Opposites Attract

{11} I'm Right Here

"Yes. Areum was telling me before you arrived how her father used to abuse the two sisters in his spare time. He must be an addict." Taehyung said.

"Yeah I thought that too but then again why would an addict hold a gun?" Jimin explained.

"Why not?" Taehyung asked confused.

"If he was just an addict he shouldn't have been in contact with the world. Most of the drug addicts wouldn't want to get in trouble for buying these illegal stuff. That means they wouldn't have any enemies."

"What if he holds a gun for the girls. Or what if he has enemies?" Taehyung wanted to catch hold of every little piece of detail he could.

"If he had enemies it would have gotten too easy to get him caught by the police. This means if he had any enemies he would be in jail right now. So enemies not possible. And about his daughters. If he held a gun to kill his daughters he would have done it by now instead of abusing them so much."

"How are you so sure?" Jimin took out a paper from his bag when Taehyung asked that.

"The gun is liscensed." Jimin placed the paper in front of Taehyung.

"So what do you think?" Taehyung asked as he stared at the paper with full attention.

"He's a drug dealer." Taehyung shot his head up to look at Jimin.

"The drug dealer who is involved in the Choi Hyun Sik's case?" Taehyung questioned.

"Could be." Jimin replied.

Taehyung rubbed his temples in disbelief. "The father of that little girl is a fuckin drug dealer?" He asked again almost in a mocking tone.

"Well, you never know what people hide. But according to Areum, her father doesn't have asthama nor does her sister or herself. This could be a fourth person. " Jimin explained standing up from his spot and collecting his stuff. "I should get going now, it's late."

"For now look into the Choi Na Ye case thats more important. I'll ask Areum if she knows anything at all." Taehyung said and sent Jimin out.

I quickly went to bed and pretended to be asleep when I felt like Taehyung would come to the room and start asking questions.

He entered the room just as I thought and checked on me.

"Areum are you sleeping?" He asked in a low voice. I didn't reply to let him know that I really was sleeping.

"I hope you're not hiding anything Areum." He sighed and left the room.

'Cool. I bought some time for me to think. What am going to say now? I know he's a dealer but should I lie to him?' I thought. I didn't realise when I fell asleep while thinking.

"Leave them alone!" Mom screamed as the man dragged me and my sister out of the room.

"Shut up lady!" The man scolded mom back. She was injured really bad. I had seen how he tortured my mom. I got offended. I bit his arm which was around me as he screeched in pain releasing us and I ran back to mom.

But he wouldn't let that happen. He shot my mom dead with his gun, stopping me in my tracks. Mom fell to the ground, blood gushing out of her head as she lay cold on the floor. I sat down beside her and wailed like a maniac.

"Areum! Wake up Areum!! You're dreaming!" I woke up to Taehyung continuosly shaking me and trying to wake me up.

I looked at his face, he was worried. I couldn't control my tears and burst out crying. He didn't waste another second and wrapped his arms around me and patted my head gently.

"It's okay it was just a bad dream." He tried to comfort me. But little did he know that it was not just a bad dream. It was a real incident. That was how my mother died!

"Taehyung please don't leave me. Don't go." I begged him. I was scared to death. Terrified. I'm afraid that man is going to come back. I'm afraid he will do the same thing to my sister and then me.

"I'm right here. I'm not going, I'm right here." He kept repeating his words and comforted me until I fell asleep again.

The next day when I woke up I was alone in bed. He lied. He lied that he would stay. No one keeps their word.

I got out of bed and brushed my teeth. I went towards the kitchen to find Taehyung. He was making breakfast. He heard my footsteps probably and said without turning around.

"Good morning doll!"

I didn't reply but just sat at the table. He turned around to check if I was really there and turned back to his food when satisfied.

"Are you okay?" He asked and I ignored again.

'I'm fucking mad at you Kim Taehyung pay attention to me!' I screamed internally.