[10PM] Dahyun clocked out of work and went back to her hotel room to pack up her things. She carried her suitcase downstairs to the lobby area to check out.

Reception Desk Lady : Hello there.
Dahyun : Hi, i would like to check out of my room.
Reception Desk Lady (*asks) : can i see your room key ?
Dahyun : sure.

Dahyun pulled out her room key from her backpack and gave it to the lady. The Reception Desk Lady took it and entered something in the computer. As Dahyun was waiting for the transaction, she had a thought of what her dad said to her when she was in that coma for 2 days. Then the Reception Desk Lady said to Dahyun making her snap out of her thought quickly.

Reception Desk Lady : you’re all set Miss Kim Dahyun.
Dahyun : thank you.
Reception Desk Lady (*asks) : is there anything else you need ?
Dahyun (*asks) : do you know who owns this hotel ?
Reception Desk Lady (*smiles & says) : your father ma’am.
Dahyun (*asks) : do you happen to know if his office is still here ?
Reception Desk Lady : it’s on the 9th floor. it’s the only office room there.
Dahyun (*asks) : its still there after all those years ?
Reception Desk Lady : yes.
Dahyun (*asks) : is there a way i can access his office ?
Dahyun : i need to find something important that he left behind after all these years.
Reception Desk Lady : we’re not allowed to let anyone there.
Reception Desk Lady : Miss Kwon Miyoung asks everyone not go in there.
Reception Desk Lady : if someone does, then we would have to report it to her.
Dahyun : please. i really need to go inside and find it.
Dahyun : its really important to me, to my father.
Reception Desk Lady : i might get fired if i let you in.
Dahyun : i promise you that won’t happen as long as i’m here.
Reception Desk Lady : yes. give me a second.

The Reception Desk Lady went to the back to get the key and came back out. She gives the key to Dahyun and says…

Reception Desk Lady : please be back right away.
Dahyun : i will. please watch my suitcase for me.
Reception Desk Lady : yes.

Dahyun left her suitcase to the lady and takes the key up to the 9th floor to her dad’s office.

As soon as she got out of the elevator, she walked straight to where she saw the big double doors at the end of the hallway. She put in the old antique skeleton key in the slot and opened the doors. Dahyun walked inside. The furniture was still there and his book collection was there on the shelf. Chairs and sofa were in their original positions. Picture frames were being put away in his drawers. Dahyun looked high and low quietly around for the documents he had told her about.

After 10 minutes of looking, she couldn’t find it. Then she thought about where her dad would hid it and thought about his values.

She walked to the bookshelves and looked at his college textbook collections. She ran her finger across each textbook and saw a yearbook in the bunch of books. She took it out from the shelf and looked through the yearbook of when he was in college. As she was looking at the yearbook, the book slipped out of her hands and dropped on the ground. She looked around to see if anyone was around and bent down to pick it up. When she picked it up, a few papers fell onto the ground with it. It was folded neatly that was on the back of the book. Dahyun picked up the folded papers and looked through it. She was surprised that she had found what she was looking for. Her dad was right about where the documents would’ve been. She saw the hotel contract and fees that belong to Dahyun and not her step-mother. Dahyun smiled and put the yearbook along with the documents inside her backpack quickly. She got out of there quickly and back downstairs to the lobby. She returned the key to the Reception Desk Lady and says…

Dahyun : thank you so much.
Reception Desk Lady (*asks) : did you find what you needed ?
Dahyun : yes. please don’t tell Miss Kwon Miyoung about tonight.
Dahyun : she shouldn’t know about it.
Reception Desk Lady : yes, i understand.
Dahyun : i should go now. thank you.
Reception Desk Lady : thank you for staying with us Miss Kim Dahyun.

Dahyun took the bus to school with her suitcase. It was past curfew time so Dahyun didn’t have to worry about it. So Dahyun just went to her room and settled in. She took a shower and went to bed. As she was sitting on her bed, she looked at the yearbook carefully. She saw her dad playing sports and in clubs. She smiled as she saw his pictures again.

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