I asked my mother if I could take a sick leave from school.
I'm in the 4th year of secondary school.
And I don't usually skip school—I'm a diligent student. Guess I got the good genes from my parents.
Mom looked at me carefully and asked, "What's wrong? I've been observing you since yesterday. You seem troubled. Are you being bullied at school?"
I nodded and said, "Yes."
She immediately asked if she should intervene.
I shook my head. "I'll take care of it. Just let me skip school for one week."
She didn't ask any more questions—maybe she sensed something.
Besides, after one week, it will be July 21st. Summer holidays begin then… and my mother dies exactly five days after that.Kim Dae-hyun and Kim Dae-yoon—my sweet twin brothers.
Dae-hyun isn't good at expressing himself or opening up, but he's great at studying. He's like a quiet cat.
Dae-yoon, on the other hand, is athletic and always needs attention.
They were always like that—until they hit puberty.
Ah, just thinking about it makes me want to smack them. They both turned into sturdy cats and overly doting brothers.
But… I can't help but love them.
This morning, they sat beside me and asked if I'd play with them.
I said yes—if they behaved well today.
I even packed their lunches and sent them off to school.After my mother left for work, I secretly followed her.
I saw her speaking to a strange man in an alley.
I couldn't hear the whole conversation—just one sentence from him:
"You could lose your life. It's very dangerous."
My mother didn't even flinch.
She replied,
"I can't leave a child like that".