Mine

Chapter 09

Are you Lee Cherry? Get up, it's time to go home

Earlier that day~

Rose leaned against her bike, sliding her gloves on as the serene breeze whispered to her the tales of long-lost ones. The peaceful moment was interrupted by the beep of her cell phone. She reached into her pocket, to find a message notification blinking over the screen.

The kidnapping case it read, and she let out a bored sigh. It was something so out of her line of work. She killed people not saved them, but again she foolishly accepted the request, well it paid well at least.

With another sigh, she opened the files, flipping through the data and assessing the details. The thrill of the chase was missing, but she knew she had to get through this before she could return to more exciting challenges.

Name: Lee Cherry

She frowned, her curiosity piqued as she leaned closer to the screen, her brows furrowing with concentration. The image displayed before her—the smiling face of a girl who appeared younger than her. Something struck a chord within her, pulling her from her earlier apathy.

She resembles my- No, Rose, don't be a fool! It must be the meds fucking with my head again!

Missing for four days.

The girl sifted through the details, her mind fixated solely on the name that resonated in her thoughts. A shaky breath escaped her lips as she stared at the girl's pictures, each snapshot amplifying the growing tension in her chest.

Her heart pounded loudly, the rhythm echoing in her ears as the girl's radiant smile brought back a flood of memories—of a small, giggling face that once lit up her world. The realization settled uncomfortably in her stomach, a flood of memories hitting her like a tornado.

It would have been better if they had died together in that fire years ago. She wouldn't have to die every day and live yet again with this foolish hope of finding the other one.

But Rose knew she saw her little sister being pulled out of the fire pit before she couldn't see anymore.

Did she lose her forever? Or is she waiting somewhere for Rose to return?

Before she could process the turmoil of emotions inside her, Rose found herself already standing outside the nest of her rivals.

-------------------

"Can you hear me, Girl?"

No response.

Sighing softly, Rose stepped over Taehyung's unconscious body, her focus shifting toward the bed where Cherry huddled, enveloped in a heap of bed sheets. As Rose moved closer, Cherry instinctively scooted back, shrinking further into the fabric, her wide eyes filled with fear. The former paused, her heart softening at the sight of the terrified girl. She approached slowly, making sure to keep her movements calm and unthreatening, wanting to reassure the latter that she meant no harm. "Hey, it's okay," Rose said gently, her voice soothing as she reached out, hoping to bridge the distance between them.

"Your father sent me to rescue you, You have to come with me, I will get you home"

"R-really, Dad sent you?"

Rose nodded and turned to walk out of the room, Cherry followed after watching the unconscious figure of her kidnapper, her heart beating fast on the scary thoughts of what if he woke up any moment and caught her fleeing. His words still boomed in her ears.

You ain't going anywhere baby girl, unless you behave.

She swore she could see that smirk still on his unconscious face, cherry almost ran out of the room limping and stumbling feeling as if some monstrous tentacles creeped out of the unconscious body of the raven head to seize her once again.