Golden Cage (EXO fanfic)

Ch 1: Eunmi enters the cage

I brushed eomma's hair and smiled as she was finally out of bed. Her pain had become bearable and she no longer was glued to her bed. Appa was, well who knows where he was. His whereabouts were always unknown to eomma and I and this had been no help in the weeks after her surgery. It had taken a toll on all of us, him especially. He was always out drinking with his friends. Where he got the money to do so was another thing that he kept from us. Not just his drinking money but also the money for the surgery. We of course knew it came from "lenders" but the legality of the situation made us very paranoid the majority of the time especially since appa's gambling days. Appa had many nights come home with bruises, beat up from not having the money that he would bet. He had promised to be a better man, night after night and though eomma took this to heart, I stopped believing him. All I could do was keep eomma's mind of of things when I was home from work.

Today had been especially tiring after work. I had come home to find her waiting patiently by the window. I smiled, happy to see her out of bed. She patted her side and held a brush out to me.

I took the brush out of her hand and said
"How is your back?" She had been working as a maid when she slipped on cleaning products and ruptured her spleen.
"Better than it has been" she chuckled and smiled sweetly at me. I smiled and began to brush her hair. Though it was a little unkept, she still had beautiful black locks that were the envy of many.

*knock* *knock*
At first it was a small noise that had startled me. Unsure if there was something actually there or if it was just my paranoia I ignored it.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
The knocking this time was so loud it startled me and made me drop my brush.

"WE CAME FOR THE MONEY OPEN UP!"
Eomma was startled and she looked as if she was about to cry. I brushed her back gently to reassure her and we kept quiet.

"WE KNOW YOU'RE HOME SO WE'LL LET OURSELVES IN"
Then came aloud crack as someone pushed open our door. Five men came in, they were dressed in black suits and were wearing dark shades.

One of them, a medium height well muscled man, approached my eomma.
"Where is he?" He asked and I could see the fear in her eyes. I pushed her behind me and asked "Who the hell are you looking for?"
Truth is I knew that it was my father. "Park Sungjae" he said grabbing my shoulders. As he held me it hurt a lot "He's not here" I said tears filling up my eyes. He was hurting me but I did not want to give him the satisfaction.
"When will he be back?" He asked with an irritated tone.
"I don't know" I said known that he was going to leave a bruise.
"Jaebum, the boss said not to return empty handed this time" a blonde guy said.
"Wang I know that" he said as he looked around our living room. "Take the girl, you know those were his orders" another one said.

As I heard this i struggled to be released from his grip. Eomma had been left alone by my bastard father but there was no way I was going to abandon her in the condition she was currently in. "Please don't take me, my mother i sick and needs my care" I begged as I struggled to be freed. These men were as strong as they looked and to my luck there was no way I would be able to release myself from his grip.

"Orders are orders, you're father should have paid our boss back when he had the chance" he said as they began to take me towards the door. "Please don't take her, I promise we'll pay back the money by tomorrow, we'll borrow it from the bank" My eomma said as she began to cry and she tried to free me from their arms. "Bring the money to the boss and he'll handle the negotiations for her release" Jaebum said as he carried me to a black van. "Eomma!" I screamed for her time and time again but there was nothing I could do as they closed the doors and drove away.

'Where are you taking me?" I asked as i was being tied from my hands.
"To the boss' house" Jaebum said.
"As if I know who that is" i scoffed at them.
"Seems like your daddy really kept you two in the blue huh?" "Wang" said as he chuckled. I so bad wanted to spit at him but I knew that doing that could end up with me being hit. I just stared angrily at them. "Our boss is Kim Minho" Jaebum said. "Am I supposed to recognize that name?" I said staring at them unamused. "He is the richest man in Gangnam, he is your dad's lender" Wang said. Oh dad what have you gotten yourself into. "If he is so rich why does he want a poor girl like me instead of money" I said.
"We are paid to follow orders not to ask our boss questions" Wang said.

After that I was quiet, these people were not the type I wanted to talk to and I wanted to have some peace and quiet to myself before we arrived to wherever these people were taking me.
We arrived to a gated house and the people put down the window to speak to the people at the gate. Judging from the amount of security that as at this place I would have guessed that Minho worked for the government or that he had some illegal business going on. As the gates were opened I was met with beautiful fountains surrounded by a well and probably expensively kept garden. There was an array of flowers and other beautiful plants that I had never seen before. I was astounded and at the same time disgusted that while the people from my neighborhood struggled to make ends meet, these people had such a lavish lifestyle that they could splurge on seeds to be planted for things that wouldn't be consumed.

They parked outside they mansion and dragged me out of the car. As we climbed the front stairs, I was met with a golden door and while I looked at it to see if I could figure out if the gold was real or not, it was opened. A tall skinny man opened the door, he was wearing a suit that looked kind of funny. He stared at me funny and that is when I remembered that I was still in my work clothes. Me and this entire place were complete opposites. "Good afternoon Chanyeol, we're looking for Mr.Kim" Jaebum said. "Come in, he has been waiting for you" Chanyeol said and we all went inside. "As we entered I saw two people sitting down on a white fur couch, a man and a woman. This whole place was mostly white but there were exceptions. "Jaebum you are back" said the man standing up. The women stayed seated but stared at me with a sorry expression.

"Yes Mr Kim, we brought the girl like you asked" Jaebum said as he pushed me forward. "Excellent, daddy has been waiting for the family reunion" he said and I was about to ask what the heck he was talking about another man with the same outfit as the group that had brought me pushed my dad on the floor in front of me. "Appa" I said wanting to embrace him, then I remembered that he had abandoned us and I held myself back. "Why is he here?" I asked confused. "Let me explain this to you dear, your father has been here since this morning so my men were at your house to get you, not to look for him. The reason why you have been brought here is because your dad paid his debt by giving you to me" he said approaching me.
"What?" I said pain, sadness, and confusion hitting me all at once as I stared at my father. "He acquired quite a pricey debt, with your mothers surgery and all so he couldn't pay me back with money. I told him he could only pay bak with his life, but he told me about you. Then the pictures came out and with one look I knew you'd be a perfect mother for my grandchildren, I made a deal with him. You're life and the debt would be cleaned. He accepted and now you belong to me."
Thinking about how y life would clear the debt gave me shivers but I knew I had no choice. "It's up to you Eunmi, either you stay and marry my son. Or your dad dies". I had to stay and there was no going back now.

"If it means saving my parents, I will stay and do as you say" I said as I looked down.
"Ok well you heard her, take her father back to the mother. She must be worried sick, we don't want her to end up in the hospital again now do we?" He said in a tone that seemed like mockery to me. And that is how I ended up in this golden and luxurious cage.