"Okay right this way." I was guiding Amelia to the storage room, were everything was. I was behind her covering her eyes so she couldn't see a thing. "Seo Yoon can you please tell me what's going on?" She asked really annoyed. "Hold on sassy pants, we are almost there." I pushed open the storage room door, and saw all the maids and Butler in position. I closed the door behind me, and didn't let go until I knew for sure that everything was set. "3...2...1." I removed my hands, and all the maids and butlers including me yelled surprise, in unison. She covered her mouth, and tears began to swell in her eyes. "You guys... thank you." I gave her a big birthday hug. "You're ready to party?" I asked her, in our embrace. She pulled me, and her eyes were filled excitement. Me, and Amelia danced the night away. Singing along to the songs, jumping up and down. The party room:
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Me and Amelia had calmed down from all the dancing, and we were having a slice of cake, just talking. "So how did you set all of this up in three days?" Amelia asked. "Well I couldn't have done it without the maids and butlers." I looked at Benjamin, and he was standing by the wall with his hand folded behind him. Me and Benjamin made eye contact, and mouthed the words "thank you", to which he responded by bowing his head to say "you're welcome". I looked down at Amelia, and she was smiling at the room, grateful for what we did for her. I'm so happy to see her like this. "SEO YOON!" We all looked at the door to see who had yelled my name so loudly, and to my absolute horror, my dad was standing in the door with anger written all over his face. "What in the world is going on down here?!?!" He yelled pointing to everything in the room. "D-dad I can explain!" I said walking up to him, holding my hand indicating he needed to calm down. "No! All of you upstairs now!" He pointed to maids, and butlers, and one by on the all filed out of the room. "Dad you can not punish them for something that was my idea!" I yelled, and his angry expression only grew more. "What?!" He said through his teeth. "Dad t-this was my idea, a-all of this. Do not p-punish them for my mistake." I said stuttering out of fear. "Go.To.Your.Room." He said through his teeth. "But-." I squeaked. "NOW!" He yelled. Tears began to fill my eyes, and I stormed out of the room, but not out of the hallway. I pressed my back against the wall, and saw everything that unfolded. Amelia slowly approached my dad, and hung her head in shame. "Don't lie to me! Did you know about this?!" He yelled at her. Amelia just shook her head no. "You must want to lose your job." My dad said while chuckling as if he couldn't believe the lies. My heart was pounding, and tears slowly began to fill my eyes. Thousands of questions filled my mind. Amelia shot her head up, and fear was plastered in her eyes. "Please..." She softly said. "Tell me, did you know or not? If you tell me the truth.. you won't lose your job." I knew Amelia had to lie, to get out of this, but did she know she had to lie to get out of this. Amelia sighed, and with a heavy heart, she said. "Yes..yes I knew." My dad rubbed the top of his head, and turned his back from Amelia. He let out an unbelievable chuckle, and turned around, and looked her dead in the eyes and said. "You're fired." My breathing stopped, and tears streamed down my cheeks. It felt as if someone had taken a knife and jabbed me in the heart, and the room slowly caved in on me. I slowly began to back away from the room, and I stormed out of the hallway, and back up to where the kitchen was, but instead of going to my room, I went straight to the front door. I looked at the knob, with tears still streaming down my face. I heard someone coming from somewhere, and I panicked. I pushed open the door, and ran out as fast as I could. I didn't know where I was going, but I knew I just needed to go.
*2 hours later*
I didn't know where I was. I was cold, and hungry and I missed my bed. I thought about my warm sheets wrapping around me, but then my father words replayed in my head, and I didn't want to go back anymore. So I confidently kept trotting along. "Ay little girl!" Someone called, obviously drunk by the way he said it. I turned around, and saw a younger guy older than me limping his way towards me, with a beer in his right hand. He wore a business suit, without the jacket, or the tie, just a shirt and pants. I knew he was talking to me, but I knew better than to speak, so I turned around, and sped walk away. I could hear his shoes tapping against the concrete mocking me. I tried to get out of there, and find a busy street with people, but he grabbed my wrist, and pulled me towards him. He reeked of alcohol, and as I looked at him I saw how badly drunk he was. "P-please don't hurt me." I whimpered. "W-w-why would I want to hurt a pretty girl like you?" He said caressing my cheek. I felt grossed out and uncomfortable. And to my horror, he started dragging me back to his place. "What-what are you doing?!" I yelled trying to get out of his grip. "Y-you-you are coming home with me." He pointed to himself. "No!" I fought as hard as I could against him but it was no use, we were already at his home. My eyes grew wide, as we entered. I'm never going to see my dad, or mom, or Benjamin EVER again. The horror of this reality slowly dawned upon me. We were in his living room. The only light available was from the TV, and It reeked of smoke, and the smell of alcohol only grew worse inside. He forced me on the couch, and wrapped his arms around me as if we were a couple. "Excuse the mess, my brother KIM was suppose to clean!" He blamed somebody named Kim. He got off the couch, and didn't take his eyes off of me. He walked to door, by the living room, and yelled. "Hey Kim, I have a pretty girl in here." He smirked at me, but I looked disgusted at him. He came back, and sat down beside me, and threw his arm over my shoulder. The door that he yelled at, opened and a silhouette of a buffer guy was standing in the door way. He was wearing all black, so it was hard to see his face, but his voice was filled with panic. "Jesus Chris, are you crazy?!" He yelled at his brother. He quickly walked up to me, and stretched out his hand. "I'm so sorry, please let me take you home." His voice was soft. I don't know It was something about him, that I could trust. I reached out my hand, and he gently wrapped his fingers around my hand pulling me off the couch. "See you later sweet lips." He called out to me before I left the house. The fresh air of outside felt good across my face. As we were walking, he tried to make conversation. "I'm so sorry about my brother, he rarely brings girls home against their will." I looked down kicking the dirt completely ignoring him. "I guess you're mad at me too huh?" He said. I looked up to look at him, and he was staring at the night sky. I looked up at the sky too. "You know my dad use to say the first star in the sky, will make your wish come true." I said. He looked down at me, and blinked a few times, like I was a creature from another planet. "I'm Seo Yoon." I said, expanding my hand for him to shake it. "Kim." He shook my hand as he introduced himself. We both shared a friendly smile, and continued our way to my house.
