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Min Joon walked towards the kitchen. He picked up his phone from the counter where he left it when he went to answer the door. He called Dalton.

Min Joon and Dalton became friends when they both started college. Both Min Joon and Dalton were studying business. They met at a campus party where they were introduced by mutual friends. They didn't hit it off initially mainly due to Dalton's bias on Asians. But with them hanging out together with the same friends, drinking and playing games, they got to know each other better.

"Hey bud, how's your trip going", Min Joon asked when Dalton answered his call.

"Dude, you are missing so much. We are on our way to the second park where we will be zip-lining." Dalton sounded so excited on the phone.

"So why are you calling, is the apartment okay?"

"The apartment is really nice, and it's very obvious you didn't decorate it"

"Very funny. So what's up"

"Well , you have a guest and I'm not sure if you were expecting her"

"A guest? Who's that? It shouldn't be my mom because she knows I'm in Cancun."

"She said she was your sister"

"My sister? What is Cora doing there? How did she know where to find my apartment?"

"How will I know? Do you want to talk to her? She seems kinda nervous."

"Let me call you back"

Dalton ended the call. Min Joon wasn't sure what to do next. He didn't know what to tell Cora who was still waiting in the foyer. It wasn't like he could invite her to stay. The only reason he was here in Dalton's apartment and not Cancun with his group of friends was because of Delores. Delores was Min Joon's ex-girlfriend. They dated for a couple of months but Min Joon decided to break up with her because she was just crazy. It seemed she was obsessed with him. During their brief relationship, she used to go through his phone, always wanting to know where he was, deciding where and whom he hung out with. It was just too much for Min Joon. After their break up, she just got worse, she started stalking him. To avoid Delores, Min Joon had to pretend he was going on the Cancun trip so that she would think he was there. But he was hiding in Dalton's apartment.

Min Joon walked towards Cora. Min Joon thought to himself, she looks so innocent and lost. He wondered what her story was.

After Dalton spoke to Min Joon, he called his mother Katherine because he believed she was the only one who would give his address to Cora. After her suicide attempt, Katherine and Cora got close and even closer after she realized Cora needed a mother figure since Gina was not that involved with Cora.

Min Joon asked Cora to the living room, he told her that he was waiting for a response from Dalton. Cora was so nervous, she tripped over her legs knocking Min Joon over. Cora and Min Joon ended up on the floor with Cora on top of him. Cora was embarrassed.