Chapter 36 : Sacrifices and Rewards
THE PARK’S MANSION*
Raya eyes widened at the scene in front of her.
Ryan was pointing a knife to his tummy.
“Tell me where you’ve kept Mr Kim” He said.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,Son” Sara cried.
“Calm down,Ryan. Please drop the knife” Raya pleaded.
“Why should I!, She didn’t spare a thought before kidnapping Mr Kim and Seo Joon and now Rose is fighting for life all because of her!” He spat.
“Calm down,Son” Mr Park said.
“I’mma count to three if you don’t tell me where Rose’s dad is,I promise I’mma k*ll myself right here and now” He threatened making everyone eyes widened in shock.
“1”
“2”
“3!” Ryan stabbed himself.
Sara froze on her spot in shock.
Raya quickly held to prevent him from falling.
“Ryan!, Ryan!, Ryan!” She cried tapping his cheeks.
His eyes opened slowly.
“No!, You can’t leave us Ryan” Mr Park cried.
He took Ryan from Raya and rushed out of the house.
“You better bring back Mr Kim or else you won’t only be losing your son, you’ll lose your daughter” Raya left.
“No!,Ryan,Ryan,Ryan” She cried.
She opened the door and there was a masked man. He blessed her face with a slap.
“Didn’t I warn you to let the two be?!”
“Your son’s life is in danger because of you!”
“You let him stab himself all because you wanna hide your dirty secrets!”
“Two faced being!, I won’t spare you if anything happens to any of them!, Return Kim to his family!, Go look for your kids!, They thirst everyday for a mother’s love!”
“Bring your kids homes and bring back Kim!,Or else I’ll expose all of your dirty secrets” He spat.
“How do you know about my kids?” She muttered.
“I know you inside out,I’m like your shadow” He said and with that he left.
SEOUL HOSPITAL*
Mr Park was outside the ICU with Raya , Min-ho, Raya and Seo Joon.
“I hope he’s fine” Seo Joon muttered.
“I hope so too” Minho muttered.
Raya kept on pacing around worriedly.
“Raya,Come have a seat” Mr Park said.
“I can’t dad, My bro and his girl are fighting for their lives,How can I sit down?” She muttered. Mr Park sighed.
The doctor came out, Raya rushed to him before the rest did.
“How are they?” She asked worriedly.
“As for Mr.Ryan is cut wasn’t very deep so he’s fine and pretending to treatments as he shou-
“Rose?” Minho asked interrupting him.
“Even passing second is dangerous for her,I’d advice you call your dad to hurry up and come over” He said and left.
Mr Park sighed in relief.
“Where do I find dad?” He muttered as tears flowed down his cheeks.
“Minho” A voice called.
He turned and saw him standing at a distance with a faint smile on his lips.
“Appa!” He exclaimed as he rushed to him.
Mr Park was shocked. “Ryan was right?” He muttered.
Minho hugged his dad tightly.
“Appa,Bogoshiposoyo (Dad,I missed you)” He cried.
“Nado” His dad cried.
The doctor carried out several tests on him.
His blood matched with that of Rose so they went ahead with the blood transfusion.
Mr Park and Seo Joon were with Ryan while Raya and Minho were with Rose.
They sat behind Ryan’s bed.
“Ryan” He muttered stroking his hair gently.
His lids moved slightly as he tried opening his eyes but it hurts because of he cried for quite a long time.
He tried opening them slowly.
“Ryan,Gwenchana?” Seo Joon asked worriedly.
“Taeho” Mr Park eyes stunged with tears.
“Where is Rose?” He asked.They looked at each before Seo Joon cleared his throat.
“She’s fine” He said.
“I have to see her” He removed the syringe from his hand.
Seo Joon made to stop him but Mr Park held his hand and shook his head indicating that he should let him go.
Ryan rushed out of the room in search of Rose’s ward.
“You should get some rest” Minho said.
“No,I’ll stay here until she wakes up” Raya replied.
Rose slowly opened her eyes.
“Nu-na”
“Rose” They called.
“Where am I?” She muttered.
“At a hospital,Do you need anything?,Do you feel pains?” Minho replied.
She shook her head slowly her head banged.
“Ouch”
“Sorry” Raya said.
Rose immediately recalled what had happen.
“Where is dad?, Where is Ryan?” She quickly sat up.
“They are fine,Get some rest” Raya replied.
“Did Ryan get hurt?” She asked.
“No,No,No” She muttered removing the syringe from her hands and sprang up of bed.
Minho sighed.
Ryan opened the door in a hurry and Rose bumped into him.
“I’m glad you’re alive,I thought I would never see you again,I was so scared” She cried as Ryan hugged her tightly.
“Jisoo,I was so scared when I saw you in a pool of blood,That scared the hell out of me,Thanks for not leaving me alone,Rose I really mean it” He sniffed.
“Where is mom?” Raya thought.
Chapter 37 : Building a Stronger Relationship
A BRIDGE*
After Sara dropped Kim at the hospital,She came here.
Her hot tears wetted her clothes.
She stood there reflecting on all her actions.
With questions coming to her mind like,
“Was it worth it?”
“Shouldn’t I have abandoned my kids?”
“Did I have to kidnap someone just to hide my dirty secrets?”
“Will my kids ever see as their mom again?”
“What will Park say once he sets his eyes on me?”
She shook her head in regret.
“I should just end it all” She thought as she closed her eyes and jumped off the bridge.
The masked man jumped after her.
“You can’t diē just yet” He said as she struggled with him.
He took her out of the water and removed his mask.
“Who are you?” She muttered.
“Sang-hae”.
He was Kim’s best friend before his disappearance.
“I know you’ve committed so many sins but don’t you wish to see your kids even once”
“You abandoned them after birth and ran off!,Your kids yarn every day for a mother’s love!” He spat. Sara cried in regret.
“Even if you don’t love them at least ask for their forgiveness” He said.
“I’m sorry” She cried.
“You shouldn’t say that to me,Go look for your kids and ask for their forgiveness” He said and walked away.
Sara ran after him and held his wrist.
“Sang-hae, Please help me out,I can’t face my family so help me ask for their forgiveness” She pleaded.
“I’ve realized my wrongdoings and mistakes” She cried.
Sang-hae sighed deeply.
SEOUL HOSPITAL*
They’ve been standing in front of the hospital for over five minutes.
“We should go in” Sang-hae said.
“How will I face them?, Ryan stabbed himself all because of me” She sniffed.
Mr Park was coming out of the hospital when he saw them.
“What are you doing here woman!” He fired.
“I’m sorry,Park” She cried.
“A person like you doesn’t deserve forgiveness” He spat.
“Calm down,Mr Park” Sang-hae said.
“Who are you?, Are you an accomplice?” He snapped.
“No,I’m not and would never be” He said.
“And why are you here?”
“Would you please give her a chance to explain herself?” Sang-hae asked.
“There’s no need for an explanation,Everything has been exposed already”
“Why is dad outside and who are they?, Mom?” Raya rushed to them.
“What’s happening here,Dad?”
“Nothing”.
“How are they?” Sara managed to speak.
“They?, The one you stabbed or the one that almost died all because of you?” Raya asked as her eyes stung with tears.
“I know everyone hates me already but please hear me out” She cried.
“We aren’t interested in anything you have to say” Mr Park said.
“You kidnapped Seo-Joon all because he’s from a poor background,right?, So why did you kidnap Mr.Kim?” Raya asked.
“I invited Seo Joon over and hit on the head making him black out so while trying to putting him in the car,Mr Kim drove in the compound so i felt scared that he might expose me,that was why I kidnapped him” She sniffed.
“And the missing money?” Raya asked.
“I took it” She cried.
“I’m so disappointed” Mr Park hissed and walked away.
“I had kids outside our marriage,I had an affair when I was in the states to study English,I abandoned my kids after birth and returned back to Korea” She said making Park stop on his tracks in shock.
Raya’s eyes widened in shock.
“What did you just say,Mom?” Ryan asked from behind Raya letting go of Rose’s hand.
“You f**king abandoned your kids!” He exclaimed.
“For what?, For marriage?,Mistakes happen life goes on isn’t that the park’s family motto” He asked.
“You took off leaving kids behind like they were some sort of mistake?, Kids aren’t mistakes they are blessings,Mom” He said.
“But you abandoned them?, Like seriously?”
“I’m sorry” She cried.
“It’s fine,Mrs Park” Rose said as she hugged her.
“I’m sorry for the way I treated you,I’m sorry Rose” She cried.
Sang-hae smiled.
Ryan pulled Rose away from his mom.”Stay away from us until you find your kids” He said and went back into the hospital with Rose.
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA*
A PUB*
Sara went in. She walked to the bar attendant.
“It still looks the same after so many years” She thought.
“Good day” She greeted.
“Good day,Madam how may I be of help?”
“I’m here to see Mr. Jerome” She said.
“He went out for business”
“Can I please have his number?” She asked.
“Sorry,I can’t give that out”.
“Thank you” She muttered.
She stood outside of the bar. “I’m not sure if he hadn’t moved out of his old apartment” She muttered.
Someone tapped on her shoulder.
She turned.
“Sara”.
“Jerome” She burst out in tears.
Chapter 38 : A New Perspective
LUXURY HOTEL*
RYAN’S OFFICE*
“Hi” Rose waved as Ryan walked in.
“Jisoo” He pouted as she went into his arms.
“I missed you” She muttered.
“Same here” She broke the hug.
“Same here?!”
Ryan slightly chuckled at her behavior before going to take his seat.
“Ryan,What do you mean by same here?” She folded her arms furrowing her brows.
“You said you missed me and I said same here, same here as in me too” He faced his desktop.
“Not your fault if I was at my cafe instead of Minho then I wouldn’t have faced this disrespect” She spat.
She held the door knob and twisted it.
Ryan slammed the door and turned her around facing him and he claimed her lips.
He could feel Rose smiling into the kiss as she wrapped her hand around his neck and the other was on his chest.
He pulled away. “Stop messing with me,Just to get a kiss” She hit his chest.
“Arghh!”
“Are you hurt?” She asked worriedly.
He nodded going to sit on a couch.
She hurriedly walked behind him. He sat on a couch while she saw on the table facing him with a worried face on her face.
“Gwenchana?” She blinked.
“It hurts” He groaned.
“I’m sorry” She said touching his chest gently.
She was looking at it worried, She looked up only to see him smiling.
“What the” She hissed.
Ryan chuckled pulling her arms making her sit on his thighs.
She gasped “Taeho!”
He claimed her lips again right there.
Mr shin came in, Rose’s eyes went to the door. She sprang up. Ryan furrowed his brows in confusion.
“I’ve fixed the button,Bye!” She ran out of his office in embarrassment.
Ryan glared at Mr Shin.
THE STATES*
JEROME’S PLACE*
Sara was going through a photo album Jerome gave her.
She closed it. “Shouldn’t you ask why I came back?” She muttered slowly.
Jerome blinked at her.
“You haven’t said a word to me since we got here you only handed over this album to me” She said.
“Still as impatient as before” He said with a light smile as he took the album from her,Sitting beside her on the couch.
“How long have you being in the states?” He asked facing her.
“A week but I just couldn’t find the courage to come see you” She shed a tear.
“These are the kids you abandoned” He said, Sara’s heart sank.
“Don’t they look cute?, The boy looks Korean and the girls looks more of a foreigner” He smiled.
“I gave them names that are kinda similar to ours, Jerome Jayden, Sara Scarlett” He said.
He flipped to a page and Sara quickly held his hand before he flipped to the next page.
“She” She muttered.
“Scarlett?, She’s kinda crazy about fashion and always looking top notch” He smiled.
“I’ve met her before” She muttered.
“Yeah, She’s in Korea, Jayden just joined her recently” He said.
“I’ve met her so many times at the hotel but I never knew she was my daughter” She cried.
“I don’t fit to be called a mother” She sniffed.
“It’s fine, Mrs Park” He said. Sara turned to him in shock.
“I know you’re married,but I didn’t know back then” He said.
Raya was 3 years old when Sara went to study English in the states for a year. She kept Raya at her parents house while Park was busy with his business.
“I’m sorry” She muttered.
“Would you like to see them?” He asked as he brought out his phone from his jacket pocket.
“I can’t” She sniffed.
“Relax, Our kids are lovely and I’m sure they’d be excited to meet you” He assured.
He was about to tap on the video call button but he remembered something.
“Where is she?”
“Who?” She asked.
“The one you took of with,You gave birth to triplets so where is the third child?”
She swallowed hard.
LUXURY RESTAURANT*
Ryan was busy rubbing Rose’s knuckles gently staring into her eyes when the waiter came.
“Mwo” She muttered.
“Don’t you like it?” He asked.
“I can’t eat this” She shook her head.
“Why?” He asked with a hint of sadness in his voice.
“Without taking a picture” She smiled.
“My heart jumped out of my chest for a moment” Her breathed heavily.
“Drama king” She chuckled taking pics of the food.
After the meal, The waiter brought the desert menu.
Rose picked ice-cream for the both of them.
Ryan secretly looked at the waiter and winked at him.
The waiter gave him a light smile.
He returned with bowls of ice-cream.
Rose was busying licking hers as she kept on chatting with Ryan.
She felt something in a mouth. She took it out and it was a little cute ring.
“Mwo” She muttered.
“Ryan, I think the waiter gave me a bowl that was supposed to be for someone else” She said, Ryan gave her a look of disbelief.
“It’s for you, Beautiful” He smiled. Rose’s eyes widened.
He stood up and went over to her side,He took the ring from her and got on his knee.
Chapter 39 : The Joy of Love
Rose blinked at him in confusion.
He cleared his throat. “I thought it might be too early for a proposal but maybe it isn’t too early to exchange promise rings” He said nervously.
“Gosh,What are I saying?” He slightly chuckled.
“I want to make a promise to always be yours, forever and ever, to always be your solace place, to always be your friend through the highs and the lows and to always understand you even when you’re not making sense” He couldn’t hold in his laughter, Rose burst out in laughter.
“What did I just say?, I didn’t say that I did?” He laughed.
Rose was already shedding tears due to how hard she laughed, She wiped it off.
“I guess I ruined everything with the last statement” He said.
“No, you didn’t, I even loved it” She smiled.
“May I?”
She brought forth for hand and he inserted the ring in her pinky finger. It looked so cute.
“Ryan,Give me a piggy ride”
“No, There’s a car”
“Muse, Won’t you do this for me?” She pouted looking so cute like a puppy.
Ryan looked away in excitement, His cheeks turned red at the name.
He cleared his throat facing her.
“Got on” He bent.
“My bag” She handed it to him.
He crossed it around his body and bent.
Rose tuck her hair behind her ear before getting on his back.
“Go wait for us at the bus stop” He said to Mr Shin who immediately drove away.
“When did you start liking me?” Rose asked.
“All of a sudden?”
“Yeah, I wanna know”.
“Remember when Mr Kim always brought you with him on weekends and I’d always watch you from the balcony”.
“Then I kinda thought you were proud like why can’t he come play with me?, Why doesn’t he talk to me?, I still remember what you looked like in your suits” She chuckled.
Ryan stopped on his tracks at the memory.
He chuckled before resuming his walk.
“I think when I started having a crush on you was when I saw you put a daffodil in your hair and the wind blew and your hair scattered all over your face, You kinda looked adorable” He smiled.
“I always played with the daffodils in the compound but you kinda looked funny back then because you always had a camera around your neck” She said.
“Right, Camera” He muttered walking faster.
RYAN’S PLACE*
“What are you looking for?” Rose asked as Ryan scattered his wardrobe.
“A box”
“What box?”
“A box that is dear to me”
He exhaled deeply as he found it.
He placed it on the bed.
“Come” He said as he sat on the bed.
She sat on the bed.”What?”
“Open it”
She opened and was shocked.
There were photo cards in the box. Ryan was secretly taking pictures of her with his little camera back then.
“Ryan” She muttered.
“Aren’t they cute?” He smiled.
“I feel so special” She shed a tear.
Ryan placed a kiss on her forehead, her eyes, her nose , and her lips.
She chuckled.
“Saranghae” He smiled.
“Nado Saranghae (I love you,too)” She muttered.
INCHEON AIRPORT*
Sara and Jerome just arrived.
Sara looked reminiscing at the memories, When Park would come pick her up from the airport, When Ryan would come pick her up but today her family isn’t here.
She sighed deeply trying to fight back her tears wearing her shades.
“Do you remember where you kept her?” He asked.
“I remember the orphanage home” She said.
“Ok, We should get going then”
“No, You should spend time with the kids” She said.
“Sara, You’re their mom too, We’ll go see them together but for now let’s go look for our daughter” He said.
JEJU ISLAND*
DIVINE CARE ORPHANAGE HOME*
Sara said the exact date and time.
“There’s only one way to confirm who you are, A letter was kept beside the baby, If you could rewrite without any mistake then I might be able to help” A woman said.
“I’ll do that, Just please hand over a pen and a paper” She said hurriedly.
She wrote the letter. She looked at Jerome who nodded his head before she handed the paper to the woman.
The woman compared it and was shocked. There was no single mistake.
“Mwo!” She exclaimed.
She brought out a file and went through it.
“What was the child wearing on that day?”
“A pink top with trouser and a black beanie and a pink ribbon was around her wrist and was wrapped in a white showel” She said quickly.
“All this is pointing to only one person”
“Who?” Jerome finally spoke.
“I can’t disclose that for now but you can meet her in the next two weeks”.
“Two weeks?” Sara muttered as tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Or I’ll tell her about you and if she has the time she might comes by”
They dropped their numbers and left.
Jerome called the kids to come pick him up but Scarlett was at work so Jayden came alone.
“Pops!” He exclaimed as he hugged his dad.
“Oh my boy” He patted his back.
Sara couldn’t hold back her tears.
“I thought you were joking about being in SK” He broke the hug.
“Who is she?” Jayden asked.
Chapter 40 : Making Choices for the Future
Jerome cleared his throat.
“I don’t know how you’d feel about this but I can’t keep it a secret anymore” He said.
“Dad!, You’re finally getting married, Nice to meet you ma’am” He chuckled.
“I’m not getting married, Son”.
“Huh?, Wait, Is she pregnant for you?, Cheer up dad, It’s good news, I’m sure Scarlett would be over the moon when she hears this” He chuckled bringing out his phone from his hoodie pocket to text Scarlett.
“This is your mom, Jayden. I lied about her being dead” He said. His phone fell from his hand in shock, He quickly picked it up.
Jayden slowly turned to look at her, He didn’t even know what he was feeling. Was it happiness or sadness?
In my opinion, It was more of a mixed feeling.
“I’m sorry, Jayden” She burst out in tears.
“Where have you been?” He muttered.
“I’m sorry” She sniffed.
Jayden can’t stand it when he sees someone cry, that’s just how soft-hearted he is.
He hugged her. “I guess she left us behind for dad to have lied about her being dead” He thought but shrugged it off like everyone makes mistakes in life, no one is perfect so definitely we’re all bound to make mistakes and we all deserve forgiveness ana a second chance to rectify our mistakes.
G.G DORM*
Mabel and Olive are now kinda close like almost close pals. They even wear each other clothes and do things for each other.
The girls were in the living room watching their all time favourite series when Lily phone rang.
“Excuse me” She said and went upstairs.
Yuna furrowed her eyebrows. “She would have grinned like a fool if that was Rain” She thought.
She returned her focus on the TV when she heard a sound come from it.
Lily locked the door behind her before picking the call.
“Annyeonghaseyo” She greeted.
“Annyeonghaseyo, Are you fine?, How are you faring?”
To be honest, Lily was surprised that the woman at the orphanage called her this late at night.
“How are the kids?” She asked.
“They’re all fine but I called to inform you about something”
“What?”
“People came looking for you but I didn’t disclose your identity”.
“Why were they looking for me?”
“They claimed to be your parents”.
Lily was shocked, she wished every day that even if it was for a day someone should come look for her.
“What?, Did you take their contact or something?”
“Yes I did, I told them that I’d ask if you had the time to meet up”
“I have the time so when are we meeting?”
“Whenever you like”
“To-
“I shouldn’t say tomorrow they might think I’m desperate” She thought.
“Next week” She said.
“Ok, Good night, Pray before going to bed, Ok?”
“Yes ma” She smiled. She hung up.
RYAN’S PLACE*
Rose was busying vacuuming the house when Ryan hugged her from behind.
“Good morning, Beautiful”.
“Good morning, Muse”.
“You’re vacuuming the house” He muttered.
“No, I’m preparing breakfast” She replied.
Ryan chuckled at her answer.
“Stop” He said.
“Why?” She muttered turning it off.
“I’m still feel tired after sleeping for so long, I need to charge up, I need energy” He held her hand. Their promise rings stood beautifully on their fingers.
“If you need to charge, I need to do the chores” She removed her hand from his.
“We’ll share the chores, I’ll clean the house while you take care of the kitchen” He said.
“Ok then you can recharge all you want” She smiled.
He carried her in his arms.”Let’s go cuddle then” He winked. Rose chuckled at his cuteness.
NOON*
The duo was eating their food and being all lovey-dovey.
“When did you start liking me?” He asked.
“Isn’t it delicious?, I’m such a good cook” She said changing the topic.
“When did you start liking me, Miss Rose?”
Rose took her plate and ran upstairs.
“Wait!” Ryan shouted as he stood up.
Rose made to close the door but Ryan was so fast that he pushed the door.
She ran to the bed and covered herself with the duvet.
“Awwn, Cutie” He jumped on the bed.
He began tickling her making her chuckle.
Their chuckles and laughters filled the room.
HAN RIVER*
“Han river ramyeon is always the best” Rose said.
“And the night view is top notch”
“Wow” Rose smiled watching the firecrackers in the sky.
Ryan secretly took a picture. He smiled as he used as his lock screen wallpaper.
“What are you smiling at?” She furrowed her brows.
He quickly tuck his phone in his pocket.
“Nothing”.
“What kind of a boyfriend are you?, Weren’t you supposed to admire the firecrackers just like I was doing”
“Wow” He looked at the sky smiling.
“They’re no longer there” She said flatly.
Ryan smiled awkwardly at her.
“Forget it, let’s go” She said with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
“I really should stop taking pictures of her secretly”
Ryan opened the car door for her, She went to back seat instead.
Ryan sighed.He closed the door.
“Come out, Rose” Someone said.