Chapter 5
Chapter 5 : It’s an Incredible Gift (2)
“That damned old man… Sorry, it looks like you wanted to do a good deed, but it’s all a waste . I purposefully put them over there . ”
“Purposefully? I thought that these belonged to your dad? Aren’t the laptop and the glasses all of your dad’s treasures?”
“They’re all trash! Do whatever you want with them . Those are garbage that won’t sell anywhere . ”
He tried to shut the door .
Jaegun hurriedly held on to the door that was about to close and continued .
“Wait, what about Rika then?
The man looked at me with surprised eyes .
”Wait, how do you know that cat’s name?”
“It’s on the collar . Isn’t this your cat? I don’t know about anything else, but you should at least keep her . ”
The man smiled coldly and lifted his left hand . Only then, did Jaegun realize that his arm was in bandages .
“That damnable cat was the one who did this to me . I tried to bring her back, but this is what I got . That cat; leave her on the streets for all I care . ”
“W-wait . ”
Jaegun resolutely held on to the door and asked the death-glaring man:
“One more question; what was your father’s job?”
It was a question asked thinking about Seo Gunwoo from his dreams . The man lowered his head and sighed before he spat out .
”A writer . ”
“Writer? A writer? He was a writer?”
“Yes! A writer! Now just leave me alone!”
-BLAM!
He shut the door . Rika was crying from the shock from his roughness .
‘To think that he was a writer…’
He supported himself on the rails; he had trouble standing . How could he have inherited the dead writer’s memories?
“Meow . Meow . ”
Jaegun looked at the crying Rika .
He suddenly remembered a theme from an occult book that he once read; a cat could be a bridge between the dead and the living .
“Rika, you know something, right?”His sister laughed across the phone . Then with a serious voice, she continued .
-You’re coming home tomorrow, right?”
“Yeah . ”
-Good . At least come and see our dad . He’s getting up there in age . ”
“Okay . ”
“What’s with your weak voice? Did something happen?”
She asked worriedly .
Jaegun felt bad, but he just couldn’t continue the conversation .
“Sorry, I’m just at a deadline right now . I can’t talk; I’ll see you later . ”
-Beep!
He cut off quickly . It was her sister who supported him writing every time . Therefore, she didn’t call again .
‘Sorry . ’
Her sister liked to call herself “gold miss . ” However, he knew better . He knew that she didn’t have time to date because of trying to keep up with her poor family .
‘This isn’t the time for this . ’
Jaegun turned on the computer and opened the word program . In his eyes, the book he just wrote came up .
‘What now…’
It didn’t look like a book, but rather, a jumbled cluster of sentences .
He scrolled up to the top; he was going to read it once more .
‘Hmm . ’
Jaegun’s face started to grow paler as he read on .
He didn’t think it was perfect, but to think it had this many issues . Mistakes that he didn’t see yesterday seemed to come up .
‘At this point, this information is unnecessary . The readers will be bored here . Delete everything . ’
‘This is a point where the main character learns a new skill and matures . This doesn’t have enough . It needs more detail . ’
‘How could this girl slap the main character like this . Is she crazy? She needs to get on her knees and beg . ’
-Tap! Tap! Taptap! Tap!
His ten fingers flew around the keyboard .
When was it; the last time when he was this motivated . He couldn’t even remember . A feeling that he didn’t have before urged his fingers on . It felt as if they had wings .