Chapter 4 My sister hates me

FOUR

JAN DI

"Jan di! Jan di!" I was hearing from afar.

I just muttered "leave me."

I felt someone shaking me, "Jan di!"

"Ah!" I screamed and jumped up from the bed.

I wasn't seeing clearly,I opened one eye and then the other one.

"eomma! I yelled.

"Shut up! Are you not going to work today?"

I looked at her and opened my mouth in shock, then my eyes went to the clock.

8:02

"Eight!" I gasped.

Am so dead! So dead.

I left my mother and rushed to the bathroom. Within two minutes,I came out and saw that foam was still all over my head. I went back to the bathroom and within a minute,I was out.

I quickly slipped in my clothes and when I got to the sitting room,I recalled that I didn't brush my teeth.

No!

"Jan di is it true that....." Min ho was talking,but I didn't even wait to hear him. I ran back to my room and brushed my teeth as fast as I could.

I looked at the mirror,my hair was a mess. I looked more ugly than I was.

"Jan di I....." Min ho tried again but I ignored him and ran out of the house.

Ever since that tomato incident,I don't follow that route again. I took another route.

My phone rang and I brought it out from my bra.

It was Ji won.

I picked the call,I didn't even wait for him to start speaking."I know what you will say. Jan di,you are silly, I know i'm silly and am stupid as well, but it's not my fault. I woke up late but I promise you, you will see me immediately you close your eyes and open them." I breathed in and out the moment I was done with my speech because I said all that in a rush.

"Jan di, what are you saying? You don't work today. I told you it's a day on and two days off."

"What! I thought it's a day on and a day off."

"Did you even listen to me when I was explaining the terms of work for you?"

No! I was busy staring at his cute face,and also being dreamy about working at DCOM.

"Uhhmm, maybe."

"I just called to ask if you will come over."

"Of course!" I smiled.

"OK. See you silly girl." He disconnected the call.

I breathed a sigh of relief and went back home.

Min hoo jumped on me the moment I opened the door. "Is it true that you got a job at Dcom?eomma told me yesterday."

I pushed him away. "Let me be!" I yelled at him and sank on the cushion. He followed me and sat beside me.

"Tell me everything about Dcom,I can't believe you hid this from me Jan di!" He was pulling my sweater.

"Min hoo,if you don't get your hands off me at this....."

"So this is how you will pay me back? After cleaning your room last Friday."

Argh!

"Fine! Yes,I got a job at Dcom." I said and he clapped his hands excitedly.

"I will have more information than most of my classmates on Dcom now. Am so proud of you Jan di"

I smiled at that,for the first time in forever,min ho is proud of me. That was huge.

Min hoo was twelve years old,but he was very smart and intelligent.

Well,as a matter of fact,I am the only dumb one among my siblings.

My smile froze the moment I recalled that guy at the mall,the good looking oopa that fired me.

My plan was to go to work and avoid meeting with the manager,to work in secret till they forget that they fired me.

If I lose this job now,I would disappoint a lot of people,even min ho. And min ah would laugh at me.

"Tell me everything about Dcom." Min hoo pressed on.

"The place is sooo big,like the whole of our neighborhood."

Min hoo gasped, "Really?"

I nodded. "It is really large and you can get lost there."

"Am concerned for you Jan di,you need me there."

What!

"What! Are you saying that I would get lost there?"

He stupidly nodded.

I dragged his ear and he screamed.

"Am your big sister!"

"Jan di let go of your brother!"

It was my father.

"Aren't you going to work today?" He asked.

"I won't be working today either. It's actually two days off and a day on."

"Wow! Great job. Anyway,I am off."

"Bye Appa!" Min ho And I chorused as he left.

My father worked as a gateman in a manufacturing company. He got the job after his shop caught fire and all his goods got burnt.

"Jan di you are still here,get up!"

"Eomma, she is not working today." Min hoo said and I nodded.

"Good! So you and Min ah would buy foodstuffs at the market."

"Me and Min ah! But..."

"Eish!"

"Eomma I...."

"Eish!"

"Here is the money." She threw the money at me and left the house.

"You are still going to tell me about Dcom, right?"

"Eish!" I vented my anger on my brother.

How could my mother think that I and Min ah can go to the market together?

****"""" CHACHONG MARKET****

We walked around the market purchasing items.

Min ah didn't talk to me,she just bargained,paid for the item,and I carried them.

What would make my sister hate me so much for over a year?

I miss those days when we would bargain harder at the market,just to raise money for ice cream.

We would lick ice cream and sing to our favorite song while going home.

I missed that and I wanted it back.

"Min ah" I called her and she paused and turned to me. Hatred and anger were clearly written on her face.

"Min ah,am sorry. Whatever that I did,am sorry. Let's get back to how we were before."

She looked at me from my head down to my toe and back at my head again,her face was twisted in disgust. Like everything about me was disgusting to her.

I grabbed her hand and she slapped it off."Don't ever touch me Jan di. And get it clear in your stupid head that not even a quarter of how we were would return. I regret those days even. Jan di,you have caused a lot of pain in my heart." She stormed off.

A tear slid down from my eyes and I quickly wiped it off.

How did I cause her pain?

What did I do?

I stood there for a while but later ran after her, so I wouldn't miss her in the crowded market.

We got to the shop,and luckily,the rest of the things remaining were there. We purchased everything we needed.

"My phone! My phone!" Min ah suddenly said while searching frantically around her body and purse. "I forgot it at the other shop!"

"Go and look for it at the shop before these petty thieves take them." The owner of the store said to her,

She nodded and ran out immediately.

I paced about in worry.

Chachong is really a big market,would she find the phone?

God please,let her find it.

****** WRITER******

Nina was driving.

She was really upset.

Her parents were so annoying.

She always obeyed them,but truthfully,this situation was more than annoying.

How could they suddenly come up with a talk about being betrothed to someone that she didn't even know.

Ok,fine! She knew him because he was popular, but that was just it. There was no connection whatsoever,they haven't met except when they were kids, probably over a family dinner that she only had a thin memory of, and she doesn't even know him on a personal level.

They hadn't even talked! So how can they be talking about marriage? She even hated the thought of marriage at this age.

Why must she even be the one to visit him? She was the lady here and it wasn't like her parents weren't rich. Her uncle was the senator,and her parents were among the top five richest in the country.

Her phone rang and she groaned before she picked it.

**Nina, you are driving without an escort again! Don't you know who you are?**

She knew they would call her.

"Mum,I don't like having all these guards around everytime. You know that I hate it."

**I don't want your Dad to hear about this Nina,make sure it's the last. Do you know that someone might be stalking you**

"Am okay mom,and I've heard you." She dropped.

Sometimes,Nina really wished that she wasn't born rich. It felt like they were suffocating her.

She yawned.She was so hungry.

She hadn't eaten since the previous day because of bad mood, and she hated driving when hungry because she wouldn't really concentrate.

The worst part was that she couldn't step out to buy something because there was a very high chance that someone would recognize her,and she wasn't ready for the paparazzi and media problems.

She yawned again,she was really hungry.

What to do? What to do?

She spotted a hair warmer and shades beside her,maybe this would help a little.

She swerved her car towards chachong market.

**** JAN DI****

"You both are criminals! You planned it. You want to steal my money. Thief! Give me my money!" The owner of the shop was shouting while pointing fingers at me.

It had been up to an hour min ah left,and she wasn't back yet.

She left with the money and everything that we purchased at this particular shop.

"Ma please. You saw her while she was leaving. She is looking for a phone."

"Shut up! Which phone? You both are thieves. You think I am a fool? That I will leave you? You both planned it. Criminals!.. Ian! Kelvin!" She called and two guys came out.

Where is min ah?

Am in huge trouble.

"Carry the bags that she is carrying and take off her clothes."

What!

Those in the shop were just looking and calling me all sorts of names.

"Please ma." I pleaded but she wasn't listening. She took the bags from me. The bags contained items we purchased from the other shops.

"Am not a thief." I started crying.

Where was min ah? Did she leave me here on purpose?

They tried to take off my sweater but I struggled.

No need,they were too tough for me.

"Am not a thief." I said again,I was crying but no one paid attention.

Everybody in the shop was just looking.

They took off my shoes and socks.

I couldn't help the tears that were streaming down my face.

They got to my top and I closed my eyes.