Memoirs of a Young Love (Completed)

Chapter 25 - Unexpected Revelation

'Dad?' I thought I heard him wrong.

'I don't want you seeing him again,' he said. I was astounded. I could not look at him properly.

'Why Dad?'

'Did you forget what happened? He did not even tell you where he was, and he did not see you cry your heart out. I was there, Yejin,' he almost shouted at me. Tears were threatening to fall.

Just when I thought everything was alright, another storm came. This time, it's my dad.

'Dad, please,' I pleaded with him, tears flowing all over. I don't want to argue with him, and I don't want to lose Bin either.

'Remember everything that happened, and everything I saw. That's final,' he said as he went inside the house.

I stood outside our house, not really knowing what to do. I didn't want to lose any second. I called Bin.

'Hello, Yej?' he answered.

'Can you come back?' I said through my tears. He was worried, and he promised he'll come back right away.

True enough, in just fifteen minutes, he was there knocking. I opened it immediately and I went up to him, embracing him. He wondered what happened but he didn't ask me why. He held me and caressed me, trying to shush me from crying.

'I'm here now, what's wrong?' he asked after I calmed down.

'Dad, he doesn't want me to see you again,' I said. Immediately his face spoke of a lot of things, some things I never understood. But there was one that stood out.

Sadness.

'Do you want me to come in and talk to him?' he asked. 'Because I will do that.'

I shook my head. 'I know him, Bin. He can be a sweet man, but when he's angry he turns into a different person.'

I turned to look inside and I saw my dad standing again by the doorway, arms crossing his chest. Bin could have seen him, as he pulled away and grabbed my hand. He then lead the way so we can get inside.

'Good evening, Mr. Son,' he said. 'I would like to talk to you, if I may?'

I wanted to get away from his grip, but Bin's grasp on my hand was stronger. It seems like he didn't want to let go of me. I don't really know what my dad would do, but I know I must stand with Bin.

He wanted to make things right, this time.

My dad didn't budge, he just stood there. Bin then let go of me and dropped to his knees.

'Sir, I know I have done something wrong. I am sorry. But please give me a chance to explain what happened,' he began.

'Get up,' my dad said. 'Get inside. We have to talk, alone,' and he went in.

Bin stood up and looked at me. He smiled, 'I'll come back.'

I didn't know what they talked about. I was really nervous and I could only hope that it turns out good.

It dawned on me that this could have been Bin's predicament when he was faced with the reality of being away from me. He loved his mom, and he loves me. But because he was younger at that time, he had no other choice but to follow what his father had to say.

I love my dad, I have always been a Daddy's girl. When he first saw him, he was not the very welcoming type, but he did talk to me first and when he knew Bin, it turned out that he liked him. But when he left me without a word, Dad saw everything. He saw me crying day and night, he asked Bin's dad his whereabouts, but Uncle Jong Chan did not tell him anything. He saw me unable to get up from bed because of emotional exhaustion. Seeing him cry in front of me and ask me to stop doing what I was doing became my wake up call that I have to get up and get my life back. It was hard, but Dad was there all throughout.