Chapter 1

How it all began...

adjusting the strap of my dungaree I smile sweetly at Mrs maya and lastly tucking her in for her nap switching off the lights I head out as my shift has ended.

I say goodbye to everyone and head home

upon arrival the sweet and mouth watering smell of moms famous rice balls rushing inside i spot her closing the oven to what looks like a tray full of chocolate chip cookies.

" annyeonghaseyo ( goodevening )ma" my mother was quite the beauty with hazel brown eyes rich brown skin and slightly curly brown afro hair she was 5'4ft compared to my 5'7 ft .

" annyeonghaseyo lavy how was your day with Mrs maya dear "

" oh quite a delight mother oh she told me about her grandson who just moved in town"

" ok dear go freshen up ill get dinner ready father and jangmi are coming soon.

kissing her on the cheek I go to my room we recently moved here from Korea because my parents we're not really liked become because of the difference in race mom was black from Zimbabwe and dad well he was Korean not that the were racist or anything its just that my father's family wanted him to marry someone else but father loved my mother to much and she already has me and jangmi

my Korean name is labendeo but the just translated it to English and my sisters name means rose in Korean because of my mothers fascination with flowers and nature.

after a quick shower I dry my black curly hair and apply lotion to my olive skin , my eyes are actually large and slanted and green hazel colored my hair reaches my mid back when curly and my waist when straightened which I rarely do.

I put on sweatpants and a black printed tee , I style my hair into two French braids and head down for dinner .

My father and sister must have come home while I showered as they are seated at our dinning table . My father was about 6ft tall with black shiny hair and dark brown eyes he head a rich olive like skin tone , while my sister was was 5ft tall with dark brown curls and honey brown large and slanted eyes like mine and father's we were so alike but she was the younger version of me with brown eyes she was 14 years old while I was 20 .

" annyeonghaseyo abeoji and mi ( goodevening father)"

"annyeonghaseyo lavy " they both greeted back with smiles my sister spend the rest of dinner telling us about her day .

later that evening when I went to bed I could not help but feel that tomorrow my life would change , my heart beated fast and a sawrm of butterflies pounded on the inside of my stomach.

the next day after an exhausting 6 hour day at college I head to saint Laurent retirement home for my shift .

where an eager Mrs maya was to tell me about her morning activities and family gossip , Mrs maya was a 80 year old widow who had lived here for a year now with her husband who had recently died after we meat she and i instantly formed a friendship.

saying goodbye to Mrs maya later that day I scurried off with a pile of papers in hand eager to go home and help ma with today's dinner I loved cooking and art its what I studied in college.

but my speed caused me to bump into someone , sending all my papers flying Including me let me say he fall first and I fall harder but I stood up and quickly bent down to pick them up , the last paper I picked was also picked up by the stranger who I had bumped into .

looking up I was meat with the greenest eyes I had ever seen they had a Grey swirl in them too like a rapid storm in a a calm forest and the intensity at which he gazed back at me was formidable

I was to stunned to utter a mear word. So I stood in place unable to move just gazing at those eyes my heart squeezed with a formidable intensity and recognition......