THE OCEANS GOLD
ith an eye-flaming fire, her loud voice boom
de behind father, too afr
e. You didn't have to shou
still glaring at us. "Tell me Areum, wh
nd shook my hea
you s
odd
rry, I was just protecting you. You know humans are selfish, they're the worst creature in
ll lies. How can humans be the worst, when they were the most beaut
t her cousin fell in love with a man she met on the seash
ortal sin for us mermaids. What could be the puni
ging, my shell phone. "Hello?"
d. "Let's play, I'm h
braid my hair using only one hand. "You know
t know he went here to give birth, I thought we're going to play." I
me, I'll eat my meal
parent's bedroom door but there's no answer. I twisted th
mother won't scold me again. I smirked as I swam away
e, he was surrounded by small
ing!" I said and I started to
e." he laughed happily, splashing
dance with joy, their small squeals making th
t on top while the babies and Chan looked up, waiting for me.
floated in the water watching me with admiration and love
oice of man interrupted me. My eyes widened,
know it was a human even though I d
han said, his voice was trembling from
t my name." I saw the fishes and sea horses scattered everywhere
t's go to th
home. Mom didn't kno
e're near the house, I heard mother a
wants. Can you give her a freedom at least?" I
repeating the same mistake I've done before." moth
Rose, she's more
his face very hard, her eyes pooling with tears.
? Your daughter only? I'm sorry, I'm sorry if you
orry, I did
hat father won't see me. My heart broke as I watch him with tea
don't want another father, I only want father Jin. He
almost forgot he was w
he tears away from my face.
Cheol's house, his best friend. I watched them talk, I staye
ear in front of them, father suddenly smil
Uncle Cheol greeted me,
father. "Can I talk to father for a moment?" I
father and he nodded
y hair before he pulled Chan and swam a
eol, I want to
them arguing whil
talk about?" father smiled
d him. "I love you fath
ou too Areum, so much."
with him. "I heard you and moth
do you
throat. "Is it true that
oked down, avo
g streamed down my face and I sobbed even more when f
mine. You are my daughter." his shou
ather, I would still choose him over and ov
r is?" I asked holding his arm
the position to tell y
him. "Ok then, I'm going
te of our kingdom making sure I wasn't being noticed by anyone. I need to
far away until I knew I was far from our place. I kept swimming for a good twenty
Tears started to pool in my eyes. What did I do? What kind of place is this? All I could se
rope pulled me up and up until I couldn't feel the water in me, until I could
tickled my eyes and I heard murmurs around
I thought it
lled and thrown h
ulse! Maybe she
e dead, I could still hear mother's words, "humans were the worst creature
's d
ould we
surface, who knows
good
back under water, to my
es closed. Being on the land makes me weaker. I saw the water waved and I
Oh god, I missed them already. Tears blurred my vision as I watch the water w
felt my body passing out a