Fifty eight

Taejun was a shadow of his former self ever since he found out the truth about Hye sun. His friends tried to pull him out of his depression but their efforts where in vain. He was yet to receive payment for the sale of the land and truthfully, he didn't care. All he cared about was an explanation from Hye sun. He wanted to hear the reason why he lied and used him straight from his own mouth but he hadn't seen him for almost a week now and there wasn't any sign he was coming back.

In the midst of all these, he didn't tell his mother what happened. She would be devastated because she had grown to love Hye sun so much. As for Nara, she was more than relieved that Hye sun was finally out of their lives even though, she sometimes felt bad looking at Taejun's miserable face and watched him drown himself in alcohol every night.

One day, Taejun was leaving the house when his mother stopped him, holding his arm tightly.

"What happened to Hye sun?" She whispered in a weak voice.

Taejun couldn't answer. What could he possibly tell her? That Hye sun was a traitor? He held her hand in his.

"Come on Mother, you need to rest and take your medicine" he said leading her to her rocking chair and trying to distract her but she gripped his hand

"I know something is wrong Taejun. I can see right through you." she whispered looking straight into his eyes.

Taejun tried to control himself but he was already tearing up.

"I don't believe he can just get up one day and not come back. What about the business he was helping you with? What happened to that?"

Taejun shook his head. "Nothing mother. It's just... "

"You two where happy. You love each other" She frowned at him. "Or did you say something to upset him that made him leave? You know you have a horrible temper"

Taejun breathed heavily. "No, I did not say anything to make him leave"

He ran his hands roughly over his hair in agitation. "You know what, please stop talking about Hye sun anymore. He left and that's that...just make sure you tdake your medicine"

He started to leave.

"Taejun!" She called out but he just turned around, gave her a sad smile and walked out of the house.

Mrs Kim wasn't comfortable with what was happening with her son. He hardly ate and he had lost so much weight in just a matter of days. It pained her heart to see him like this. She had to know what had happened to him to make him turn to this.

There was only one way she knew how. She would have to invade his privacy. Thankfully, his room was open unlike before which made it easier for her to enter and do a calm search. She was worried he was taking solace in drugs so she searched for anything out of the ordinary but nothing stood out. After a while, she gave up and was about leaving the room when her eyes caught something peeking out from Taejun's pillow on the bed. She waddled to the bed, pulled out the pillow and sighted a newspaper in front of her. She was quite surprised to find this here because her son never read newspaper. She slowly turned to the front page and was struck speechless as soon as she saw Hye sun's face and read the headlines. The paper fell from her trembling hands. Her legs grew too weak to carry her and she fell to the ground, her attack coming up with full force. Her eyes turning white as she started foaming from the mouth shaking violently, her teeth clattering.

"Eomma! Eomma!" Taejun's voice was heard from outside the room. He had forgotten something in his room and returned to get it. Hearing no answer from his mother, he entered his room only to recieve a rude awakening. His mother was lying in the middle of the room having one of her epileptic attacks but this time, it was different. It looked so severe. He rushed to her full of worry.

"Eomma, it's okay..." He whispered but his breath hung when he noticed the newspaper lying on the floor beside her. Tears filled his eyes.

"No mother, you shouldn't have seen that...i knew you wouldn't be able to handle it" he cried.

Suddenly, he felt her tight grip on his arm.

"You must make that bastard pay" She whispered and then the strength of her hand weakened and fell to her side. She became absolutely still, unmoving. Taejun screamed in fear and carried her in his arms. He rushed her to the hospital but it was too late.

"I'm sorry Mr Kim but your mother went into cardiac arrest. We tried to save her but we couldn't. I'm sorry but she's dead" The female doctor said to him in front of the ward.

A dangerous flame spread all over his body when he saw his mother's lifeless body and the only thing he could think of was the last words she had said to him.

You must make that bastard pay

Overwhelmed with sorrow, he ran out of the room and fell to his knees crying his eyes out. He couldn't believe this was happening. His mother, the only family he had left and the one he loved more than anything else in the world was now dead and it was all due to his carelessness. Nara who had just arrived rushed to him and knelt by his side stroking his shoulders gently.

"What happened?" she questioned.

"Eomma...Eomma..." he stuttered unable to get out another word.

"Talk to me!" Nara screamed in alarm and he told her everything all the while chocking on his own tears. Nara stood up, anger piercing through her eyes.

"I tried to warn you about Hye sun but you wouldn't listen. You were so blinded by love to notice something was strange about him" she yelled.

Taejun breathed heavily and deeply tightening his fist in anger.

"I need to see him... I need to see that bastard who destroyed my life"

"Take it easy Taejun. I understand how difficult this is for you. Mrs Kim was just like my mother too but we have to be strong to fight this coming war. The Parks can't go scott free for this" She said.

They sobbed together but inside of Taejun, an evil was unlocking itself. He thought of all the possible things he could do to take his revenge and it all involved killing that bastard Park Hye sun. No wonder he never told him his last name.

Mrs Kim was given a simple burial. She was buried at a local cemetery since the land was no longer his. Immediately after the burial, he was determined to find Hye sun and punish him for his betrayal.

Two days later together with his friends, he headed to the Parks company and forced his way inside with the help of Min joon Jae's thugs. They evaded security wielding weapons against the men who were trying to bar them from entering. Taejun stood in the middle of the huge hall.

"Park hye sun! Come out here you bastard!" he yelled out.

A woman who was probably the receptionist walked up to them bowing her head in fear.

"Please sir, you can't do this here!" she whispered shakily.

One of the thugs grabbed her chin forcefully and Taejun walked over to her with a sinister look in his eyes.

"I'm not here to steal your money. Just call your fucking bosses and tell them to come down here....

"Now!" He shouted.

The woman flinched out of fear and as soon as the thug released her, she flew to her desk and began dialling the phone trembling.

Taejun waited. He didn't wait for long as three figures walked out of the elevator. His eyes immediately fell onto Hye sun who was walking towards him with a blank look on his face but he caught something else. His hands where interlocked with that of the woman beside him. Rage built up within him. Extreme rage because his heart still beat fast because of this man and he hated it so much. He hated himself more than anything at that moment

Hye sun stopped right in front of him and frowned.

"What the hell are you doing here?" he started.

"Why did you do this to me? I've lost everything because of you!" he cried.

Hye sun scoffed. "Is that the reason why you came here creating a scene with these thugs?"

Taejun stared at Hye sun through glossy eyes. He couldn't believe this was the same man he had fallen in love with.

"Was this your true nature? Is this really how you are?" he whispered.

Something shifted in Hye sun's eyes but it vanished immediately.
"I'm sorry for deceiving you but business is business!" he answered with a cocky smile. He was so mad with fury that he lurched at him wishing to wipe that stupid smile of his with a quick punch to the jaw

"You bastard! Because of you, my mother died! Because of you!" He yelled as tears poured down his eyes. Hye sun's countenance suddenly softened and he held his chest feeling a little pain there.

"Hey are you alright?" Yumi whispered to him looking concerned. He nodded.

Taejun pointed at her. "So this is your girlfriend?"

Yumi placed her hands on her hips. "Not girlfriend low life, Fiancee!" she answered with an annoying smile plastering her lips.

Taejun shook his head and looked at Hye sun who was looking back at him without any emotion on his face.

"Will you all get out of this company before I have all of you arrested!" Mr Kim shouted loudly.

"Let's go Taejun!" Joon Jae whispered to him.

"Hye sun, let's settle all of this once and for all. Meet me at the factory at North end street by noon today"

Hye sun folded his arms over his chest. "And why should i?"

"Because if you don't. I will kill each and every one of you. Then I will burn this place to the ground" he said through gritted teeth and everyone had to listen because he looked like he wasn't bluffing.

"And come alone" He added and started to leave.

"Before you go you should take this" Mr Park yelled and threw a piece of paper to the ground.

"It's the cheque for your land. I was going to mail it to you this afternoon but here you are"

Taejun frowned. "Keep the cheque you bastard and shove it up your...."

"He'll take it" Kai said grabbing the cheque from the floor.

"Give it back!" Taejun thundered.

"Are you crazy? This money is yours and we are going to use it to continue our business plans" Kai yelled back.

"Let's go!" he whispered in a softer tone and they all left with their backs stiff. Taejun wished he had punched that idiot's face but he will definitely have the chance to do that this night if Hye sun actually showed up.

That evening Hye sun arrived at the factory to meet Taejun. When he met him, he was standing pointing a gun at him.

"You are going to die right where you stand Hye sun!"

"Drop that gun Taejun"

"No. I'm going to kill you but not until you tell me why! Why did you decieve me? Why did you give me fake words and empty promises"

"I... I... " Hye sun was unable to say a word but then he finally continued.

"I don't know but you should get over it. It meant nothing. You are rich now. You can do whatever you want! Let it go!"

Taejun narrowed his eyes at him"Let it go? I sold my land because of you. I changed my life because of you. I loved you and now my mother is dead because of you"

"You caused your mother's death not me!" Hye sun said heartlessly then laughed. "Did you really think someone like me would end up with a thug like you? Really?"

"I hate you Park hye sun and I swear that even if even if it takes me my whole life I will bring you down. I will not rest until I have destroyed you and your entire family. I will have revenge"

"Empty threats!" Hye sun said with a wry smile but ducked as Taejun fired a shot at him. He lurched at him and grabbed his hand, hitting it repeatedly so that the gun skittered to the ground.

Taejun punched him straight to the face. Blood filled his mouth, spilling down his chin. Hye sun tackled him to the ground and the fight turned pretty bloody as they kept hitting each other slamming each other to the walls till their faces where swollen and blood where already drenching their clothes but in the middle of this scuffle, they where unaware that two live wires where sparking electricity beside a full gallon of gasoline.

Hye sun stared at Taejun lying on the ground in pain clutching his stomach.

"You stay away from me Taejun!" he growled.

Taejun glared up at him"From now on, you are my mortal enemy. Because of you, I will become powerful and wealthy and I will be a thorn in your flesh" he managed to utter while spitting out blood.

Hye sun ignored him. He had to get out of here. His ribs where hurting and he really needed medical attention. He dragged his feet out of the factory. He hadn't gotten far when he heard a deafening blast. He turned round and saw the building in flames.

A shiver ran through him as he stood there frozen to the spot staring at the burning building. Something was hitting at his chest. He felt suffocated all of a sudden as tears fell down his eyes and then it hit him.

"Taejun!" he screamed and rushed towards the building but a hand grabbed him pulling him back. It was his father.

Hye sun trembled as memories of the past few days filled his head "What have I done? What happened to me? What was I thinking? How could I do this to him?" He cried. Had he been possessed or something.

"Stop it! He's dead...There's no way he can survive"

Hye sun looked up at his father, tears wetting his cheeks.

"How did..."

"I followed you. I couldn't leave you alone with that savage"

"I wasn't in my right senses when I hurt him. I don't know what I was thinking"

Mr Park held his shoulder "Snap out of it Hye sun. No more going back! you hear me. As this Factory burns down so has all your memories of your past with Taejun. He no longer exists so you will come back with me, become my son again and a husband to Yumi"

Hye sun looked back at the building gradually descending into rubble. Taejun didn't deserve this. He never deserved all these that happened to him. If only he had never come into his life. He was going to carry this burden for the rest of his life.

Three months later, Taejun opened his eyes slowly hearing the soft beeping noise coming from the life support machine but one part of his face stung painfully and he couldn't see from one eye. Slowly, he looked down at his body and gasped in shock when he saw one of his legs was gone and there was a huge ugly scar on the other leg. He wailed sorrowfully and Nara ran inside the room along with some doctors and nurses.

"You're awake!" Nara cried hugging him tightly.

"What happened to me?" Taejun cried holding on to her.

"You almost died in a fire at the factory. I saved you...." she cried.

Taejun remembered it all alright. The fight with Hye sun and how he had abandoned him when the factory caught fire.

"Park hye sun, I will never forgive you" he said.

The doctors checked him up and thankfully, he was out of danger but he was never going to be the same. His scared face and amputated leg reminded him of that. His friends reunited with him thankful that he was finally out of coma after three months. They also informed him of their progress concerning business.

"I got a government position recently so it would make it easier for us to get licenses for our business" Lee pil no said

"Deal ruthlessly with anyone who tries to stand in our way. We must be rich whether by hook or by crook and finally destroy the Parks once and for all"

Thus began the endless feud between the Parks and the Kims. The Kims construction and investment company was founded on blood. They eliminated everyone who tried to go against them. Kidnapping and black mail became the order of the day. Taejun rose to become the richest man in the North with illegal dealings which where backed up by his friends who had all rose with him to a state of power, one that left the Parks in awe. The Parks where their main targets and they made sure they where always sabotaging their contracts and dealings. Kidnapping and killing their men.

"What are we going to do Hye sun? We can't just keep quiet. We must fight fire with fire for the safety of our family" Yumi whispered as she held her three month old baby Jimin in her arms.

"You're right Yumi. Taejun has refused to come to a truce. I will have no choice but to take matters into my own hands"

He could do whatever he wanted now since his father succumbed to the cold hands of death last year.

Yumi nodded. "You have to. I don't want Jimin getting involved in this"

"He's already involved. As long as he is a Park, He's already an enemy of the Kims so I advise you not to spoil him too much and prepare him for the war ahead" Hye said coldly and walked away leaving Yumi staring after him. Two years of marriage and he became cold as ice because deep inside, he was blaming himself for a crime which he did not commit. A crime which was her own burden to bear and not his.

Taejun held his new born son in his arms smiling approvingly at Nara as she laid on the hospital bed covered with sweat.

"Taehyung!" He exclaimed with a wide smile "Your name will be Taehyung and you are going to be a warrior! You are going to be my heir and help your father vanquish his enemies most especially the Parks. I will train you not to give in to the temptations of love so no one will decieve you. So that you will conquer anything and anyone. So you will not be trampled on by anybody"

He kissed the baby's head and gave him back to his mother. Nara smiled painfully as she held the child.

"I know we only married so I can mother your children but I don't want Taehyung getting into this feud. I want him far away from it"

"No Nara. Our son is already a part of this feud. I will make him a weapon against the Parks."

Nara sighed sadly and for years, the feud lasted until finally, it brought them to this moment.

Everyone was silent as Yumi finally concluded the story sobbing. Jimin and Taehyung stared at each other unable to comprehend what was happening.

"That was how everything happened. My selfishness caused it all. The man who gave me the love cupid suddenly appeared to me few weeks ago and revealed himself to me as an angel. At first, I thought I was going crazy but it's true. It's so true"

Taejun scoffed "So you mean to tell me all these was because you took a cupid substance from an angel?" He said.

Hye sun shrugged. "Unbelievable! If you think it's going to stop this war between me and him then you are sorely mistaken. I...."

"It's true. It isn't a lie!" A voice shouted few meters away from them and everyone turned to see Jungkook walking towards the gathering and on his back where huge white and shining wings. They where was in shock. Taejun sank to his knees staring in amazement and disbelief.

"It's not possible!" Hye sun muttered over and over again as his mouth hung wide open. Baekhyun fainted and everyone was in a state of frozen panic.

"I'm sorry!" Jungkook simply said and a terrible silence fell over everyone as his wings disappeared.

Thanks for reading. Still needs a little editing because this is my longest chapter yet. This book is finally ending and I feel a bit hollow. Anyway, till the next chapter. Have a great day.

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