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Chapter 21: Revelations
Yi Jung undid his tie and sat down on his couch. After they had made the plans at Jun Pyo's house he had come back to his house and done some work for the museum. Two hours after looking at paper work he had finally decided to go to his bedroom and try to get some sleep. He could not think straight from the recent news he had received. Excitement and fear both come to mind; he was super happy that the kid Akiko was expecting was not his and that he would have a child with Ga Eul but he was terrified that he would turn out like his father. He did not want his child to ever felt what he felt; an absence of a father in his life.
He sighed and stood up taking his jacket off when his phone rang. He did not recognize the number but he picked up anyways.
"Hello?" he said.
"Hello is this Yi Jung?" a female voice asked.
"Yes, who are you?" he asked.
"I am Mr. Ji Hoo's secretary, he asked me to call you" she explained.
"Is he okay? Why isn't he calling me?" he asked grabbing his car keys and heading down stairs already.
"He is fine but he is preforming surgery right now which is why he wanted me to call you and he told me to tell you to call everybody else" she said.
"What is happening?" he asked urgently.
"About 20 minutes ago, your friend Mr. Woo Bin was brought in with a gunshot wound close to his heart and he had to be rushed into surgery; he was losing a lot of blood and he had a few broken ribs as well" she spoke rapidly.
Yi Jung stopped in front of his car to regain his breath. He felt like somebody had just shot him; the air escaped his lungs and the surroundings were spinning out of control.
"What happened? Who brought him there?" he finally managed to ask as he got into his car and sped away.
"We don't know; somebody threw him in front of the hospital door and he was unconscious by then so I don't know what happened" she answered calmly.
"Okay, okay" he said speeding to the hospital, "I will be there soon".
He hung up and could not think straight. He was still breathing deeply and his immediate thought was that Akiko had done this. She must have somehow heard that we all met at Jun Pyo's house and she must have had people grab him when they all left the house he thought.
He hit his steering wheel with his hand and took a deep breath. He could not even think about what he would do if Woo Bin did not make it through tonight.
Yi Jung picked up his phone and dialed Jun Pyo.
"Hello?" Jun Pyo answered.
"Hey, get Jan Di and pick up Ga Eul and come to the hospital immediately" he said.
"Is everything okay?" a worried tone heard from Jun Pyo.
"Woo Bin is in surgery, he was shot, they don't know who did it because he was dropped off at the hospital and he was unconscious" Yi Jung said pulling into a parking spot at the hospital.
"Are you serious?" Jun Pyo almost yelled.
"Yeah, I just got here so come quickly" Yi Jung said before hanging up.
Yi Jung ran into the hospital and up the stairs to the emergency section. He approached the desk and said,
"Where is 's secretary?"
"I am right here" she said coming from behind the desk, "I take it you are Yi Jung?"
"Yeah, so what happened?" he asked shoving his cellphone into his jacket pocket.
"We are not really sure; a black car threw him at the front and drove off. We were confused but went we got to the front immediately started shouting orders; I have never seen him like that but anyways before heading to the surgery he gave me a number to call and said it was you and told me to tell you that you should call everybody else. I did not really know who everybody else was but he said you would know" she said.
"Yeah I know I called them" he said running his fingers through his hair.
"I am sorry about your friend" she said seeing the worry in his eyes.
"What do you think is going to happen?" he asked, "Tell me honestly".
"Well" she said trying to relax him, "I don't know, your friend was hurt pretty badly. His face had many cuts and bruises so I am guessing he was beaten and also he had at least three broken ribs which will take a long time to heal seeing as you can't put them in a cast"
"He will heal fast; he is strong but what about the gunshot?" he asked and at that moments Jun Pyo, Ga Eul and Jan Di came running through the doors.
"Hey, what is happening?" Jun Pyo asked his eyes wide.
"The gunshot was pretty close to his heart and surgery was a must but the broken ribs will make it hard to operate especially getting air through his lungs. I told not to do the operation himself but he insisted and did not take no for an answer" she explained.
"Woo Bin was shot?" Ga Eul asked tears flooding her eyes.
"And he had broken ribs?" Jan Di asked pulling on Jun Pyo's sleeve who was frozen listening to the secretary.
"I am sorry" the secretary said again, "You might want to sit in the waiting area, the surgery will probably take a couple of hours but I am sure will find you as soon as he is done".
They all walked to the waiting area and Jun Pyo held Jan Di tight. She was in disbelief; she did not know what to do with herself so she just held on to Jun Pyo.
Ga Eul was crying as she sat down and Yi Jung went over to her side. She hugged his torso and rested her head on his chest as she cried more.
"Who could have done this?" Jun Pyo finally said blankly.
"This is all my fault" Yi Jung said staring at the ground.
"You think she did this?" Jun Pyo asked sitting across from him.
Yi Jun g did not have time to answer because they heard heels clicking towards them on the floor. They all looked up and saw Jae Kyung, Qiang Lee and behind them Akiko.
Ga Eul stood up in time for Akiko not to see her head resting on Yi Jung's chest.
"Oh my God Baby!" Akiko said walking towards Yi Jung and sitting next to him, "How is he?"
"We don't know yet" he said blankly, "How did you know he was hurt?"
They all looked at her but she simply answered,
"Oh I guess Ga Eul texted Jae Kyung and since Jae Kyung was with Qiang at the time, he told me and we all rushed right over".
"Jae Kyung was with Qiang?" Jan Di asked confused and they all looked at Jae Kyung and Qiang who were still standing.
"Yes, they are actually together now, I guess they made up" Akiko said and they all continued looking at them but now they were all looking at Jae Kyung.
Her straight hair was up in a messy bun; the dress she wore had wrinkles all over it and her eyes were puffy and red even though she was no longer crying.
"We did not want to show off especially with the circumstances" Qiang said wrapping his arm around her waist.
Ga Eul looked at Jae Kyung and she could see the sadness in her eyes and the disgust that came over her when Lee put his hands on her.
"When did you guys get back together?" Ga Eul asked.
"Well we had been talking for a week or so about our relationship and just tonight we decided to take another try at it" he said and Yi Jung frowned thinking about the kiss Woo Bin had given Jae Kyung hours ago.
"So how is Woo Bin doing?" Akiko asked drawing attention away from them.
"He is in surgery right now" Jun Pyo answered, his expression had turned from sad to angry, "the bullet hit pretty close to his heart and his broken ribs are making it hard to operate".
"How sad" Akiko said trying to sound sincere but failed.
Jae Kyung felt tears coming back to her eyes and she sniffled trying to hold them back. She took a deep breath in but she released a shallow breath.
"I am going to go get some water" Ga Eul said standing, "Jan Di do you want to come?"
"Yeah" Jan Di said finally letting go of Jun Pyo's hand.
"Jae Kyung, do you want to come?" Ga Eul asked and Jae Kyung nodded as Ga Eul wrapped her arm around her taking her away from Qiang.
They walked a short while in silence until they got to the cafeteria and then they took a seat at a close by table. Ga Eul bought them bottles of water but Jae Kyung just sat there staring at the water.
"Jae Kyung what happened?" Jan Di asked gently as Jae Kyung's tears finally streamed down her face.
"I – I am engaged" she stammered holding out her hand and covered her face with her other hand.
"What?" Ga Eul almost yelled, "What really happened?"
"Nothing happened, I talked to him and we decided to get back together; he is great" Jae Kyung said between tears, sounding rehearsed.
"Are you serious?" Jan Di asked as Jae Kyung tried wiping away her tears.
"It was him, wasn't it? He is the reason Woo Bin is hurt?" Ga Eul asked and Jae Kyung instantly nodded softly.
"It's my fault; it's all my fault that Woo Bin might die" Jae Kyung said, "Oh God what if he does not make it".
"Hey! He will make it" Jan Di said, "Now calm down and tell us what happened".
"I can't, I am afraid something else might happen" Jae Kyung said.
"Okay fine then we will guess and you tell us if we are right that way you did not tell us" Ga Eul said and Jae Kyung nodded.
"So I take it Lee took you somewhere and then he beat up Woo Bin to convince you to be his girlfriend" Ga Eul said and Jae Kyung nodded.
"Then he told you that you should be engaged as well and then when you said no, he shot Woo Bin" Jan Di guessed but Jae Kyung shook her head.
"I agreed and I put on the ring as soon as they pointed the gun. I said I would be his fiancé but he still had him shot even after I said yes because he wanted to get him point across" she said between crying.
"Oh My God! What a little bastard" Jan Di said.
"He wants to get married next Saturday" Jae Kyung said sadly.
"What?" Jan Di yelled.
"Invitations are going out tomorrow and my parents are flying in as well for some business deal and now they can attend my wedding as well" she said standing up.
"You can't possibly go through with it" Ga Eul said looking up at her.
"Of course I am going to go through with it especially seeing what he did to Woo Bin. I have a little less than two weeks to come to terms with it" she said taking her bottle of water, "Anyways that's not important now, let's go back".
They all walked back and the number of people in the waiting room had increased since they had left. Mr. Kye, Woo Bin's father, Madam So had arrived and were all sitting around the waiting room. They all looked up seeing the girls come back into the room; Jan Di sat next to Jun Pyo and Ga Eul and Jae Kyung sat next to Jan Di.
Jae Kyung could see where Woo Bin got his facial features. His father's strong features were the same ones on Woo Bin's face but his father's expression was a mix of anger and worry. His elbows were resting on his knees as his hands held his head. Mr. Kye patted his friends shoulder in comfort and Woo Bin's father whispered to him,
"I can't lose him too, the way I lost his mother; I can't"
Jae Kyung was sure that, that was probably the only time his father had shown weakness and she felt tears streaming down her cheeks. She did not want to lose him either, even though she would marry Lee she would feel lost if Woo Bin did not make it.
"Ji Hoo" Yi Jung said standing and they all saw Ji Hoo walking towards them. He had on a doctor's gown with a blue surgeon's hat. His expression was one Jae Kyung could not read; he looked calm but at the same time worried. They all waited with baited breath for him to say something when he reached them.
"Woo Bin made it" he finally said and they all let out a breath of relief.
"So how did it go?" Jun Pyo asked.
"It was difficult, he had three broken ribs and his previous injuries made the bleeding difficult to stop" Ji Hoo explained.
"Previous injuries?" Woo Bin's father asked and Jae Kyung looked down knowing it was the ones he had gotten from the attack at her house.
"Yeah he had a slash across his abdomen that was healing but the force he was hit with opened it again and made things difficult" Ji Hoo said.
"Well how is he now?" Yi Jung asked.
"He is still in critical condition and we will watch him closely for tonight as well as the coming days. He has three broken ribs, a bit wound from the bullet next to his heart, and his face is pretty badly bruised" Yi Hoo said and Jae Kyung cringed hearing about all his injuries, "Tomorrow morning we will be pretty comfortable to say that he should be okay but for right now we still don't know how tonight is going to go"
Jae Kyung covered her face with her hands trying to breathe normally but her heart felt like it was going to burst.
"I will be here all night just in case anything happens but you all should probably go home, it's getting to be 2am and I highly doubt Woo Bin is waking up tonight" Ji Hoo said looking at all their tired faces.
"Thanks man" Yi Jung said nodding as Ji Hoo nodded and made his way to the nurse to give her instructions.
"He is right" Jun Pyo said, "We should all go get some sleep, we will do nobody good if we are tired and can't help".
They all nodded and started gathering their stuff to head out to the parking lot. Woo Bin's father quickly gave instructions to the six men waiting for him. Four of them stood guard throughout the hospital and two of them made their way to the front of Woo Bin's door.
"If you need me to do anything you know where to find me" Mr. Kye told Woo Bin's father.
"Thank you" he nodded.
Yi Jung walked over to Ji Hoo who was still talking to the nurse.
"Hey, you okay?" Ji Hoo saw him stand there as the nurse left.
"Yeah, can you just please take care of him" Yi Jung said.
"Yeah of course" Ji Hoo said but he noticed Yi Jung's expression and said, "It's not your fault, there is no way she could have known about our meeting. I have a feeling this has something to do with Lee".
Yi Jung looked over at Lee who was talking to Jae Kyung.
"I thought it was a little weird that all of a sudden they are together" Yi Jung said.
"Wait, they are together" Ji Hoo said but then he stopped when he noticed a ring on her finger, "So close that they are engaged again all of a sudden".
"Yeah definitely seems linked but we can talk about that later" Yi Jung said noticing Akiko staring at them, "Call me immediately if there are any changes".
"Yeah" Ji Hoo said making his way to Woo Bin's room.
Akiko took Yi Jung's arm and walked with his mother outside. Yi Jung looked around outside and saw Ga Eul get into the car with Jan Di and Jun Pyo. She looked up right before getting in and smiled at him. She felt bad for not being able to be with him right now, she knew how heartbroken he was over Woo Bin's condition.
Jae Kyung and Qiang Lee were the only ones left in the waiting room.
"You can leave, I have to talk to Ji Hoo" she said turning around but he grabbed her arm.
"I think you should leave with me" he said.
"Let go of my arm before I make a scene" she said turning around to face him.
"What? Are you sad because your lover is in a hospital bed?" he asked not hiding his horrible tone.
She slapped him across the face with her free hand and tugged on her other hand freeing it from his grasp.
"Don't you dare talk about him; he is twice the man you will ever be. You got what you wanted now go before I tell his father it was you that did that to him" she said slightly shaking from anger.
"Fine" he said noticing some nurses staring at them from the hardy slap she had landed on him.
"Goodnight" she said turning and walking away from him.
Jae Kyung walked towards the direction that Ji Hoo went in. She finally found the room Woo Bin was in guarded by two guys outside. Ji Hoo walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
"Jae Kyung, what are you still doing here? Everybody left" he said.
"How is he?" she asked pulling a loose stand of hair behind her ear.
"He keeps going in and out" he sighed, "Some time he is stable and other times his levels drop".
"What do you think is going to happen?" she asked.
"Woo Bin is one of the strongest guys I know' emotionally and physically but his injuries are pretty bad so tonight is the biggest problem" Ji Hoo said sadly.
"Do you think I can see him?" she asked her eyes wide.
"I really should not because of his condition" he said but her eyes made him cave, "But I guess you can".
"Thank you" she smiled as he opened the door.
"Oh don't be scared if you see a man in there, it's just Marco" Ji Hoo said before he closed the door.
She walked into the room and the lights were dimmed down but she could still clearly see him lying there. She walked forward and sat down next to his bed. Tears immediately started coming down her cheeks as she noticed all the IVs he was hooked up too. His hair was a relax mess, his cheeks where bruised and red, and his knuckles were cut open from him fighting back.
Jae Kyung reached out and gently ran her fingers over his cheeks.
"I'm sorry" she managed to say between tears. She linked her hand with his and continued crying.
"He is going to fine Miss" a man's voice said from the corner.
She slightly jumped but remembered that Yi Hoo said Marco was in the room.
"Oh Marco" she said wiping her tears, "I did not see you there".
"Don't worry about Woo Bin, he is going to pull through as long as you stay here" Marco said.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"He may not like revealing his feelings for anybody because he is afraid of something like this happening but he loves you" Marco said, "And don't feel bad, he would have never allowed you to get hurt, he would not want it any other way".
"Then I won't leave until he wakes up" she smiled and he nodded.
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Ga Eul walked around her house unable to fall asleep after Jan Di and Jun Pyo dropped her off. She walked into her kitchen and took out a jug of water and poured some in a glass. She looked over at the clock and it red 3:15am. She took a deep breath and tried to relax but could not. She could not imagine how she would feel if something like that happen to her. Poor Jae Kyung she thought.
She stood up and put the jug of water back in the fridge when her doorbell rang. I wonder who that could be she thought; it's 3 in the morning. She looked though the peep hole and stepped back opening the door.
"Yi Jung, is everything okay?" she asked as he walked into the house.
"Yeah, I mean I have not received any calls so I assume so" he said holding his head with his hands.
"Are you okay?" she asked closing the door.
"Not really" he said, "I could not sleep thinking about Woo Bin, thinking about the fact that he might not make it tonight, thinking about what I would do without -"
"Hey" she said cutting him off, "Don't talk like that; Woo Bin will be just fine, I know it" she reassured him with a hug.
He did not say anything, he just hugged her.
"Come on, you need some sleep" she said breaking the hug and leading him upstairs. He got under the covers and tried to relax as she turned on the lamp and turned off the room light. She got into bed and he hugged her tightly.
"Jan Di and I were talking to Jae Kyung and she said that it was Lee who did it" she said quietly.
"What?" he said but he was not surprised.
"Yeah apparently he kidnapped her and beat Woo Bin so that she would agree to be his girlfriend and then when she agreed to that he gave her the last engagement ring she had and told her to put it on" she filled him in.
"Is that why he shot Woo Bin because she would not agree to put the ring on?" he asked.
"That's what I thought to but she said that she got scared when they took a gun out so she put the ring on and he shot him after to make his point" she said shivering.
"I swear I am going to kill him myself" Yi Jung said anger rising in his chest.
"You and me both" she said resting her head on his chest, "Poor Jae Kyung, I don't know what I would have done if that had been you in Woo Bin's place".
"It's okay" he said, "Nothing else is going to happen; after Woo Bin gets better this all ends".
….
Akiko walked around her room in urgency until there was finally a knock at her door.
"Come in" she said.
"Well you must be something special for me coming at this hour to your house" a man said entering the room.
"Of course I am special" she smiled wickedly, "Now we need to come up with a plan".
"Why is something wrong?" he asked.
"Not particularly but I don't expect them to sit with their arms crosses" she said, "And stupid Lee went and shot Woo Bin close to his heart. I told the idiot to shoot him for dramatic effect not so that he is clinging on for life".
"I guess some people are not as suave as me" he said.
"Of course not, now since the last thing standing between that contract you have to gain million is Kye's daughter we need to come up with something good" she said.
"Yeah your father's power in underground Japan is the only thing in my way from gaining millions with that construction company. I am not going to wait around for my father to try and get me involved with politics and business; it was never my thing, I would rather just take what I want" he said.
"That is why we get along so well" she said, "I just think it's precious that Woo Bin was worrying about the big bad Japanese thugs who were trying to threaten Kye with his daughter when you and your men are really the Japanese" she laughed.
"What can I say, I tend to put in my efforts when I want something" he laughed, "And soon enough those millions will be mine".
"Of course and riches and fame will be mine" she continued laughing, "Bae, we will have everything we ever wanted".
"Cheers to that" Bae said drinking a glass of scotch.
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