Chapter 13 (2/2)

“Of course You said you wanted sohed broadly

‘Oh yes!’ almost came out of my mouth

I had to do that daed him

He let out a hearty laugh

I cruised around the table and dropped back into my chair

“Where is your pasture, grandfather? Is it near your house?” I asked

“You can’t raise horses near residential areas, as horses stink,”

“Where then?”

“North of Seoul,”

Record scratch

That was not the area I’d had in my mind

“What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s just… too far,” I said, with a pout of my lips and a sullen look

“Too far?”

“Our house is in Gangnam…”

“There is no pasture in the south of Seoul,”

“Make it You can randfather,” I said, in a nervous, yet firm and elated voice

“What? Make a pasture?”

He erupted in laughter again It was relief

“Do-jun?”

“Yes?”

“Do you kno many companies I have?”

Although I knew the answer, I shook my head

“I ht the rest,”

Bought? Not robbed?

“I feel more attached to 19 that I built up,”

What is he trying to say?

“I like it when you say, make it,”

How should I react?

Brinking? Nodding?

“Letof your own,”

He summoned his PA

“Fetch us a i-do,”

“Yes, sir,”

After a little while, the PA brought us a map

The grandfather spread the map over the table, then circled a spot and pointed to it

“Now, the circled spot is where my house is, where do you want to make your own pasture? Circle a spot,”

Crazy!

damn happy now

I pretended to be agonizing over it although there was just one spot that had been intime

“Pick carefully,”

I circled the one

“Here,”

He frowned, his eyebrows knitting together

“Looks far from here, don’t you think so?”

“Oh”

I wore a sullen face, which shortly ht then, kid,”

He called out the PA again

“Determine if this spot is suitable for a pasture,”

“Yes, sir,”

The PA rolled up the map and put it under his arm, then backed into the door

We continued to eat our dinner

Grandfather changed the topic: friend

I had none How can a boy who has a e of 40 make a friend?