Yejin's Journey Through the Veil of Worlds

"I am soooo back home," said Yejin with a sigh. She was sitting on the edge of her bed, her hands on her knees, panting heavily.

The room was dark. The only source of light came from the lamp next to the bed. Yejin had opened all the window curtains and the lamp was turned on. The time was 11:45pm. Yejin looked at her clock. Then she looked at her wrist watch. The two clocks differed by 3 hours.

Yejin walked out of the bedroom. She was still panting as if she had just run a marathon. Yejin was still in her pyjamas. She was wearing a track suit that her friend, Michelle, had given her as a present. It had a big "M" embroidered on the front. Yejin took one of the three stairs down to the kitchen. The third step creaked heavily. Yejin paused for a moment and listened carefully. Her house was very quiet. She continued down the stairs while being extra careful not to make any noise.

Yejin reached the kitchen. She turned on the light. As she walked through the living room into the kitchen, she could see herself in the mirror. Her reflection was blurry due to the steam that was rising from the cooking pot on the stove. Yejin peeked inside the pot. She could see that the pot was filled with a thick orange goo. It was boiling over.

"Oh my God," she mumbled, panicking.

Yejin quickly grabbed a glove, took the pot off the stove, brought it to the sink and turned on the faucet.

"What am I doing?" she asked herself.

Yejin sighed again. She walked back to the living room where her overnight bag was. She picked up the bag and walked upstairs. She opened the door to her daughter's room and walked inside. The room was dark except for the moonlight that was shining through the windows. There was a faint glow coming from the night light. Yejin could see the silhouette of her daughter's body lying on the bed. She walked up to the bed and sat down. She placed her hand on her daughter's face. It was warm. She gently moved her daughter's hair away from her eyes. She looked at her daughter's face. She took a deep breath. She tried to remember what her daughter looked like.

"What have I done?" she asked herself.

Yejin covered her face with her hands. Tears started streaming down her cheeks. She sobbed heavily. She bit her lip and exhaled sharply. She wiped her tears away with the back of her hands. She took another deep breath and exhaled loudly. She stood up and walked out of the bedroom. She took the stairs down to the ground floor. She walked back to the kitchen. The orange goo had stopped boiling. She took the pot off the stove, put it on the kitchen table, then walked to the cupboard, took a plate out, placed the plate on the table, added some spoons, then walked to the fridge, opened the door and took out a jar of peanut butter. She placed the jar on the table and walked back to the refrigerator. She took out a bottle of orange juice. She then walked back to the table. She opened the jar of peanut butter, took a spoon and dipped it into the orange goo on the plate. She then ate the orange goo. It tasted good.

"It has been over a month since I have eaten anything," she said to herself.

Yejin was eating her orange goo slowly. She was savouring every bite. She was even licking the spoon after each bite. After she finished the orange goo, she took a sip of the orange juice. She let out a moan.

"This tastes sooo good."

She finished the orange juice and took the jar of peanut butter out of the container. She licked it clean. She then put the empty container on the table. She walked back to her overnight bag, took a small box out of it, opened the box and took out a brown capsule. She opened the capsule and poured its contents into her mouth.

"Time to take my medicine," she said to herself.

Yejin walked back to the upstairs bathroom. She washed her face with some water from the tap. She took off her clothes, walked back to her bedroom, put on new clothes, then went downstairs to the living room. She took her purse out of her overnight bag and walked to the front door. She took the key out of the keyhole, opened the door and walked outside. She locked the door and walked to her car. She got into her car and put her purse on the passenger seat. She started the engine, drove out of the driveway and drove away from her house.

Yejin arrived at a bus stop. She got out of her car, took her purse and walked to the bus stop. She waited there for 10 minutes until a bus finally arrived. She got on the bus and took a seat near the back. The bus was mostly empty.

"There are hardly any passengers on this bus," she said to herself.

After about 15 minutes, the bus arrived at its last stop. Yejin got off the bus, walked across the street and arrived at a shopping mall. She walked up to the entrance. She took her ID card out of her purse and placed it in front of the scanner. The door opened. Yejin walked inside, took an escalator to the second floor, walked to the elevator and rode the elevator up to the fourth floor. She got off the elevator, walked to the end of the hallway, took a right and arrived at a security check station. There were 2 security guards and 2 other people at the security check station. A line was formed in front of the security check station. Yejin joined the line. She took out her purse and waited.