Of Hotdogs,Bagels and Basil

Cream cheese 18

Amber's POV

A cut in my bottom lip because of Mom's hard slap, a bloodied nose when I fought the guards, and my right hands being stomped on by that bastard who tried to get inside the bistro. I helped Leeteuk take down the guy, he was a skilled warrior in hand to hand combat and almost killed the two of us but Leeteuk is smart enough to shoot him when he had the chance.

I was taken to the hospital that night to have my x-rays and treat my wound. A cast was put on my right hand to speed up the healing of my fingers. Luckily no one was badly hurt from the guys and Kyuhyun's cut is okay.

It was like nothing happened when the morning came. Not a trace of all that gun fires and explosion is visible on the street. Those guys clean up good even blocking any news on the TV and web. No one talked about it like it didn't happen, like no one tried to harm the people I love.

Jackie decided to close the bistro again for a day so that the staff can rest and shake off what happened the night before. I know they're a bit shaken but I'm glad they are fine. I will not forgive myself if something bad happens to my friends. No damages was inflicted on the structure because the metal roller doors when impenetrable.

They say a mother's love protects and care for her child. Makes the child safe and gives all the love needed even her life. Mom loves me so much that it's so suffocating; yes, she did gave me everything and loved me the most. Cared for me the most, and gave me the best education our money can buy. But her love is dangerous too when you try to disobey and betray her.

Grandma understood my decision and took it without any protest. I know Grandma, you just have to explain to her your true intentions and she will listen to you. She will think about what you said and analyze it. And I'm her favorite Grand daughter and she loves me. I'm happy to know that she supports me in my decision maybe because I'm the second one in our clan to live a clean life.

Krys mentioned that Uncle Taeyeon and Aunt Jessi was worried about me too. I also had a talked with them before about what I'm going to do and they said it's a little risky but if it's the price of being free, I need to be sure that everyone's safe. I also asked for their permission if I can stay with Krys for a while. Even though Krys is already an adult, I still want to respect Atty. Taeyeon's stand about the possibility of living together with his daughter. He was cool about it and said it's okay, because Krys won't be alone anymore and someone will take care of her.

As lawyers and moves around the judicial system peeps, they fully know that no one has ever been successful or even dared to prosecute my family for the wrong doings being done. Finding evidence is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

What's important right now is Krystal is safe and not hurt. I will never forgive myself if Mom did succeeded in hurting her like what she did with Bryan before. Yes, she will not kill you. But she will make sure you will remember her for the rest of your life. And that night of gun fires and explosions was her way of making Krys afraid of her. But what Mom did made Krys even more braver and actually, annoyed.

She has the right to be annoyed because like what she said, 'it was a crazy night'. Our friends' life was put on the line and she worried a lot about me. She said she won't forgive herself if something bad happened to me.

Weeks passed, my hand is already healing and I still continue to look after the bistro. There will also be days that I visit the galleries and check if everything is fine. There has been some incidents of trashing the front door of our gallery at night time. Although the police said it was just group of delinquents without anything to do, I still doubt it.

I think about what Mom said, how she will make my life miserable. The hell I care about that! I'll survive this, we will survive this.

Krystal has been extra caring and supportive to me ever since what happened that day. Living together was a breeze since we already did look like we were from the start of our relationship. The only difference now is the division of responsibilities.