No Escape

16

It was extremely dark and quiet as usual...the deafening silence was broken by his ringing cellphone. He picked it up..
"Kim Jun Seo?" An unfamiliar voice said in a hurried tone from the other end.
"Yes?" His voice was hoarse.
"Your mother is in the xxxx hospital, she had an accident. Come here as soon as possible." And with that, the woman hung up.

His brain took a few seconds to process the information. He felt like throwing up. With all his willpower he tried to calm himself down. His brain wasn't functioning properly..it was all too much to handle.

From attending that call to reaching the hospital, everything happened in a blur.

He was now sitting in the waiting room. After 20 minutes, The doctor came out and at the same time his phone started buzzing, he ignored the call and stood up.

"Kim Jiyeon?"

"Yes..I'm her son, Kim Jun Seo. How is she?" His voice was expressing the panic he was trying to hide.

"Look, Jun Seo..I'm not going to sugarcoat anything..her vitals are functioning almost properly but her condition is still unstable because she hit her head pretty hard and we are running some tests right now to see if there are any haemorrhages or swelling..if they come out positive then we'll have to perform surgery...other than that, there are many external and internal injuries, both major and minor..."
His phone was still buzzing..

"Can I see her?"

"Not now..you can see her after we shift her in a room."

"Oh okay..Thankyou so much."

"You're welcome.." he lightly patted him on his back before leaving.

The hall was almost empty...he was sitting there, lost in thoughts. He took out his phone to check the time and his breath hitched...there were 5 miss calls..all from Yeona.

He remembered that someone was calling him a few days ago when the phone battery was just about to die. He heard the ringing but didn't receive the call because he couldn't find the phone and when he did..the phone was already dead..and then he forgot about the calls..

Without wasting a moment he called her back. She picked up after a few seconds..

"Yeona? Where are you?"

At first she didn't make a sound, "Yeona? Say something!"

He heard a sob.

"Are you okay? What's wrong?"

"Jun Seo..I-I'm at Jaehyun's apartment...he..he locked me in here..I don't want to call the police...please do something..." she said between the sobs.

"Okay calm down! Tell me the address..don't panic. I'm on my way." He said in a calm yet commanding voice.

She explained the address to him..

Without much problem, he reached his place and called her again.

"Hey I'm here..Can you tell me when he usually gets back?"

"He usually doesn't come back before midnight.."

After 15 minutes of struggle, he unlocked the front door and entered the apartment.

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She heard the front door open.

"I'm here"

"Get away from the door! I'm about to break it down."

Fortunately the door was old and loose at the hinges so it didn't take much effort to kick it down. She breathed a sigh of relief.

She wasn't able to meet his eyes..

"Let's get out of here." His voice was emotionless.

She gathered her belongings as fast as she could and followed him outside. They got in the car..none of them said anything. She kept stealing glances at him from time to time...and only thing she could feel was regret and extreme guilt..she couldn't stop crying..

A few minutes later, she was standing in the living room of her house..their house..

Jun Seo went straight to the kitchen to grab a glass of water for her..she downed the whole glass in one draught.

"Do you feel better now?" There was a hint of concern in his voice.

Instead of  answering his question, she stared at him and the sight unexpectedly broke her heart into a million pieces..He had lost too much weight and looked dangerously pale..the thing that scared her the most were his eyes...they looked dead.

She stepped forward and put her arms around him in a tight embrace..he didn't respond. Before she could do or say anything else, he pulled away..
It was so awkward but she knew that she had no right to judge him at all..

"I have to go to the hospital..mom had an accident." He said in a detached tone.

"Oh God.." his lack of emotion was scaring her.

"I'll be back in the morning. Take care.." with that, he left, shutting the door behind him.

She sat down on the couch with head in her hands as fresh tears made their way down her face..