Strip it | JJK

chapter 9 | busted

Even though her roommate knew now, Chayoung still tried to be as silent as possible when unlocking the door and entering her room with her sleeping roommate. And she was actually quite good at it, she had her experience and practice after all...

Or so, she thought.

"Sneaked out for another shift?"

"Where have you been?"

Chayoung was startled by her mother's voice and by her presence in the couch.

Her mother usually slept on the couch, there was nothing new in that. But it was only 1 am and Chayoung's mother's night shifts usually extended longer than that.

"Chayoung, where were you?"

Her voice was strict and cold. It was nothing like she was used to because Chayoung had always been a good daughter. She listened to her mother, never rebelled against her, didn't cause trouble in school and she certainly never snuck out before.

That's what her mother thought at least.

For the past few months, Chayoung had been doing her new job. Her mother thought she'd gotten a job at the bakery, but that was far from the truth. Because the girl had done exactly what her mother never wanted for her.

She'd become a stripper.

After only a month as a servant at the local strip club where Chayoung knew her mother would never work, the girl had become a stripper herself.

All to help her mother with the expenses.

But she knew her mother would never accept that. She would not want her daughter to become anything like her, just because she felt like she needed to help.

Chayoung actually didn't do it because she felt it was necessary to do so. She wanted to help.

And from what her mother had unconsciously taught her, stripping was an easy way of getting money.

All you needed to do was to be pretty and silent. And Chayoung was good at both things.

So she lied about the kind of job she'd gotten.

"A-are you already home?" The soon to be 17 year old stuttered as she was just caught sneaking into the house after midnight.

Surely her mother wouldn't know what she'd actually been doing... right?

"Don't change the subject. Now come here and tell me where you were."

The girl obediently went to the couch and sat down next to her mother. And sooner than she knew of it, tears continuously trickled down her cheeks.

Her mother pulled her in for a tight hug, embracing her daughter with all the love she had, even though she was still angry with her.

"Don't cry baby. I was really worried about you... why didn't you pick up your phone?" Her mother pulled away from the hug and cupping her daughter's face, wiping away her tears.

Chayoung felt disgusted with herself. Doing this to her mother. Lying to her, betraying her, disappointing her...

But still, her mother made her feel nothing but loved as a familiar warmth spread throughout her.

"I'm s-sorry." The young girl sobbed.

"Shhh." Her mother tried to soothe her, but the guilt came welling up on her and it was hard to stop the tears.