Chapter 43.3
A Golden Holiday (3)
“When he went to serve in the military, he seemed relieved to be finally leaving our house. Ever since then, the letters from him had become increasingly sparse, until eventually he stopped contacting me altogether.”
“…but Sang-Beom, there’s just one thing that we need to discuss.”
While listening to his story, there was something that was troubling me.
“If it turns out that your hyung just doesn’t want to see you, what will you do?”
His expression filled with shock. It seemed like that thought had never once crossed his mind. Previously, he had been certain that his brother’s disappearance had something to do with his parents, and the only reason he escaped that fate was because he was too young.
“Of course, I know that you and your hyung were close, but aren’t you old enough to understand? If your hyung really wanted to contact you, then he could have done it in secrecy. But seeing as how that hasn’t happened, there might be other circumstances.”
Although I had said it in a roundabout way, Sang-Beom understood the meaning behind my words. I meant that his hyung may have decided to abandon everything in order to start a new life, and that he could have been part of the dark past that his hyung had left behind.
After chewing his bottom lip softly, he nodded his head.