My Downfall | Killers List #3

Desperate Side

"Well, go wake SinB up. She needs to eat and get dressed. We've got stuff to do today." Umji shooed Yerin up the stairs before she could ask any questions.

Yerin sighed and went back up the stairs. She opened the door and found Eunbi sleeping in the same position that she was in last night before she left. The room was a mess and had clothes everywhere, she didn't understand how Umji could stay in the same room with her since she also liked things to be clean.

"Eunbi, wake up." Yerin violently shook her body.

"Leave me alone!" Eunbi kicked the bed. She didn't want to get out of bed yet.

"Eunbi!" She slapped her leg to get her to open her eyes.

"Hm? I'm tired." Eunbi opened her eyes and looked at Yerin before rolling over onto her side to go back to sleep.

"No, you're not going back to bed! Wake up!" Yerin grabbed Eunbi's arm and began to pull her off the bed.

"Stop, I'm gonna fall!" Eunbi grabbed onto whatever she could to keep herself from falling.

"Then get up and go eat. We have stuff to do today." Yerin immediately let her go.

"But I'm tired and have a headache." Eunbi whined as she got up.

"Then you shouldn't have drank so much last night." Yerin rolled her eyes.

"You're the one that let me." Eunbi argued.

"You're the only one that gets to control your actions and choices. And put some clothes on, will you?" Yerin had a distasteful expression as she left the dirty room.

"Oh, you like it! This is your favorite view!" Eunbi shouted as she watched Yerin walk away.

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"So what are we doing today? Any missions?" Eunbi asked, taking a seat at the table and grabbing a piece of toast off Yerin's plate.

"This man messaged me and said that his wife cheated on him. He wants her to suffer before killing her so I think Yerin should be the one to do it." Umji informed. Yerin glared at Eunbi as she ate the piece of toast that was originally hers. Instead of yelling at Eunbi she just let her eat it. She wasn't hungry anyways.

"I feel like that's too harsh. Can't we just kill her or make her suffer? One or the other?" Eunbi asked.

"What are you? A softie now? Jeez, you've changed so much." Yerin slapped Eunbi's arm with the back of her hand. Yerin didn't like the way Eunbi has changed over the last year. She much preferred the cold-hearted Eunbi, but maybe she had a reason?

"You're too mean." Eunbi looked at her with innocent eyes.

"I'm realistic." Yerin gazed into her eyes for a moment. She quickly turned away and looked down at her lap, hiding her red cheeks.

"Doesn't matter, we just need to get the job done so we can get the money. We can't stay in Sowon's house forever." Umji said as she washed the last dirty plate.

"How much is he offering to pay us?" Yerin asked. She was only willing to do the job if he payed good money.

"He doesn't make a lot of money so the most he can give us is ten thousand." Umji was afraid to tell Yerin this even though she knew she was going to find out eventually. She knew Yerin would turn the offer down if he only paid this much money.

"Okay, let's do it then" Yerin surprised both Umji and Eunbi. Yerin was feeling a bit desperate, she needed this money more than ever. Anything could help them at this point. Yerin felt like they were moving house to house, she felt lost.

"Wait, really? Like you're being totally serious?" Umji widened her eyes. This was almost unbelievable, but even Umji knew that Yerin had a desperate side, but it rarely ever came out.

"At this point a dollar could help us out a lot." Yerin hated saying that. She felt weak when she didn't have money. Money was her only source of power, that's what she believed. She thought that people would fear her because of her money, but what people were afraid of was her living a life with no one to support her because of the way she would distance herself from others.

"We're not that poor. Sowon has money." Eunbi remarked.

"Yeah, Sowon has money, I don't." Yerin glared at her.

"What's your problem with having excessive amounts of money? You don't need that much." Eunbi fired back. Eunbi liked to have money, but she didn't obsess over it like Yerin did.

"I need a lot of money, Eunbi. Why don't you mind your own business?" Yerin rolled her eyes.

"Well, where is Sowon? Do you think we'll need her?" Umji asked.

"Sowon is useless. We don't need her. She can't even do anything. She almost got me killed last time." Yerin wasn't upset about what Sowon did, but she was disappointed that Sowon could suddenly break down like that in the middle of a mission, it was unprofessional.

"Okay, well, that was only one time. We still-"

"She's working for Jihyun now anyways. She's not part of our team anymore, get over it. We lost Sowon and now we have to find someone to replace her." Yerin interrupted Umji before she could finish.

"You can't replace Sowon! She is irreplaceable!" Eunbi shouted at Yerin and ran up the stairs.

"Eunbi, I didn't mean to make you upset." Yerin reached out to grab her hand and stop her but Eunbi was too far.

"Great, are you gonna make her leave too?" Umji followed Eunbi up the stairs to give her some comfort.

Yerin was trying her best to keep everyone happy. At this point she believed her own happiness didn't even matter. But she somehow always found a way to upset the others. She didn't know how to please everyone and she hated that. She thought it wasn't acceptable to try her best, she believed she had to be the best.