Chapter 23

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Narration will start on the night Chaeyoung and Red will meet.

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It was a pretty busy day but Chaeyoung's thought were wandering on a certain heiress. She's trying to focus on what to do but the girl would always make her way inside her mind. However, everything has been prepared, from what she's going to say to the proofs that she's going to present. Somi has also already told the man that she's going to bring the girl tonight and he was pleased to the news. Everything was perfect but when the time has come. All their plan has turned to dust.

On an abandoned building far away from the city. Red decided to meet there with only Chaeyoung. He even made it clear not to tie the girl or inflict any harm on her without his knowledge. That made Somi and Chaeyoung confused. It made Somi to be reluctant to agree and let her bestfriend alone with that man but Chaeyoung didn't even flinch from the command. Not that she knows but she alread considered the possibility of him wanting to talk to her about Mina or so she guessed. So she agreed. Even with the constant warning of her friend, Chaeyoung sticked to her decision.

Somi was left with a defeated sigh. She has no choice but to drive the girl to the said building. When they arrive Red's men was already there, waiting patiently. Somi's lover were present too. Minho is giving her a proud smile thinking that her girl made her job right. She didn't response to the smile in fact she's having her solemn expression masking her worries from her friend whom she didn't know would be alive after this night.

Chaeyoung calmly took a step to the building. With each step she could feel her heart to jump any moment. A man in suit guided her through the door to a room that she guessed where her father would wait. Upon reaching the rusty door, the man left her without saying a word. Not asking anything she grab the knob and opened it. It makes a creak sound that you could hear from horror movies. When she entered the room, she was met with silence and a man standing in front of the broken window. Closing the door she took a step closer to him.

"You came" the man turned around and faced her. She doesn't know if she'll be happy or angry seeing the man who brought her to the world .

"I did" she tried to mask her nervousness by making a serious face.

"Never expecting my daughter to meet me this early" Red smiled knowing that it's his win again. Chaeyoung were shocked as the man already knows the truth.

"How-"

"You're friend is not that good of a liar. When you're friend entered Myoui's household for the first time. I send someone to put a bug on her." He took a step towards the table and opened a bottle of whiskey. Chaeyoung stayed rooted where she's standing. It does makes sense. How stupid she felt for not noticing that the cartel where leading her to do this.

"To be honest, I never expected you to be that junk girl that I dumped on that orphanage. After making investigation I had confirmed that you're my daughter." He poured a glass for two. Chaeyoung could feel her anger rising in her head.

"I never wanted to be your daughter" she formed a fist from the desperate holding in attacking the devil. Any minute could be her, killing the man.

"Oh my dear I know that but.." Having the glass in hand she walk toward the gritting girl. Completely testing her patience. When he's near enough, he lean to whisper her the words Chaeyoung hated the most "You're my daughter and you can't do anything to change that" He then took a step back and watched as her eyes turned into deadly one. "I love those eyes, reminds me of the old days" he sips through his glass. Chaeyoung tried to calm herself in the presence of the intimidating man.


"I didn't come here to talk about being your daughter. Since you already know, I won't beat around the bush. I want you to stop bothering Mina." with her calm voice Red were amused as the girl could contain herself from doing something to him.

"Hmm I bet she knows already. Come have a sit, let's have a talk" The man sat on the couch and Chaeyoung occupied the opposite one. "Let's consider what you want. What will you have for me?" Red smirked and look of judgement.

"What do you want?" Chaeyoung knows the man has set his eyes on this and it is his way of controlling her. Chaeyoung could read between the lines.

"Smart. I want you to be my heiress." He beamed. That earned a frown from the girl.

"I didn't know the famous cartel's leader is an idiot" she scoffs. Red laugh to her remark.

"Idiotic as it sounds but did you not hear of having the enemies closer?" He gave her a glass then drink his in one shot.

"Having me as your heiress is the biggest mistake you will ever make" Chaeyoung drank the liquor. Her looks are fierce and cold. Seeing the man longer was like a slap in her face, as she could see the subtle resemblance.

"No. It is my reassurance." Loosening his tie, he continues. "For you to stay and make the girl hate you more" He grins. Devilish and lunatic. Chaeyoung then understood what the man is planning to do.

"Oh so you want me to be your scapegoat" Her hatred going deeper and deeper for the man.

"Not just that, I have a goal you know. To make a demon myself and that's what I'm doing to Mina, but then.. you came. I saw it. The demon sleeping inside you and I felt happy! When you were a kid I tried turning you to a living that I want but then you failed and Mina beats you on it. You even let her escape leaving me no choice but to throw you away out of my sight" Chaeyoung can't comprehend what his father is saying. Kid? Helping Mina escape? she felt lost.

"Oh sorry dear. I did something on your brain to make you forget, you're probably confused by now but no rush we can do something about that" he laughs. Chaeyoung couldn't bare to look on her crazy father anymore. She don't want to hear anything from his mouth. Her father is a devil and she just confirmed that. A crazy psycho. Everyone thought that he's obsess of Mina but it is not. He was obsess to the idea of making a demon out of her that would surpass him. This is madness, a total hell. She thought.

"So you are saying.. "

"I'll leave Mina alone, even your friends but.. you have to replace her" From the smile on his face, Chaeyoung found herself stuck in the devil's grasp.


"I'm Aka Renji, from now on you can call me father"



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A soft melody played on the silent room. White walls with different kind of expensive paintings were giving the idea on who is the owner. A girl with a dark long hair laid on her cold bed, reminiscing what happened in her life these past ten months. After that night, things has changed. The man made her do things she never wanted to do. She didn't think she could do those things but as the time pass she felt herself getting used to it. It was like killing doesn't bother her anymore. Her feelings were numb. The last time she felt remorse is when her father let her kill a child. Yes, a fucking innocent child. She wanted to kill herself at that time instead of the kid. Her father even punished her with beatings. Well, every time she refuse something from him would results to torture. Different scars were carved on her body but when his father threaten her with her friends and Mina's life she knows she can't do anything. She felt a part of her died when she did the deed. Maybe someday she'll pay for that grave mistake.



That happened on the first month of being in her father's control. After that incident, many similar things followed but it wasn't the same anymore. The feeling was not the same. She felt empty killing those men and women. She lost count on how many murder she commit. All she knows is that it won't matter anymore. She didn't refuse anything her father told her. Not one bit after that time. Her father were true to his words. He did manage to change the girl to a monster. Chaeyoung is starting to believe that she's one now. By being by his side, she saw different illegal activities and transactions. Drugs, weapons, weeds, you name it. It was everything you call illegal. There was also a time where she was forced to take a drug and hell, the after effect is a bomb. But her father treats her as a treasure now. A treasure that would someday stab his back.



She has also taken back her memory from her childhood. Though obtaining it fueled her hate towards him. She remembered now. She's there when Mina's parent's were killed. She saw the deed. That's why she made a move that she knows would make her father throw her away. She let the little Mina escape, afraid that the girl would meet the same fortune from her father's madness. After letting the girl go, her father were furious as she was set to be brainwashed and thrown to her mother's country land, Korea. If you'll ask about her mother. All she remembers is that her father told her that her mother died when she was born. Chaeyoung does not know if that was true. It was her father's words, it could be the other way around, knowing his nature nothing is impossible anymore.



But even with those things she's still studying. A home school, her father proposed. She even gained the loyalty of the men that's close to his father, the clients, and the people in government who has his back. How? well she just used some tactics of money and brain. Actually, she can kill the man whenever she wanted to, but something inside tells her not to do so. Something inside wants her to make the man suffer as hard or more as Mina and her did. An infinite death, she wants. She didn't know how but her father did awaken something inside.



How are they? she thought. Sometimes she would think about her friends situations. If Jihyo was okay, If the two couples were still as strong as ever, if her bestfriends looked for her and cried, if Nayeon made a scene in front of Momo and Mina. She don't know. She wanted to think that things were fine for them without her. That they're continuing their life without her and were doing great on it. It's a lie if she say she didn't miss the group. Especially, that penguin heiress.




Mina, yes her beautiful girl. How long has it been since she saw her in person? All this time media was the only source of information she could have from the girl. She knows the girl hates her, at least that's what she wants to believe. Sometimes she would forget how the girl made her smile and feel love, and that really scares her. She's losing herself. She felt that. The only thing she's holding on is the memories her friends and the girl has given to her. She, also want to free someone. It was Somi. She knows the girl were worried for her. Somi has become more of a family than his father. A friend she could talk. A friend she could cry on. So she wanted to do something for her, and that was to let her out of this mess.



Standing up, she decided to take a shower. Taking her clothes off, a large tattoo of tiger's scratch came to view. It traced from her back to her right side. Beneath the ink is the scars she obtained through these almost year of misery. Her hair had grown long now. She looks very much mature from the time she left Mina. After her bath, she changed into her sweat pants and hoodie. Laying back to the bed she wanted to rest. It's a tiring day. Closing her eyes, she tried to sleep the dull feeling away.



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Somi takes a last glance at the package she just made. Surely, they won't notice this. with a satisfied grin. She made her way to the lobby only to be inspected by Red's men. Good thing that they saw the painting as an ordinary one or she'll be in trouble.

"Come on it was just a painting" she deadpan.

The man gave her a look of doubt but without seeing anything suspicious, he let it go. Somi took her gift and happily send it to someone she knows that could help her.



Tzuyu I know you can see trough this.



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