𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 ( 𝗇. 𝗃𝖺𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗇 ) ✓

final

*flashback
"Why do you look so happy right now Eunnie?" Her mother asks as she walks hand in hand with Jieun.
"Because we're going to go to Jaemin's house right now! I haven't seen him in two weeks." She replies excitedly. Smiling ever so widely, showcasing her front teeths that were missing.
"You're that excited to meet him." Her mother says as she smiles at Jieun, to which the small girl nodded her head enthusiastically.

"Ari." Hearing that voice, Jieun's mother was immediately alarmed as she hid Jieun behind her.
"What is it now?" She replies, trying to not show her annoyance.
"I told you that I'd be back for you." Sujin answers, a menacing smile evident on his face.
"The only thing that you've done is harass me. I'd suggest that you leave me alone for good, that is if you don't want me to involve my husband into this? He's a cop and he could just as well arrest you right now." Her mother stated.
"Ugh that stupid husband of yours. He is what got between us!?"
"Us? There was never an 'us' to begin with Sujin. Are you still not over the fact that I rejected you back in college?" She tiredly sighs.
"Yes? You embarrassed me in front of everyone. How can I ever get over that. You chose that stupid police man over me. I'm going to be a millionaire soon Ari." He brags as she could just role her eyes at him.
"I don't care if you're a millionaire, you're still a womanising douchebag. Don't you even dare try to compare yourself to my husband. Now if you would, please leave me and my family alone." Her mother holding onto Jieun's hand quickly as she was about to leave.
"You're going to regret this." He says as he took a gun out of his blazer and shot it right at the women's chest before fleeing away.

Her mother fell to the ground, pulling Jieun with her. Jieun sitting there in her mother's pool of blood as she just stares at her mother dumbstruck.
"Mom, mom why are you bleeding." Jieun asks as she shook her shoulders to wake her up.
"Somebody help, please!"

..

"Dad why is Ji noona crying?" Jisung asks as he points at his sister. The five year old confused as to why they were in the hospital. All their father could do was just shake his head, this further confusing the boy.
"What happened to mama is she ok?" He kept asking, pulling onto Jieun's sleeve to get an answer out of her.
"Jisung." She said and pulled him into a hug.
"Why are you crying?" He asks again but this time in tears.

--- ৎ୭

She woke up from that dream. The first thing that she was greeted with was of a white ceiling. She looked around the room peculiarly. What was she doing in the hospital room again?

"You're finally awake!" Someone said as she looks to her side to see Jiwoo sitting besides her.
"Jiwoo what are you doing here?" She asks.
"Rotating shifts with Jaemin. He's currently out grabbing something to eat after I forced him too. He looked like a zombie and he didn't want to leave you alone." Jiwoo explains.
"How long have I been in here?"
"For about a day."
"Woah really?" Jieun going silent as she tries to remember the events that happened that led her here.

"If you're wondering what happened with my dad, surely enough after he shot you, the police came and arrested him. Just as how you deducted." Jiwoo spoke up as the girl looks over at her.
"How did you realise everything? Even that I was getting abused. You really are good at everything." Jiwoo asks.

"I'm not good at everything. I'm just good at observing things. I realised that you were getting abused behind closed door by the way that you act around him when the both of you are in front of a crowd. Jaemin did tell me how weird it was that one day you weren't acting clingy around him or any guys. Your dad probably forced you to get close to him, I don't think that you're interested in guys are you?" She says as Jiwoo's face brightens.
"Then that day when he got kidnapped. You didn't follow the car that took him did you? You knew from the start where you dad's alliances were planning to hide him, so you told me about their hideout. Soon enough, the next day on campus you were covered in bruises. Your dad probably figured out that you were the one who told us about Jaemin's location and did that to you. So I told the police to look into your case first.