My Downfall | Killers List #3

Business

"Umji may we talk?" Yuju knocked on the open door.

"I don't care" Umji kept her focus on the piano keys.

"Is everything okay between us? You haven't talked to me in days and you've been sleeping on the couch. I miss you laying in bed with me. I feel like you're angry with me. Did I do something wrong?" Yuju quietly closed the door so she wouldn't distract Umji from the instrument but her words caused enough distraction.

"Are you serious? Did you do something wrong? Of course you did, Yuju. You think I would just randomly stop talking to you for a few days? I can barely go a few minutes without you but somehow I managed to throughout the past few days, it was a struggle" Umji admitted. She immediately stopped playing the piano so she could have a discussion with Yuju.

"Well what did I do? Please tell me. I'll make it up to you some how" Yuju begged.

"Let me ask you a question first" Umji paused. "Would you be angry or jealous if you had to sit all alone and watch me flirt with other women?" Umji was curious about how Yuju would respond. She was unpredictable when it came to questions like this.

"Of course I would be! I would beat whosever ass it is. My Umji is meant only for me" Yuju placed her hand over her heart and smiled while she nodded her head.

"Then how do you think I feel?" She became serious. It kind of shocked Yuju since she didn't know what Umji's question was leading up to.

"I don't remember doing that..."

"I had to sit all alone at the bar and watch you flirt with a bunch of hoes" Umji rolled her eyes.

"I was drunk, I really didn't mean to. I would've came and talked to you but I was having too much fun being drunk" Yuju was evidently sorry. Umji could hear it in her soft and gentle voice.

"You could've had fun being drunk with me" Umji looked away and pouted.

"My poor baby, maybe next time ok?" Yuju came up from behind her and wrapped her arms around her.

"I'm still mad at you" Umji scoffed as she pulled Yuju's arms away.

"Look at me" Yuju turned her body around.

"Why?"

"Look at this. You can't stay mad at such an adorable face" Yuju smirked.

"Oh I can, trust me" Umji turned around and went back to the piano.

"Alright then I guess I'll go" Yuju left with a mischievous smile, she knew Umji was already regretting it.

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"Umji who the fuck is calling you?" Yerin came running down the stairs and shoved the phone in front of Umji's face.

"Oh I've been waiting for him to call me back" Umji tried to grab the phone but Yerin pulled it away.

"What are you doing?" Umji was confused.

"Why is Satoyuki calling you?! Do have any fucking idea who he is?!" Yerin refused to hand her the phone. She wasn't going to let Umji get involved with someone like him.

"I've been doing business with him. I was going to get you guys jobs and surprise you. He might be calling to give us some good news so give me the phone" Umji got up from the couch. She was prepared to fight Yerin for the phone.

"No! You have no idea who this guy is. He's not even Korean!" Yerin raised her hand in the air so Umji couldn't reach it.

"Why does it matter if he's not Korean? Don't discriminate against him because of his ethnicity" Umji jumped up to get the phone but Yerin jumped along with her.

"He ran away to here because he's a wanted man in Japan!"

"Well he's a hitman, of course he's wanted. He was probably caught somehow" Umji didn't understand what was so dangerous about this man. If Yerin would just tell her then she wouldn't be so worried about calling him back.

"Umji you don't understand. You don't want to get involved with him. He doesn't care about the people who work for him. He doesn't value you, he uses you. He is going to get you killed one way or another so he can collect the profit he has made off of you. He did the same thing to my mother's cousin. He'll use you up for a couple years then once you've made over three million he'll kill you. And trust me, someone skilled like you will be able to make three million in no time. He might even keep you longer for extra money. Umji you're making one of the biggest mistakes of your life. I'm begging you, don't do this" Yerin pleaded. She had a genuine look in her eyes, a look that a lying person wouldn't have. She cared deeply for the four girls—not including Eunbi—she had worked with them for a long time. She still remembers her first day meeting Umji.

"Why would he do that when he can just give me a lesser amount of money for each mission, that way he is still making more revenue" Umji furrowed her eyebrows. She wondered if maybe she was just smarter than him—than everyone else—but that wasn't the case.

"He gives you more of your share because he wants you to think he cares and he wants you to think he is being fair. Say you killed an important target. You'll get at least six hundred thousand in straight cash. He will only take fifteen thousand of that because he wants you to believe that he's not trying to make a massive profit off of you, then once you've reached a certain amount he'll kill you and take all the money you've earned" Yerin wasn't sure how to explain it. This was the first time she had actually ever had to explain it to someone. She never thought any of them would get involved with him, especially Umji since she's smart and should know to search for background information before getting involved with anyone.

"I'm so stupid!" Umji facepalmed. She felt like a complete fool and a failure. She just wanted to do something to help them.

"Yes you are" Yerin simply agreed. "Now let me call him back ok?" Yerin called the number back and waited for it to stop ringing.

"Hey Umji! I'm calling today to tell you that you and your friends have been acc-"

"Listen here you prick, you're gonna stay away from me and my family, got it? Don't ever come back around and don't call again. If I ever see you driving around here or trying to get involved with one of my beloved sisters I swear to god I'll rip your face off and feed it to a pack of wild beasts, are we clear here?!" Yerin immediately and unexpectedly shouted into the phone. She even startled Umji at first. Yerin waited for him to respond, if he even would. She usually just quickly hung up but this time she wanted to see if had anything to say, if he had a threat.

"Ah this must be Jung Yerin" He still had his creepy voice just as Yerin remembered.

"Satoyuki" She shortly replied.

"I guess our business is done here" he had a smirk plastered on his face. Yerin didn't know what he was planning to do next but she knew he had a plan.

"Alright then Yerin" he hung up.

"He's going to do something to us..."