The Vicious Wife

Hope and Love

Yang Lina looked at Roseanne's glacial face. Roseanne was just coldly looking at her, face devoid of any emotions. "Please Roseanne... not my son. I know I was wrong to kill your mother. I was wrong. I did not mean it. I was so afraid at that time. I don't want to leave my son alone."

Roseanne pursed her lips. "Not even five minutes," she said, making Yang Lina hold that words that she was about to say. "It did not even take you five minutes to start begging to me."

"Did you think this would happen when you chose to kill my mother?"

"I.. No... No.. Roseanne please listen to me. I know my crimes and I will gladly accept the punishment. I will..."

"How about when you killed my child?" Roseanne's cold voice instantly sent shivers down her spine. Yang Lina stared wide-eyed at Roseanne, her face pale and eyes full of confusion.

"What child?" Yang Lina asked as she unconsciously covered her mouth, realization apparent in her eyes. "You were pregnant?"

Roseanne did not respond. Instead she crossed her arms in front of her chest before crossing her legs. She stared at Yang Lina intently. "What did you feel when you killed my innocent child?" she asked.

"Roseanne... I... I didn't even know that you were pregnant!" Yang Lina immediately clarified. Yang Lina was actually telling the truth. She was too focused on Roseanne's mother at the time of the accident. All she can remember from back then was nodding her head when the doctor informed her that Roseanne was safe. "Roseanne... was it..."

"Does it matter?" Roseanne countered. "You killed my child and asked the doctor to destroy my ovaries," Roseanne stated. Of course, she was still not sure of this matter. All she wanted was to trick Yang Lina. She wanted to see if the latter was really had no hand in her child's death.

"Roseanne... no! I didn't do that! How could I do that? I would never..." Yang Lina shook her head over and over. She is selfish, true. She is a murderer, true. But Yang Lina knew that she did not have the heart to kill an unborn child! That was something that she would never do!

"Aren't you tired of lying, Yang Lina?" Roseanne asked before she uncrossed her legs and rose from her seat. She then walked towards the mirror and stood in front of it. Her eyes were glued on Yang Lina who was still kneeling on the floor. "You are a heartless person who would do anything to protect your son. You killed my child because you thought it was Kang Daniel's and wanted to keep it a secret from everyone."

"I said NO!" Yang Lina stood up and walked towards Roseanne. "I said I didn't do it! I swear to the gods Roseanne! I never did it," she insisted. "You should ask He Lin... that's right... she should know something about it. She is a doctor and she was the one who talked to the doctor in charge of you and your mother. You have to believe me. I would never hurt an innocent child."

When Roseanne did not respond, Yang Lina continued. "I know I did a lot of things. I know.. I killed your mother and many other nameless people in the name of protecting myself and my family, but Roseanne I would never hurt an unborn child. Please... You have to believe me."

"At the time ... after the accident... I..." Yang Lina took a step back away from Roseanne and clenched her fist, as if trying to decide if she wanted to reveal details of what happened that night. "Before your father arrived, I remember that your mother saw me as I was sitting in the front seat of the car. So I told He lan about it. At first, it never occurred to me that we needed to kill her until... until the doctor said that your mother did not receive any fatal injuries."

"The doctor said that Iris would wake up in less than three days. Then He lin called her husband and lawyer. At that time... I... I thought about the potential after-effects of what happened and I got scared because Daniel was still inexperienced when it came to business, and well.. my husband was already planning to enter politics. What would people say if they knew that Kang Zeng's wife was a drunkard who caused an accident?"

"You see? I was too preoccupied to think about other matters. All I thought about was protecting myself and my family. I know it sounds selfish, but please Roseanne.... I didn't even ask the doctor about you. I knew you were fine and I... I didn't ask any more questions."

"I did not kill your child Roseanne and I am telling the truth."

Roseanne diverted her eyes from Yang Lina towards the two way mirror in front of her. Behind the mirror, she could feel Park Jimin looking at her intently. He must have feared that she would break down and try to kill Yang Lina. Roseanne sighed inwardly.

All these years, all she thought about was growing. She wanted to grow so she could one day face everyone who hurt her. She wanted to grow for the people who believed in her. However, Roseanne could not deny the fact that she wanted everyone to pay for what they had done to her. She blamed her father for abandoning her, she blamed Tang Ling for her schemes. She blamed Li Jihyo and Kang Daniel and everyone who caused her misfortune.

If they did not scheme against her then her mother, Iris Anne, would have been alive right now and she... she would have a lovely child running around, calling her mother. She thought of revenge. Over and over she thought about it. But... this all started to change when her grandmother told her that revenge would only intensify her pain. Lily Anne once told her that she should not devote her life to revenge but should focus on making money instead.

Revenge and payback will come later. All she needed was to grow, make a name for herself and come back to South Korea once she was ready. Her grandmother had trained her to be a heartless person. She trained Roseanne to become someone cold and calculating so she could protect herself. Lily once told her that those people who hurt her would eventually succumb to their own sad fate when they see Roseanne successful and happy.

But really? Who is Roseanne kidding? She wanted everyone who owed her to pay. She wanted them to pay their debts, and she would gladly include the interest on what they owed her.

What Roseanne did not expect was to meet Park Jimin. He was a variable that she never predicted, a variable that made her think twice about her actions, someone capable of changing her plans and affecting her emotions. Without Park Jimin, Roseanne would have already asked George to kill everyone in the Yang Family, burn them alive. And she would stand there watching everyone who hurt her mother die.

But this changed because of Park Jimin. For some reason, the man gave her something... something that she never found before, not even in her grandmother.

He gave her hope.

Hope... and love.