mere fact would bring her such relief in the current emotional crisis.

Little did she know, it was a bodily mechanism that breaks us free from an excruciating pain. It finds all unbelievable ways to protect the peace of our mind and attain stability.

Unlike Jae Ra, whose brain has seized those painful memories. Ji Hae's, had only deviated her attention to elsewhere- in a labor to dail down her self blame.

Mr.KIM : Taehyung-ie will also stay away from her. That's how her Uncle has arranged the matters between them in NewYork.

JI HAE : He met her Uncle in NewYork?

Mr.KIM : (-nods-) He was the one to prevent any possibilities of them getting back together. And with this assurance, I am asking you to know that, present matters more. Let's all live in peace and happiness from now on.

Further draping his wrongdoings, Mr.Kim continued his pep talk with his daughter-in-law.

Meanwhile, with the abalone porridge wheeled by a worker, Mrs.Kim was leading the path to Ji Hae's room.
Taehyung patiently watched her movements and waited till she was back to know if everything was alright.

Quite to his unconsciousness, he was rather taking nibbling bites in the wait. Just so he could learn about the matter, before running out of excuses to stay there.

In some time finally, as his mother walked back downstairs with an absent mind. She, took a seat near Taehyung to keep him company. Considering the situation, he attempted to break through the silence.

TH : What's all the ruckus about? (-trying not to sound concerned-) Is she fine?

Mrs.KIM : (-in a tensed tone-) Onh, she seems so. Anyways, what about Jaehyung? Is he awake yet?

TH : No, he was really tired last night. So, I let him sleep through.

Mrs.KIM : (-nods-) Right. Let the child rest. And you. Why don't you rest for a day too?

TH : I had plenty of it last night.

He paused for a moment, thinking how his words contradicted with the truth. The night he spent wetting his pillows, was known to none. Taehyung was hurting from his father's harsh comments on his dead son and all the immorality he and JaeRa had to bear on.

The cursed fate he was stuck with, he wondered his fault to deserve it. No voice of comfort, no sound of solace embraced his crumpled soul in the cold hours of dark. He weeped and weeped quietly under the sheets and none heard his yearns.

TH : (-continues-) Moreover, I have things to catch up on with others. I am the one behind.

Mrs.KIM : (-nods half heartedly-) Eat well.