When you go there
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서여주
senior..
As I left the hospital and saw him driving away without a word, I cautiously opened my mouth to speak, and he answered.
이선배
why
서여주
Where... are you going?
I replied to your words.
이선배
Your parents' house
서여주
...no, I do not want..
이선배
I don't like it either, I can't compromise.
서여주
..senior..
이선배
No, at least you should have said something... Otherwise, I’ll have to meet your parents.
서여주
Ha... Senior...
이선배
... This is cruelty.
이선배
If you're a child, you should at least have a conscience.
At those words, I felt like I wouldn't be able to stop my senior.
A senior who knew where I lived arrived at my house after some time.
Since I had only been sending money occasionally after getting a job and hadn't visited home in quite a while, I felt awkward and hesitant, so my senior grabbed my arm and pulled me along.
이선배
Is anyone there...? Excuse me.
Hearing the senior's voice, Mom opened the door and came out asking who it was, followed by the younger siblings and Dad visible inside.
They seemed surprised that a man was suddenly brought in.
The senior opened their mouth with a burdened look in their eyes.
이선배
Um... I am Yeoju's coworker.
At those words, Mom takes the senior inside the house.
서여주
... You guys go inside.
Only after sending the younger ones into the room did the senior, who had been watching my reaction, speak again.
이선배
Um... the female lead is very sick... Mother, Father
여주엄마
What is that...
이선배
I went to a construction site a while ago and there was an accident.
이선배
Bruises are a given... and my wrist... is badly injured.
As I heard those words, tears welled up in my eyes.
이선배
I apologize. I will do my best to discuss that with the female lead and make amends.
Dad spoke up at that remark, as if finding fault with it.
여주아빠
See, she made such a fuss about being a woman working... Tsk tsk.
The senior who made a surprised expression at Dad's reaction
...I'm bored.
To think I have to live being treated like this at this age...
Terribly... nothing has changed.
Unlike Mom, who was already crying, he scolded me, asking what the big deal was.
At those words, the senior opened his mouth while clenching his fist tightly.
이선배
I am!!
이선배
I know more than anyone how hard the female lead worked.
이선배
The position Yeoju is in now... it was a difficult place to reach... and she was a friend whose future development I was curious to see. Father.
이선배
I feel so sorry and worried... how can you say such a thing?
I pulled the arm of my senior who was on the verge of tears.
서여주
Stop it... Senior
Dad, looking displeased with me, approached me and slapped me.
여주아빠
Now that I look at it, you came to disgrace your father...
My head spun at those words.
서여주
...Ha... Humiliation? Who do you think humiliated whom just now?
서여주
Do you know... why I came?
서여주
Never again to this Anwai house... this dreadful house
서여주
I'm never coming back!!! I'll just eat well... live well... all by myself... I came here to tell you not to look for me... So please don't hit me anymore...
여주아빠
what?
서여주
...You've been beaten so much... How long do I have to keep doing this...?
서여주
How long do I have to put up with this just because he's my dad!!!
I'm going crazy with frustration.
Even in the midst of that, it keeps catching my eye.
If I die... will Dad be able to live out of guilt toward me...?
Let's just... cut ties like this.
...not knowing each other's news, what should we do?
I ran out of the house like that, and I heard the crashing sound of things being thrown as if out of sheer rage.
So I got into my senior's car near my house and started sobbing.
I need to organize all my things.
Whatever it is.
It's this hard to cut ties with my dad, whom I hated so much...
I couldn't stop crying at the thought of seeing Woojin.
In a way, it seems like a relief... I couldn't sever the tangled bond between you and me with my own hands, but at least it was cut off unavoidably... It's a relief.
You will be freer without me.