In
a quiet office, Matthew Harper, 27 years old, is working on yet another old
boring document when suddenly…
“Here
you go, Matt” A guy rolls a trolley towards Matthew and hands him his mails. It’s
the office mail sorter and one of Matthew’s good friends, Kevin Blake.
“Thanks
Kev” said Matthew as he takes his mails from Kevin.
“So,
are you still going to the party tonight?” Kevin asks Matthew.
“I
guess so…but I don’t really feel like going anyways…” Matthew said with a
slight sigh.
“Oh…then…is
your sister going though?” Kevin asks with a bright face.
“That’s
none of your business Kev,” Matthew’s sister suddenly interrupts while putting
her file on top of his trolley.
“Oh,
Felicia you’re here…” Kevin said with shock and a little excitement.
“Yeah
scram Kevin; I want to talk to my brother for awhile…” Felicia said to Kevin.
“Oh,
alright then…as you wish…” Kevin said with slight sadness.
Felicia
Harper, 23 years old, is Matthew’s one and only sister and they are working
together in a department.
“Hey
sis, what brings you here?” Matthew said with excitement.
“Ugh…the
boss just gave me another work to do…” Felicia said with anger.
“Calm
down now sis…you know we’re doing this for the rent…” Matthew said.
“Yeah
I know… (Sigh) You know how we always talk about our dreams?” Felicia asks
Matthew
“Yeah
I remember…you always tell dad that you’re going to be a famous designer”
Matthew said with a smile on his face
“Yeah…and
you always wanted to be in music right?” Felicia said to Matthew.
Matthew
sighed and said “Well you know how I can’t do that right? I never played any
instruments before…”
“I
wanted to learn piano in pre-school, but dad won’t let me, says that it’s too
girly for me…In High school, I asked dad again and he still says no…up til
college he won’t even let me have one lesson or even let me buy my own piano…And
now I’m all grown up, working side-by side with my sister, having my own money
to spend, but even if I want to learn now, I have no time for it…” Matthew
explained sadly.
“Hey…Don’t
give up now…You know how dreams work…I mean look at me, I always say that I’m
going to be a fashion designer, and what am I doing now? I’m filling up forms
and going to pointless meetings…just for paying rents.” Felicia said with a sad
tone.
“Hey,
by the way, how’s dad? Did he call you?” Matthew said, trying to change the
subject.
“Nope,
still no calls from him…” Felicia sighed. “Right...” Matthew said with a sigh while
trying to open his letters.
“Well
bro, I’ve got to go…got to finish this work so I could have ANOTHER work to do…See
ya…” Felicia said with slight anger.
As
Matthew watches Felicia go back to her desk, he then thought back to her words,
about the dreams they used to have. “Stuck in this job forever…” Matthew said
with a soft voice…He then continues to open his letters.
As
he was opening, he found one letter, in black. He looked at the paper
suspiciously. He then takes out the letter from his other pile of letters. At
the front…It says Y-
“Hey
Matt, it’s time to go…” Felicia then came back.
Matthew
stared at Felicia as his hands were about to open the black letter. “Wait, this
early?! Work doesn’t end til 7, it’s only 4 right now…”
“They
said that they need to prepare for the party tonight, you know, for the new
recruits?” Felicia explained.
“Oh~~ok
then, I’ll start packing now then…” Matthew said while stacking up his mails.
“Alright,
I’ll wait up front…” Felicia told Matthew.
On
their way home… (In the car)
“Any
news from mom?” Matthew asks Felicia. “Why are you bringing her up all of a
sudden?” Felicia said.
“I
don’t know, maybe just trying to start a conversation…” Matthew said with a slight
sigh.
“She’s
the whole reason that dad became like this…sigh…why won’t he talk to us?!”
Felicia said with anger
“Calm
down sis…I bet she has her reasons…she had her reasons…right??” Matthew asked
with slight doubt.
“He
shouldn’t have looked at all those old pictures; he knows how it affects him so
much…” Felicia said sadly.
“Yeah…I
wish he would snap out of it…” Matthew said. “I bet she’s the reason that dad
doesn’t let you learn piano or any other instruments too…You know how mom used
to play the violin…” said Felicia.
“Yeah
maybe…” Matthew said while sighing…
“Anyways
she’s out of our lives and we should just move on alright…so should dad…”
Felicia said furiously.
“Hey!
Calm down okay sis?? No matter what she did…and what she has done to dad now…She’s
still our mother…” Matthew said with anger.
“Yeah…A
mother who leaves her husband and her children…” Felicia said softly
“Enough
ok, Felicia?? Stop it…” Matthew said with anger.
When
they arrive to their apartment…Matthew puts his working bag on the floor and
sits on the couch, putting his mails on the table and proceeds opening them,
while Felicia is beside the door, trying to take of her working heels shoes.
As
Matthew is opening his letters, he then notices the black letter again, he then
pulls it out from the pile of letters and he sees at the front it says “YG
Entertainment Company” in silver words.
“What
the hell is this?” Matthew questioned himself while opening the letter…Inside
contained a printed letter, a card, and a plane ticket.
“Whoa…”
Matthew gasped when he saw the ticket… ignoring it, he reads the letter…
“Hello, Mr Matthew Harper, as the
manager of YG Entertainment, I would like to offer you a job. I will tell you
your full job when you accept my offer, which are the access card and the plane
ticket to South Korea. We chose you because your brother used to work here. Sadly, he is no longer with us anymore, as I’m sorry for your lost, but I hope
you will consider taking this job and come to Korea and work for us. Thank you and I hope we will be hearing more from you.”
Matthew
was stunned… “I….had….a….BROTHER??” He said loudly.
“What
the hell bro?? What’s in that letter that freaked you out??” Felicia approaches
Matthew and proceeds sitting on the chair next to the couch.
“Felicia,
do you remember having another brother??” Matthew asked with shock. “What?? All
I remember is growing up with you dude…” Felicia then said.
“Are
you sure??” Matthew asks the second time while pulling out his old pictures.
“Yeah…but
remember though, when I turned a year old, mom already left dad and us…ugh…how
could she….I mean seriously…How can a woman, ha-” as Felicia’s going to
continue, Matthew interrupts…
“LOOK!!!”
Matthew said loudly while taking a picture and showing it to Felicia.
The
picture is Matthew when he was just a year old…but, there was another baby in
that picture, not only that, that baby was wearing the exact same thing as what
Matthew was wearing…
“A…twin??”
Matthew was surprised… “How come I had no memory of it?? Where did he go
throughout my whole life??” He starts listing out a number of questions in his
head, wondering “how could this be?”
“You
know what the best explanation is?? Mom probably took him when she left us and
dad…” Felicia guesses.
“Maybe…”
Matthew said, still can’t believe this is true… “She took him to Korea?? They
went to Korea?? But…why?? And…-” Matthew starts to list down questions again.
“There
there bro…calm down…” Felicia said to Matthew as she stroke his back.
“So…are
you??” Felicia questioned. “Am I what??” Matthew replied. “Taking the job of
course… It is entertainment afterall” Felicia continues her question.
“I
don’t know sis…my world has turned upside down…I have no intention of
considering job offers now…
“This
isn’t just a job offer bro…This is a job offer…from South Korea…You know how
people are into K-pop these days right??” Felicia explains.
“Should
I really??” Matthew asks “You have my blessings bro…I bet this job could get
you to the music industry…You could probably learn a lot over there…” Felicia
explains.
“Ugh…I
don’t know sis….” Matthew mopes…
“Sigh…well
then you probably don’t want to waste a free trip to South Korea now would you?
Only an idiot would turn that down…” Felicia explains to Matthew again…
“Don’t
we have a party to attend later??” Matthew said, trying to change the subject
again…
“Don’t
try to change the subject bro…Take the job offer….” Felicia convincing Matthew…
Will
he take the offer?? To be Continue……
GT.ForeverVIP
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