Epilogue: 5 years after she was gathering her pearls

     Five years later, she is eventually dating with Tom. At first, Sookan was kinda feeling awkward that she is dating with western person, but Tom, who understands Sookan as not only a woman but also Korean, led her well not to be feeling in that way. Furthermore, because Princeton University acknowledged Sookan's academic potential and hard working personality, they accepted her as a honorable full tuition scholarship student. So she decided to go to the graduate school with Tom who also decided to study in Princeton University graduate school. As her mother's expectation, she accepted a new culture and her sister as a person. Her sister let her keep working on her academic achievements and supported life in United States. And her major is art education which is fully based on her interest and passion not the challenging thing that she had hard time to deal with when she was in undergraduate school. She is studying hard to be an elementary school teacher and work at Mr. Bennett's children's school. 
     She is working as a part time job in Princeton University Art Center and earning some pocket money. Well, actually it is much larger amount than pocket money, maybe basket money. Also because she gets a full tuition as a scholarship, she could afford the plane ticket to Korea and visit there at least twice in a year. She meets her longing old friends from high school and college. She does volunteer activity for her sister too. She comforts people who need help because of mental illness or disorder, and she teaches English for children too. Her sister is very happy that she is coming back for a break and does her favor while she is staying. 
      Ellen got married to Kyle and got one year old baby. He is a boy and looks more like Ellen. Although she became a mother relatively young age, which could be bothering and restricting her behavior, but she loves herself as a mother and is proud of it. They and Sookan's couple usually hang out together and have a meal with talking about lots of memories. They can meet up easily, for they are living near to each other; Ellen and Kyle live in Trenton, and Ellen and Tom live in Princeton. 
       Marci had a really big argument with her parents a year ago right after she graduated the college; she graduated with chemistry scholar degree very unwillingly because of her parents strict forcing. However she convinced her parents that she wanted to major literature. After a long and long process, she is working on her master's degree as a English literature in Amherst University. Marci and Sookan apart far away from each other they send a letter to keep in touch, and they promised to travel together to Greece during the spring break. 
       Sookan and people around her live very well. All of them are doing what they want and working best as they can. Her life in America seems to last forever I guess.