PART 2: THE SHADOW OF KANG JUN
I stood frozen at the top of the stairs, my heart pounding violently in my chest as heavy footsteps echoed from the entryway below.
I ducked behind the doorway of the box-filled room, peering through the slight crack as a figure walked into the hallway.
It wasn’t Kang Jun. It was Mary Lou, looking exhausted, wearing a simple dark coat and carrying a thick leather envelope.
She looked around the quiet house, let out a deep, trembling sigh, and leaned her forehead against the wooden wall as if carrying the weight of the world.
“Mary Lou?” I whispered, stepping out into the hallway, my voice shaking with twelve years of pent-up grief and confusion.
She spun around, her face draining of all color, the leather envelope slipping from her hands and clattering against the floor.
“Mom?” she gasped, her eyes wide with total shock. “What… what are you doing here? How did you find me?”
(The dark reality of Mary Lou’s marriage is about to come to light! Click “Next Page” to continue reading…)
