Hindrance | Haobin

chapter 22

Hanbin's father was scared if something happened to hao.

Hanbin- dad, what do we do, since hao didn't kill areum do you think he found out what we found and mom did something to him?

Han/f- what are you even saying? How can hao find something like this.

Hanbin- dad I'm sorry I should tell you everything, hao had told me from the very beginning he did nothing to areum and he started finding the truth on his own. He went to areum's highschool and found information about her schedule and so. He tried to convince me but I did not believe him....

Han/f- it's okay I understand why you didn't believe him. Since you said so it might be possible hao found the truth.

Hanbin- what about uncle dad? What will you do about him? And how will you expose mom?

Han/f- don't worry son I found someone who gave the proof against your uncle. I need to deal with him first. I'll make sure he's behind bars. But it'll only alert your mom and cause risk, so we need to expose both of them at the same time.

Hanbin- I understand, since you have proof against uncle, he himself can be a proof if he confesses against mom right?

Han/f- right. I'll take care of that for now, you go and search for hao. Tell me if you can't find him I'll do something if I can.

Hanbin nodded and left the office and directly went to sora and asked her to tell whatever happened yesterday with hao, everything was fine till she informed him about hao taking areum's room key.

He froze, so hao indeed did go to her room, she told him he brought a book along with him when he came back.

He ran to hao's room and started to look in his drawers and other places to find the book sora mentioned about.

He couldn't find it, he ruffled his hair in frustration and turned to leave but his gaze fell on the bed. He walked slowly towards the bed and lifted the mattress up a bit and noticed a diary.

He knew it, it was areum's diary for sure. He took it and looked at it as tears pooled up in his eyes thinking of how they used to spend time with each other. Him going on that exchange program was his biggest mistake and regret.

He sat on the bed and opened the diary with shaky fingers and read how she used to spend her day and laugh at her silliness and flipped the pages when his eyes fell on her words changing..

He read each page as his heart started feeling heavy.... Drugs? How? Areum was not someone who'd take such stuff just like that.. why did she choose that path.

As he read he was shocked when he read that his mom was aware? She wiped clean areum's name and kept a substitute for her? Then why did she kill her?

Wait-

So the one who dead was areum or ana?

He read and the next line, the last line, wolf shocked him. What happened to her wolf? Is she not able to block her wolf and control it? Is the wolf untamed?

He started feeling dizzy with all the thoughts.

But if hao read this then where is he now? Did he confront his mother?

Hanbin- just where are you hao, it's too much to take in

He broke down and brought his head between his knees and cried while rethinking everything.

How he left his sister when she was in need of him. How he accused hao, how he treated him like a maid. How he insulted him infront of people and even married him just for revenge.

He hurt him mentally and physically when all hao did was be a victim himself. Hanbin cursed himself for not even attempting to find the truth and blindly following his mom.

He decided to tell his dad everything and went to his office but his dad was not there. He assumed he went out to deal with work.

He took the key from the drawer and went to areum's room and saw the lock was already open. The only person who would open this room and has the key apart from the spare is his mom.

He slowly stepped in and saw the room being as it was. No changes, he was confused as to why the door was open but nobody was inside. He looked around the room and spotted a syringe on the corner beside the bed?

He bent to pick it up, he was confused why it was there. He turned looking for anything that would help and noticed the bookshelf starting to move. He immediately ran to the washroom and locked himself in. he heard the door closing and getting locked. He waited there for 5 minutes and decided to go out.

He went out and saw the door locked, he had spare key so he was not tensed. He looked at the bookshelf and knew there was a door behind since he saw it move. He started trying to move it and found a knob. He turned it around and the door opened after the shelf moved away.

It was pitch dark inside, he turned on flashlight on his mobile and slowly stepped down the stairs. As he reached the end he noticed faint light and walked towards it. He saw two rooms made of glass. Both the rooms were not visible to him since it seems like some type of gas is being released inside the room. He was worried.

Why was such a creepy room In areum's room? What happened to areum if ana was the one who died or vice versa? Most importantly what happened to hao?

He snapped back from his thoughts and decided to try what he wanted.

Hanbin- hao....? Are you in there?

He spoke slowly and loudly but he heard nothing but pure silence. He was hesitating on opening any one of the door and looking inside.

He heard a faint growl... he was taken aback. There was indeed something inside. He walked closer to the glass and placed his hand on it.

Hanbin- hao?

But he immediately took his hand away and moved back in fear, he started trembling, it can't be real. What he saw can't be real.