PERSONA

Chapter 7

I put on my white knitted cardigan and made my way down only to be greeted by my mother packing various side dishes into a bag. I laughed and took out certain stuff from the bag, various kimchi seasoned and fermented.

"Mom, please they are rich so they probably have side dishes there," I said.

"Mom is just worried, you're going to be in a different environment," the voice of my brother was followed by the sound of my luggage being dragged.

"Yea, also Ji Hyun, if you don't want to go, you can just say it okay," my mother said as she approached me, her hand putting my hair back.

"I'm sure I will do fine,"

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"Sir, your guests have arrived," the butler said as he bowed and excused himself.

"Good on you for making this choice. I didn't have to wait that long either," my now grandfather said.

My mother bowed and I also reluctantly bowed too. The man waved his hands, signaling us to look up. He talked about how it had been a while since someone outside was in the house and that he was thinking that this is the best decision that I have made.

"Don't be uselessly standing over there, listen, you go make your way to your room while I talk to your fake mother," he said and the butler ushered me out.

I nodded and walked out of the room with the butler. He held out his hand gesturing to show the way. I held my hand up indicating to wait a while as I pressed my ears to the door of the office. I guess the butler is trying not to be rude to me as he did not stop me either.

Conversation in the room:

"As you know, I'm her grandfather"

"I wonder what you're doing, what's your motive? Why is your son not taking over? Why push it on her?"

"That guy fell sick and cannot wake up after causing this trouble.He is the one not accepting the child that was conceived, he decided to abandon his wife to go with that other woman and bring an illegitimate son inside the house. It is no wonder that the wife created a child with another man, maybe it was his but he refused to believe it,"

"Min Ju did not hate him, I believed her,"

"Whatever, I don't know what she tells you but listen, Ji Hyun will not know about the past, it must be covered,"

"If you promise she will not get hurt like in the past, I'll keep it behind me,"

Conversation ends.

I was stumbling as I moved away from the door knowing damn well that my mother is going out of the room soon. I quickly walked away with the butler, my luggage dragging behind me. After walking for a while we stumbled across an open space. The butler was saying something about the space being a living room as I studied the area.

At the end laid staircases heading upstairs .In the middle laid couches surrounding a coffee table. Near the staircase placed a piano, very familiar looking but I just brushed it off. Pain slowly came through my head giving me a headache as memories poured out.

Start flashback

Basically this type of words is flashback

And this type is reality

"Jinhyun, are you ok?" a small boy asked.

"Sorry, Sorry, Ji Hyun. I'm sorry I cannot keep my promise. I tried to take the pain but I just couldn't. He pushed me away and I couldn't protect you," he continued.

"Lies, all of it is a lie," the girl replied. Her voice sounded hoarse due to continuously shouting. The girl had bruises all over her body. Her hair was a mess and her eyes and cheeks were soaked in tears.

Wait, what is this? Who is the girl and who is the boy? Is this me?

The sound of the piano was heard and then an abrupt wrong tone and then there were cries, a man appeared and a clock was seen. It was a dark surrounding.

"Sorry dad, I was wrong"

The girl was being hit continuously with a cane, the boy ran over, dropping the violin.

End flashback

"Ma'am are you alright? Do you need help? Should I call a nurse?" the butler asked.

I shook my head. I did not realise I was crying while kneeling altogether holding my head. I got up and wiped my tears on my cheek. Embarrassed as I asked for my room. He nodded and walked in front of me. I followed him up the stairs.We walked and we reached my room. The door opened to reveal a very large room. Everything in there was like a dream.

The bed itself was not just queen, maybe king and the vanity was filled with beauty products, there was even a study table with an ipad and desktop with various snacks stocking up on a shelf beside the table. I thanked the butler, who I now know was Mr kim. I finished unpacking and changed into a comfortable t-shirt and jeans. I decided to head out and explore this huge place.

As I walked out of my room I heard some instrumental music coming from another room. Rapping was heard together with the instrumental and I found myself listening to it. I was eager to find out who was behind that voice. Just as I was about to open the door, Mr Kim walked up the stairs with my brother.

"Oppa?"

"Yea, I asked to stay here with you and the old man allowed me too, something about helping you adapt to the environment," I just nodded and followed him into his room to help him unpack.