Chapter 2

*After An Hour*

Juli was sitting on the window seat, writing on her diary and having a cup of coffee.

Now that her children are out of home, first, she did all the household chores. After that, she thought of relieving her pains and emotions by writing on her diary. It's like a habit. She writes all the good and bad memories in her diary. And now, she's writing about the incident that just happened today. While writing about it, she became even more emotional. Her eyes got teary. So, she stopped writing and looked outside the window. There are large trees and one of the trees is very near to the window of her bedroom. While she was looking through the window, her eyes caught sight of two birds in that tree. The two birds were making a nest, no wonder to lay eggs and bring up their chicks. They were so busy with what they were doing.  She was staring at them without even blinking. Seeing those two birds, she remembered of her own family life too. Juli sighed. She was thinking in her mind, how her whole life changed after that night, that 'Dark Night'.

Juli was very talented and a meritorious student just like her children. At the age of 16, she met a boy named Kim Seok-Jin,  whom she thought the love of her life. And before she could complete her graduation , she married that boy by going against her family. They kicked her out of their home. Juli and Jin, both moved to a different city and there they started living in a small apartment. Juli continued rest of her study there. And after a year, she gave birth to a baby girl, Lisa. Everything was going on very smoothly. They were happy too. But one day, Jin left the home after having a serious quarrel with Juli, when Lisa was just seven and Juli was carrying another baby, Jungkook on her womb. She was shocked seeing her husband's action. He never did anything like that before. She was so worried for him as even after the whole night, he didn't return. She even filed a report to the police. But police couldn't find him either. And after a few days, they found the car Jin left with that night and that car was found near the river bank. So, they thought that he might have jumped into that river and so they considered him to be dead. Juli's heart broke into pieces. She was happy with her husband , everything was perfect, then why did all of those happen? Lisa loves her dad more than anyone and she thinks that if her mom had not fight with her dad back then, her dad would have been alive. She still blames her mom for whatever happened. That's why she's being too rude with her mom. And Jungkook , he doesn't have any idea why his sister treats their mom like that and Lisa doesn't want her brother to know all these either because she thinks if he gets to know all these, then he's gonna hate their mom too.

-Only if I had not fight with you back then...

Saying that she opened her diary revealing a photograph of her husband. It was taken on a Christmas eve. It was a photograph of him Sitting on the floor  beside a decorated Christmas  tree and looking at the camera, smiling  just like her daughter,  Lisa.

Yep... Lisa looks exactly like her dad, even she got her dad's smile too. Jungkook and Jin don't have similarities, Jungkook is more of a cute bunny. Especially,  for his cute smile. Juli smiled softly. She was staring at the photograph of Jin. ... A very handsome guy with flawless skin, dark black hair and black eyes, red lips. She used to tease him by calling him 'Worldwide Handsome'. And really,  he was handsome. She was staring at the photograph of him. Her vision got blurry. She sighed and said,

-None of this would have happened.

She sighed closing her eyes. Tears roll down her cheeks continuously. Then, she opened her eyes and looked at the photograph again.

-I don't think I deserve forgiveness, honey.

Saying that she cried silently for a few moments. Images of her fighting with Jin and the days she had to struggle all alone with two children, and the incident that just happened today kept flashing into her mind. And she couldn't stop sobbing. The pain of losing her husband and thought of being all alone is killing her from inside. She has no one to share her pains with. She's all alone now, even though, she has children.

-I love you, honey and everything that you gave me. Your name, our home, the symbol of our love; our kids, everything. I love them and I'll always love them. But I don't think I deserve love...

Tears continued to roll down her cheeks.

-I lost you when I needed you the most.

She wiped off the tears from her cheeks.

-And now, I think I'm gonna lose them too. They don't love me at all.

She leaned down to put her head on her knees and continued crying.

-Why? Why you left me?

She closed her eyes and still crying.

-I miss you so much, Jin.....

**After half an hour**

(Phone Ringing)

-Huh? M..m... my phone...

Juli didn't know when she fell asleep. She wiped off the tears and received the call.

-H...hello...

Juli yawned.

-Mam, where are you?

-At home, but why did you call me? What's the time now??

She was rubbing her eyes, still feeling sleepy.

-We've some difficulties, Mam. You needa come here, immediately.

She jumped on that window seat.

-Did something happen, Jimin?

-I can't tell you via call. Please come quickly, mam.

-Okay, just give me 15 minutes. I'll be there.

She cut the call then went straight into the bathroom to have a shower, then she dressed up in a black and white tshirt stripped two piece set and went to her office driving her new black car. Actually, Juli is working as a software developer in a company. And the guy called her earlier , Jimin, is her assistant. She was driving her car and thinking in her mind about the worst thing that could happen in her office, even though, she didn't know what happened. When she reached her office, she found Jimin, along with her other Co-workers standing, waiting for Juli in the parking lot. They looked really frustrated about something.

-I guess, something big happened.

She thought it in her mind. She got out of the car and started walking towards them.

-Jimin, guys, now quick. Show me the problem.

She said that to them very fast.

-Mam, it's just...

-Come on, tell me . What is it?

They were looking at each other with a tension and fear in their eyes.

-What?

Jimin opened his mouth.

-Mam, actually, in your desk, there's nothing yours. You got replaced by someone.

-What?!

She couldn't believe her own ears what she just heard. Hearing this, she didn't waste a minute and rushed towards her desk. And guess what? There weren't anything in that desk that belonged to her. It got replaced.

-But...th...then... w...wh...where's mine?

Jimin came in front of her and other co-workers were standing behind her.

-Actually, Boss said that...

Juli looked into his eyes.

-What, Jimin?

They looked at each other. Jimin was hesitating. Juli gave up all her hopes. She knew what they're going to say. She's not going to work here anymore.

-Jimin-ah, Please, tell me the truth. Don't hesitate, please...

-That you got promotion.

-What?!

Juli exclaimed. It's a surprising news. She didn't expect to hear this. She thought boss doesn't want her in this office anymore.

-Yeah...mam, congratulations.😊

-Really? Oh my God... I can't believe it.

She covered her mouth with her hands.

-Yep, it's true. Congratulations, mam.

-Oww...thank you...😊😄

-Oh, won't you see your new desk?

-Oh, yeah, sure. Where is it?

-It's in there. You go first. We'll catch you up later.

-Okay...😊

She turned around and walked towards her new desk. And before she even reached there, she knew and was sure that her every single thing is placed perfectly on her new desk. Even her co-workers know that she likes everything to be kept perfectly, she's like her daughter in these sides. She was feeling so happy as she got promotion and didn't have any idea what more (surprise) is waiting for her. When she reached her new desk, she saw a beautiful chocolate cake over the desk. And something is written on the cake. She went there to see what's written on it. And when she saw it, she became so shocked. On that cake, it's written,

❤Congratulations                             And               Happy Birthday to you❤                             ❤Mam❤

It's her birthday! But even she didn't remember it as her day started with all those painful words and behaviours of her daughter. She was so lost in her thoughts that she flinched when her co-workers clapped behind her. She turned around to see them. They were clapping and wishing her,           "Congratulations, Mam"

"Happy Birthday to you, Mam"

She was looking  at her co-workers happy faces. Yeah...they remembered her birthday or most likely, Jimin was behind all these. But even though he arranged everything, Juli knows; to these people, their Juli mam's happiness matters more than anything else. They didn't just do it for formalities. Yea... they really love her so much. They did all those things just to make her happy. A soft smile formed on her face thinking all of those things. Even she didn't know when she started crying. This time, not in pain, nor sadness. But because she was feeling happy... Tears of happiness continued to roll down her cheeks and that soft smile was still on her face...

To be Continued...