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danna sniffled, her eyes red and her face blotchy from all the crying. "i'm sorry he's gone. i'm so sorry."

"a sorry won't bring my son back to me." ara spat. she was doing everything in her power to make danna feel worse than she already did. "i knew this was a bad idea, leaving him with you two. but as soon as we find him, i'll appeal to have the judge give me custody of my little jonghyun."

when ara walked away, danna couldn't help but feel like jonghyun's mother knew something more. something she wasn't telling them.

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the next day i go to work and he keeps trying to talk to me. but since i didn't want to argue during work hours, i ignore him my whole shift. my boss lets me leave before him and this time i dont wait. he gets out minutes after me because i grab my stuff and go to my car. as im sitting there, i see him exit, he had called an uber to pick him up.

so i go home and im sad and crying and i take a long nap, and when i wake up, i have a text from him that says, "so are you gonna talk to me now?" and i take two hours formulating a response. i tell him that he hurt my feelings. and that i dont see a problem in waiting for him after work. its not like i have anything to do, and we're close. and i tell him they're gonna be stupid anyway, our coworkers. and he says. "i never said it was a problem. this whole thing wasn't about them teasing. i just wanted you to know that you dont have to wait for me out of pity or anything, bc i dont have a car."

and i said. "you know its not like that. i wait for you because i want to." and he said, "i know. and i appreciate it. i just wanted you to know that i was thankful. but i guess i worded it wrong, and then you didn't let me explain. you left me on read. and that really hurt my feelings."

and i tell him i just didnt want to say things i'd regret bc i was angry. so we talk it out and agree to put this behind us. things were awkward for the next couple of days after this though. bc it was two big arguments in a row. i felt like this was going to be the beginning of many. but its been like two weeks since that and we haven't argued.

-clary