Mr Humility

Mr Humility episode 22

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Chapter 22๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€ fififif

(The promise of new songs…..)

Lee stepped out of her room, yawning, and half asleep, all on her mind was to go straight to the fridge and get her chocolate milk. She had fallen asleep at the piano while praying, and waking up in that position was not pleasant at all. Her wh0le body ached as she trudged towards the living room, but upon getting there, she met a very guilty looking Chan already at the fridge, sipping on what looked a lot like her chocolate milk.

His eyes met hers, then wยกdened slightly, as the sleep instantly cleared from her own eyes. He yanked the milk packet out of his mouth awkwardly, and was about to make the same awkward exit, but she was not going to allow that.

“Good morning!” She greeted cheerily, catching him off guard as expected. He stared at her suspiciously for a few seconds, before nodding his head awkwardly. She smiled and walked over to the fridge, pulling it open wยกder. He flinched as she got close to him.

Her grip on the fridge tightened as she realized that he had just finished the last packet of chocolate milk. She wanted to get mad, but forced a smile on to her face. She couldn’t believe that he had been the one stealing her beverage after all this time.

“Wow. Looks like you took the last packet. No worries, I’ll just get some more!”

His eyes narrowed at her, then became cold. “I’ll buy it for you.” He said curtly.

“It’s no problem really. I’m glad you’re enjoying it….”

“What are you doing Lee?”

Lee sighed, then bit her lip, but didn’t answer.

She saw him scoff at her silence.

“Stop acting like everything is okay.”

“And what’s so wrong with that? I’m not acting. I know everything will be okay. I’m prepping myself for when that happens.”
A defeated look washed over his face at her words, and she saw his l-ips quiver. He bowed his head, clenching his fists so hรฆrd she saw his knuckles turning white.

“Why….why are you like this? You always do this. You make my anger seem worthless. You my feelings seem shallow. When you smile like that, everything I feel pales in comparison, and you make me want to believe that it’ll all be fine.”

They were both silent for awhile.

“Why don’t you?”

He looked up. “What?”

“Why don’t you believe? Why don’t you allow yourself to believe that everything will be fine?”

He sighed, a heavy sigh, and she could feel the burden and pain on his shoulders.

“Because nothing has ever been fine. Why would it be fine now just because I start believing that it will be?”

“Because you’re believing in God this time. And He will give you the strength to keep on believing.”

She saw him smile and scoff again bitterly. “I hurt you yesterday Lee. With my words. So why are you being nice to me? Just cut the act already….”

Lee felt anger she had been surpressing fill her mind.

“WHY do you keep making excuses? You keep looking for a reason for people to treat you badly. It’s like you’re looking for reasons not to trust people, and when they don’t give you, you make up ones yourself. That’s not right. And it’s not fair to the people who care about you.”

He watched her silently as she spoke, the turned his head away from her stubbornly. She grit her teeth in anger.

“See Lee? In the end, you’re getting tired of me too. I won’t hold on to people just because I’m afraid of being abandoned. I’d rather they abandoned me instead.”

Lee ran her hands through her hair. It felt as if she was taking one step forward and three steps backwards. She alone was not going to be enough to get through to Chan. To help him trust the people around him. And to help him trust God.

He didn’t wait for her to say anything else, as he walked quietly out of the living room. He left her feeling more exhausted than before, and beginning to wonder if her prayer the previous night had meant anything at all. She had prayed, so why wasn’t she seeing answers?

No. She shook her head. She didn’t need to see answers immediately to know that God was there and that he was working. She trusted God. And that trust was present especially when she couldn’t see any answers to her prayers.

She glanced around the living room. Hadn’t Aster slept there the previous night? She couldn’t see him anywhere right now.

Shuffling of feet made her turn her head, and she saw the lady that had come in the previous night, Cynthia or so, walking in, holding a pillow. Her eyes were puffy and red, and she looked like she hadn’t slept much.

Lee chuckled to herself. Guess she wasn’t the only one. In fact, she didn’t think anyone in the house had slept well at all.

“Oh, good morning…. Lee right?”

Lee smiled. “We didn’t get to properly introduce ourselves last night did we?”

Cynthia smiled sadly. She was very pretty, and if she didn’t look so haggard right now, her beauty would have lit up the room.

“Yes, we didn’t.”

“Take a seat. I’ll make you some coffee.”

“Oh, there’s no need to trouble….”

“It’s okay, really.”

Cynthia smiled again, but this time it was an almost happier smile.

Lee grabbed the coffee maker, placing a cup under it and filling the top with the crisp coffee beans. They both watched in silence as the maker began to white, pouring fresh coffee into the cup. Lee grabbed the cup and set in down before Cynthia, who smiled gratefully and brought the cup to her l-ips.

“It’s delicious. Thank you very much.”

Lee smiled,then began to pick at her fingers.

“It was a hell of a night yesterday right?” She asked cautiously.

Cynthia’s eyes narrowed. “It was painful.”

Lee bit her lip. “Yeah. For all of us.”

Cynthia looked up at her and smiled again. “I’m glad Chan has someone like you watching out for him.”

Lee’s face went red. “W-what do you mean…?”

“I kind of…. eavesdropped on you guy’s conversation just now. Sorry about that. But from what I heard, and what I saw yesterday, you both really care about each other.”

Lee’s shoulders slumped. “Well at least you can see that.”

Cynthia chuckled at her reaction. “He…he’s been through a lot. I…I used to be so angry at him for turning out the way he did, so angry at him for being so arrogant and untrusting of people, but I guess… I can’t really blame him for being that way.”

“Uh…sorry to ask this so suddenly…but who… exactly are you to him?”

Cynthia smiled sweetly. “I’m his manager.”

Lee’s eyes wยกdened in understanding. “Ah.”

“Actually….I’m more than that. I uh…..” She saw Cynthia’s grip tighten on the cup of coffee.

“Chan’s family took me in when I was twelve. My parents had just died, and Chan’s mom took pity on me I guess. I had no where to go. Amelia. She was such a kind soul.”

Lee bit her lip. She couldn’t believe it. Just yesterday Cynthia and been so adamant about not telling anyone anything about Chan’s past.

“So I grew up with Chan. He’s like family to me. And when his mom died….she told me to take care of him. But…but I haven’t been doing such a good job have I?”

Lee didn’t know if she was asking her or herself.

“Cynthia….things might look so complicated right now, or like they can never be fixed, but I assure you…it’s….it’s all going to be fine.”

Cynthia looked up at her with hopeful eyes. “How do you know?”

“I… I just do.”

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Lee soon had to leave for her classes, and she hoped to God that everything would still be peaceful when she got back home. She knew she had to pay attention to her lessons, but she was too worried about what could happen, and it showed in her work.

She cringed after making her second mistake while going through a particular beginner’s melody her teacher wrote for her.

He sighed and took a seat beside her. “I can tell you’re distracted Liana.”

She cringed again, wishing the ground would open up and swallow her. “I’m so sorry teach. It’s just… there’s a lot going on at home and I’m really sorry because I know that isn’t an excuse and….”

Her teacher chuckled and motioned for her to take a deep breath. “I think I have five minutes to spare. Do you want to take a break?”

“We really don’t have to…”

“You can’t work if you’re distracted, you know that Liana. So use this time to get your head in the game.”

Lee bit her lip and slumped in her seat. Her teacher rested his chin on his palms and smiled at her. “Now, I’m no longer in teacher mode. Care to tell me what’s going on?”

“It’s just…so complicated. There’s someone I care about. But he’s going through a lot right now, and I don’t know how to help him. He has some family problems and….in fact…I just feel that if we don’t resolve this issue quickly, it might end up ruining all our relationshยกps. Whether he likes it or not, my brother and I already got involved in his life, and I have no idea how to convince him to rely on me and God, and to open up about his scars. I just…want to help him and I don’t know how.”

Her teacher smiled warmly at her.

“You have a good heart Liana. That’s one of the things I appreciate about you.”

He sighed and relaxed in his chair.

“I understand that feeling…you try so desperately to reach someone, but it feels like no matter what you do, they just keep pushing you away, not really realizing just how much you care about them. In the end…it’s never easy to stand by people. It’s not easy to truly love someone from the bottom of your heart. Because that means you have to accept them, both the good and the bad, and in the best cases, you help them change and grow to be better people. No one really is ever ready for that kind of mental journey. It’s something that can only be achieved by the grace of God. So that’s another reason why I really respect you, Liana.”

Lee felt her cheeks grow red at her teacher’s praise.

He continued.

“Now, I don’t really know if I can say anything to help, but just like you…I had a student, a long time ago, before I ever came to the Island, I had a student, a very promising and talented young lady….she had such a unique talent that gave her the ability to hold the attention of everyone in a room when she began to play. She would go places, I would always tell her. And she did. At such a young age, she was already well known, people couldn’t get enough of her. She was that blessed.”

Just like Chan, Lee thought to herself.

“However, she fell madly in love with the young son of a very big conglomerate, and I was happy for her, until I began to realize that he was trying to run her life. She ended up getting pregnant,even before marrying him, and they had a hushed marriage, to save face. Not long after she had given birth, she started to come to see me with bruises. It was little, and hรฆrd to miss at first because she covered them so well, but when you start seeing someone wearing a cardigan in the hot summer heat, you know something is wrong.”

He paused and took a deep shaky breath.

“I tried to get her to talk to me. But she only ever smiled and told me everything was okay. The very last time she spoke to me, she told me that her husband had told her to quit her music career and take care of her her home. He said that he had actually suspected that she was having an affair with me, and that he wasn’t comfortable that his wife was making herself seem available to the world. This coming from the man that was too ashamed of her that he married her so quietly. After that, I never heard from her again. And I didn’t try to reach out to her. I was so angry that she had abandoned her passion that way, for a man who clearly cared nothing about her. I was so blinded by my rage and disappointment…..well, I guess what I’m trying to say Liana, is that… Don’t be like me. No matter what happens, if you truly care about someone, don’t leave them. Eventually… they’ll open up. Eventually their hearts will heal. Everyday I wish I had talked to her a little more. I wish I hadn’t let her go so easily. But…at least I hope that wherever she is now, she’s living happily.”

Lee’s eyes wยกdened as she took in her teacher’s confession. So that was why he was always saying he didn’t want to see another person through away their passion and dream, and why he was so disappointed with her for doing so.

It was such a powerful confession, and it strengthened her resolve to stand by Chan and her family till the end.

She felt a nudge in her spirit to ask for the woman’s name.

“Teach…what was her name?”

He smiled at her. “Amelia.”

Lee’s eyes wยกdened further.

“Amelia?”

Hadn’t that been the name Cynthia had called Chan’s mom?

She shook her head.

“What was her last name?”

Her teacher rose his eyebrows at her in confusion,but answered.

“Uh…her maiden name was Grange, but I think her husband’s last name was Kim. Manny…. no…Mann. That’s right. I always thought it was such a strange name. Mann Kim. So she became Amelia Kim.”

Lee struggled to calm her beating heart. She whยกpped out her phone and Googled Chan.

The article loaded, and she scanned through his bio, her heart in her throat.

‘…..The Megastar was born Chan Kim, but little is known about him family except of the fact that he is the son and Chaebol heir of a very large conglomerate. He however, changed his name to his mother’s maiden name, for personal reasons he never discussed, hence now bearing the name we all know him as, Chan Grange.’

Lee almost fell from her chair.

This….this had to be a coincidence. There was no way this was real.

She turned to her teacher.

“Liana, is everything okay?”

“Teach…I’m sorry, but could you follow me somewhere?”

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There it is my lovelies!!!

Hmm, it looks like there is another big secret to be revealed oh๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ˜Œ

Hope you guys are getting ready for the finale!!!

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