CHAPTER 8 — The Clock of Life Can't Change

After previously the doctors gave the first treatment to Dalmi's parents, Now they are doing several supporting examinations such as CT Scan or MRI to get a picture of fractures, detecting possible bleeding in the brain, blood clots, bruised brain tissue, and swelling of brain tissue in Dalmi's parents' brain.

During the follow-up examination, Dalmi and her brother waited patiently in front of the action room, although restless accompanying them. Of course this kind of feeling couldn't be avoided easily. But that doesn't mean that Dalmi and her brother can't handle it. Dalmi and her brother overcome the restlessness in their hearts by praying to God non-stop.

"God, I bow before You right now humbly to ask You to heal my Mom and Dad. They are in great pain right now. Please have mercy on them. Please fill them with Your healing power. And also, please heal them from whatever is making them sick. God, please comfort my parents in their suffering and take away all the fears and anxieties we have here. God, please support my Mom and Dad with Your grace. God, only You which we can always count on." From the deepest day, Yinjun recited his prayers sincerely.

"God Most Merciful... I ask you for health and long life for my parents. They have supported me and my siblings throughout our lives. My Mom and Dad are parents who are loving, understanding, kind, and always take good care of us. They have become a moral compass for me and taught me what is right and what is wrong. They are always there for me when I need someone to rely on. So, God, I ask You to care for and protect them just as they have cared for and protected me all this time. Please allow my parents to be able to live long enough to reap the rewards of all the amazing things they did for all of us." Even though his heart has been broken, Changyi still prayed with a steadfast heart.

"Lord, today we pray for our sick parents. My siblings and I pray that You will help our Mom and Dad to stay strong. Lord, please restore all that has been lost due to this great impact and pain. Please, give us the strength not to give up on this challenge. Let us always trust in Your grace, mercy, and healing spirit. Please give peace to our hearts and let us be assured of Your miraculous intervention." With tears constantly filling his eyes, Zhuyang also made his request to God.

"God, please help this sick period end soon. I know my parents are trapped in their pain and they are also struggling to get out of it. Therefore God, please help my Mom and Dad win this war. Please make them have fun and live together again. Now is a very difficult time. However, please help them get through this time together." Dalmi said in her trembling voice.

For Dalmi, Zhuyang, Yinjun, and Changyi, and even for all children in all parts of the world, the safety, health, and happiness of their loved and beloved parents is their priority and very important to them.

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"Zhuyang Oppa, Yinjun, Changyi, I think our Mom and Dad will celebrate their Christmas with Santa Haraboji this year." Dalmi's words instantly made her three brothers turn to her with surprised expressions.

"What do you mean from this talk Dalmi?" Zhuyang asked with a surprised handsome face. In this situation, he displayed both his eyebrows raised up and arched.

"I saw it, Oppa," Dalmi replied quietly while staring blankly at Zhuyang who was sitting on the right side.

"What are you looking at Dalmi?! Please say everything clearly!" asked Zhuyang. He raised his voice slightly.

Dalmi exhaled slowly. It was very difficult for her to tell what she had seen and reveal the truth to Zhuyang in the presence of Yinjun and Changyi. But Dalmi still has to tell them because they have the right to know the truth. What's more, it concerns the life and death of their parents.

"Noona!! What things have you seen?!!!" Yinjun chimed in with the impatience that gnawed at his heart.

"Noona, don't tell me that you...." Changyi was shocked beyond measure when his eyes and Dalmi's eyes met each other. Changyi's surprise was indicated by his big round eyes.

Before Changyi had finished speaking, Dalmi had already signaled to Changyi through her head nodding slowly. "Last night, I saw a dark shadow behind Mom and Dad. I also saw the remaining time of their lives in their right hand," Dalmi said carefully. "When I saw them last night, they had 12 hours and 49 minutes left of their lives. That's why, last night, I hid Mom and Dad's car keys so they wouldn't go to work in their car. I don't want Mom and Dad to drive their car, because when my eyes see those dark shadows, I can see how they're going to—"

"Did you also see how much time Mom and Dad had left after you arrived at the crash site? How much time do they have left, Dalmi? Say it fast!!" With his voice trembling, Zhuyang interrupted Dalmi's speech quickly, even before Dalmi could finish speaking.

Dalmi nodded her head. "They only have 2 hours and 15 minutes left," she answered. Dalmi's words instantly made Zhuyang, Yinjun, and Changyi even more shocked.

This can be evidenced by the skin under their eyebrows becoming tight, then there are horizontal wrinkles along their foreheads. In addition, Zhuyang, Yinjun, and Changyi's eyelids were also opened so wide that their upper and lower pupils were visible.

"Oh, God!!" Yinjun covered his mouth with one hand. This man seemed to believe in the testimony given by Dalmi.

"No!! Noona must have seen it wrong! That's not true, I can't believe it!" Changyi chimed in. He spoke while shaking his head rapidly for a few seconds.

"But I believe what Dalmi saw," said Zhuyang. This men's statement made his siblings turn their heads towards him in unison. "There is no reason for me not to believe in Dalmi's vision. We have known that Dalmi has this unique ability since she was little." Zhuyang looked at Dalmi.

Exactly right! Since childhood, Dalmi has been endowed with unique and extraordinary abilities. This woman was able to see the remaining time of a person's life and how they would die. Not only that, but also Dalmi can see the remaining time of her life and how she will die. Dalmi who is famous for her hospitality and also her charming smile realizes that her death is getting closer.

Even though Dalmi can see how long a person will live their life, but no one knows about her unique abilities except her parents, her siblings, and her bestfriends. This is because Dalmi always hides her unique abilities and keeps them a secret from people who are never in her 'circle'.

"But Noona, are you sure about the clock of life? I mean, the clock of life that sits on our parents' right wrist. Maybe it's true, if the accident that Mom and Dad had today was an unexpected and unavoidable thing too. But the doctors are doing their best to save them. That means, there's still a good chance that it could come true, Noona." Firmly, Yinjun looked Dalmi right in the eye.

"Yinjun Hyung is right, Noona." Changyi chimed in quickly, just after a few seconds Yinjun finished speaking. "Won't Mom and Dad's life clock reset? Isn't there a way we can save Mom and Dad right now? If that's really the case, then why do we have to bring them to this hospital?!" Changyi asked repeatedly.

The question that came out of Changyi's mouth made Dalmi's tears fall down her pretty little face. "I also have the same hopes as all of you. In fact, I wish I could have the ability to stop Mom and Dad's clocks of life. I wish I could have the ability to extend their lives. But the clocks of life never change. Never!" Dalmi replied while crying.

Dalmi's words made Yinjun and Changyi's jaws drop. Their upper and lower teeth look slightly separated, but their mouths are not tight or tense. Next, Dalmi looked at her siblings alternately for a moment, before looking straight ahead while her head went back to reviewing the events of 19 years ago.

"I once thought I could change someone's destiny. Maybe I can change it because I can see a person's remaining time. But it's useless. Whatever happens, it's all out of my control. Thinking why should I, makes me angry and frustrated. But I can't act and do anything," Dalmi said in a stuttering voice as she recounted the events that happened to her 19 years ago to her siblings.

"Dalmi, does that mean, apart from you being unable to do anything to save Mom and Dad, you can't do anything for yourself either?" Zhuyang asked with a worried expression etched on his face.

After hearing Zhuyang's question, then Dalmi gave a faint smile to Zhuyang. Unfortunately her smile went away so quickly after the nurse told Dalmi and her siblings that their parents' heart rhythm was missing. This life-threatening condition is characterized by the absence of the electrical activity of the heart, where what will only be visible at that time is a flat line on the electrocardiogram image.

"No... No... No way... Moooom... Daaaaad..." Changyi screamed and cried hysterically in Zhuyang's arms after he slumped down on the cold floor.

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