Amber’s POV

My name is Amber Liu and I’m 18 years old. I had the best life up until I was 7 years old. My mum discovered some old paintings that my dad drew around over 20 years ago. Ever since I was 7, my mum has been treating my dad like utter $hit. My mum keeps accusing him of cheating when he hasn't. I know my dad very well, he never lies and he loves all of us well. My dad is from Taiwan and my mum is from Korea, they met in Korea. To add into that, my mum sometimes, out of the blue accuse me of not being her daughter. It hurts so much and when shes drunk, that's when she secretly beats me up. But she is smart, she doesn't hit me anywhere that can be seen by my dad. My life is quite hard but I know that someone out there is probably having it worse than me. I have no friends besides 1 guy my age that I met from online gaming, his name is Sehun and he lives in Korea.

Oh I forgot to mention, I'm currently living in Taiwan since my dad wanted to go back to his home. At the start my mum didn't want it but in the end, she realized that Yiyun's parents wanted it too so she had no choice. I do want to go back to Korea, it is half of me and plus, I also want to see Sehun in person for once. Skype does not count.

"Honey, it's been a long time since we had have some family time outside, why don't we do that?" My mum asks my dad.

It took him a while before he finally answered.

"I'm busy." He got up and left us on the dinner table.

My mum just stared at him leaving before smashing a mug on the floor that was filled of hot tea. I quickly get a rag to clean it up while I see my mum grab a bottle of whiskey before chugging it down.

"Mum, stop drinking please... I cleaned it up." I say walking towards her.

"YOU AREN'T MY DAUGHTER! YOU ARE SO MUCH LIKE THAT B!T@H, IT'S BEEN 23 YEARS YIYUN!" I get shoved by my mother.

I couldn't take it anymore. I just wanted the time to stop. I flew into my bed and closed my eyes tight, hoping for a miracle to happen.

*PHONE RINGS*

I opened my eyes and realized the tears bursting from my eyes. I ran to get my phone and instantly knew it was Sehun calling. He would always call at these times despite the time difference in Korea.

I quickly wiped my tears away and picked up the phone.

“Eung! Sehun?”

“Amber! I called to check how you were… is everything okay?”

As I attempted to lie to him for the millionth time, a sudden urge stopped me and I couldn’t move. I couldn’t speak. Tears once again started to flow as I struggled to breathe.

“AMBER?! What’s wrong?!”  - His voice ringed against my ears as I tried to speak.

“I… can’t… I don’t… want to do this… anymore…” I spoke the truth for the first time.

“Do what? What happened?”

“I… Save me, please… I beg… you.”

“Amber… Tell me slowly what is wrong, I’m here to listen if it takes all night”

With that one sentence, I was suddenly able to breathe again, and my heart began to speak.

“I just want to escape, my life in Taiwan needs to come to an end, I need a future, somewhere I can live and feel freedom.”

“I will not allow your mother to treat you and your father like this anymore, you are my best friend which means that I care for you a lot.”

“What…can I do…I don’t know how to live independently, away from here.”

“Come to Korea, relive your life here, I really think we should tell my dad, he will know what to do!"

“No please Sehun... I just... can’t always satisfy my wants before my needs.”

“You need to be here, you want to be here, you win both ways.” Sehun is right.

“You really are the only friend I have.”

I began to save up, my dad used to be a famous painter so we became quite wealthy because of it. My mum used to be a teacher but then she became a banker in Taiwan. So we are quite well off, I don't exactly have a job but I tend to perform on the streets, not because I need money but because I love music. My dad loves painting, I love music. My mother hates both. Sometimes I even doubt if I am my mum's daughter. But I did come out of her... God I'm confusing myself. 

It's been over a week and I have saved up quite a lot already, I told my dad how I want to spend my last year of high school in Korea and pursue university there. He said whatever makes me happy then he shall grant it. I was scared to tell the news to my mum but I knew sometime now I had to drop the bomb onto her.

"Hey mum..."

"Oh my precious daughter, what do you want?" I guess she hasn't been drinking...........yet.

"I'm going to South Korea this Friday, I