Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 463: Jinx

Eun-sun and Mi-Cha went through series of questioning, but all the while their hearts raced with unease as they both thought of what was going on outside the walls of the station.

Eun-sun had an ominous feeling in the pit of her stomach that she just couldn’t shake it off. It kept rising by the minute, and she wondered the reason for it.

Something hasn’t happened, has it? She mused.

There was nothing she wanted more than to get out of there, and confirm nothing had happened to either Dan-Han or her Dad and even Mi-Cha who had been taken to a seperate investigation room. She wanted to confirm everyone was doing fine, most especially Dan-Han.

She couldn’t stop wondering why he hadn’t come to get her yet, and that thought kept growing her anxiety. The thought of him and her dad made her extremely anxious, and despite her attempt to shake off the feeling, she kept feeling the same.

Maybe it was the memory of shooting someone, and sight of the dead body sprawled on the floor that had her feeling this way.

She anxiously waited alone in the interrogating room after the officer who had been questioning her had left. Coupled with the weird feeling churning in her stomach, was her worry for Mi-Cha.

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They had kept them separately and she was certain they were interrogating her just as they did her. They had found just her on the gun and not Mi-Cha’s, because she hadn’t held it, but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t harrass her with questions.

Eun-Sun wanted to get out of there, and she knew if there was anyone that could get them out as soon as possible, it was Dan-Han. But why hadn’t he shown up yet?

Eun-sun was still on that thought when the door of the room opened and the police officer who had been interrogating as well as another she had seen earlier walked in with a young man dressed in suit.

She looked at him strangely as she hadn’t seen him before, but the man flashed her an easy smile.

“I’m Dan Mun-Hui, and I was sent by President Lee.” The man said.

“Dan-Han?” Eun-sun eyes widened with surprise. Her eyes shifted towards the door, before staring back at him. “Where is he?” She urgently asked.

“You’ll be with him shortly.” The man replied, but there was something about the way he said it that made her uneasiness grow. The urge to see him increased and Eun-sun was certain she’d only find her peace if he was placed right in front of her.

The minutes it took the attorney to sign her release felt like eternity to Eun-sun, and the moment she was let out of the room, she looked around for him.

“Eun-sun,” Mi-Cha called as they arrived the front entrance where she has been waiting. It seemed she was released first.

Eun-sun felt a tad bit better when she saw she was safe and unharmed despite how weary she looked. It had been a long day of being unnerved, so it was only normal.

“Where is Dan-Han?” Eun-sun urgently asked, her eyes darting around in an anxious search for him, but before the attorney could answer, an familiar austere looking man appeared in front of her, with familiar dark round glasses she was yet to forget.

“You-” She stared wide-eyed at him when she recalled who he was.

He was Dan-Han’s subordinate she had met at the tarmac in City A. Her brows furrowed as she wondered was he suddenly there?

“Miss,” Tae-Ho greeted her as well as Mi-Cha who looked from him to Eun-sun. It was obvious there was some recognition between them.

“Where is he?” Eun-sun asked Tae-Ho.

That he was there and not Dan-Han made the feeling she had been trying to keep a lid on, sprout even more. She couldn’t explain why, but not seeing Dan-Han in front of her especially knowing he’d be right here raining hell on whoever had kept her there with that devilish eyes of his, made her feel really uneasy.

Tae-Ho stared at her through the dark glasses on his face. “President Lee is currently at the hospital.” He casually said, and Eun-sun felt her heart skip.

Why was he at the hospital? Did something happen to him or her father? Why was she even asking the questions in her head, when she could just ask him.

“What happened? Why is he at the hospital? Did something happen to my da-”

“President Lee was shot.” Tae-Ho non-chalantly announced and Eun-sun stilled.

Her eyes unblinkingly fixed on him as a chill ran down her spine. Eun-sun felt the earth was suddenly spinning under feet, and she could feel her legs wobble.

Mi-Cha, who had equally been surprised by the news looked from the man to Eun-sun, and her hands reached for her when it seemed like her legs were suddenly about to give way.

Mi-Cha turned to the man and urgently asked, “What about our dad?”

“The Chairman’s also in the hospital.” Tae-Ho flatly replied, while Mi-Cha paled white.

She didn’t need to be told that something serious had also happened to her father for him to be in the hospital.

“Are they alive?” Mi-Cha asked both for her sake and Eun-sun, while Tae-Ho stiffly nodded.

Eun-sun didn’t know what he said after telling her about Dan-Han being shot, or anything that was being said around her. She couldn’t even tell how many seconds had passed as she remained still with no words filtering into her ears and her lungs barely able to take in enough air to fill them up.

Tae-Ho glanced at Eun-sun when she remained transfixed with shock and oblivious to the fact that she was being held steady.

She looked like she was about to evaporate out from the spot she stood, or slip out of the arms holding her and crumble to the ground.

Mi-Cha looked at Eun-sun and sighed. “Come on, Eun-sun. Get a hold on yourself and let’s go see them.” Mi-Cha told her, and before Eun-sun could fully register her words, Mi-Cha hurriedly grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the station and towards the car Tae-Ho showed them.

The attorney shook hands with Tae-Ho before going his way, while Tae-Ho drove them to the hospital.

Eun-sun seemed like she was at the verge of a mental breakdown as she blankly kept staring at a spot in silence. She haven’t muttered a word since Dan-Han being shot was mentioned, and despite the questions twirling in her head, she couldn’t part her lips to ask, because it felt she numb in many places.

Mi-Cha tried to get information about Dan-Han and her father’s condition from Tae-Ho, but all she got were two responses, a ‘yes’ and a ‘no.’

Eun-sun knew this plan was going to get someone hurt, but who knew it was going to be the mastermind himself? She didn’t know how hurt he was, but her mind couldn’t stop thinking the worse. And her dad? How badly was he hurt too?

Eun-sun felt like she was losing her mind as she silently sat through the trip to the hospital, as that was the only she could hold herself together.

It wasn’t until they arrived the hospital that she tried to place a hold on her emotions. Tae-Ho led them to the ICU unit where Ki-Jun was kept, and at the door were three men who bowed to them the moment they arrived. They seemed like security. They definitely were.

Mi-Cha and Eun-sun paled the moment they saw him through the door, lifelessly lying on the bed with tubes hanging over him.

“W..what happened?” Mi-Cha asked as she reached for the door, and hurried inside. Eun-sun and Tae-Ho followed in, but just before Tae-Ho could give an answer, a doctor walked in.

He was the family doctor and Mi-Cha hurriedly turned to him. “Uncle Tan, what happened to my father? Why is he-”

“You’ve got to calm down, Mi-Cha. He’s fine.” The man said, but Mi-Cha didn’t believe him, neither did Eun-sun. The man didn’t look like someone who was fine. He seemed like he was fighting for his life.

The man sighed when he saw the look on disbelieving look on Mi-Cha’s face. He glanced towards Eun-sun who had herself fixed against the wall.

He paused on his heels as a frown furrowed his brows. He had a suspicion at heart, and he was almost sure about it. He had served the Kim family for two decades and he could see a resemblance in the girl standing in the room, and seeing the DNA result he had given Ki-Jun two days ago, he knew without a doubt that she was the person he had done the paternity test for.

The doctor turned approached the bed and peered at Mi-Cha whose eyes were already gleaming with tears. “He was shot in the chest and had also been in an accident. We were able to do an emergency surgery to get the bullet out of him, but he still have to go through another surgery tomorrow.” He said and Mi-Cha gasped as tears flowed out of her eyes.

“Dad,” She softly called and held his hand. She had warned him not to go on with this plan, but he hadn’t listened. She turned to Eun-sun who had her eyes fixed on him. She could see the sadness in her eyes.

“Eun-sun, you should come closer.” Mi-Cha told her, but Eun-sun shook her head.

Tears pooled in her eyes. “I’m sorry. I...I truly am.” She apologized and ran out of the room.

She didn’t know where she was running to, but she just wanted to be out of there. This was all her fault. This was her doing, she cried.

She hasn’t seen Dan-Han, and she wasn’t sure she wanted to anymore. Everyone was hurt and it was all because of her.

She was no doubt a jinx to those that cares about her.