Chapter 454
Drururuk—
The cassette tape spun again.
Blink.
When Kang Ichae opened his eyes, he saw the letter his mother had written.
Where there is a meeting, parting is only natural.
To leave such a line as the first words to her son in her last letter—
It was exactly the kind of thing his mother would do. And yet, it felt unbearably cold.
Nineteen-year-old Kang Ichae couldn’t bring himself to read any further. He let out a faint sigh, folded the letter neatly, and tucked it back into his coat.
In the end, no miracle happened.
After fighting illness for more than ten years, his mother passed away before he even turned twenty.
After the funeral, he began settling postponed affairs through a lawyer—selling property, arranging inheritance—because he had no reason to return to Korea again.
And by the time everything was finished and only one old house remained, Kang Ichae realized something.