Monthly Archives: October 2021

As it turned out, Ni Na tucked Dae Hee into bed before eight o’clock.  And lay down alone on the bed next to the tiny girl.  Both Beom Sook and…

Ni Na awoke in an unfamiliar room the next morning.  As her eyes fluttered open, she glanced around the room.  Streams of sunlight were beginning to filter into the room…

He lost track of time as he held her in his arms.  And breathed in her refreshing scent.  She smelled like fresh soil.  After a spring rain.  Perhaps all that…

“So…you and your mother are going to stay here tonight?” Ni Na quizzed Beom Sook half an hour later.“For tonight, at least.  Possibly longer.”She heaved a sigh of relief.  “That…

Beom Sook’s eyes found Ni Na’s later that afternoon as he returned to the orphan house with his mother.  The young woman’s eyes widened in surprise.“Lady Lee!” she gasped as…

“So, let me get this straight.  The two of you bought the children a meal.  Then you took them to your house, bathed them, dressed them, set them up in…

A few minutes later, a knock on the outer door interrupted their conversation.  The servant who answered it ushered an elderly man and his wife into the sitting room.“My lord,…

When Lord Lee Beom Sook returned to the sitting room, he looked at Ni Na as he queried, “Are you prepared to begin classes tomorrow?”She frowned.  “I think that we…

Beom Sook led his half of the children to their new residence.  The older girls and their siblings had come with him.  He had his servants set up two tubs…

“So, what is this I hear about you opening an orphanage?” Auntie Dan O confronted Ni Na half an hour later while Ae Ri led the first girl into the…