The Road We Walk On

135 | Turn Yourself In

King's Holding, Seoul

Within a day after the revelation of Dante's crimes, he started to pack and prepare to leave the country. He ordered his men to get his prized possession from Hera Place and went to hide out at King's Holdings first. He heard that the police were going to be filing for a warrant for his arrest and so he needed to escape quickly. He instructed his secretary to empty out his bank account and take all the investment he had received from Cheoseo District the same day as the groundbreaking ceremony .

Dante waited for his secretary to come back with the emptied out bank account but after a whole day of waiting the secretary never showed up. Instead another of his men entered the office.

Why are you here? Where is secretary Yang?

I am not sure but we received his instructions to empty out the account.

Ok, great you have the money then let's go.

I am afraid not, when we went to check the account, it was entirely empty.

What? What do you mean it was empty?

When we asked the bank staff, they updated the transaction history, please have a look.

Dante took the transaction history and looked, it seems that money had been periodically been transferred out of this account to another account that he did not recognise. In the last month, the sum of money being transferred out had increased, till finally there was nothing left. Secretary Yang was in charge of managing the account, that means it was him who double crossed him. Dante shouted for Dongpil to come in.

Hyung, you got to help me. I need to leave Korea asap, arrange for me to leave. Also you need to find Secreaty Yang for me, he has double crossed me.

I understand Dante, don't worry I have already arranged for you to leave Korea tomorrow. For now you need to lay low, as for Secretary Yang I will find him,

He has a sickly mother, use her if you have too.

Understood. With that Dante quickly left King's Holding and went to hide out, he knew within another day or two, that the police would be out looking for him. He had to stay low.

JohnBio, Seoul

Seojin showed up at JohnBio at the fixed meeting time. When she learnt that Eunbyeol was at JohnBio she panicked. She knew that ha Yoonchul had come back and been installed as the CEO of Johnbio. She secretly watched the company and saw that it was growing under the guidance of Yoonchul. She initially hoped to patch things up with him, but with Dante's threat looming over her head, as well as the more important goal of regaining the Chungah group, she had to forget about him for now.

The fact that Eunbyeol is at JohnBio means that Yoonchul has her noot Dante. She was quite relieved at this, Yoonchul she knew would never hurt Eunbyeol. She was after all his daughter. Seojin entered a big conference room and sitting at the head of the table was Eunbyeol, standing to her right was Ha Yoonchul.

WHen she saw Eunyeol she quickly ran over and hugged EUnbyeol. She cried and apologised to her daughter for taking so long.Throughout this Eunbyeol didn't say anything she just let her mother hold her. Her father had already told her the situation that her mother was in - as much as she knew she loved her, Eunbyeol knew that she only thought of her because she was in danger.

After some time, Seojin released Eunbyeol and told her that she is here to take her away. We can go to Europe or America, anywhere, you get to choose. Seojin felt strange that Eunbyeol did not say one word to her. She turned to Yoochul, and demanded to know what happened to her. Yoonchul explained what had happen to Eunbyeol in the past 2 months, but ended up saying that she is getting better.

Come Eunbyeol, let's go. Eunbyeol didn't move. No Omma, I am not going with you. Seojin was shocked, she had expected that Eunbyeol would listen to her and follow her. When Yoonchul told Eunbyeol of her mother's situation, he had told her that there was a high chance that she would ask Eunbyeol to leave with her. Yoonchul didn't want to force Eunbyeol into anything so he told her that she would support whatever decision she makes.

With that Yoonchul left the room and Seojin and Eunbyeol were alone. You don't want to come with me?

No I don't.

Okay it's fine if you don't but I will make you the CEO of Chungah Group before I leave.

I don't want that either.

What? This company belongs to our family, naturally it should go to you.

This company is the reason why you are in this position right now. Seojin was stunned, all her life she had worked hard so that her father would acknowledge her, make her his heir. She finally got it, but at the cost of her soul and everything else. You killed grandpa, just so you could retain Chungah Group. This company is filled with the blood of innocence. What about Seolah? Even though you didn't kill her, you still made her suffer as well. How in your right mind do you think you have the right to escape justice.

I have done my time.

You faked your mental state to get off early, you only served less than 5 months of it! How is that serving your time?! Have you ever thought, if the girl that had been killed was me instead of Seolah, do you think you would rest if the person involved in her death got out early?!

Seojin had nothing to say because she knew if it was reversed, she would have killed Eunbyeol's murderer and those who made her suffer with her own hands. So what if Seolah was alone initially, that didn't give you the right to hurt her that way! I suffered as well, and now I know how Seolah must have felt at the hands of someone that she thought she could trust. Luckily, Appa and Yoonhee ahjumma saved me, if it weren't for them I would be stuck in that hellhole still. The person standing in front of you now is battered with scars, but I have realised my faults. I don't want Chungah and I don't want to pursue music. Omma turn yourself in. Right now you can still turn back from your ways, but if you still insist on what you are doing, then you are no longer my mother. I beg you, do the right thing for once. Set the best example for me!

When Eunbyeol left the room, Seojin was just standing there stunned. She admitted that the air around Eunbyeol had changed, she was no longer the girl that cowered to her mother's demand, she could tell that Eunbyeol meant every word that she said to her. After that Yoonchul entered the room.

Eunbyeol has gone back. You don't have to worry Eunbyeol will be well taken care of by me. You know when we first married, you were very different. Though I sometimes wonder still if there was ever love between us, but I did care for you Seojin. I wanted to be the best husband and father I could be. We two have done unspeakable things just to protect our way of life, but by doing so, we have caused the destruction of the lives of children who had nothing to do with our actions. I am living my life in reptenace everyday, I can only hope that you will do the same. Think of Eunbyeol and what you are telling her through your actions. She told me that she never wishes to speak to you again, but I hope one day you can stand before her in confidence.

With that, Yoonchul left the conference room. He had no intention of calling the police on her, from here on out. It was going to be the decision that she made.