The Tattoo Affair || [Ambw]

Chp 13

SungJae pins me on the bed and starts to kiss me passionately. He grabs my waist and pulls me more into him. I smile at him and he hovers over me and leans into my ear.

SungJae: "Take all of it off.."

I start to grip the back of his shirt.

Me: "Only if you he-"

I'm cut off by his phone ringing beside me. I look over at it.

Me: "Oh I forgot he was comin!"

SungJae: "I guess we won't be.."

I laugh and peck his lips. He gets up and answers the phone, putting it on speaker.

SungJae: "Sup hyung?"

CJ: "Aye. Why your breathin all uneven and shit? Anyway in about 5 I'll be pullin in the driveway, so bruh please pull out of Shan I don't wanna see that shit!"

I start laughing.

SungJae: "Didn't even get that far, thanks to you."

I slap his arm and he starts laughing.

CJ: "Well I'm glad to hear that. Aight I'm hangin up."

And just as he said, he hung up.

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~ S U N G J A E ' S    P O V ~

CJ walks in the door with Marie.

CJ: "Ri, this is Shan..SungJae's girl. She's new to the family. Shan this is my girl Marie."

Marie: "Woah you're hella pretty! Nice to meet you." They hug.

Shan: "Me? Look at you! Nice to meet you too Marie."

CJ: "Well Jae we gotta talk. I got some news."

Shan: "Sounds important. I'm gonna head out for awhile.."

Marie: "Wanna go shopping or something.." she asks Shan.

Shan: "Yeah, let's go." She grabs her purse.

Me: "Baby.." she turns to me. And I signal for her to come here. She walks up to me.

Shan: "Yes babe?"

I hug her and stick my card in her back pocket.

Shan: "Hm?" She pulls it out. "Babe, I don't need this. I have money."

I smile and kiss her lips.

Me: "I know jagi. But can't I treat you sometimes just cause?"

She laughs.

Shan: "Fine. An ice cream. And that's it."

I laugh and shake my head. Her and Ri leave.

CJ: "Aight. So you know how that bitch ass is gettin out of prison soon?"

I nod my head and clench my jaw. CJ pulls an envelope from his pocket and hands it to me.

Me: "What's this?"

He signals me to open it so that's what I do. There's pics of what he looks like now and pics of the sidekick ass pussy that broke in with him. There's also two  plane tickets to go back home to Seoul for a couple days.

SungJae: "We'd leave here next week on the 13th? and come back..." I check the ticket. "The 16th...my birthday..." I nod my head. "How did you get these photos?"

CJ: "Tae Woo hyung. He's been keeping an eye for us. Jae..it's time."

Tae Woo is our cousin. His father helped train us when our dad was "on business".

Me: "Say no more."

I take the photos and walk into the kitchen. I place them into the sink and pull out my lighter and burn them. I can't stand looking at that man's photos longer than I need to. CJ pats my back. We were trained how to remember faces and distinct details of our targets. Once I look at them, it's almost as if my mind snaps a picture of them and the picture stays there for life. I never forget a person's face. Especially if they're an enemy.

I guess you can say me and my family are similar to crows. When a crow encounters a mean or bad human, it teaches other crows how to identify that human. Crows also don't forget faces. A lot of crows are loners, but they often search in groups, sometimes large groups. A group of crows is called a "murder". When a crow dies, the murder will get together and surround that crow. The funeral isn't just to mourn the deceased crow, but to also gather to find out what killed him. Then, the murder of crows will stick together and chase the predators in a behavior called "mobbing". Well...that's what time it is. It's time to come together and chase that predator. Chase him until he traps himself to where he can't run anymore. Until he's unable to talk, hear, see, and breathe anymore. You think you're free when you get out? Nah. That's not the meaning of free..for you. You're free when you're dead, bitch. Murder's coming. I smile. I finally know what I'm getting to cover the ink on my neck. Appa, I'll do things properly soon. I'll make you and eomma even more proud. I'll properly lay you to rest. I'll properly say goodbye. And I'll properly take care of things down here that need to be taken care of. I know if it were me or CJ hyung, you'd do the same. You always taught us about timing. "Patience. Do not become impatient and rush things. You always want to sit back, wait, and observe..cautiously. You want to always wait for the right timing. Timing is very important!" Well appa...eomma, it's time.

Shantel asked me what I want for my birthday...I said that I just wanted her. But since CJ just showed up with this? Now there's two things I want for my birthday.

1. I want and will avenge the death of my parents.
And

2. I want Shan's freedom from the devil she married.

These two things I want, I'm getting. And in that order. After closure comes a new beginning.

Me: "Hey, hyung.."

CJ: "What's up?"

Me: "When we come back, there's one more thing we gotta take care of when we land.."

He smiles and pats me on the back.

CJ: "Rich the Snitch. Say no more bruh. I didn't forget. This is gonna be one hell of a birthday boyyy.."

He laughs and shakes his head. We go out to the backyard for a smoke.