Chapter 24 - Annoyed Situation

Shaka Bentala.

Shaka for grace, gratitude, or open-mindedness.

Bentala for the land, to be unlike the sky of high money and remain humble to the earth.

That's what my mother says every time she reminds me of my name. I stroked the lettering that made up the letters of my name in the editorial arrangement on the first page of the book.

The book in my hands had just come from the publisher's delivery as proof of my three-monthly labor as a copy editor. Once again, the books just filled the shelf without me reading them again.

Actually, I'm less interested in something that has been discussed since the beginning. It's a different story if I buy a book because I'm curious about its contents based on the glimpse on the back cover.

It turns out that the cell phone in my pants pocket vibrated and when I took it out, it revealed the arrangement of letters forming the word 'Dad in-law'.

Dera was already gone, but Uncle Dean - Dera's father - still regarded me as his son. The old man asked me to