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"Your dad wants the both of you to live with him."
I stopped what I was doing and turn towards mom. I don't reply. Dawon does instead.
"Why?"
She shrugs her shoulders. "Why not? You're his kids."
Dawon and I look at each other, not sure what to think. It would be cool to move in with our dad since we haven't seen him in over a year but...
"I told him that it's up to you guys if you want to live with him." Mom stop packing and looked at us with a serious expression. "I think it's best if you both go with him but it's up to you."
We both stayed silenced.
"I want to stay here." This time I speak up. "I want to finish school here."
"I also want to stay."
Mom sighs. "I knew you both would say that but who are you going to stay with?"
Again, we don't respond right away.
All of a sudden mom phone starts ringing, saving us from the unpleasant silent that we laid upon us.
She starts talking and we resume packing. From her responses, I assume it's my auntie she is talking to on the phone.
"Alright, see you soon." I hear mom setting her phone back on the table. "Your auntie is almost here so we better hurry up."
We only got half of our stuff packed into boxes and were moving it all into a storage, today. You would think that by now we would be experts at packing our stuff more efficiently.
"You both don't have to make your decision right now just before school starts again."
We say okay. Then the door unlocks and opens. I don't turn to look or greet whoever just came in. I know it's him. Dawon doesn't either.
That unpleasant silent comes back but it's now repulsive.
I pull out earphones from my pocket and plug it into my phone. Turning up the volume loud enough to not hear what he and mom are talking about. It's never pleasant.
This sucks. Why can't things ever go right for us?