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“Haewon! Run quickly!! Run before they can catch you!” Howon said while breathless because he was running so fast.

“Yah! Oppa, don’t run too fast. I can’t catch up with you!” screamed Haewon to her brother, Howon.

This is Haewon and this is her life. Always running and this is what she has done so many times before. She needed to run away from that villain who wanted to sell her off.

*All this because of appa! Appa is bad. Why? Why should I have to live a life like this? I am so tired of getting hit by appa every day! Why?!*

“What are you thinking of Haewon-ah? Stop daydreaming and pali, run!! Before they can catch us!” screamed Howon.

Haewon looked up to her oppa after her mind was thinking of her appa. She stopped her daydreaming and ran quickly to get to him. They then hid in a relatively dark lane.

Her heart was beating so fast and her nerves were out of control. She hid close to her brother and quietly cried, “Oppa, I’m tired and I’m scared.”

“Oppa knows that, Haewon but you have to be strong OK? Haewon-ah, I'm sorry that you have to go through all of this but oppa is here. You don’t have to be scared. Soon, our appa will be imprisoned and Haewon does not ever have to do this again, huh?” Howon comforted his trembling sister.

“Have they gone yet?” Haewon asked in fear. Howon straightened up and checked out the surroundings. He was relieved and smiled.

He turned and nodded back to Haewon. “They’re gone now, Let's go! Haewon, you are going to go to school tomorrow,right? In the house, there is going to be no one except us… so don’t worry!” Howon said with a smile.

Haewon didn’t look too convinced. “But, but… what if they come back this