I noticed her teacher, Mrs Lee wasn't focusing on anything other than her class. She didn't even see us.
"Bye" I said with a smile when she reached for the door handle. "And remember, your excuse is that Principal Kim called you, okay?"
She shook her head. "I already know that"
Just before she entered her class, our eyes met. I winked at her and she turned away.
I liked Shin Yoonah, the impulsively insane girl, the missionary's daughter, the one off limits. I couldn't but smile. I had a crush on her.
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Shin Yoonah, who was in her last year in high school, a victim of bullying at various times, lost her dad and almost met death finds this shaped her in into the woman she becomes.
When the past threatens to rear it's head again, will she breeze through unfazed or find it halting all she's worked for?
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
*****
It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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