Chapter 19

Kim Minki was really scared. The kidnappers had locked him up in a small dirty room. He couldn’t see any lights except for the candle on the table. He coughed. It was cold & dark. He wasn’t wearing enough clothes as they took his dockers dress medium gray vest off, “Where is daddy? He said he wants to save me.” Minki murmured to himself. It had been more than five hours he was waiting for his father to rescue him & now, the night had fallen. Feeling scared of the darkness, he started to cry, “I’m sorry, daddy. I won’t be your naughty boy anymore. I will listen to you next time.”

His palm was aching since one of his kidnapper cut it slightly to press his blood out. He cut Minki’s hand & smeared his blood on his vest. Although, he had bandaged it with a clean cloth & put medicine on it, the pain was still there. Minki grouched in pain. Minki wanted to scream & cry hard but his mind kept telling him to be strong. He remembered his father’s word, a boy must be strong, a boy shouldn’t shed tears & a boy shouldn’t cry like a girl. He blinked his eyes several times, fighting back his tears. However, he couldn’t stand it any longer. He was afraid. He missed his father, mother & Minho. He felt alone here with a stranger. How he wished he could sleep peacefully in his warm bed together with his twin brother listening to a goodnight story from their mother’s soft voice. He began to cry again, silently.

He fought back the tears as he remembered seeing his father chasing after him. Minki struggled to free himself but his kidnappers tied him up tightly. While he was shouting loudly, the kidnapper put a handkerchief on his face. A few moments later, Minki felt dizzy & fainted. When he woke up, he found himself in the darkness of this bedroom. It was so cold. He was sitting on the hard, ceramic floor. Minki pounded on the wooden frame door, “Let me out. I want to be with daddy.”

Then he heard footsteps. Someone was outside the door. He backed away as the door opened. There were two men. One of them was the magician & another one was a handsome man that was quite familiar to him. The young man moved towards him. Minki moved away to the farthest corner of the room.

“Minki, don’t you remember me?” The handsome man asked.

Minki strained his eyes to get a better look. He heard this voice before but where? Then it finally struck him.

“I remember you! You are daddy’s friend but why are you here?!” Minki exclaimed bewilderedly.

Park Yoochun just smirked at Minki & walked closer towards him.

Minki, forgetting his pain, was muttering some words, “I know daddy will save me. He sent you here to save me, right? Where is he? I want to see him. Uncle, you know that my father is a hero, don't you?”

Narrowing his brown, almond-shaped eyes, Yoochun looked at him sternly & stopped him, “Don’t ever talk about Kim Jaejoong being a hero. He is a coward. He’s useless & you, you will see that your father is a coward & your mother.” He grinned sarcastically when mentioning Tiffany, “She is the most beautiful woman I have ever met but she is so stupid to give her life to your father! She made a terrible mistake falling in love with Kim Jaejoong & bearing his children.”

“No.” Minki said bravely, “Mommy is not stupid! She loves daddy & daddy loves her, too! You are the one who’s stupid!” Minki yelled back at Yoochun angrily. He was so angry he forgot about manners.

“You little rat. You had better shut your mouth, otherwise, you will not see the sun tomorrow.” Yoochun raised his hand as if he wanted to slap him.

“Let me go! Wait until my father get you!” Minki screamed angrily. His eyes were staring at Yoochun intensely. Yoochun sighed deeply. Staring back at the kid, he said calmly, “Good. Let’s see when your father kneels down & beg in front of me for your little life. We will have a good show, I promise you that. Now, go to sleep.” Yoochun said to Minki, clenching his teeth.

Minki screamed again, in frustration. He stared at him with a red face. He closed his mouth & his eyes watched him in fumed. Suddenly, the door opened & an old lady came in, bringing some food for Minki.

“Eat it & don’t act recklessly.” Yoochun said, while she was putting the food in front of Minki.

Minki kicked the tray away, making the food spilled on the floor. He broke the plate & glass.

Yoochun looked at him angrily, “Mrs. Cha, take the food back! Let him starved! He’s such a stubborn rat like his father! Let him starve in this cold room!” He commanded his maid. Then he turned his head to Minki.

“You better behave yourself, otherwise, I will hurt you again. I mean it.” Yoochun went out of the room then slammed the door shut.

Minki fought back his tears in front of Yoochun but he failed. Soon after the door was closed, his defenses crumbled as tears began trickling down his face like a river flow.

The old lady who worked as a maid in Yoochun’s house was standing outside the room for a few moments. She felt a huge stab of guilt in her heart as she heard that little boy drowning himself in tears. He was only a three year old child, for god sake. He was afraid to be alone in the dark. He was scared to be with strangers & also, he was hurt, “Poor boy.” She said to herself sadly. She had to find a way to free this little innocent boy.

It had been the most torture time in his life for the last five hours. Jaejoong tried to hide his dismay but the fact that he couldn’t find any clue