Acceptance || Taeny+Seulrene (Incomplete) (Not Updating)

Chapter 6

"Mom, how do you and Wendy know each other?" Seulgi asked. "She is Irene's high school best friend, so I'm as close to her as I am to Irene. Both of them are like daughters to me, just as much as you are." Tiffany said "You seem a little down ever since we got back from the hospital. What's wrong?". "She's like your daughter? Just as much as I am?" Seulgi repeated in a strained voice.

Tiffany turned to look at Seulgi. "Darling, I didn't mean it like that. You know I love you more than Wendy. You're the reason that I moved to America." Tiffany said. "When I was 15." Seulgi said angrily "Before that you hardly even visited me. You only ever talked with me on the phone after I entered high school. You never came to to visit before you moved to America, even though me and dad lived only a few hours away from you. And you tried to hide my existence from everyone. Don't think I didn't notice how surprised Auntie Taeyeon and Irene where when they found out I was your daughter". Seulgi stood up.

Tiffany massaged the bridge of her nose and mumbled "Could this day get any worse?" before saying loudly "Seulgi darling, let me explain. Your father-" Seulgi cut her off by shouting, "No mom. Here l thought that you were proud of me, that you were working hard to get enough money to gīve me the best life possible, like you told me you were, but instead you had replaced me". Seulgi stormed out of the kitchen, bumping into Wendy, who was walking into the kitchen.

"Aunt Tiffany, what's wrong?" Wendy asked. "Seulgi thinks that the reason I hardly saw her when she was a child is because I replaced her with you." Tiffany said. Wendy sighed and said, "I'm sorry Aunt Tiffany." Wendy said. "It's okay. She'll come around, she always does. How's Irene?" Tiffany said.

"Nothing is cheering her up, I even tried making her flustered with cheesy pickup lines, but they didn't work like they usually do." Wendy said. Tiffany giggled and said, "Seriously? Now you sound like Taeyeon". "But you love her, right? You love the cheesy pick up lines she uses." Wendy teased. "Only because it's her who uses them." Tiffany said.
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Meanwhile

Seulgi walked into the room, closing the door with force, and sat next to Irene on her bed. Irene, who was writing in her diary, looked at Seulgi. "What's wrong, Seulgi-ah?" Irene asked. "It's nothing. I just had an argument with mom. I just can't believe her sometimes. It's like she didn't even want a child to begin with and I was just a mistake." Seulgi said and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Irene turned to look at Seulgi. She put her hand on Seulgi's hand and asked, "How so?". "She hardly even cared about me before she moved to America." Seulgi said.

"Did your dad ever talk about her? Did he get angry and yell at her when she visited you?" Irene said. "No."Seulgi replied. "He always told mom that she could come see me whenever she wanted. That was until I turned 5. Then she came to see me less often and dad didn't tell her to come see me whenever she liked. And when I was about 9 years old, she stopped coming to see me at all. We only talked on Skype after that. All through this, dad told me that I have to pretend that his girlfriend is my real mom."

"And you lived in America?" Irene asked. "No. 5 years ago, Mom moved to America and dad, his girlfriend and I moved there a few months later. Then I moved in with mom and a few months later dad and his girfriend got arrested. Mom and I moved back after that. I stayed with moms sister because mom travelled a lot for work." Seulgi said

"I'm sorry." Irene said. "Would you feel any better if I told you that Aunt Fany always told me about her daughter? Not saying your name, of course, but just telling me what you're like". "A little. But there's no way that would have happened, right? Like why would she do that?" Seulgi said.

"Seulgi, she loves you so much. She really did talk about you. 'I wish I could be with her. You would have liked her, Irene. Sadly, your father wouldn't welcome her and I am hardly welcome to see her.' Is what she told me most often." Irene said. "Really?" Seulgi asked. "Yeah. Even though she practically raised me and is really fond of Wendy, nothing could replace you." Irene replied.