deeply that it made you feel like you were the most important person in the world. Han-byeol, the youngest, who skipped fourth grade because she was “gifted.” She was our school’s valedictorian, and competitive to a fault. Nevertheless, Han-byeol was the one who showed up unannounced last year when I was sick with the flu. I’d had a terrible cough and fever, and she surprised me with a giant pot of samgyetang and a thermos warm with honey-pear-ginger tea. Later, I learned that it took her over six hours to make that samgyetang, simmering the chicken and ginseng slowly over a low flame. Even
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