I QUICKLY TIP-TOE BACK TO MY ROOM.

IS THIS A DREAM?

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

"I NEED TO TELL V."

I GET THE DEVICE FROM UNDER MY PILLOW.

RING...

RING...

"HEY."

"TAE HYUNG I JUST...I JUST HEARD SOMETHING. I DON'T THINK I WAS MEANT TO HEAR IT."

"ARE YOU OKAY? WHAT'S WRONG?"

"MY PARENTS...I MEAN I THINK THEY ARE MY PARENTS... THEY JUST SAID THAT SOME LADY IS LOOKING FOR ME. IT SOUNDED LIKE SHE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR ME FOR A LONG TIME."

"WHAT LADY?"

"I DON'T KNOW. BUT MOM TOLD DAD TO GET RID OF HER. THAT THE LADY IS TRYING TO TAKE ME. I AM CONFUSED TAE HYUNG. HOW DOES THAT LADY KNOW ME?"

"DID THEY MENTION ANY NAMES?"

"HYUN SHIK."

"HYUN SHIK?"

"YES."

"HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE?"

"NO."

"OKAY. WHAT ELSE DID THEY SAY?"

"THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET RID OF THAT LADY TOMORROW AT MIDNIGHT WHEN THEY ARE CERTAIN I AM ASLEEP."

"YOUR PARENTS REALLY ARE PSYCHOS. I DON'T THINK RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE MURDERERS."

"MURDERERS? MY PARENTS ARE MURDERERS?!."

"UHM...NO. I'M PLAYING A VIDEO GAME."

"OH OKAY. SO WHAT SHOULD I DO?"

"ACT LIKE YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. BE YOURSELF. ONCE TOMORROW NIGHT COMES TELL ME IF YOU HEAR ANY NEW INFORMATION. I'LL LOOK FOR THIS HYUN SHIK GUY IN THE MEAN TIME."

"OKAY."

"IT'S GETTING LATE KOOKIE. YOU SHOULD GET SOME SLEEP."

"OKAY. GOODNIGHT V."

"SWEET DREAMS KOOKIE."

HE ENDS THE CALL. I PULL THE COVERS UP AND GO TO SLEEP.

THE FOLLOWING MORNING I DO WHAT I ALWAYS DO. ALTHOUGH I STILL REMEMBER EVERYTHING I HEARD LAST NIGHT I PUSH IT TO THE BACK OF MY MIND.

I GREET MOTHER AND FATHER THE SAME, EAT BREAKFAST THE SAME, AND EVEN TALK THE SAME. I CAN'T RUIN THIS FOR TAE HYUNG.

I NOTICE THAT MOM AND DAD ARE TAKING LONGER TO EAT THEIR BREAKFAST. I THINK THEY ARE WAITING FOR ME TO GO TO MY ROOM. I SHOULD ACT LIKE I'M GOING AND STAY HIDDEN SOMEWHERE SO I CAN EAVESDROP.

"I FINISHED MY BREAKFAST. MAY I BE EXCUSED?"

"YOU MAY," MOTHER SAYS HAPPILY.

"THANK YOU."

I GRAB MY PLATE AND PLACE IT IN THE SINK.

"I'LL WASH THE DISHES SWEETIE. YOU CAN GO STUDY."

"OKAY."

I EXIT THE KITCHEN AND GO IN DADS STUDY WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE KITCHEN. I LEAVE THE DOOR SLIGHTLY OPEN.

"TONIGHT? I ASSUME WE ARE GOING TO DO IT IN THE SAME PLACE AS USUAL," MOTHER STARTS.

"THAT'S RIGHT. WE'LL GET HER, TORTURE HER A BIT, TIE HER UP, AND THROW HER INTO THE GEUMGANG RIVER."

GEUMGANG RIVER?

"WHERE WILL WE TORTURE HER?"

"THE ABANDONED WAREHOUSE THREE STREETS DOWN."

"OKAY."

"HAS THE CHILD SAID ANYTHING TO YOU?"

"NO, I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS."

"HE'S BLESSED THAT WE SAW HIM THAT DAY AT THE HOSPITAL."

"HE'S MY SPECIAL LITTLE BOY. I JUST KNOW THE LORD SENT HIM TO ME."

"HE DID. HE KNOWS YOU CAN NOT HAVE CHILDREN OF YOUR OWN SO HE HAS GIFTED US WITH JUNG KOOK. HE KNEW WE WOULD BE AT THE HOSPITAL THAT DAY."

THEY ARE NOT MY REAL PARENTS.

WHO ARE MY PARENTS?

IT'S THAT LADY?

"WHEN WILL YOU BE HOME?"

"I'M GOING TO GET HER FIRST THEN COME HOME."

"WHERE WILL YOU PUT HER?"

"I'LL SEDATE HER AND PUT HER IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR."

"WHAT IF SHE GETS OUT?"

"SHE WON'T. I'LL INJECT HER WITH ENOUGH FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT."

"OKAY."

I HEAR THE CHAIRS SCRAPE THE FLOOR AND THEN FOOTSTEPS.

"I'LL SEE YOU SOON."

"YOUR WORKBAG?"

"IN MY STUDY."

"I'LL GET IT."

FOOTSTEPS GET NEARER.

OH NO.

"OH HONEY, I FORGOT I GOT IT EARLIER AND PUT IT ON THE COUCH."

PHEW~

THE FOOTSTEPS STOP AND RETREAT.

I HEAR THE FRONT DOOR OPEN.

I SLOWLY OPEN THE DOOR AND QUICKLY WALK TO MY BEDROOM.

I CAN FAINTLY HEAR THEM AS I GO UP THE STAIRS.

ONCE I'M IN MY ROOM I GET MY DEVICE FROM UNDER THE PILLOW AND CALL TAE HYUNG AGAIN.

"HEY, HOW YA HOLDING UP?"

"GOOD I THINK."

"OKAY. ANYTHING NEW?"

"I WAS EAVESDROPPING JUST NOW AND FOUND THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEY WILL GO TONIGHT."

"WHERE IS IT?"

"FIRST TO AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE THREE STREETS DOWN AND THEN GEUMGANG RIVER."

"I KNOW WHERE THAT IS."

"THEY... THEY ARE NOT MY PARENTS, TAE HYUNG. THAT LADY IS MY REAL MOM."

"OH."

"THEY ARE PLANNING TO MURDER MY MOTHER, V."

"EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY. DON'T WORRY."

"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"

"I MAY NOT BE VERY FOND OF THIS CORRUPT GOVERNMENT BUT I AM GOING TO TRUST THEM TODAY."

"YOU'RE HANDING THIS OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES?"

"YEP. THEY CAN PROTECT YOU BETTER THAN I CAN."

"OKAY."

"JI MIN AND I WILL COME GET YOU WHILE THE POLICE GO RESCUE YOUR MOTHER."

"ALL RIGHT."

"I'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF HOURS THEN."

"BYE."

A/N: HEEYYY!!!!  THAT'S RIGHT I'M BACK :D

DO YOU THINK KOOKIE WILL BE SAFE? HMMM.... I DON'T KNOW.

UNTIL NEXT TIME MY DARLINGS~