CHAPTER 20
“Get up. Now.” The proprietor barely managed to fit his girth through the width of Sun’s door. Mee-Kyong felt a chill on the base of her neck as he summoned the girl.
Sun glanced up tentatively toward Mee-Kyong, who gave her hand a pat. “Go on, little cousin. I’ll be here waiting for you.” Sun followed Mr. Lee out into the hallway, looking back once at Mee-Kyong. For the next thirty minutes, Mee-Kyong paced back and forth, her eyes continually darting toward the closed door. Why had Mr. Lee called her? Was he upset with her performance? Were her customers unhappy?
Mee-Kyong kneaded her abdomen. Two weeks after the delivery, she was now able to stand up tall without hunching over from the pain. Her breasts felt a little heavier than normal but didn’t ache like they had with he
