You're divorced, what else can you add?
19. Unforgettable scars
이지은
'If I meet Chanyeol secretly now, nothing will happen?'
My plan was perfect. If Park Chanyeol didn't know, my plan... He burst open my door and came in, throwing barbed words at me.
박찬열
"You think I don't know about you? You better think about it."
What the... It's like he figured out my lie...
박찬열
"Lies, you said it was the thing you hated the most, so you wouldn't lie, right? Yes, I believe you wouldn't."
While I was secretly meeting with Baekhyun and thinking that he wouldn't get hurt as long as Chanyeol didn't catch him, he opened my door and came in, said something that seemed to destroy the opportunity that had been my hope, and closed the door before leaving.
이지은
'Lies... I'm telling the lie I hate the most in the world...'
Before I met Baekhyun, I had someone I loved. I waited for him for so long that he didn't show up, so I called him.
이지은
"Hello? Where are you??"
I asked in an excited voice, excited by the prospect of seeing him soon. But the answer I got was...
구남친
"Oh, sorry, I don't think I can meet you today."
이지은
"Huh?....Why?"
구남친
"Today... my father passed away."
이지은
"What? Then me too."
구남친
"Then I'll hang up."
"Okay, I got it," he muttered to himself, holding the phone that had just hung up.
Today was my birthday. I was so excited to meet the person I liked on my birthday, but when I heard that, I was waiting for my birthday, thinking, "So this is how my long-awaited birthday is passing by," and was on my way home. But on the way home, I ran into that person.
I was walking down the main road when I happened to turn toward an alley. There, in that alley, was that person. The person whose father had passed away today...
I couldn't believe that my healthy father had suddenly passed away.
It was a lie...
A few days later, I got a call from him. I hesitated for a while, wondering whether I should answer or not, but then I did.
이지은
"hello.."
구남친
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"......." I couldn't answer his question, asking if I was feeling unwell.
구남친
"Shall we meet today? I'm sorry I couldn't meet you on your birthday... So let's meet today."
이지은
"Yeah, okay."
I bit my lip. I was deceived. I've always trusted people. I've never once distrusted them.
But now I can't trust people anymore.
구남친
"Why is the pressure so low today?"
이지은
".... It's nothing."
구남친
"It's not like it was nothing. Are you upset because I couldn't meet you that day?"
After hearing that, I looked at this person.
구남친
"Are you upset? How should I untie you? Hmm..."
How could someone like this lie about someone's life?
구남친
"kiss?"
이지은
'I like you, but... I can't forgive you for lying to me about someone's life, and I can't like you anymore.'
The sight of him grabbing my arm and thrusting his face into mine brought back memories of the scar I had on my birthday.
He was kissing a woman he was with in an alleyway.
이지은
'No, I'm scared.'
I closed my eyes tightly and pushed the man.
이지은
"Don't touch me!"
구남친
"What's wrong, Ji-eun?"
이지은
"Don't even call my name. How could you do that? You know it's my birthday, and you say my father is healthy, and yet you play with people's lives? I saw everything, what you did that day. Let's stop. I don't trust people anymore. Get out, don't show yourself in front of me."
I liked it a lot. That's why I said those words and tears kept flowing, as if I couldn't control my emotions.
I looked back as I walked, wiping away my tears.
이지은
"It's not following..."
이지은
"What the hell, Lee Ji-eun, come to your senses. That guy is just trash. Are you expecting me to chase him and catch him? Forget it."
Maybe it's because it was a lie that happened on my birthday with the person I loved, but I can't forget it, and the lie was the biggest wound to me.