THE HIDDEN HEIRESS

The Library Lie

Manayo told Duhee that she had some work, so she was leaving. Duhee looked at her face and immediately felt that something was wrong. Since Manayo had seen a message on her mobile phone, her whole mood had changed. She was looking tense and lost.

Duhee stopped her and asked, "Where are you going? What happened? Ever since you saw that message on your mobile, your mood has completely changed. Is everything alright? Tell me the truth."

Manayo tried to act normal. She forced a small smile and said, "Yes, everything is fine. There is nothing to worry about. It was just a message from my grandmother. No tension at all."

But Duhee was not convinced. If it was just a normal message from her grandmother, why would she look so upset? She asked again, "If everything is fine, then where are you going right now?"

Manayo quickly made an excuse. She said, "I am going to the boys' library. I have to get some books from there."

This answer shocked Duhee even more. She said, "Since when did you start reading books? You? And the library? That does not suit you at all. Whatever, if you are going, I will wait for you right here. We will go together."

But Manayo refused. She did not want anyone to come with her. She said, "No, it will take me some time. So if you want to go to the canteen, you can go, and after that go back to the hostel. I will come back on my own, okay?" Saying this, she quickly left from there.

Duhee had no choice but to return to the hostel alone.

When Duhee reached the hostel room, Lisa was already there. Lisa looked at the door and saw that Duhee was alone. She asked, "Where is Manayo? Why did you come alone?"

Duhee sighed and said, "She went to the library. She told me that she will come back to the hostel by herself, so I should not wait for her."

Lisa was completely shocked to hear this. She started laughing and said, "Library? And Manayo is going to the library? Are you having a fever? This is a miracle. The girl who never opens her syllabus books is going to the library to read other books?"

Duhee also felt the same. She said, "I think there is some serious problem. She is hiding something from us."

Lisa became serious and said, "Let her come back. Then we will ask her properly."

Manayo, on the other hand, did not go to any library. She went straight to that part of the garden outside the library where no one usually comes. It was a very quiet and lonely corner. There were big trees and no students went there during class time.

Manayo stood there, took out her phone, and called her father. As soon as he picked up the call, she said in an angry voice, "Mr. Kim, what am I hearing now? One problem in my life never ends."

Manayo never called her parents mom and dad. She always called her father Mr. Kim and her mother Mrs. Kim.

Mr. Kim understood that his daughter was very angry. He said in a calm and loving voice, "Hey, my princess, at least take a breath. Then you can complain as much as you want. You will file all your complaints in one breath."

He smiled and said, "How can you talk like this to your father?"

Manayo was still angry. She said, "What is the problem in Korea?"

Mr. Kim asked, "What happened now? Did my wife throw a bomb at you again?"

Manayo said in a louder voice, "This time it is not your wife. This time it is your mother who has created the whole problem."

Mr. Kim was shocked to hear this. He said, "What? What did my mom do?"

Manayo started telling him the whole story. She said, "Yes, it is your mother. She is keeping an eye on me. She knows that I did not attend the math class lecture properly. How does she know this? She talked to Duhee behind my back. And now she is telling me to take the morning flight and come back to Korea immediately."

Mr. Kim could not believe it. He said, "Did mom really say that?"

Manayo said, "What else? I don't know what problem your wife and your mother both have with me. First, your wife used to keep an eye on me and she had put bodyguards on my head for 24 hours. I thought that by coming to America, I would get rid of all these problems, but where is my luck so good?"

Mr. Kim tried to calm her down. He said, "Relax, my child. Getting so angry is not good for you."

Manayo said, "What should I do if I don't get angry? First your wife and now your mother, I feel like these two will never let me spend my life with freedom."

Mr. Kim said to her again in a very soft voice, "Relax, my princess, relax. I will talk to them about this. I promise."

Manayo said, "You go and talk to them right now. Right now."

Mr. Kim said, "Okay my child, I will go and talk right now. Okay? Done."

Manayo then made her condition very clear. She said, "I will not go anywhere without completing my study. Go and tell this to your mother clearly. And now don't disturb me, okay?"

Mr. Kim said, "Okay, my child, relax. Relax, my princess."

Manayo added one more thing. She said, "I am not coming back to Korea on the morning flight and don't you dare send your bodyguard to pick me up, okay?"

Mr. Kim laughed a little and said, "Okay, okay, I will handle all this. Now are you happy? Say you are happy."

Manayo said with a small smile, "Happy."

Mr. Kim said, "If you are happy, then give me a big smile too. I want to hear my princess's big smile."

After hearing her father's loving words, Manayo's anger was finally gone. All her tension slowly disappeared. She smiled on the phone and said, "Okay Papa, now you will handle it, right?"

Mr. Kim said, "I said I will handle it. Now you tell me, are you enjoying in the university? Tell me about your friends, how are they?"

Manayo smiled and said that she is absolutely fine and she is enjoying a lot in the university with her friends. She walked and sat on a bench made of wood in the garden and started telling her father the whole story of today's maths class.

Manayo talked to her father for a long time. After that, she felt very light and happy, and she went back to the hostel.

In the hostel, Duhee and Lisa were waiting for her. They were very worried. As soon as Manayo entered the room, Duhee and Lisa stood in front of her and blocked her way.

Manayo looked at them and said, "Why are you standing in front of me like CID? What happened?"

Lisa said, "Where were you? We were so worried. Tell us where were you for so long?"

Manayo

said, " I was... in the library..."

Duhee interrupted and said, "You told me that you went to the library to get books. Where are the books?"

Lisa said, "You and the library? You and library do not match at all."

Manayo said, "What does that mean? Why can't I and library match?"

Lisa said, "Do you even know what happens in the library?"

Manayo said confidently, "Yes, I know. In the library, there are books and people sit there silently and read books silently."

Duhee said, "Exactly, that is why we are saying that now stop lying and tell us the truth. What happened? Who sent that message?"

Lisa said, "We can accept any other thing, but Manayo sitting silently and reading books? That is impossible. That can never happen."

Manayo understood that she cannot fool her best friends. They knew her too well. She decided to tell the truth.

She sat on the bed and said, "Okay, okay, I will tell you what happened."

Manayo then told them everything. She told them about her grandmother's message, how her grandmother is very strict, how she wants her to come back to Korea on the morning flight, and how she called her father Mr. Kim in the garden and how her father promised to handle everything.

After listening to the whole story, Lisa and Duhee hugged her. Lisa said, "You stupid girl, why did you not tell us before? We thought something very big had happened. Your grandmother is just worried about you because she loves you."

Duhee said, "Yes, and we will never let you go back to Korea alone. You have to complete your studies with us. We are together."

Manayo started laughing She said, "Thank you so much, you both."

They were talking and chatting till late night and eating snacks. It became 12 o'clock at night.

Du hee said, "Come on, now it's time to bunk the hostel."

Lisa and Manayo smiled and said, "Let's go."

And when the three girls were about to jump over the wall to get out of the hostel, the hostel lights suddenly turned on.

When they looked, all the hostel girls and their in-charge were standing there.