Chapter 3: Crack (1/1)

“I’m going now.”, I said and my voice hint that I won’t let anyone stop me. He didn’t even bother to look at me and continue playing with Henry whilst Taeyeon ran to me and spread her little arms wide for a hug. I squatted down to hug her and she uttered in my embrace. “Umma, where are you going?”, she asked as she played with my hair. I release her and caress her cheeks. “Umma is gonna look for money so Taeyeonnie can attend a good school.”, I answered her and I swear I heard Kyuhyun snorted. It’s his day-off and I took advantage of that to go on job-searching.Taeyeon puffed her cheeks and tilts her head cutely. “Can’t Taeyeonnie come?”, she asked and I smiled at her before shaking my head lightly.“No honey. But you can stay here and played with Appa! Don’t you like it? You and Henry will be having Appa all to yourselves for the rest of the day!”“But I want Umma to be with us too. I want Appa, Umma, Taeyeonnie and baby Henry together today. Can’t you just stay here Umma?”, she asked, then tugged my arm as she insisted for me to stay. I looked back at Kyuhyun on the couch who has his back at me, Henry waving cutely in his arms at me, as if agreeing on what his noona is asking.I hold Taeyeon’s hands and grip it tightly. “Ani, what Umma has to do is for Taeyeon and Henry too. Just stay with Appa today and be a good girl. I’ll bring you your favorite candy when I get back.”“Chinja?!”, she asked excitedly and at one she stopped persisting. “Then Taeyeonnie will be a good girl! Come home soon Umma!”, she beamed and kiss my cheek. I hugged her once again before she ran back to Kyuhyun. The stubborn guy didn’t even look at me and with a flying kiss I sent to Henry, I left. I managed to get into one after a few tries. It’s a barista assistant slash waitress on a café. The salary is fair enough and my schedule is five to six hours everyday, I planned to leave Taeyeon and Henry to my mom while I’m working. Kyuhyun barely talked to me on the first few weeks but soon enough, he’s the first one to break the tension between us. One night, he came asking for some cuddling and a few make out sessions and we’re okay. He’s still against the idea of me having a job but it’s as if he can do anything about it now. We were able to send Taeyeon into an exclusive school just what I had planned. During those times that I have to be in the café, Henry will be on my mother’s, Kyuhyun will be in his work whilst Taeyeon is learning in her school. After my shift, I’ll take Henry back and make it just in time in Taeyeon’s school to pick her up. Everything seems to be okay. Everything is okay. Until. It was a rainy afternoon when I got off from my work earlier than the usual and rushed to the hospital. Once I get there, I ran to the emergency room and found my mom pacing back and forth, my dad trying to calm her down and my 14-year old cousin Sulli fidgeting in a corner. I hurriedly ran into my mom and once she saw me, she broke down into tears. I felt my chest stricken as I managed to ask her.“What happened?”She was shaking her head, still crying and I can feel my throat dried up. Please don’t let it be bad.“Your mom went out for a while and she asked Sulli to look for Baby Henry for a while. He was playing on the streets and Sulli got distracted. Before we knew it, Henry got hit by a bicycle.”, my dad answered and at once I clapped my hands over my mouth. My Little Henry. My poor baby.“The doctor is doing their best now. Let’s pray for good results.”, dad said as mom hugged me, muttering hundreds of sorry’s. Sulli also stood up and joined in for a group hug, very apologetic for she also feels guilty of what happened. An hour and a half passed and the doctor finally appeared. I let out a sigh of relief when he told me that Henry is far from danger but he needs to be bed-rest for a while. The impact of the accident caused his little body to weaken and good thing there has been no fractures and deformation in his bone structure. I nodded vigorously with what the doctor has to say without taking everything in actually, all I think about now is to see my baby. And I did, I was crying beside his bed on his room, thanking God for he didn’t take my son away from me just yet and praying he’ll recover soon. I was busy stroking Henry’s hair when I checked the time and gasped in horror. I forgot to fetch Taeyeon! I asked my parents and cousin to look for Henry for a while and hurried outside. I haven’t made it far from Henry’s room when I saw a figure walking towards me. In his arms is a soaking Taeyeon, drench from the heavy rain. I felt my body shivered as I met Kyuhyun’s disapproving gaze. I suddenly felt a pang in my heart. His gaze is piercing, accusing, blaming me for everything.  ~  “I told you not to get that job, right? I told you to stay at home and take care of our kids, right? Now look what happened!”, he screamed at me as I fill my backpack with Taeyeon’s and Henry’s clothes, and some stuffs since Henry will be staying in the hospital for a while. As soon as Kyuhyun saw Henry, he kissed his son and caressed his sleeping face lovingly before excusing the two of us, telling my parents that we will just go home to pack some stuffs. My mom want to disagree, I think she already know why Kyuhyun wants the two of us to be alone, but dad stopped her, saying we’re grown ups and we have to discuss things on our own. We managed to get a hospital dress for Taeyeon to change and the doctor said she caught a light fever due to being soaked up in the rain. She must have decided to walk home when I didn’t appear when her class was dismissed. Again, it was all my fault. “Do you know what could have happened to Taeyeon if the teacher didn’t call me? She said no one’s answering in our house and your phone couldn’t be reach either. Do you know how pathetic she looked like with her hair, uniform all drench?”, he exclaimed to me as I suppressed the urge to cry.“If you just stayed here and don’t insist your fucking ‘I want to get a job’ thing then none of this must have happen! Taeyeon won’t be