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"spill the beans dear mother, i know you have something up your sleeve" i said to my mum before taking a bite of the dumplings she just made earlier. dumplings, especially shrimp dumplings is my favorite food and by favorite i mean i can eat like 50 of these in a day and still be hungry to eat more
my mum knows about my special love towards them so sometimes when she's proud of me or sometimes on my birthday or when she has a favor to ask me, she'll make these babies just for me
since my birthday already passed and i currently have nothing to be proud of, i'm pretty sure the reason she woke up early today to make these is because she has something to tell me and judging by how many she made, i might be really displeased with what she has to say
mum only smiled sheepishly before clasping her two hands together,
"you know me too well hyein-ah" "i was made and i've lived inside of you, of course i know you very well"
mum laughed at my words before adoringly ruffled my hair and stared at me warmly. "i need to go to the states on sunday" my eyes looked up as i try to count how many days she has left in my head
'fri, sat, sun- in two days'
"until?" i continued to eat my dumpling but i halted when i didn't hear any replies from her, i look to my left to see her looking apologetic which made me raise a brow
"what? a month?" "hye-" "two months?" "lis-" "okay three months??"
mum sighed heavily before placing her hands on my shoulder so i can face her properly
"i'll be in the states for 8 months or possibly 10 months" i stayed quiet before nodding my head and turn to face my dumplings again. "fine by me, it's for work right? i can't hold you back from doing what you love mum"
my mother loves fashion and is working in the fashion industry - in a pretty well-known company. she's specialized in the designing department so i'm already used with her going in and out of our country to find inspiration and materials but usually she's only gone for a month not more so this might be her longest trip but since i'm in my last year of school, i guess i can count myself as an adult - or a semi-adult which means i should be able to take care of myself and i can
now you might be wondering where's my father. well, he left us. i had fun having a dad till i was 10 until he fell out of love from my mother and love another woman in fact, he has another family now with that woman. was my mother hurt? of course, was i hurt? of course but i felt more pain when i saw my own mother trying to conceal all of that pain with a smile every day since he left
she will always try to show she's fine but i know she's not, every time i brought up about dad she'll immediately ignore it by cutting me off with questions about school and stuff. so i never brought up dad again and he never contacted us since he left so we both decided to act like he never existed.
