《ROAD TO SALVATION》|| A Sweet Home Fan Story

Episode 3: Amidst the Chaos

(A/N: This happens during Episode 2.)

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Jisu's POV

Flashback Start

Mr. Kim gave me a bottle of orange juice and said, "If you need help with anything, you can contact us, at the security office."

"Haha, okay. Thanks.." I replied as I took the bottle of orange juice. "By the way, sir~"

"Yes?"

"Does this place have soundproof walls?"

After I headed back to my apartment, I tried to come up with a new song, but for some reason, I couldn't.

"Eh~ What a lame song to cover... Totally not my style."

'Ok, I'll just cut the corners!' I thought to myself as I put the last of my cigarette.

"Crap, that was the last one," I muttered when I noticed I'm all out cigarettes so I grabbed my guitar and headed outside to buy more cigarettes.

As I head to the elevator, I encountered a nice woman with a baby in a stroller.

"Oh, have you just moved in?" the woman asked.

"Yes, it's the apartment 1510..." I replied. "So nice to meet you!"

That was when I heard her baby crying.

"Oh, it's ok, sweetie. No need to be startled. She's your neighbor." the woman reassured her baby daughter.

"How old is your baby?" I asked.

"She's a 12-month-old princess," the woman replied.

I noticed that there is nothing in the stroller but a small white piece of cloth.

"Isn't she lovely?"

I decided to humor her since I felt that she's in denial that she didn't have a baby.

"Well..... absolutely....." I replied as the elevator doors opened and the woman entered it.

"You're not getting in?" she asked me.

"Well, haha," I said while scratching my head (I was lying). "I, I left my wallet."

"I'll the hold the elevator for you then."

"No need. I'll catch the next one."

And with that, the elevator doors closed as I stood on my spot, thinking about that empty stroller.

"......What's wrong with her?" I muttered to myself.

"A poor lady, isn't she?" I heard a voice nearby. I turned to the corner of my eyes and noticed a fine man in a nice suit and glasses.

"A year ago, while she wasn't paying attention, the baby stroller slid down the road and the baby... got..." the man trailed off as he thought mentioning the baby's fate would be unpleasant. "Ever since then, she's become like that."

"Uh... that's too bad," I can't help but feel sympathetic for that woman.

"The Lord sometimes gives something very hard to overcome, but a person shouldn't be criticized or be an object of fear for not being able to overcome such difficulties," the man continued.