Femme fatale - JENLISA

CHAPITRE 28 - DEUIL

LISA'S POV

After a week, I was able to enter this room again even though my heart tensed with every step I took, but I had to get past this obstacle. If I was able to survive my brother's death, why was it so difficult for me to collect our memories?

Nothing had moved since then except that the room looked like a battle scene. Scraps of paper were scattered on the floor, candles extinguished and flowers lying lifeless. Slowly I approached that wall where I hit Jennie in anger at the very moment. Her words of accusing my brother of being her harasser haunted me. Until a while ago, she was convinced that Jinyoung was a monster when he wouldn't even hurt a fly.

My eyes diverted to the picture frame hanging on the wall. It was the day I graduated. Even though Jinyoung and I were the same age, the guy managed to graduate two years early. He was undoubtedly gifted, he could've made time with his knowledge. 

"How are you today, buddy? I hope you're at peace up there unlike me," I jokingly said while touching the photo. I remember her smile that never left his face. It was amazing to think that he looked happier and more excited than my parents. When he came to campus with three Toy Story alien inflatable balloons, I couldn't stop whining about it because he did it to embarrass me in front of the other students. Hence the explanation for his kissing attack on the picture, in the end he had tried to make it up to me. I only agreed when he offered to pay for all the snacks for a week. The offer was so tempting that I wasn't going to turn down such an opportunity.

"I miss you, bud. Jackson misses you too," a small tear ran down my cheek. 

It's crazy how Jinyoung and I weren't real siblings, but our relationship was so close that everyone was convinced it was a lie. We were inevitably linked to have such a complicity. Only people didn't have the background. They weren't there to see when I was alone playing with my toys while my parents were away on a business trip in I don't know what country. They never knew I was left with different nannies/maids for years. Until the day Ms. Park came to our house. A single mom who was looking for a job. I wasn't specifically thrilled when I met her, but the next day, when she introduced me to her son. I knew right away that he would become my best friend.

Before long, he and I had become inseparable. We ended up having our traditions like stuffing ourselves with candies while his mother was busy ironing clothes. But when we got caught, we would get the worst punishment. I must say Mrs. Park was a pretty creative woman. I became very fond of him when I heard what he had gone through. He made me promise never to repeat it because no one was supposed to know. Of course, I broke the promise, but fortunately my parents were understanding and they had a golden heart. 

At that age, I didn't know what rape meant. So I wasn't necessarily shocked when Jackson explained to me what had happened to his mother, which is why she had to look for a new job. When my parents explained it to me, I do recall crying. The simple words they used to make me understand were so powerful that I promised myself that I would protect my best friend. Sadly, I could not take away the pain that was weighing on his heart when his mother decided to end her life. She had left a letter to my parents and to her own son. Later we learned that she had been harassed by the wife of her previous boss who had raped her. Mrs. Park had never mentioned it and the poor woman had to be exhausted to miserably end her life. My parents managed to keep the case confidential to preserve Jinyoung. That's how they came to an important decision: to adopt him. Even though everything seemed to be a miracle, Jinyoung's integration into the family brought nothing but problems. The family of Ms. Park's previous boss moved their target on him by spreading rumours, paying the media to portray him and his mother as professional scammers who targeted only rich people.