Wrecking the Rental Car

I slowly knocked out the things we needed to do before leaving the country, one by one.

Mom called the chess federation and told them that Arin would be entering the United States two weeks before the national team.

At first, the person in charge seemed a little hesitant, but they approved it without much trouble on the condition that she join the team no later than two days before the competition.

If anything, they seemed pleased that her family would be looking after the five-year-old player locally.

It seemed that Eunchae unni had separately told the federation that she would take care of Arin after joining the team.

Nice one, Eunchae unni!

We also crammed all our luggage into four suitcases.

Arin packed a travel chessboard, while I put in my lecture materials and a few overseas journals I hadn't finished reading.

Arin said she wanted to bring her stamp, too, but Mom confiscated it, put it in a drawer, and locked it with a click-.

I understood that she was attached to it since we'd only just had it made, but it would be a disaster if she lost it...