A Gentle Intruder (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 46

The man said he’d left his phone number, telling her to contact him anytime if she needed more money for hospital bills. She thought she knew who this person was—it must be Manager Jeong, the man Jae Ho often mentioned.

She folded the paper she’d been staring at, crumpling it slightly, and tucked it into her pocket. Contacting this person would be no different from calling Lee Jae Ho directly. What would she even say if he answered?

After a moment of hesitation, she looked up and greeted her mom.

“It’s been a while, Mom. Sorry I haven’t visited in so long. Today, I’ll stay and chat a lot before I go.”

Her mother, now unable to even blink, showed no reaction at all. Da Jung continued speaking as if she were used to it.

“I… I gathered up my courage and went on a trip.”

Da Jung took her mother’s hand.

“It was my first time traveling alone. I went to Taean because I remembered that beach where we used to dig for clams. Do you remember, Mom? That day when Oppa couldn’t find a single clam, so Dad treated us to kalguksu? I visited a place really close to there.”

“…….”

“I met a man there…”

Her mother gave no reply. Cha Myung Sook had been in a vegetative state for five years. She’d first collapsed from a stroke eight years ago, and even back then, her condition had been so poor that communication was nearly impossible.

Two-thirds of her brain cells had died, rendering speech impossible, and her entire left side was paralyzed. Still, at that time, there had been hope for recovery.

“That man, Mom…”

Now, Cha Myung Sook wasn’t even in a condition to hold onto hope.

“He seems sincere about liking me, but he keeps deceiving me.”

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