You Said Remember Me

48

After dropping him off Victoria received an incoming call from In Ji.

"Dinner? Tomorrow?" Victoria repeated.

"I'm planning to cook a Chinese dish for him, but I'm not really sure how to make it. If you could stop by for a bit it'd be really helpful," her tiny voice came.

"Sure, I'll stop by for a bit. Are you inviting him to your place?"

"We were planning to watch some movies right after dinner," In Ji replied.

"Sounds romantic. I'll see you tomorrow then," Victoria said then hung up. "It sure must be great to be looking forward to seeing someone like that." Victoria smiled at her phone then started the car turning around the corner back to her home.

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Before entering the summer house he turned around to watch her drive away. Seeing her was one of the pleasures in his life. Maybe...just maybe if he asked her again would she give him an answer this time around? Donghae shook his head with that thought. She wouldn't take him seriously...maybe he would really have to wait for a long, long time.

"Oh well, she'll turn around for sure someday Donghae," he told himself.

Just when he set his phone on the table and walked away to get a cup of water his phone began ringing. Walking back to grab his phone Donghae noticed it was his uncle calling.

"Donghae," he answered.

"Donghae," his uncle said, "have you been busy over there?"

Donghae suddenly felt like mentally slapping himself. He'd forgotten all about his uncle after he'd gotten out of the hospital and during his small vacation. How long had it been since he had gone back to visit? 2 months?

"Oh," Donghae said, "is there something you need? Sorry, I sort of forgot about coming back."

"No, no it's fine. Eunhyuk stops by often, he tells me you're definitely very busy over there," his uncle sounded a bit sarcastic which made Donghae wonder what stories Eunhyuk had been feeding him. "Anyway, I was just wondering if you could come back tomorrow? Eunhyuk's family wants to have a dinner for Hee Sun and we're invited."

"Is something special going on?" he asked.

"Not really, but it's her first time coming home from staying at the university for so long so they wanted to do something for her," his uncle explained. "You can make it, right? I think they're all anticipating your visit."

"Oh...really?" Donghae said.

Did they want him to go back to appease Hee Sun? Or were they going to put the spotlight on him and Hee Sun? Either way he didn't want to go back, but he knew he had to.

"I'll make some time in the morning to come then," Donghae replied. "I'll see you then."

After hanging up Donghae glanced down at his phone.

"And here I was unconsciously planning a dinner too," Donghae said to himself.

Donghae arose early in the morning, ate a croissant, drank coffee, and headed out of the summer house. He stopped by at his uncle's first and had lunch there. His uncle looked like he had aged a few years just during those few months that he'd been away. Yet, his warming smile was still the same and Donghae felt happy looking at him.

"Eunhyuk told me that your person of interest lives in Seoul. How's she doing?" his uncle asked.

Donghae felt like choking on his orange juice, "What? Hyuk said what?"

"He said Victoria Song is a psychology professor at the university," his uncle finished. "Eunhyuk also said you make frequent visit to the school."

"It's...it's not like that," Donghae stuttered. "Trust me, when I find someone I really like I'll bring her to visit you. I promise. We're nothing but just friends."

His uncle just smiled.

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He had it planned out. To execute anyone from getting any nearer to Victoria he would do it no matter what. Because he couldn't get any closer to that investigator he needed to get rid of the other obstacle that was getting bigger. In another hour before dinner he would make his move.

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Victoria had kept her eye on the clock all day long and an hour before In Ji would have her dinner date Victoria got into her car. In Ji had called earlier to say that she'd bought all the ingredients and all she needed now was her help. After parking her car by the street she crossed the street toward the large apartment building.