A few days passed.
One afternoon, I came home from school and found Mom sitting on the couch, flipping through an old photo album. But the moment she noticed me, she quickly closed it and hid it under the couch
That was strange.
I had never seen that album before.
I didn't ask her anything. I pretended like I hadn't seen the album at all.
After all, if I wanted it… I had to be smart.
"I'm hungry," I said casually.
"Wait here," Mom replied. "I'll bring you some food."
The moment she walked into the kitchen, I grabbed the album and slipped it into my bag. My heart was pounding like I'd just committed a crime.
I quickly went to my room and shut the door behind me.
Now, I finally had the album.
I opened the album and started flipping through the pages.
Old photos. Smiling faces. Memories that weren't mine.
Then suddenly, my breath caught.
There she was.
The same woman whose photo I'd seen in Hanjoon's wallet.
But… wait.
Why was she holding Hae-wool? And she also has picture with Hae wools Halmoni?
My heart started racing.
Does she know him? How are they connected?
A thousand questions flooded my mind, but I knew one thing for sure — I couldn't ask Mom.
If I did, she'd find out that I stole the album…
and she might actually kill me.
I took a photo of that lady so that I can ask them
The next day at school, I pulled Hae-wool aside and asked him to come with me.
Once we were alone, I showed him the pictures from the album and asked if he knew the woman in them.
He studied the photos carefully, then shook his head. "No. I don't know her."
That was it.
I quickly changed the topic. If he didn't know anything, there was no point in digging further — and honestly, I didn't want anyone else to know about this yet.
After a moment, I told him, "I want to go to your house today."
His eyes lit up immediately. "Really? Okay!"
What he didn't know was that I had a different reason.
My real intention was to talk to his halmoni — because I was sure she knew something about that picture.