Third – person pov:

“In accordance to the Child abuse act ,which deals with the consequences of child abuse as well as the child welfare law which addresses repeated abuse and specific crime punishment law for an attempted murder all which the biological mother Byun Baekhyun was found violating , Mrs Byun has been sentenced to seven years in jail”

The news reporter on the television reported ,

“What a relief !” sighed Sehun

“Really! What a relief “ repeated Mrs Oh , while peeling apples

“Sehun-ah, Did you speak with Chanyeol?” she asked

“No, not yet” he answered

“Visit him soon….Aigoo, Park family has been through a lot, Fortunately, it worked out in their favour”

Sehun looked at the accused women on the T.V with a piercing gaze,

Cuffed hands, surrounded by police officers the moment she stepped out of the court, a gush of journalists and reporters flashed their camera , throwing numerous questions at her yet her empty eyes lacked guilt , she was roughly shoved inside the  police van .

Meanwhile, at New Hope House , the director assistant paced her way from the director’s office to the common playroom of children , her eyes quickly locating Baekhyun , who was chatting with other kids

“Baekhyun-ah “ she said softly tapping at his shoulder while sitting beside him

The worried child turned in her direction “ Baekhyun, the result from the trial is out , the judge took your testimony in consideration” she announced not hiding the excitement in her voice

“Your mother will be punished for what she had done , you no longer have to live with her”

Baekhyun, who had been slightly expecting the outcome was still taken aback from the announcement , the assistant thought Baekhyun would be happy to here the outcome , she was surprised to see the child upset crouching his head in his arms

“Baekhyun-ah are you okay?” she asked touching his head lightly

She had not expect the child to react like this , regardless of the fact the mother of the child had put him through a lot , the reaction made her realize how a mom is still a mom afterall….

While Mrs Byun was sentenced for the crime she had been part of , there was no compromise on the fact that her partner had been more involved , but she didn’t participate in stopping the abuse in anyway and even though the abuser was on the run  the court had made the decision final ,

After Baekhyun’s statement, the only person now left was Chanyeol, the court decided despite of all that the teenager went through to save the minor from abuse , it was still wrong of him to have kept the child at his abode that time , and so it was decided that Chanyeol would have to undergo 6 months of probation period , that would mean no contact with Baekhyun for the time given until the probation came to end

Chanyeol felt that the situation was quite unfair , since all he meant was good will of the child , Mr Park was quite satisfied with the result as the probation period entitled to Chanyeol was not too long since he was in high school also probation wouldn’t be counted as a criminal record.

The probation period was something was to be followed strictly, Chanyeol was upset as he wanted to meet up with Baekhyun after the judgment had been passed , He was really proud of how well the child  had been able to deliver his response at the court.

Days went by

Weeks went by

A month went by …

Baekhyun had been waiting to hear from his Hyung, the day Director’s assistant  had informed him about the judgement , he had a very rough idea of what probation meant all he knew that Chanyeol was no longer in a danger spot .

Days went by in boredom , he spent most of his time either talking to Kyungsoo who he had gotten close in a span of a month  other than spending time with his friend , he spent his sleepless nights at the small library reading fiction , which helped in inducing his sleep. Fortunately he was never found sleeping in the library, He had fully adjusted to the lifestyle at New Hope House , In the hearts of hearts he knew he was no longer responsible to Hyung or his family , yet he deeply craved for a family life like the Parks.

He thought he will practice to not to miss Chanyeol, he failed several times, He missed how his hyung treated him when he was at their abode.

Is it how it felt being cared for ?

Spring was long gone, the summer season also went by ..he no longer got bothered by the impromptu visits of the director’ assistant or calls from the detective of his case , these months had been the months, where in the longest time he was not mistreated or harassed ,He was no longer tensed as he used to be

 In this time   had seen many small children get adopted in regular intervals,  Though never got a chance to view the properly but once, after the afternoon meal he had munching on fruit served by the ahjumma , he had been  procrastinating when he saw a really young women happily walking hand in hand with a child who seems to be around preschool age, the child seemed quiet and shy , he had never a seen such a happy parent before..

That night it rained heavily , Baekhyun woke up due to the thunder  which almost brought his heart in his mouth

He quickly rushed to the library with his torchlight , he could not focus on his reading he kept looking towards the old fashioned telephone at the corner  of th cafeteria , he lowly got up slooking for the CCTVs he didn’t know what force moved him and he dialed the only number he knew by heart .

“Hello”

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