62. November 2, 7 years ago
"... ... What is your mom hiding from you? "I'm sad to say that, son."
Mrs. Jang glanced at Jiheon and said. As if passing off Jiheon's question as a joke.
The mother adds that she is disappointed when something unfavorable is mentioned.
Jiheon decided there was no need to talk any more.
It was a long road back home after leaving the main house.
I parked the car in a dark place and got lost in thought.
When he was young, his mother intervened in his friendships. Then she messed up once and her mother contacted his friend's mother and completely ruined her relationship.
After that, Jiheon himself was careful about his friendships. He tried not to make friends who were not like his mother and maintained clear lines between his friends.
So I don't have many friends.
Since I didn't do anything that caught my mother's attention, my mother's obsession naturally disappeared.
I thought it was gone.
It did not occur to him that his mother could deceive him as much as he could, just as he had deceived his mother.
But even if that were the case, how should we find out?
It's already been 7 years.
Even the average person would have a hard time remembering things from 7 years ago.
Jiheon, who had been tapping on his phone screen aimlessly, called Noon.
[hello.]
Noon received a phone call right away.
A gurgling sound was heard beyond the receiver. It sounded like Yena's voice.
"Are you with Yena? Shall we do it later?"
[no. are you okay.]
I was about to hang up because I was sorry, but for some reason, Noon caught Jiheon first. After a while, Yena's voice cleared up and the surroundings became quiet. It seemed like Noon had gone into another room to avoid Yena.
[no. There is a koala doll that the director gave me. Yena was begging me to make a swaddle for it.]
"Swaddling?"
[It is said that the baby kangaroo is warm because it is in its mother's pouch, but the baby koala is cold because it is just sitting on its back. So, please make me a swaddle.]
Jiheon closed his eyes and laughed at the child's sensitivity.
For some reason, I imagined a scene where a child was having a tantrum with Noon. The child was so cute and adorable even in my imagination. As soon as I realized that Lee Jeong-oh's childhood may not have been much different, I wanted to run over and check it out.
[Yena's grandmother used to carry her in swaddling clothes a lot when she was young.]
Grandmother, mother and child. A two-generation single mother family.
It's a group of members that others think are lacking and unsatisfactory, but when you think about it, there's nothing worse than your own family.
I only talk about work with my father, and I only see my half-brother a few times a year.
With my mother... ... While hiding her restraints and doubts in her words of love, we only look at the surface.
His family, which seemed so wealthy and perfect on the outside, was very sloppy and formal.
