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SUKI
Trent takes me from the lab, but instead of going back to our apartment, we go to one of the higher levels, where the grassy fields are.
“Thought you might need some air,” he says, his arm wrapped around me protectively.
It’s been nearly a week since we moved in together, and dare I say, each day has been better than the last.
Until now.
I knew that Ji-hoon worked in the pharmaceutical industry, but I had no idea that he was assisting with engineering a plague. That at any moment, everything could be taken from us.
What’s worse is that he knew what he was doing, and he never protected his boys against it. He was content with us dying while he hid away in a bunker.
How does one grow to hate humanity with such fervor?
“This is Jayne’s favorite cow, Daisy.” He gestures toward a cow with a pink collar.
“Do you…think this will last?” I ask. “The Keep?”
“It will for us. We’re safe here.”
I know he’s right, but I can’t help but mourn for the outside world.
Trent walks me around the field, pointing every little thing he can think of out to me.
“The kids collect eggs,” he says slowly. Every day, I learn more and more words, and his slowness is beginning to get on my nerves. But he’s being kind, so I will not nag.
I nod. “Duri is excited to do so.”
Once we’re done looking around the farm, he brings me through a gate, to a playground.
We sit next to each other on the swing set, holding hands as we pump lightly with our legs.
For six years, I lived in oppression with Ji-hoon. I was barely allowed outside our apartment and slept in the servant’s chambers.
Who would have thought that after ninety-nine percent of the population died, my social life would flourish?
Don’t get me wrong. I loathe that it happened, and if I could go back, I’d know to do things differently. I wouldn’t be the quiet, obedient housewife. I’d break free from my cage and be the person I was meant to be. The woman I was so scared of becoming.
“Suki…” Trent says timidly.
“Yes?”
He stops swinging, his legs dragging on the ground. “I have something to ask you…”
I don’t like the tone of his voice. It lacks the confidence he usually possesses.
He pulls out his own translator and begins typing.
Anxious, I wait, hoping he hasn’t changed his mind about me, but when he hands me the device, it’s with a smile and not a frown.
It says,“I have to get this out. Before you, there was no one. My ma didn’t care for me. My father was nonexistent. I wish I’d realized I loved you sooner. I should have never sent you away, but I was so scared. I was scared to love you because I didn’t think you could love me.”
I blink back tears.
“I love you…” I say, choking.
