JUNG: Yeah, right. He found me on Facebook today and soon the whole crew found me, the old church soccer team. We’re all chatting away, checking out photos, like a reunion. Suyoung put up an old picture of the team, and he starts writing this play-by-play. Centennial Park, Etobicoke. The Toronto Korean inter-church annual soccer tournament. Under-16 division. Game one, Haninjangno Church: (explosion sound) conquered. Game two, Dong Bu Church: (explosion sound) conquered. Game three, Bethel Church: tied. Quarter-finals, United church: (explosion sound). Semi-finals, Young Nak Church: (explosion sound). Final championship game, the Catholic church: tied. Extra time: tied. Extra extra time: tied. Penalty kick shootout: (UMMA joins in on making the explosion sound). So glorious, right? Mike lives in Richmond Hill. He drives a Beemer. 5 series. He’s got great-looking kids, a sexy cute wife, family vacations all around the world every year. I’ve seen all his photos. Jason, Rich, Tech, Tom, Henry, Mike, Jong, Young, Young Jong, Suyoung. All of them. They’re all successful. They start asking about me. What I do, where I been. I start making stuff up, trying desperately hard to sound impressive, but just sounding desperate. I was their captain. I was their captain, Umma. I was smarter than all of them, faster, stronger. I didn’t dream I’d end up renting cars to people. Nine to five. Checking for dents and scratches. Living in a shithole in Parkdale. Apartment’s a constant mess. Fight all the time, his mom and me. She thinks I’m a loser — I don’t even know why I’m with her anymore. And all he ever does is cry and cry and cry and cry and cry. Just wanna leave, y’know? Just go. Start over. Somewhere else. Calgary, Vancouver — doesn’t matter where. It’d be so easy too. Bay and Dundas, hop on a bus and leave. I rent cars to people, then take the streetcar home. What is that? That’s a joke.

Beat.

UMMA: You Appa was teacher in Korea. He was very good teacher. Student all love him. He have lots of friend. We have very good life in Korea. Then we coming to Canada. But he can’t be teacher here. His English is very . . . no good. We get store. And he work every day. No weekend, no time off, no vacation, always have to be open, no retirement. Why? Why he doing like that? For you. For you and Janet. He is choosing like that for you. (Offers the photo.) You choosing like that for him. (JUNG takes the photo.)

JUNG: How’s Appa doing, anyway?

UMMA: Appa is getting old. You remember Mr. Lee?

JUNG: Black man with the Korean last name?

UMMA: Yah. He is make offer to buy store.

JUNG: Appa selling the store?

UMMA: No, Mr. Lee just make offer.

JUNG: How much?

UMMA: Enough to retire.

JUNG: What’s Appa gonna do?

UMMA: I don’t know. Go home, Jung. Go home.

JUNG exits.

16. Naming

A memory of APPA and UMMA. Underscored.