Book 1

Introduction:

The sunset looms in the distance, the waves crash and the gull's screech overhead. A lone woman in a red dress looks on from a villa admiring the view, her body covered in the markings from her past. A slight breeze blows through, slowly inhaling,remembering the things from those years that got her to this point. A small smile appears on her face, remembering all the good times from those days and the moments that make her smile warmly. A frown soon appears on her face because while those moments were some of the best times of her life, their are the moments from a certain part of her past that are always going to be there. They are there to remind her of the mistakes that nearly destroyed her and those closest to her, but their also there because those same mistake's are also what made her stronger than before and it's those moments that shaped her into the person that she is today. She carefully clenches the pendant hanging around her neck, sliding it through her fingers. Looking at the sunset, she exhales and slowly closes her eyes, remembering how it all began on that one crazy summer...

Chapter 1: Welcome Home, Sun

Los Santos, Summer 2014

The ride from the airport was slow because of the traffic, it was always heavy mostly because of the people going from here to there. Tourist, business people, the rich coming back from some half assed vacation to complain about it when they get back and the wanna be A-Lister's trying to make it big but only to see their dreams fall apart. "Hey, you awake?" the taxi driver eyes peer into the rear-view mirror, she's sits in the backseat quietly and stare's out the window, her eyes covered by the black lenses of her sunglasses. "Yeah, I'm awake" she look's back at him, annoyed because he ruined the silence. Sunny wasn't the typical Korean woman. Her hair was short, black and the sides were always trimmed, she used to have bangs but she never liked them, even though her mother always said that she looked adorable with them. She was skinny, most people would assume that she wasn't eating right but what did they know.

He notice's the black stars tattooed on her left arm, but he quickly averts his gaze back to the road and continues driving. She had the one on her back but never showed it off to anybody unless they wanted to know what kind of price she had to pay for it. "So...what brings you to Los Santos? money? fame?" Sunny sighs trying to come up with a half a decent answer, "I used to live here..." the only words that came out of her mouth and nothing more than that "Why'd you leave?" his curiosity was annoying her, she said the one thing that kept him quiet "Why don't you just shut the fuck up and drive the damn taxi" his mouth stayed shut afterwards. When the beach came into view it all changed quickly. Sunny's heart began to pound a lot faster than usual, she hadn't felt this anxious before but certain memories started coming back. Her stomach was in knots, it's been years since she felt like this.

"Stop here" she demanded, the driver looked back at her "Why here?" "Because I said so, alright" he pulled over into the curve and she exited the cab with her bag, she handed him a few hundred dollars and went her way disappearing into the bustling crowd of beach goers.

Walking on the pavement past the girls in bikinis and the one's doing yoga or jogging, Sunny never imagined that she would see Vespucci Beach again. Some things have changed but some things haven't; the hot dog vendors, the surf shops with eager looking young surfers and a young guitar player playing for dollars. Sunny remembers that there was a small ice cream stand around the corner but now it's some vegan grill serving god knows what out of that place. She stops briefly...it all come's back to her. When she closes her eyes, she can see it all.

"Mommy, jeh-bah! (please!)" the little girl makes a sad pouty face "O gwaenchanh-a (Oh, alright)" the mother warmly gives in and goes to the vendor, she returns with two small sundaes "One for you and the other for your sister" the one the younger girl got was covered in caramel, nuts and a cherry on top. "Linda, come sit with us" the older girl quickly ran to the table to sit, her sundae was covered in hot fudge along with same toppings. The older one tried to put her spoon in but her mother stop's her "What do you say?" "Thank you" she smiled as the sisters ate their sundaes. They both started to eat their sundaes but the older girl head started to throb, she must have ate it too fast, she put her hand on her forehead whimpering as the cold rushes to her brain. A small goofy laugh came across the table, the younger girl giggle's, her face covered in caramel and ice cream, their mother started too laugh "That's not funny! My brain feels numb!" her face tightens up a bit but a smile and a small giggle starts too form up on her mouth. All three start to laugh, it was one of the funniest times that they've ever had.

Sunny takes off her sunglasses and shakes her head "That was so long ago...it's all gone now..." she mumbles to herself, trying to focus back to why she came back in the first place. She want's to stay longer and remember all the good things but remembers that she has an appointment to keep. She walks around the corner and crosses the street, cursing herself and wishing that she never had this type of life.

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The streets haven't changed much, their the same as always. Dirty, hard and unforgiving to those who wren't strong enough to survive, the strong taking advantage of the weak and crushing them in one fell swoop. Sunny walks through downtown Los Santos, the smell of coffee from the cafes and the hipsters complaining about the outdated trends. Screen writers writing scripts hoping to start a career in the film industry and young women trying their luck in the modeling business. She looks forward trying not to look back, knowing what lay ahead was more important than anything else.

The walk from the beach was exhausting Maybe I should've stayed in the cab she thought to herself. Sunny nears the corner, suddenly the sound of sirens comes from behind her. A female officer steps out of the squad car "Stop right there" the officer commanded, Sunny tries to turn around "Don't move!" she straightens up trying not to do anything stupid, the officer grabs her by the arm and drags her to the hood of the squad car. "Hey, look I didn't do anything!" she complained but the cop seemed to be uninterested in her pleas, her hands started to pat down her body "Keep your hands-!" Sunny tried to resist but the officer pushed her down on the hood of the car. "Turn around" confused she turned towards her, the officer was Korean just like Sunny and she had the same hair color as she did except her hair was in a bun, they were nearly the same height but Sunny was at least a half a centimeter shorter but when she looked at her name tag, her jaw almost dropped to the ground. 'Rhee' that's what it read. "Get in the car..." she commanded, Sunny hesitated at first but she grabbed her bag and got in the squad car, driving off to a remote area .

Sunny was nervous, she didn't look at the officer and mostly stared down not saying a word. They drove drove into a remote alley, the officer turned off the engine and they both sat there. "Hello Linda...how are you doing?" Sunny finally stared up at her, she said nothing to her and stared straight ahead. Sunny was shaking, butterflies were in her stomach and it made her want to throw up. "Why are you here?" Linda finally asked, surprised Sunny tried to say something but the police dispatcher interrupted her "All units we have a 211(Robbery) at the corner of Little Bighorn Avenue" Linda slowly turned to Sunny and stared at her "A-Aren't you going to answer that?" she asked, without looking Linda switches off the radio and glares at her. "You didn't answer my question" the way her voice sounded made Sunny tremble even more "Why...Are...You...Here?" she composes herself as best she could and tried to not make herself look like a fool. She inhales then exhales "I'm...I'm here to pay off the last of the debt..." Linda looks into the open end of the alley.

"...and I plan to go straight, you know just live a regular life like everybody else" she scoff's when Sunny say's that "It won't lost that long, you'll just go back to whatever it is that you do and ruin somebody else's life" Sunny looks at her, her eyes cold and resentful. She gulps trying not to choke on what she say's next "And I uh want to start over with you, you know just start over between you and me...be a family again" she turns her at her, her eyes went from cold and resentful to angry. Linda leaned towards her, Sunny tried to back away as best she could "Start over? Start over with you?!" her voice started to rise "After what you put me and mom through, why would I want to do anything with you?!" her voice screamed with fire "I know you're still angry but I'm still your sister, can't we just put everything behind us?" Linda's right hand slowly reaches towards Sunny's face "Understand this" she closes her eyes "to me you're still a criminal, some street punk running around being stupid and not giving a damn about the consequences but..." all of sudden her right hand grabs the hair on the back of her head, Sunny yelp's in pain "just because we're sisters doesn't mean that I'm going to treat you no different than anybody else, do you understand?!" her voice echoed in the squad car, the windows vibrated. "Dangsin-eun inhaehanda? (Do you understand?)" Sunny wanted cry but all she could was comply "Ihae haess-eo...(I understand...)".

Linda let's go of her hair and turns the radio back on, she grabs the mike "This is 1 charlie 4 2, where are we with that 211? Over" "Possible sighting near Davis, around Brogue Avenue. Suspect is armed and considered dangerous, proceed with caution" she starts the engine "10-4 over" putting the mike back, Linda stares blankly at the end of the alley "Get out" Sunny grab's her bag and exits. The squad car goes down to the end, the blue and red lights go on and the wail of the siren echoes, it turns and disappears. Sunny stares, she's sad but then again she can't blame Linda for being angry, after all she remembered what happened and Sunny remembers the price she had she to pay for it. "Good to see you too...big sister" Sunny sighs and leaves, hoping to just put everything behind her and start over.

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Little Seoul, the name of the city that she always wanted to visit, Sunny walked down it's streets filled with the same enthusiasm that had when she was small. The smell of food that she dreamnt about made her smile. Kimchi, seasoned vegetables, chilie pepper paste soup and dumpling soup but the thing she always craved was barbecued beef; marinated in soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, garlic and pepper the smell of it made her mouth water. Sunny inhaled savoring the juicy smell as much she could, she wanted to stay and scarf down as much beef as she could but her appointment made it almost impossible stay I swear when I'm done with this, I'm gonna eat so much galbi until I get sick she left, hoping to come back and praying that all of that beef would still be there.

Walking the streets was tedious mostly because of the people in the way, Sunny remembered that the streets were always full but never this full. Hearing the language was nothing new to her and hearing the people speaking it never bothered her, but walking about something was a little different. She heard Korean of course but heard some Cantonese, something that she hasn't heard since her days in the Mid-west. It wasn't common see other Asian minorities like the Chinese,Vietnamese, Laotians or Indonesians here and there but they're were a lot more than usual. Sunny always heard the stories that some of the gangs back home and other places abroad could get really violent at the drop of a hat and that some would kill people for the most random things. Calling them thugs was a bit of an understatement, she compared them to wolves who would viciously rip anybody apart and wouldn't give a damn who they hurt as long everybody in the community said nothing; that was the thing about Asian communities, people were always tight lipped and would say nothing to the police even if someone was beaten to a pulp or gunned down, they say nothing just out of pure fear.

Sunny neared her destination, she noticed people whispering whenever they saw her, whispering as quiet as they could. They noticed some of her tattoos, seeing not only the stars on her left arm but took notice of the large one on her back. Even if the back of her shirt had covered it, some parts of it would show. She wouldn't glare at them but she didn't say anything, Sunny just looked forward trying ignore it as best she could. She stops and stares at two middle aged women, they quickly turn and head into a mini mart "Goddamn it" Sunny curses under her breath, she quickens her pace wanting to escape the whispers and looks. The one on her back may be a beautiful piece of art but she always resented it and no matter where she went it always gave her an uncomfortable feeling. Almost there and all of this will be over that's the only thing that kept her going. Soon that one wish would come true for her.

She arrives at the office, a four storied building towering over Little Seoul, entering the elevator her stomach turned eagerly wanting to get this over with. Sunny's heart was racing, the ride up felt like it went on forever Why can't this thing go any faster? she clenched her fists trying to keep a clear mind as much as possible. Ding! chimed the elevator, she exits and finally she was here. A pretty looking secretary was sitting behind a marble counter typing on a computer, she looks up and see's Sunny. "I'm here to see Park, is he in?" "Ireumeun-mueosip-nikka? (What is your name?)" Sunny felt annoyed by this girl but put up with it just to see Park "Je ireum-eun Rhee Sun Hi imnida (My name is Sun Hi Rhee)" the secretary pressed the button on the intercom "Sir, Sun Hi Rhee is here to see you" there's a pause for a brief second "Send her in" the voice commanded, the secretary nodded for her to go in. Sunny proceeds to the door, exhaling slowly "Haeng-un-el binida (Good Luck)" the secretary quipped, when she said that her heart wanted to explode, slowly she turned the knob and quietly entered.

The office was grand, it looked like it had been renovated a number of times, how many times exactly no one could say. The walls were all green, a large gray carpet covered the black hardwood floor with two black arm chairs near a chestnut brown office table. Their's man in a beige suit staring out the window, his back towards her. Sunny slowly walks to one of the chairs, she was shaking and she wanted to leave as fast as possible "You're late" he continued looking out in the street "I'm sorry, I-I got sidetracked" it was the only answer she get out "With what?" he sounded inpatient "The beach, I uh walked here and I...walked all over Little Seoul" "The beach?" the way he talked made her feel small. "Please don't be angry" she pathetically pleaded, he finally turned to her. He was tall, at least 6'1, his hair was a salt and pepper color which was cut neatly. He had no facial hair, even at his current age, it was smooth as a piece of granite. Park held himself in a certain way that any person, even if they weren't involved with their line of work, would be impressed with; their was something him about that Sunny noticed. Park looked a lot thinner Could he have lost weight? Or is he not eating right? whatever it was she quickly put it out her mind. He stared at her and frowned "I'm not angry" Sunny let out a sigh of relief, he walked to his chair and sat in it "Please sit" Sunny eagerly took her seat and sat down in the chair.

"I know why you're here, your debt has finally been paid off" Sunny looked at him, waiting to see if he'd go back on his word "You did good for us over there. You made us a lot of money and managed to establish a connection there" "So...?" she shakes her head, he smirks "So you're free." When Park said those words, Sunny wanted to burst into tears and cry until she passed out, but she was too tired do any of that. "Does...Does anybody k-know...about what happened...?" she was shaking like a leaf "No...the only people who know are you, me and your sister" Sunny closed her eyes and sighed, the secret of that night was safe for the time being. The intercom suddenly came back to life "Sir" the secretary chimed through the device "Yes?" "Your grandson on line 1, he says it's urgent" "Shi-Bal...(Fuck...)" Park cursed under his breath "I'll talk to him in a few minutes" "I'll tell him right away" He looked at Sunny, who looked surprised "You have a grandson?". Park shook his head "Unfortunately yes. His name is Jin Tae," he struggled to say something nice but whatever he would say is far from the truth "he may be related to me but he's nothing more than an arrogant ass" she tried to contain her laughter "I'm sorry" "It's okay, you're haven't met him" he rubbed his forehead, preparing for the incoming headache that's his grandson.

"He's trying to impress me, but he's more trouble than he's worth" "What do you mean?" Park got up from his chair and went back to the window. He stares out into the open and shakes his head "When you arrived, did you notice that their were other types of people here?" Sunny simply nods "It's because they look at places like this and try to capitalize on whatever opportunity that they can get their filthy little hands on" Sunny get's up from the chair and goes to where he is. "Why don't you kick them out?" Park turns his head to her and frowned "Another group, similar to ours, is working together with them...and I think my grandson might somehow be involved." Sunny puts her finger's between her eyes and tries make reason of what Park said "Involved?" "He want's to take the organization into the narcotics trade, he's knows I won't allow that to happen" Sunny always remembered how Park hated that type of business and advised her never to be involved in that of work, the reason why was because of the heat from the police and nobody would risk doing a 30 something sentence for dealing smack on some street corner. She looks at him, seeing the inner turmoil in his eyes "Their's been a long lasting peace because I was willing to compromise but because of him and those fools, things may get bloody" Park again stare's into the open knowing that whatever is coming could put them all in danger.

"Listen I have to go, I have two more places that I wanna visit" Sunny grabs her bag and goes to the door "Before you go, do you need money or any help?" she turns to Park, a sigh comes from her mouth "I-I just wanna see what's out there for me..." "I understand. You know where to reach me" he nods. Sunny exits, waiting to see if this was some sort of dream, she pinches herself to see if she is dreaming. No...this isn't a dream when Sunny is finally on the outside, a smile crept up on her face as she started to run, a debt that for years she worked to pay off was finally gone. As soon as she got to the corner, Sunny laughed as hard she could. Some people looked at her and thought that she may have been high, if she was high on anything it was relief and that was the only high she was ever going need.

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A knock on his door woke him up, he ignored it Knock! Knock! Knock! three loud knocks echoed through the hallway. More knocks came "Ugh! Fuck!" he cursed, he puts his shirt and pants on, walks towards the door two more loud knocks came his way. He reaches for the knob and opens the door, "Man, I don't know who the fuck-!" his eyes look at a face that he hasn't seen in long time "Hey asshole, longtime no see". A laugh soon follows "Sunny! Oh my god!" the friends hug "Come in girl!", Sunny enters and goes to the couch. Kenny wasn't as skinny as Sunny was back when he was younger, he looked a little more buff. His hair a lot more longer, he looked like a punk rocker rather than a banger, Kenny didn't have the black stars tattoo on him like Sunny did but he have a large black dragon going from his back to the front of his chest. His earlobes were pierced with diamond piercings, they were flashy and that saying something right their.

Kenny came to Sunny, smiling and laughing "Holy shit, why didn't tell me you were coming home?" "I didn't wanna make it a big deal" Sunny got up from the couch "What the hell have you've been up to the last few years?" she stammered a little bit, it's been so long what could she say? "I...I just been doing this and that" Kenny looked surprised "Really?" "Yeah, really..." he threw his hands trying to be friendly. "Listen uh, what's going with you and the gang?" Kenny shot a look at Sunny "The gang's not the same anymore" a confused look came on her face "What you do mean 'not the same anymore'?", he goes the refrigerator and grab's a couple beers. Sunny grabs a bottle, Kenny pops the cap off and takes a quick gulp "I mean the gang's not one anymore" she opens her bottle as he went on "It's not Five Star Dragons anymore. Now it's New Star Dragons, Bounty Hunter Star Dragons, Alta Star Dragon and some other stupid fucking names I can't remember" he finishes the beer and grabs another one from the fridge.

Sunny remembered when the gang was strong and was a force to be reckoned with and now, now it's full of punks who don't know a damn thing about respect. She drinks her beer, "We're basically the last of the old guard" Kenny sighs as pops the bottle open "But it's not so bad, I mean we're O.G.'s now, so you and me can do whatever we want" Sunny raises her eyebrow as she finishes her beer "What do you mean?". Kenny's bottle is half empty as he speaks "I managed to form my own clique" when he said that a confused look appeared on her face, Started your own clique huh? "The gang wasn't giving me enough money, so I formed my own clique" "So what are we exactly?" Sunny appeared surprised at Kenny forming his own set. He wasn't always the brightest one too make it on his own.

"We're the Black Star Dragons" Sunny was taken aback when Kenny mentioned the new name. She put down the beer bottle on the nearby table "I was thinking you and me could run together, you know just like the old days" she wanted to say yes but remembered what Linda would think if she saw Sunny, she was a cop now and all she needed was one reason to haul her own sister in. All of sudden she heard an unknown female voice coming from his room "Dangsin-eun Geugeos-eul alaelo yujihabnida! (Will you keep it down!)" Kenny curses as quietly as he can "Maybe you should come back another time" "Do I even want to know?" Sunny chuckles a little bit. "Look see you another time" they hug and she leaves his house. It was good seeing Kenny again, even if it was for a brief bit, Sunny got a grasp of the situation now. Newer sets? That's not good Sunny heard about gang in-fighting; a certain group of people become annoyed by the way things were going down, they leave and form their own set. Most of the people who would join were teen's trying to impress the high ranking members, they were completely disorganized and most weren't that bright.

Cops would look at them, easily finding a weak member and flipping them on some bogus charge. Indictments would soon follow all because of that one weak member. Sunny shook her head in displeasure. This wasn't the gang that she was a part of, whatever it was it's long gone now. She had one more stop to complete and then maybe she could finally relax.

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She entered the Inchon bakery and tea house, the smell of fresh gin sing and baked bread filled her lungs. Sunny remembered the red bean pastries, she practically could eat 3 plates of them even if it gave her a stomach ache. She looked around seeing an array of people; some girl ordering tea her co-workers, a business man who flirt's with one of the waitresses and some white boy trying to enjoy himself with his Korean girlfriend. Sunny finds a waitress "Excuse me, I'm looking for the owner" the waitress points to the corner and see's a 50-something man reading a Korean newspaper, she smiles and goes to his table. He read's with thick gold-rimmed glasses, he hear's someone approaching him. He doesn't bother looking up. "Jeoriga...(Go away...) Ulieun dangsin-eul wihae amugeosdo (We have nothing for you)" she smiles at the man's crankiness "Simjieo yes chingu e daehan? (Not even for old friends?)" when he heard that, he lowers the paper and see's a familiar face "Annyeonghaseyo samchon...(Hello uncle...)".

"Sun Hi!" Kang leaps up from his seat and they both hug, smiles and laughter fill the air. "Sesang-e! (Oh my god!)" he held her as tight as could, they break off briefly "Sesang-e! (Oh my god!)" Kang put's both of his hands on her cheeks and smiles "Museun il-l iss eoss eoyo? (What happened to you?) Dangsin-eun neomu nop-eup geos...(You're so tall...)" Sunny almost burst out laughing "Naega naiga iss-eo (I got older)" she warmly smiled. They both catch their breath and finally sat down, Kang jesters for tea. He smiles and shakes his head "You came back, I can't believe it", the waitress comes back with a tray of hot tea, Sunny almost wanted to cry when she saw Uncle Kang not because he gave sweets or pastries when she was little but because he looked out for her and Linda when they were little. Seeing him made her feel like she was four again, remembering she ran and laughed as he chased her around, giving the sisters a set of extra pastries when he would make too much bread and always cheering Sunny up whenever she had a bad day at school. Being in the bakery made her feel welcomed again.

She looked around "This place, it's a lot bigger than I remembered" Kang chuckles under his breath "You noticed. I made a lot of money since you were gone, I managed too expand the place a little" Sunny manages to put a smile on her face but ponders on something he said when she came in. "Let me ask you something, you said that you have nothing for me...What did you mean by that?" Kang's mood changes from happy to concerned, "You're bound to find out sooner or later, some thugs come by and take money from me" "Thugs? You mean gangs?" he nods a simple yes "Have they threaten you?" looking over his shoulder, Kang tries not sound worried "They don't take much but they often harass the the workers and the customers, business will suffer if those idiots keep it up". She shakes her head, trying to make sense on how everything has changed. "Don't worry my girl," he puts his hands on top of hers, doing his best to reassure her "it's nothing I can't handle" Sunny tries not to look worried but she puts her trust in Uncle Kang. She smiles warily putting on a brave face as best she can.

Kang picks up his cup and takes a small sip of tea, Sunny looks at her tea trying to put all of concerns behind her. Before she can pick up her cup, their something that she want's to know "Listen, has Linda come by? Does she still pick up pastries from here?" he looks at the girl, frowning he tries not too upset her Maybe she should know. "Linda...your sister...she stopped coming here" "She's a police officer now, maybe she's too busy" that was the only excuse that she could come up with "No...that's not the reason," what Kang said next made her heart skip several beats "she stopped coming after your mother died" Sunny felt light headed, her eyes watered a little bit. A small migraine started to form in the front of her head. She slowly wiped some of her tears away and tries to compose herself, Sunny felt like someone threw a brick at her head. "It's okay" Kang held one of her hands, he never seen her that sad before it was depressing seeing the girl like this.

In a minute or so Sunny felt somewhat better, Kang looks at her, he knew their mother for such a long time. To see both of her daughters in pain was hard, he never saw that much sadness and sorrow as both girls did, Kang remembers how the oldest one took out her anger and grief but It's what she said about her sister that shocked everyone It's best if she doesn't know what Linda said about her, she's in enough pain as it is. Sunny starts to drink her tea, she drinks trying too take her mind off her sister.

"Are you staying anywhere at the moment?" Kang asked "I'm trying find to a hotel" Sunny didn't mind staying in cheap looking hotels but the thing about staying them is that they charge by the hour. "There's a place down the block from here, it's an upstairs apartment and its' got one room" she was taken aback "I don't...I don't want to be a burden" "Nonsense, I'll pay for the rent, that's the least I can do" a warm smile came across her face, she now had a home; A temporary home but a home none the less. She slowly raised her tea cup "Geonbae (Cheers)" Kang raised his "Geonbae (Cheers)".

Finding the apartment was very easy. When she entered the complex, the one thing that caught her eye was the pool. It was gated of course, the size was at least 8 feet in diameter. That pool looks...somewhat nice but another time Sunny proceeds to the stairs. Reaching the third floor was rather tiring but she made it. Sunny opens the door, the apartment was rather more spacious than she thought. The living room was rather large, there was only a small couch in the center and a 28 inch flat screen t.v. in the corner, they were probably the only pieces of furniture that was she going too have for the time being. She checked the kitchen, there was a stove yes but no refrigerator in sight. The bedroom was the last stop, there wasn't a bed; Uncle Kang said he would bring one and some other stuff tomorrow, until then the couch will do. She goes back to the living room and unpacks her bag.

Some clothes, a pair of underwear and some socks. Sunny hardly had anything but the clothe's on her back. Digging around the bag she felt something, a small black tab with a switch; she pushes the button and a blade flips into place. A 6 inch blade, small but very lethal in the right hands. If Linda found this on her, she would've most likely throw her behind bars and wouldn't have any problems doing it. She quickly flipped the blade back in and put's it aside. Rummaging through more Sunny pull's a picture frame with an old black and white photo of a Korean woman, the woman looked six years younger than Sunny, her hair was black and tied into a bun. Both were identical in their features, after all, they were both mother and daughter. Her mother was a beautiful woman. Sunny remember's her beauty, her smile, the perfume that she put on and remembering that everywhere she walked their always a radiant glow that followed.

She hugs the frame and closes her eyes. "Sun-Hi stop being silly!" "Mommy! Mommy!" she remembers those moments. She runs to her mother and hugs her as much as possible, not wanting to let go; "Mommy! Linda's being mean too me!" "I am not!" "Yes you are!" "You're such a brat!". "Please!" "Let my mom go!", she picks up the gun "I said let her go!" the man makes a move. "No!" Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

A gasp comes out of her mouth, Sunny slowly breathes trying to catch her breath. She shakes her head. Sunny caresses her mother's photo her heart ached in so many ways, it's been so long since she been able to look at a photo of her mother again. "I've finally came back home mommy..." she hugged the frame one last time and reluctantly set's it aside. Sunny walks back into the bedroom and opens the sliding door of the balcony, the sun is about to go down. She peers into the distance, the sounds of the city from the cars to the people from every walk of life fill the air, the sirens echo somewhere off in the distance. Things will be a lot harder but she'll make the best of it as much as she can. She always imagined that the city was a living breathing thing, it had a life of it's own and it would swallow up those it deemed too weak and fragile. A crooked smile comes across her face "Los Santos...I'm home" Welcome home the city spoke back, Sunny goes back inside, tomorrow will be the start of a new life for her and that's all that was going too matter. Welcome home...Welcome home indeed.

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