The Liar And Her Love

chapter 26:

Aug'24

Taeri

I was sitting in my room, still in my black dress. I did not cry at the funeral, her parents were devastated.

It was seo min who made a call to jungkook through her phone. She was admitted to his hospital after getting into an accident. Apparently he said when he tried to call me through her phone. He couldn't get it through.

Even though she wasn't blocked on my phone, her calls to me were being interrupted.

I haven't told mom I'm home, but she must have found out by now. When I returned back no one was home, except Ryan who had a high fever and was sleeping.

I was crying silently when the door dashed opened and mom entered.

"You fucking bitch, just because we are paying for everything. Doesn't mean you can throw money around like that. Weren't you a heartless little wench, why did you decide to fly back to korea a week before your exams just because a friend died. Do you think money grows on the trees" I want weirded out. I was just tired to deal with her today.

My mom was one of the richest women in korea however she never skipped a chance to remind me how much money she is wasting on me.

"I'm sorry-" and she slapped me before grabbing my hair and pulling it.

I whimpered lighting and grit my teeth to avoid the pain. "How dare you talk back when I'm speaking. You think you are old enough to just fly in or out because we sent you out. Be honest, you go on trips like that with random boys too right? You slut." She said and pulled on my hair tighter.

"I paid for your number, I blocked calls form ae in to your number, so that good for nothing could stop holding you back and you decided to endanger your exam just because you died." She left the grip on my hair and slapped me once again.

She threw her bag away and tied her hair in a bun. "I'm so goddamn tired, Ryan is so sick, I'm tired of taking care for him and then you come to make my life difficult." She said and grabbed my tennis racket on the stand.

"How difficult is it study and score well!? I spend so much money on you for what? So you could honour friendships!? Huh?? You ungrateful wench, why are quite now!?" She said and hit me with a racquet again.

She threw the racquet away when she realised the guitar guts broke away.

And exactly then Ryan screamed. "Eomma it's hurting!!" My mother grianed in annoyance before she marched towards Ryan's room.

"It's hurting so much!? Wait let me just choke you, it won't hurt you. A goddamn brat" she screamed and moved to his room.

Ryan had a high fever and she would hit him. He is too frail to endure that.

I barely lifted myself and dragged myself to his room. As I walked closer, his screams got clearer. I could feel blood trickling from my head and the pain in my own body.

Please don't do anything to my brother.
God please.
She is angry right now. Please she can't go near him when she is angry.

When I entered his room, I realised the sound was coming from his washroom. There was a sound of continuous running water too and then his screams stopped.

My heartbeats stopped. I don't know what I grabbed but I did and ran towards the washroom and hit my mom on the head with as much force I could conjugate.

I saw my brother in the washroom tub, I lifted him out of its nd he gasped for her air. When he realised it's me, he hugged me as tight as possible then I felt something on my foot.

Liquid.
Red Liquid.
Blood.

Sept'33

I woke up from my sleep from the nightmare only to realise my body wasn't moving, it was still as a log. Just there.

Then I felt a creatures grab on my waist, climb upon me. I screamed Ryan's name as loud but I don't think so voice left my throat.

I was choking with darkness when my eyes shut open for real and I saw Ryan there. He was waking me up.

"Noona, I think it was a sleep paralysis attack against, calm down" he said and I hugged him tight.

"C-call D-Dr.Oakman" I said and he nodded.

"Yeah, it's 3 am right now. Let's get you some sleep and then you can call him in the morning, it will be just the evening in the US." He said and I nodded.

He didn't shut the light off and came next to me and tap my head until I fell asleep holding his arm.

It hadn't happened for a while. Why now!?.

.

I didn't go to the office and approved projects from home. My meeting was postponed after Ryan made a call to jungkook and now jungkook will bulldozer his way here with his intrusive no respect for privacy girlfriend. Ryan left for school an hour ago, after I assured him I was fine.

Currently my Ipad was infront of me and I was face timing Dr.Oakman.

My professor and also my psychiatrist.

"Hey, Taeri. I saw your press conference last week. I'm so proud of you" he said and I smiled.

I cannot practice psychology for multiple reasons one of them is, I'm not emotionally fit for this job. Hence why I was into research and professorship. It's good that I simply changed my job.

"Dr.Oakman, I had a dream from that day and sleep paralysis. I was fine. Why suddenly?" When I said he looked at me with concern.

"Taeri what has happened recently, recite to me in details." He said and I begun.

"Since I returned to korea about a month or so ago-..."