"Oppa....." 

"Huh?! What oppa? Where? What are you talking about, Fany ah?" Taeyeon released her hold on Tiffany and quickly turned around, observing and scanning the crowd.
 
"Where Fany? Where?" Taeyeon looked back at the still fear-stricken Tiffany. "Shhh. It's okay. Let's go. Let's go home, okay?" Taeyeon hugged Tiffany again and she can feel the latter trembling in her hold.
 
Taeyeon guided Tiffany out of the mall, her mind running endlessly and her eyes scanning and looking everywhere as she tries to be on guard and alert of their surroundings. Once they were at her car, she helped Tiffany buckle up before going to the driver's seat.
 
Tiffany can't believe what she just saw. She knows she wasn't just imagining it. Their world has become smaller yet again. And he's getting closer and closer. She knows that she's running out of time. She needs to act fast but fear has overwhelmed her instead. Her mind was blank, her body trembling with that same fear she felt every time he's near her and that doesn't even include the fear she feels when she's around her father.
 
Taeyeon reached out and held Tiffany's hand and that brought the latter back out of her thoughts. Tiffany saw the worry in Taeyeon's eyes and she felt guilty. She squeezed the hand that was holding hers before unbuckling the seatbelt and reaching for Taeyeon and hugged her.
 
Finally, the tears Tiffany has been holding in fell. Taeyeon didn't say anything but hugged her tighter. She slowly tried to move her seat backwards before trying to move Tiffany to her lap and cradled her in her arms. She waited until the latter has calmed down.
 
"You have got nothing to worry about, angel." Taeyeon kissed Tiffany's temple then nuzzled against her hair.
 
"I'm so-sorry..." Tiffany slowly released her hold on Taeyeon, looking away as she tried to clean her tear stained face.
 
"For what?" Taeyeon chuckled upon seeing how cute Tiffany is as she tries to fix and clean herself up. "Come here. Let me see and help you."
 
"Thank you." Tiffany muttered rather shyly, hiding her blushed face.
 
"Feeling better? Let's go home." Tiffany nodded and moved back to her seat, letting Taeyeon buckle her up again.
 
Their drive was quiet, with Taeyeon holding Tiffany's hand whenever she can. With that short drive home, Tiffany fell asleep whilst holding on to Taeyeon’s hand.
 
Upon arriving at their home, Taeyeon carefully took her hand out of Tiffany’s hold while trying not to wake the latter up. She unbuckled Tiffany before getting out of her car and running to the passenger’s side and covering Tiffany with her jacket. She ran to the front door, unlocked it and opened it before running back to the sleeping Tiffany and carried her bridal style.
 
Taeyeon couldn’t help but smile at the cute sight in her arms even with those red, puffy eyes.
 
Taeyeon kicked the door shut and carried Tiffany all the way up to their room. She settled the latter in and tucked her in to bed before she went to go change her clothes and got a glass of water for Tiffany ready.
 
She slipped in next to Tiffany who seemed to know that Taeyeon is next to her as she turned and snuggled right in to Taeyeon, wrapping her arms around the latter.
 
Taeyeon watched Tiffany sleep as her mind keeps running with all the thoughts she wanted to forget.
 
“I won’t let anything happen to you again. I won’t let him and anyone else hurt you again. I promise you that.” Taeyeon said, kissing the top of Tiffany’s head.
 
“Just wait a little longer my angel. Just a little longer and everything will be alright. We will be free and will be fine. Just a little bit more, Fany ah.” She continued, tightening her hold on Tiffany as she closed her eyes succumbing to sleep.

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“Did you get a good shot? Did you take a lot of pictures? I’m pretty sure we can get a bonus for giving boss this information.” One of the guys said.

“Yeah. I got it but I couldn’t get a good picture of the other person though. But I got good pictures of her. Crystal clear shot,” the other replied as he shows the other his camera.

“It doesn’t matter, as long as we got a good picture of her. You did well this time. We won’t get scolded anymore by that arrogant man. Let’s go report this now and get that bonus we deserve.” The first man snickered.

“I don’t even understand how those other men can stand him. If only I don’t owe that man anything, I would have left already.”

“Well, we are all the same anyway. There’s no way out anymore. Once you are in, you are in. He’s got us all in his tight leash but I’m planning on getting away really soon.”

“How are you going to do that? You said it yourself, there’s no way out.”

The man just shrugged. “Let’s just go.”

The other man complied and with just that their conversation ended.

And the black sedan car drove away.

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“P-please… Don’t hurt me. S-stop. I-I’ll do anything oppa… Just please don’t do this to me…”
 
Taeyeon groaned as she felt movements beside her. She turned around away from the source of the disturbance to her sleep. But that didn’t last long as it continued and this time she could hear a distinct voice that even in her sleep she knows by heart.
 
“Fany ah, are you okay?” Taeyeon sleepily asked as she turned yet back again to her previous position.
 
“P-please d-don’t… Oppa… Help me oppa… Don’t do this to me please…”
 
Taeyeon’s eyes opened as she heard Tiffany pleading in her cries. She the lamp on the night stand on her side of the bed and let her eyes adjust as she reached for Tiffany.
 
“Wake up, Fany ah. Angel. Wake up. You’re fine. No one’s going to hurt you here.” Taeyeon slightly shook Tiffany to wake her up, her heart crushing into pieces seeing Tiffany back into this state. Just when she thought they were past that already, it is here haunting them again.
 
“Tiffany, angel wake up please. It’s just a dream.”
 
Taeyeon can see Tiffany’s face contorting of what seems like her being in pain, as tears continued to escape the latter’s closed eyes.
 
Few moments later, Tiffany finally woke up, catching her breath. Taeyeon pounced on her and hugged her tight. “You’re okay, Tiffany. My angel,” Tiffany heard Taeyeon whispered.
 
Taeyeon released Tiffany to check on her. She saw the tear-stained face and wiped it with her thumbs. “Are you okay?” Taeyeon asked, worry eating her up.
 
Tiffany nodded; her breathing has gone back to normal. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”
 
“There’s nothing to b