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14

September 13, 2020
12:37 pm, Jay's apartment

Both of them quickly turn their eyes to look at the now relax Jungwon who was still sitting on the sofa with his gaze also on them. They both left their unfinished meal, and walk toward Jungwon sitting in front of him on a chair they had pulled from the kitchen.

Jungwon took a sigh before beginning to talk, "4 and a half years ago, I was kidnapped in front of Kimberly and Jiwon as we made our way back home. At first, I thought it had been done just because but later I found out- I found out that my parents had been dealing drugs for some people but one day they didn't turn in all the money they were supposed to give for them. So my parents gave my information to those people and let them take me as payment. In the building you found me at, I wasn't the only kid there." He looked at them anxiously with teary eyes before looking back down, "There are many people that are sold... including myself." He let some tears out before continuing, "The first floor is only set up and used at night when the kids are handed over for the night, the second floor is where they keep me since I was there for a different reason. The third and fourth floor... there are kids there... all ages varying from 12-25 year olds. My- my hyungs, dongsaengs, noonas that I left behind... Niki... Sunoo-Hyung... That's why I need to go back. About Jiwon... she had actually found me one year after I was kidnapped and for reason every month she was allowed to visit me until I found out that it was because she was paying those people $2,000 a month. When she would be done paying a certain amount I would be free."

"What do you mean Jiwon found? And she had been visiting you? For all these years we had been looking for you together... Was she fooling me?" She asks in disbelief.

Jungwon looks up, shaking his head, "No! That's not it... If you knew where I was you would have been considered involved and you would've been in danger. We did it for your safety Kim. Together, we decided to keep it from you. I'm sorry."

"I just wish I would have known all this time you were safe. There were times that I even cried thinking you could be dead!" She paused, "You said they sell people, so it's human trafficking... What did they do to you Wonie?" She asks calmly as she caresses his cheek.

He put on a sad smile, "For me, it wasn't that bad. They would only give me when they paid an incredibly high price since Jiwon was paying and that wasn't exactly the reason I was there... but I was raped, beaten up,-" He choked on his words as the bad memories crawled out.

"You're okay now. Nothing will happen to you anymore I promise." She says as she brings him into her embrace.

"Yes nothing will happen to me but the other victims there deserve that reassurance too."

"Wonie... I am not letting you go back."

"They have all been there for me, I need to be there for them too now. I need to get them back." He firmly states as he looks back and forth into both of the other's eyes.

"Look, Yang Jungwon-ssi, we agree that the people there deserve safety and we will get them out together... but for now we also have to look for your sister's murderer don't you think?" Jay finally speaks.

"Wh- what do you mean murderer? I saw in the news that it was suicide," he says as he looks into the latter's eyes.

"Wonie... we think that Jiwon was actually pushed off the rooftop."

"Why- why would someone do that?"

"We have no idea but we just started looking for clues as to why and who did it. I promise you Jungwon we will get every single people out of that place but finding out what really happened to Jiwon is my priority but..." she takes a glance at Jay then at Jungwon, "I will let you make the decision, we can either get the people out then continue our search or the other way around."

"Jiwon is gone... the people there are suffering and they deserve to live their lives." He says as he looks into her eyes with determination.

"Are you sure?"

"Ni-Ki is a 15-year-old Japanese boy who came to Korea two years ago at the age of 13 to pursue his dream of becoming a Kpop idol. A month into training on his way to the company, he was kidnapped."

"Sunoo-Hyung..." he smiles sadly, "He was always the popular, pretty, sunshine boy throughout kindergarten, grade school, and middle school but he was HANDED over by his parents to those people for money during his summer break before his freshman year of high school."

"Jake-Hyung came to Korea after spending happy years in Australia with his adoptive parents to find his biological ones but a year ago on that search he was taken too."

"And Karina-Noona-"

"Stop Jungwon... Please stop," Kimberly pleads, tears spilling from her eyes feeling the pain all those people are feeling right now, imagining all of the events that Jungwon had described just a few moments ago. Jay too, you could see a tiny spark of sympathy in his eyes.

"You see why we HAVE to get them out of that hell hole right? Jiwon... as much as I hate it is gone... but they aren't and they deserve their freedom."

Kimberly looks up from crying, dried tears on her cheeks as she looks into his eyes which were full of persistence, "3 days... Let's learn as much as we can from that building and set them free in three days... In three days, we will resume our search for Jiwon's murderer or murderers."