Sookan has been engaged to marry to Tom
for a year. They had been boyfriend and girlfriend for three years, and he
asked her to marry him just after her graduation from college. Sookan is very
happy. Sookan and Tom have decided to get married in the States, and both
Ellen’s mom and Marci’s mom are helping her plan the wedding.
Sookan’s graduation was a great time
for her. Sookan had saved enough money so that her sister could come to the
graduation. Her sister, Theresa, did not want to come at first, but everyone
told her that she should go, since their mother was dead. So, she came to the
States for the graduation. Sookan’s brother Hyunchun and her best friend from
Korea, Bokhi came too. Bokhi did not marry the man who her aunt arranged for
her to marry. Bokhi did not really know him, but she was going to marry him
because it was what the families told her to do. Bokhi really loved Hyunchun,
and he loved her. They both talked to their families and the families told them
that they could get married. Sookan was happy to have some of her family there,
but she was really happy to see her best friend from Korea.
Before the graduation, Sookan
introduced Tom to her family. Sookan’s sister was not very nice to Tom when she
met him. Her sister was not happy because she did not think that Sookan should
have a boyfriend. She still expected Sookan to come back to Korea and work with
her as a nun. Nuns do not have boyfriends or get married, so Sookan’s sister
thought that it was very bad for Sookan to have a boyfriend. Hyunchun and Bokhi
loved Tom and saw how happy Sookan was with him. Sookan also introduced her
family to Ellen, Kyle, Ellen’s parents, Marci, Marci’s parents, Professor
Bennett and his family, Sister Reed, Sister Casey and many of her classmates. Everyone
Sookan’s family met told them what a good person Sookan is and how she had
helped all of them in their lives. After hearing from all of these people how
good Sookan is and how she had helped all of them, Sookan’s sister started to
think that maybe she was wrong to believe that Sookan was making bad decisions.
Sookan must have done many good things in the States, because that is what
everybody Theresa met told her.
Sookan let her Theresa read some of the
letters from their mother, and her sister could tell from the letters that
their mother always encouraged Sookan to find her own way in life and to be
happy. Their mother had done the same for Theresa when she wanted to become a
nun. Theresa started to think that she had been wrong not to think about what
Sookan wanted in her life.
At dinner after graduation, Tom asked
Sookan to marry him. Sookan was worried about what her sister would think, but
her sister said that it would be a good thing. Everybody was so happy for
Sookan and Tom. Sookan and Tom are planning to visit Korea so that he can meet
the rest of her family.
It has been a year now since she saw
her family at graduation. Sookan is working as a teacher at a school near
Marci’s parents. Between working and planning for the wedding, Sookan is very
busy, but she is happy. Sookan sees Marci all the time now. Marci took some
chemistry classes and found out that she was really good at chemistry. She is
working with her father now.
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