Chapter 29

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“I will tell her before Chuseok, end of discussion.”

Her authoritative tone burned my blood. “No Lisa, it’s not the end of the discussion and don’t you dare take that tone with me.”

She turned away from the window and looked at me, “Are you looking to start an argument?”

“All you have to do is tell me why you didn’t tell her yet.”

Her eyes turned dark as she glared at me. I could see anger in them. “You want to know why? I haven’t been able to do anything because I’m stuck here taking care of you.”

Did I just hear this bastard right? Did she just say she’s STUCK here taking care of me? I felt my blood pressure rise as my heart felt like it had been stabbed with a knife. She realized what she said because she turned towards the window again and ran her hands through her hair.

“Stuck, you’re not stuck here Lisa, I didn’t fucking ask you to come here; I didn’t fucking ask you to take care of me.”

She turned towards me, “Baby I didn’t mean it like that.”

The only thoughts running through my insane mind were that she felt trapped. “Get out of here,” I screamed as I picked up a glass and threw it at her. She ducked and shook her head.

“Fine, if that’s what you want.”

She turned just like that and walked out as I flinched when I heard the apartment door slam shut. My phone quickly signaled a text message from Sehun, “Everything ok? We just saw Lisa storm out?”

My fingers typed frantically, “I’m fine; we’ll talk tomorrow.”

I dialed Jisoo and let out a sigh of relief when she answered, “Hi Jen.”

I couldn’t even get the words hello out first. “Lisa and I got into an argument and she stormed out,” I started to cry.

She asked what we argued about and I told her the stuck comment she made. I was appalled how quickly she proceeded to yell at me.

“You know I love you Jen, but I’m telling you this for your own good. You need to get your head out of your ass and start thinking about someone else. I know you’re sick and I’m sorry for that, in fact, I hate that I’m not there with you, but you need to step out of your, oh pity me self, and think about what Lisa is going through. You think it’s easy for her to watch the woman she’s only loved go through cancer? She needs to vent to you know, you’re not the only one who gets to scream and be pissed off at the world.”

I couldn’t speak. I was frozen with the reality that Jisoo was right.

“Jen, are you still there?”

I sighed, “Yes and thank you, as always you’re right.” I could feel her smile over the phone.

“You’re welcome that’s what best friends are for. Now cut that woman some slack and think about her feelings.”

I hung up and climbed out of bed. I walked over to the shattered glass, sat on my knees and started picking up the pieces. How could I not realize Lisas feelings? How could I not stop wallowing in my own pity for just a minute and see how hard this was for her? I sat there staring at the pieces of glass as she took my hand.

“Stop, you’re going to cut yourself,” she whispered.

I took in a deep breath and slowly turned my head so I was looking at her, “I’m sorry, I just…”

She took my face in her hands, “I know baby and its ok.”

“No it’s not Lisa, I know this is hard for you and I’m so sorry.” Her soft lips brushed against mine.

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