Chapter 62 - Hurt

Light gasps were heard as everyone at the table, including the kids were shocked at what Kiaraa said.

They were all old enough to understand that Kiaraa crossed the line and insulted her mother. Even Kim Do-Yun, the youngest one at the table understood what Kiaraa said was demeaning.

Chu Yu Ri was the most shocked as she never expected this kind of an insult coming from her daughter for whose sake she actually gave up on her career.

It was after Kiaraa's birth she decided to stay home and take care of her as she didn't wish to leave her daughter with nannies and caretakers.

She personally wanted to care for her.

Then Aera was born and Chu Yu Ri got busy with both her daughters. Eventually, they became her world and she didn't have the heart to leave the girls alone at home.

But never did she expect her sacrifice would be perceived like this by her own daughter.

"Kiaraa, apologize to your mother" Sa Da-Hye immediately scolded Kiaraa as she knew how hurt Chu Yu Ri must have been after hearing to what her daughter said.

"Why? Did I say something wrong?" Kiaraa was unaffected by the tears that were forming near her mom's eyes.

"Yes, you did." Sa Da-Hye, who always loved Kiaraa a lot for the first time scolded her but Kiaraa was indifferent towards it.

Only a very few people can affect Kiaraa, not everyone has the ability to hurt her.

"Which part of my sentence was wrong?" Kiaraa questioned Sa Da-Hye.

"Your whole sentence itself was wrong. I thought you don't know how to talk to outsiders but you don't even know how to respect your own mother" Ji Seo Yun didn't hold herself back in scolding Kiaraa.

Kiaraa rolled her eyes, "You were the one who started it and now you are talking righteously" she muttered loudly and continued eating her food.

"Shameless" Ji Seo Yun commented.

Kiaraa glared at her, "Excuse me? How dare you call me shameless?"

"Dare? Do I need to dare to be honest?" Ji Seo Yun argued with Kiaraa.

"Seo Yun, she is a kid but you are not, what are you doing?" Sa Da-Hye scolded Ji Seo Yun, who was arguing with Kiaraa like she too is a kid.

"Are you sure she is a kid?" Ji Seo Yun questioned her friend.

"Seo Yun, you are not making this situation any easier" Sa Da-Hye signalled her to calm down and looked at Chu Yu Ri, who was still frozen at her spot as she went blank after hearing Kiaraa's hurtful words.

"Yu Ri" Sa Da-Hye touched her friend's shoulder pulling her out from her daze.

"Excuse me" Chu Yu Ri walked away from there wiping away her tears.

Everyone looked at Kiaraa, who was unaffected by how hurt her mother was and focussed on her lunch.

'Shameless girl' Ji Seo Yun cursed Kiaraa in her heart but didn't say it out aloud as she has been warned by Sa Da-Hye to keep quiet.

"Kiaraa, I think you should go and apologize to mom" A soft voice broke the intense silence in the room and everyone looked at Aera, who in spite of looking frightened, gathered all the courage inside her to preach Kiaraa.

Kiaraa, who was enjoying her lunch, got irritated seeing Aera advise her, "Who the hell are you to tell me what I should do?"

Aera shivered a bit with scare.

"Don't be rude to your sister, she is younger than you but still she knows what is right and what is wrong unlike you." Ji Seo Yun scolded Kiaraa as she was unable to control herself seeing how her Aera was being treated.

"Doesn't she have a mouth? Can't she argue back with me? You have to do the honours?" Kiaraa questioned Ji Seo Yun.

"Kiaraa enough! Today you are disrespecting everyone. Be quiet and finish your lunch" Sa Da-Hye firmly ordered Kiaraa.

"I am not disrespecting anyone. I am just being honest" Kiaraa loudly muttered and continued eating her food but no one said anything.

After all the kids were done with their lunch, they were planning to go and play but Sa Da-Hye stopped Kiaraa and informed her that they need to talk.

If it would have been Ji Seo Yun, who would have made this request, Kiaraa would have blatantly rejected her but Sa Da-Hye was someone Kiaraa was comparatively closer to so out of respect for her she agreed to have a word as requested.

Kiaraa knew what this 'talk' is going to be about but she didn't care as she still believed she didn't say anything wrong.

Sa Da-Hye and Kiaraa went to Kiaraa's bedroom, after reaching there they locked the door from inside to not let anyone else disturb them.

"Kiaraa, dear, what exactly is the problem? Why were you so rude to your mother?"

"Aunt Da-Hye, I was just honest. What right she had to ask me not to eat my lunch? Don't you think it is rude for a mother to ask her daughter to not eat her food in spite of knowing how much she loves it? She intentionally wanted to take away something that I like to punish me. Please explain, how was that fair?"

Sa Da-Hye was a bit speechless hearing her logic. 

"Kiaraa, I know your mother was partially wrong to not let you have your food but at times parents tend to punish their kids when they are on the wrong path to bring them on the right one" she patiently explained.

"I disagree with her method of parenting" Kiaraa spoke.

Sa Da-Hye helplessly sighed, "You were rude to Ji Seo Yun too, she is elder than you…"

"So, even when our elders are wrong and are being unnecessarily bitchy, we still need to keep quiet and suffer because we are young?" Kiaraa interrupted her.

Sa Da-Hye was again not sure what to say as she didn't intend to teach Kiaraa to be submissive in front of her elders and not stand for what is right.