Only Strip For Me || JJK [BOOK I] ✔️

3: "Family"

Thursday morning, 8:30am.

It was time for work, as much as I dreaded the fact of getting my ass up to go and obey the tasks of ringing items and putting customer's goods in a bag. It was an essential factor of my only way of surviving, making money. I reminisced the good times, five years ago going to school in Germany, feeling free and relaxed. Coming home to a warm family.

I scooted out of my bed in achiness from yesterday's shift at the restaurant. Although it was only Wednesday, the Korean Barbecue place was packed with family members, holding a birthday party for their 13-year-old. I was the only employee there other than my manager who never does shit. I let out a sigh trying my best to forget the horrid mess it was of me struggling to carry all the plates back and forth. Being ordered around like a slave.

I opened up my chest, raising my arms up to stretch all the muscle tightness. I looked around the little cluttered space that was considered as my bedroom, but it was actually a storage room filled with boxes of unused items. The smell of mixed seafood lingered through the crack of my door. I adjusted myself and did my best in making my bed, which laid at a corner with only a torn mattress and a blanket that I could only use.

I cracked open the door peering over at the family who made no opportunity of taking in mind that I wasn't present at the breakfast table. They deliciously enjoyed the steaming fresh food. I made my way to the bathroom quick steps wanting to ignore the constant complaining that would come my direction.

"Yah!" Eunwoo, my cousin threw a pillow at my shoulder. I sighed not surprised by the treatment and looked at her, giving her attention or she would have a tantrum, the whole family would.

"If you're going to use that bathroom then clean it you idiot, you think you can stay here and do nothing but work? Stupid bitch." She spoke with a full mouth, the curry dripping from the side of her mouth.

"I will." I almost made it into the bathroom but the conversation apparently wasn't over.

"Whore, listen. I'm adding 300 dollars to your monthly rent you heard me?" My aunt, no the devil in my existence spoke. My body heated in rage, she was sucking the money out of me and it put her in joy to do that ever since she thought it would be a kind gesture to take me in after my parents left. She was my mother's younger sister. She managed to take the documents of my parent's insurance money and claim them for herself after she manipulated me of the consent into staying with her. She had promised to pay off the due but she used the money on lottery and fashionable items for her daughter. Bringing back only designer items on a daily, keeping her word that she would pay off the sum with the remaining. With that sum, I could've paid almost half of the debt, my life would be in much easiness than riskiness.

"300 dollars? I'm already paying you 800 dollars monthly." That'd be total of eleven hundred. I make only so much. With that sum I would be barely able to save anything, how would I pay that blood drenching debt threatening me constantly? My job as an escort payed me the most of 5000 dollars but that was barely, only when I had an expensive client. The most I was getting now was around 900. The other jobs consisted around 300 dollars each. I was making pennies compared to the sum that I owed. I opened my mouth to say more.

"I brought you in this place and gave you a place to stay, shouldn't you be grateful missy? Your parents would be upset if you neglected your elders this way." She poured delicious handpicked pieces of the stew and placed it in my uncle's bowl. I lost my sight with the steamy food as I missed dinner last night, only able to eat some leftovers at the restaurant. I gulped in wanting just a single bite.

The bitch caught my glance. "Don't even think about eating any of this, dirty people like you deserve nothing but garbage." She gave me a nasty glare and went back into her full bowl of rice.

Eunwoo smirked in pleasure and stuck a spoonful of food in her mouth. I looked at my uncle who never uttered a word but sat there like nothing happened. He never had an opinion, he only ate and slept. That was his daily schedule as an unemployed person.

I turned to walk into the restroom in peace.

"Are you going to pay the new rent or what? If not I'm turning you into the police for prostitution and bribery! Don't think I can't do that, I'll make sure to make excuses up! I'll come up with evidence." She spoke those words in emptiness.

"Fine." I whispered harshly under my breath. I wasn't afraid of her sinister blackmail, but it was the only route for me to stay safe. Away from those debt collectors. They had no notion of my aunt's relation with my mother as my mother had long ago cut off all ties with her. Excluding her from the family registry. And I was stupid to believe this woman, there was reason as to why my mother made that decision. But I was so young and selfless to think about those matters. I was only seventeen.

I could see the grin expression emerging from the corner of my eye on her face, the family giggled in happiness of their newly income. I managed into the bathroom finally to wash myself up for work, I was getting late. I closed the door behind me and couldn't help but let the emotions peak out. I slid down the door in remembrance of my parents and the past life that I wanted so eagerly back. I was living in a shit hole now. Apprehensive of the next moves to assemble, so I wouldn't become captured. The loan sharks. They were ready to put me off in the black-market anytime. I was living in a constant circle of work and coming home to a fucked-up household. Treating me like their servant. In fact, I was a servant in all my work duties. Working to please people, that's all that I did. I was unsure at this point from what was keeping me alive, breathing to continue this maddening life. I was clueless.

A/N: Hello! This chapter is boring right? sowwyyy 💕

Sorry my updates are not so frequent, I've been fairly busy this week. I will try my best to upload when I have the time! Hope everyone is doing great! HAPPY NEW YEAR ~