A Gentle Confrontation

Kelly

Weeks had passed since Susan and I saw Mrs. Kim with Kate. The sight of them together had left a strange feeling in my chest, an unsettling weight that wouldn’t go away. I had always trusted Mrs. Kim, always thought of her as someone important in my life. But after everything I had discovered recently, I wasn’t sure I could ignore the possibility that she knew more than she let on.  

And then, just as I worked up the courage to ask her, she left.  

“I’m traveling to the countryside for a while,” she had told me casually over the phone. “I need some time away.”  ...