Isn't it just funny what extent our lives could turn to just because of one event, nothing remains the same and our inner sleves gets buried forever, and new ones resurface, tougher ones, just so we could fit in

and eventually we find ourselves in life and death battles

a kind of irreversible life, that often gets our once clean sleeves submerged deep in mud

I remember my mother once telling me that living with my father was like having your shoes on fire, people would be taken by all the jewelry on you, that they would never pay attention to your uncomfortable stance or that you could barely keep your balance.

Oh I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Seo Juhyun, Seocarlet, The red lady as my daddy's people and acquaintances from the under world call me. And believe me that holds nothing of endearment, If anything It identifies the image they see me as, or the tag they're trying to attach to my back everyday.

"Are you leaving?" A male voice called from behind, it was uncle Cho, our mansion butler, but he was more fitting to be my father more than my real father did, he cares about me most and for real, he's always around, I see him more than anyone else, he's basically the one keeping up the warmth of this place and helping it from freezing off my cold relationship with my dad. And well he's the fatherly figure who keeps me sane and keeps me from succumbing to the darkness within me and the darkness that my surroundings implies on me.

"I'm leaving for university, samchon, I think I must show up more often" I smirked as I tied my shoelace

"Your education-

" Is the most important and you shouldn't take it for granted, you already told me that million times already" I completed his sentence for him

"But you never listen you little brat! Next time you skip lectures I'm so pulling your ear" He crossed his hands against his chest, see that's what I'm talking about, the care and concern that I would never see coming from my own father 

"I would take that into considering, I better go, we don't wanna be late, we don't wanna get our ear pulled" I smiled playfully and hugged him lightly before disappearing through the exit.

My phone vibrated in my pocket as I pulled through the drive way of the university

{No one's POV}

"Yeoboseyo?"

"YAH WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? "

"Hello to you too Shin-ah!"

"I can't cover up for you anymore, either you get your a*s up here or I'll be in trouble okay?" Shin spoke frantically like he was about to succumb to an acute panic attack episode

"Chill, Shino-shin I'll be in the lecture hall before you know it, I'm running actually, promise I won't be late this time" Juhyun chuckled, and true to her word, she really did run, and that was a thing she doesn't do everyday, but for Shin she would, especially if that meant that she doesn't have to put up with him whining five hours straight, just because she bailed out on him and let him be harrassed by-

"No need to be so stinky Jae In! I'm here to study in peace, but I see it bothers you" Shin's voice was first thing she heard as she entered the crowded hall

"You?  bother me? that's the last thing that could ever happen, I Just don't like it when you keep checking my boyfriend all the time, do I need to spoon your eyeballs out? because those are the only useful balls in your body" Jae In flipped her purplish hair to one side and crossed her hands across her chest leaning into him with her skeptical eyes

"And how about I put a couple of bullets through your head, because everything's useful in your body except for your brain" Juhyun pulled the girl off of her friend by her shoulder

"Seo girl, it's none of your business so keep out of this" Jae In stepped a little back, she has always feared Juhyun but she never admitted, that and Juhyun never gave anyone a reason to be scared of her, it's just an aura around her

"Or else?" Juhyun challenged , Taking a step closer to her and standing fully In front of Shin, they were both too immersed in sending each other death stares to care about the little crowd that started to form around them

"Listen here Ha Im-" Juhyun started

"Jae In!!" Jae In nearly screamed in frustration

"Whatever, If you can't put much trust in your lil guy then break up with him or change him, don't keep on coming onto Shin, throwing shade and bratty tantrums, whatever your inferiority complexes are, don't ever spill its side effects on other, never again"

"You-

"Class, take your seats if you're up, and let's begin" The professor finally came and the crowd started scattering away

"This conversation is only on hold, we're not finished here" Jae In threw her one last glare before she left to take a seat

"My hero, I love you Ju, she was a real life reaper, and you just saved my poor soul" Shin hugged her tight

"Yah, get off me, and for once, stop flirting and checking out other girls' boyfriends, for god's sake" Juhyun hit his head

"Can't help it" he grinned "It's so easy for you to tell me to stop because you haven't seen him in PE uniform, or even during one of his basketball matches" He fanned his face

"Yah, serves you right then, next time I'm bringing Hee Jin and I'll help her beating the out of you"

"Her Name is Jae In Ju-ah~" he giggled

"I wish you rememeber staying out of her way as much as you remember her name by heart" Juhyun pinched his forearm

"AWW" He squealed loudly, making all heads turn to him

"Mr, Nam Shin, are you alright?" The professor lowered his sun glasses down his nose and waited for a response

"I'm sorry, Mr.Jang" Shin got up bowing then sitting back, lowering his head

Juhyun laughed silently

"I just got goosebumps, how could he memorize each of our names, he's Just as creepy as Jae In" he rubbed his forearm and soon after they were all engrossed into the lecture

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"You got Thinner, don't you ever stop and take care of your health" Hee Young sat on his desk facing him, but he didn't even look up at her, she'll give his the daily dose of the nagging before giving up like always

"Seems so, you're a worker here too, you know how hectic things can get around here" he replied just as usual

"Why don't we go for lunch?" she suggested, and he finally looked up, so she batted her eyelashes

"You won't believe what happened to me today" Ji Sung bursted into his office, looking all wrecked up and frustrated

"My imagination isn't in best shape, so shoot" Yonghwa gave him full attention, happy that someone came and interrupted

"I was this close to winning this case" he made a gesture of bringing his thumb and index finger close "But the prosecution team pulled an additional witness stint on me, last minute, can you imagine" Ji sung slumped on the chair across him

" And that of course changed the whole course of the case didn't it?"

"Exactly, I really hate it when my clients keep things from me, and in the end I came out as a liar in front of all of them" he loosened his tie

Hee young's claws like nails crawled on yonghwa's arm

gosh he almost forgot she was there

"How about our lunch?" She repeated

"I really have no appetite, I'm afraid I'll skip lunch, but you know what? I have a super idea for both of you, how about you grab lunch together? Ji sung! filling your stomach will make you feel better" he rose from his seat grabbing Hee young's, dragging her to where Ji sung was sitting and handed Hee young to him and gesturing for the door

"Making a woman happy will make you happy, buy her something nice" he gave Ji sung a meaningful look making the latter just scoff

"Seems like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed, Yah! it's me who lost a case, what's your excuse for this grim face of yours"

"It seems like he has a whole wrong bed, Change it arasseo?" Hee Young tapped his cheek with her index finger, flashing him a smile before turning to Ji sung "Kaja?" She linked arms with him and both left

He slumped back on his swivel Chair , put both his hands on a paper and stared at it as the top of it read in bold

'Search warrant'

"Gotcha" He whispered

His office landline rang he picked up Immediately "How do you find my work so far" the man on the other line boasted.

"Perfect, to me it's just a piece of paper, so use it" Yonghwa answered his friend

"When?"

"Now, I want him to spend this night in custody, and everybody else involved in his dirt" Yonghwa said through his teeth

"At that he will be, laters Jung" Ji Chae said and hung up

He was finally going to be at peace, partially maybe, He was finally going to look at his late wife's killer in the eyes and after? he wasn't sure, maybe ask him why he did it? Or just lose his control and smach his skull into pieces

'I'll trust the law on this one' he told himself

He was deadly set on making sure he rots In a jail cell till his last breath, it's been few months since he discovered that Seo JaeHyun was the one behind his wife's murder, and digging around for evidence, he found none about the murder but he found plenty about his illegal business, and that was enough to drag him to jail for starters, he'd get more once he gets him.

{Flashback}

Skipping their own reception was nothing new to newlyweds, Yonghwa was growing too impatient to have his wife all to himself, and the wedding preparation and ceremony got all of them exhausted, they even delayed their honeymoon, since they didn't even have the time to choose the destination, they were too eager to get married, because they were madly in love, and also there was a little fruit of love growing inside of Sae Ryung's belly

"After you, your majesty" he gestured with his hands for her to enter their home, she giggled and took a step towards the entrance when he carried her inside, slaming the door shut with his leg

******

He was kissing her fervently like he never had her before, as soon as they reached their bedroom he attacked her, and she was more than willing to receive his affection

his hand traveled to her back fumbling with the dress zipper when her stomach grumbled, making her break the contact and look at him embarrassedly,

"Seems like someone's Impatient for food, I wonder where it got that habit from" he laughed rubbing her belly softly

He got up and extended his hand towards her "Let's go get you some food"

He was too focused on his plate, eating fast, he didn't realize he was that hungry until the food was already on the table, looking up he found her looking at him lovingly, he smiled so wide

"What? did i mess my face with food?" He grabbed a napkin and tried to wipe his face when she took it from him

"Aniyo, It's clean, I was just thinking" She played with her fork not breaking their eye contact " What did I do to deserve you?"

"Makes me wonder too, I must have a been a saint in my previous life or saved a nation, to deserve a cheonsa like you, because in this life I've only been naughty" he laughed

"I can confirm that" She caressed his cheek laughing along with him

THUD!

the main door came off wholly, along with pieces of broken door frame, Making them both startled

Yonghwa was immediately on his feet approaching the source cautiously

and there stood before him a bunch of hooded men with guns that made his blood run cold at the spot

The night was not going to end well, or any sooner...

"Who are you?" He asked them slowly backing away into the kitchen where Sae Ryung was

"We're not here for you" One of them spoke, and before yonghwa could register anything he was held down by two men and he was thrashing

Sae ryung was brought in front of him by them, and what he saw in her eyes scared him

She wasn't afraid...

"Let go of her you son of a b*tch" Yonghwa yelled

"Oppa, I love you" She smiled weakly at him, she acted so strange, like there was no way out of this

like she expected it...

"Don't even think of hurting a strand of hair of him" She looked up at the man holding her forcefully

"We told the man we ain't here for him" The cold tone of the man almost made him want to rip through his guts

He could remember it well, heck it happened before his own eyes...

The way the tip of the cold metal was held on her temple

The single tear that left her eyes.

Her whispering "I love you" for the last time.

Him giving up his strong facade and begging them pathetically to let go of her

The way her body fell down rigidly on the floor bathing in her own blood.

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