Interlude by W. H. Rose

Author:W. H. Rose [Rose, W H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. H. Rose

I have missed my family dearly. Having them at my new house with Venus makes me so incredibly happy, but I can tell that something is off. I can sense it in the way my grandmother sits even stiffer than she usually does, the way her smile refuses to show itself.

She is displeased, incredibly so. It reminds me of when she would babysit me and the way she’d look at me when I did something she didn’t like, and it makes me feel sad. I rarely see her, especially ever since I became an idol because she doesn’t approve of it. This morning, once everyone was up and enjoying breakfast, I can see that she’s even more agitated than before.

“Grandma?” I ask her. “Can I talk to you?”

She doesn’t respond. For a moment, I think that she’s going to deny me, but she stands from where she’s been sitting on the couch and follows me outside into the garden.

“Isn’t this a nice home?” I ask her, trying to ease into the conversation.

“It’s very flashy,” she says, seeming uninterested.

“Oh,” I say before starting again. “It’s got a lot of green space. I know how much you enjoy being outside.”

“I suppose,” she says, her hands tight in front of her.

Seeing that she’s not going to make this easy, I decide to dive right in.

“Are you all right, Grandmother? I can tell that you’re unhappy.”

“Did you really have to choose her?” she asks, the subtle malice in her words surprising.

“Who? Venus?” I ask, stunned.

“If that is the girl’s name,” she says, not bothering to hide her distaste.

“I didn’t choose anything,” I say, not quite sure how to respond. “I met her by chance, and then the bond formed. It’s fate.”

She does not seem impressed.

“Surely, things don’t have to be this way,” she says. “Even if it is fate, as you say, there must be some other answer. Did you really have to marry her?”

“Neither of us had a choice about that,” I say, trying not to sound defensive. “But even if we didn’t get married when we did, it would have happened not much later. I love her.”

“You’re too young to know what love is, Taein,” she says to me, nearly pleading, “I don’t want you throwing your life away.”

“Why don’t you like her? I’m sure if you gave her a chance—”

“I am not interested in giving her a chance,” she says, her words firm, “I will not accept her into our family.”

“But—”

“I am done speaking about it, Taein,” she says, already moving to head back indoors. “Let’s just get this Chuseok over with, all right?”

“But you love Chuseok,” I say, struggling to process any of this conversation.

“I love it when it’s with my family, not when it’s tainted by outsiders,” she says, the words falling from her lips like poison.

I am left alone outdoors. I’m not sure what to do.

Is my grandmother the reason Venus disappeared last night? Did she say something to her?

Wanting to go check on my wife immediately, I

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