The Choice

Chapter 8

Eunwoo's POV

My blaring alarm rudely woke me up. I groaned and started to hit my clock to make it shut up. I hit it several times before I realized that it wasn't my alarm that was making so much noise. I turned over to see if it was Jamala, but I remebered that she moved out yesterday. I looked over at my clock and the numbers told me that it was 3:00 in the morning.

Eventually, I found out that it was my phone and the noise was my ringtone. I sleepily picked up the phone.
"Hello?" I asked slightly annoyed at being woken up at such an outrageous time.
"Is this a Mr. Cha Eunwoo?" The other person asked.
"Yes, what do you need?"
"Please come to the hospital, your parents have been shot."
The words took a few seconds to sort themselves out in my brain. When I finally understood what was being said I started to panic.
"What! Who are you? This Isin't true!" I yelled into my phone.
"Sir, please calm down. I'm Officer Moon from the Seoul Police Department, and I'm sorry, but this is entirely true. Please come as soon as possible."
I hung up the phone and jumped out of my bed. I quickly changed into some clothes that were laying near my bed and rushed out to my car. I reached the hospital in five minutes flat, probably breaking at least 15 laws in the process.

I ran into the hospital and went to the receptionist desk.
"Hello sir, what can I help you with?" The receptionist asked.
"I'm looking for Mr. and Mrs. Cha."
"Oh........ Right down the hall sir."

I ran towards the room but was stopped by a police officer before I could enter.

"Please state your name and business beofre you enter." The man demanded.
"I need to see my parents! Please let me in." I begged, desperation dripping from my voice.
Immediatly, the officers face went from commanding to full of pity. He let me in and I rushed to the beds.

My parents were laying peacefully on the bed, not breathing.
"Are they alive?" I whispered to the nurse who was standing by thier beds with a clip board.
"I'm sorry, we did everything we could, but they lost to much blood and the shock was to much for them." She said with sympathy.
I fell on my knees and wept. I buried my face into the sheets and cried. My whole body was shaking and I fell further onto the floor. I just couldnt beleive that my parents, the people who raised me and loved me (most of the time) were dead.
"At least" I thought bitterly "Johnny has been finally avenged." I hated myself for thinking that and I started to cry harder.

Eventually, a different police officer walked into the room and put his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm very sorry Mr. Cha. We caught the perpetrator, and it was a man hired by a rival company to kill your parents."
I looked up at the officer, and he reminded me so much of the mysterious boy who had given me flowers about two months ago.
I shook off my thoughts and rubbed my sore eyes.
Eventually, I got up and faced the officer.
"Is he behind bars?" I suddenly asked.
"Of course, he will be put on trial in a few days."
I nodded grimly and walked out the hospital romm's doors. I slowly walled out the front doors and got in my car. I sat in the drivers seat for a good twenty minutes thinking about what just happened. My parents were now gone, I would probably be given the company and all of their money as well. I would also be free to love who I wanted, but all of these pros didn't deter me from the fact that my parents were dead.
I started my car and drove home. I turned off my alarm for school and fell asleep sobbing into my pillow.

Moonbin's POV

I woke up this morning feeling exited and refreshed. Today was the day I would confess to Eunwoo. I practically skipped to the breakfast table and got myself some cereal. Eventually I noticed that my dad was also at the table drinking coffee, dark bags under his eyes.
"Good morning dad. Why are you up so early?"
"The owners of ChaCorp., you know, the company that has a net worth of over 800 billion, were shot last night. I was in charge of telling their kid. I think he goes to your school, a Cha Eunwoo?"
My face fell.
"Are you serious dad? Is this a joke?"
My dad looked at me weirdly.
"Of course its true, just look at the news. Also, why would I lie to you."
Ignoring the last part of his sentence, I looked at the news app on my phone. Sure enough, the head line "OWNERS OF CHACORP. MURDERED" was all over the news.

As I walked to school, I couldn't help but think about Eunwoo. He probably wouldn't be at school today or the day after. I just couldn't imagine what life would be like for me if my parents were killed.
I saw MJ and Jinjin as they were entering school and I ran to catch up with them.
"Morning Binnie. I suppose you've heard, havent you?" Jinjin greeted.
I nodded slowly.
"We are planning to visit Eunwoo later today, you wanna come with?" MJ asked.
"Yeah, I just hope he's alright." I responded.
Then the bell rang and we all left to go to our respective classes.

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Thank y'all again for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter or the one after will be the last chapter. I also will be making and epilogue.
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