Masquerade | Johnyong

★ Chapter Thirty-six

Chapter 36: To my dear mother

Chanyeol storms into his house. "Where is Nahyun?!" He asks, grabbing her throat. Amanda elbows his forearm before wrapping her arm around his and twisting his arm.

"Don't fucking touch me." She warns him. Chanyeol glares at her.

"Answer my question. Where is my daughter?!"

Amanda smirks as she pushes Chanyeol away. "I don't know. I only dropped her off at Mr Seo's place. Who knows where she could be now. . .or if she's even alive." Amanda snickers as she walks away.

Chanyeol grabs her and presses a knife to her neck. "I will slit your throat if anything happens to my daughter." He threatens, pressing the knife so hard it already started to draw blood.

Amanda only smirks.

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Taeyong peaks his head in. He frowns as he sees Johnny sitting in bed, zoned out. He leans his head against the headboard. At least Johnny is resting after getting discharged from the hospital.

Taeyong smiles as he enters. "How do you feel?" He asks as he goes to sit on the side of the bed.

Johnny only stares down at his lap, clenching his fist. Taeyong places his hands on top of his fist.

"I feel like shit." He mutters. "My memories are coming back. . .like they were taken away from me." He says. Taeyong tilts his head, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Was my father always this evil?" Johnny asks himself. His eyes swell with tears. "Johnny. . ." Taeyong doesn't know what to say. The whole situation leaves even him, speechless.

Johnny looks up at Taeyong. He lightly touches the pendant hanging around his neck. "This pendant was my mom's. . ." He says.

Jiah ran into Johnny's room and locked the door. "Mommy!" Johnny raised his arms, making grabby hands.

Jiah smiled warmly as she picked up her son.

"Why are you crying, mommy?"

"Me? I'm not crying." She lied as she wiped her tears away. She had to stay strong for her son.

"Jiah! Open the door! Let me apologize to you!" Arthur yelled from the other side.

Jiah put her son down. "Shall I read you a bedtime story?" She asked as she went over to the shelf.

"Mommy, your leg has a purple spot!" Johnny pointed out, not realizing what it was. Jiah pulled down her maxi skirt a little, in hopes it'd be enough to cover it.

"Don't worry about it." She said as she grabbed a book. She ushered Johnny to his bed. He eagerly tucked himself in as his mom sat down on the bed.

She read through the book, ignoring Arthur. Eventually he gave up and left.

"The end." She said as she closed the book.

"Wow! That was a great story!" Johnny clapped his little hands. Jiah smiled. She took off the pendant she wore around her neck. "Look, Youngho." She showed it to him.

"It's weird. Why are you wearing a watch as a necklace?" He questioned.

Jiah let out a soft laugh. "This is a type of necklace. It's a pendant. A special pendant." She said.