psychotherapy center
Thank you (1)
강여주
"I'm... back..."
When I came home, I saw various soju bottles scattered on the floor and things broken.
강여주
"If I don't clean up, I'll probably get beaten again... They'll ask what a bitch who doesn't even earn money is doing not cleaning the house... Ugh!"
Of all things, why do they only drink the heavy, big bottles... and it's not like they're the ones cleaning it up...
But the reason I can't report Dad or run away from home despite all this is because it's all my fault that he's changed like this... because Mom passed away because of me...
Squeak-
Ah... here we go again...
아빠
"Why are you shamelessly here?! You should have died!!! Heejin died because of you!!!!"
강여주
"..I'm sorry, Dad..."
아빠
"Shut up!!! Who do you think your father is!!! From the day you killed Heejin, you weren't my daughter!! If it weren't for you, Heejin would be right here right now!!"
아빠
"Go die!!! You fucking bitch!!!"
Bang-crash!
No matter what Dad said or how he beat me, I fully understood why he was acting this way. He made his own daughter's mother die... what father would be happy about that?
I kept getting hit, and the intensity of the beatings grew stronger, but far from screaming, I resigned myself to the situation and started taking the blows. Because I was at fault. Because my mother died because of me...
Then, my consciousness began to fade, and I was beaten to the point where I could barely speak, but the beating did not stop.
At that moment, I suddenly choked up and muttered.
강여주
"Mom... I'm so sorry..."
김석진
"Wow... is it really raining like this... Is the sky angry? Haha..."
Although he was surprised by the heavy rain, Seokjin, who was holding an umbrella, started going home humming a tune.
김석진
"A young master who went to buy chicken... and ended up getting drenched in heavy rain... Huh?!"
???
"...Is that you, sir...?"
김석진
"Ah... I know who you are... Ugh... I thought you were a water ghost..."
강여주
More importantly, could you lend me your phone?
김석진
"Huh? Yeah, here."
Seokjin was horrified when he saw Yeoju's condition while lending her his phone. There was not a single unharmed spot on her body or face; her blood had dried and clotted because it hadn't been stopped, and she was soaked to the bone, with rainwater constantly touching her wounds.
김석진
"By the way, who are you calling?"
강여주
What? To Suyeong... I don't have any clothes, so I'm going to ask her to lend me some..
김석진
Then what about the house? Why aren't you inside?
Seokjin glanced around, wondering if he had said something wrong, as Yeoju's expression suddenly hardened, but Yeoju smiled as if to say it was okay and spoke.
강여주
"It's okay... I left home because of my own mistake... You don't need to apologize."
김석진
"(Since when did I become an old man...) Then you don't have anywhere to stay? If that's really the case... my house..."
강여주
"No."
김석진
"What are you thinking... My house is big, you know. That's why Hoseok lives here too... Should I say it feels like a boarding house?"
강여주
"But they are all men, you know..."
김석진
Then call your friend instead.
강여주
I can cover the boarding fees with my part-time job earnings... but I wonder if Sooyoung will grant my request... It hasn't even been that long since we became close...
Turrr-
박수영
[Who are you? Is this spam? Get lost. I'm reporting you.]
강여주
"Ah..! Suyeong! It's me.. I have a favor to ask..."
박수영
[Huh? Wait a minute, are you outside? I can hear the rain really well. I'm coming to pick you up.]
강여주
"There's no need for that...?!"
김석진
"Hey, Yeoju's friend! You remember my voice, right? This is Jinjin Street in Bangtan-dong. Take Yeoju here~"
박수영
[Okay. Then hold onto him.]
Yeoju stared blankly at Seokjin, and Seokjin was simply shining his umbrella at her.
김석진
"If you really don't want to go, go stay at a friend's house. That won't be uncomfortable, right?"
강여주
"..thank you.."
(A few minutes later)
박수영
"Hick?! Kang Yeo-ju! What's wrong with you! Let's go to my house..."
강여주
Yeah... thank you all so much..
Yeoju walked on, supported by Sooyoung, and Seokjin spoke as he watched her retreating figure.
김석진
"...You're just the same now as you were in the past when it came to not talking about your wounds... Kang Yeo-ju."
While tilting an umbrella for the female lead, he didn't realize his own shoulder was completely soaked.