---- businessman wore a cheap string of glass beads on his wrist. Looking closely, I recognized it as the very bracelet I had made by hand when I was young. John's eyes darkened with a hint of sorrow. "You sat next to me back in school. How could you have forgotten all about me?" Only then did I suddenly remember: John and I weren't strangers after all. He had lost his mother early and struggled within his family. Because my father had business ties with his family, he often noticed John's hardship and quietly looked out for him. Through this, John had often heard my name from my father. Later, when I transferred to his school, we ended up sitting next to each other. One day, I caught a classmate bullying John for ---- not having a mother, and he forced him to eat a candy that had been dropped on the ground. I pushed the bully away and scolded him fiercely, then placed the bracelet I had made on John's wrist with a soft smile. "Don't let anyone push you around again. You have to learn to protect yourself. This bracelet will give you courage." Sniffling, he asked me, "Are you Mr. Medina's daughter, Irene?" I laughed and ran toward Simon, who was approaching from the other side, before turning back to say, "Yes, Iam." I never expected that fleeting moment would be etched so deeply in his heart all these years. I quickly avoided John's intense gaze, but my heart was racing uncontrollably. I thought that Simon had broken me completely, that my heart could never feel again. But ---- unexpectedly, meeting the right person could warm it once more. After recovering at home for half a month, my health, which hadn't improved much while at the Barkers, gradually flourished.