Hei Ryung took a deep breath, closing her eyes as she finished talking. She knew this was going to be difficult, she was her daughter after all but that didn't mean her words hurt any less. All her life she had taken only those decisions she thought were beneficial for Heejae but they were proving wrong. Her father had been wrong once upon a time as well.
“I know it's not easy, Heejae but just this once. Give me a final chance to become a mom you deserve, please,” she begged, her eyes teary while Heejae looked away sniffling. “I wont ask anything from you, I swear. I'll pass the company to your brother if he wants it or just donate everything. I wont bug you anymore about Hyunwoo either, you can stay with that rapper. Just let me back into your life. Let me support you through this, you need a mother and not young girls who know nothing about pregnancies.”
“I have been doing just fine till now,” Heejae interrupted her abruptly, glaring at her, “and Yoongi’s mom just went back yesterday after checking up on me, leaving us with instructions. You would be surprised to know but she has called me more times to check on me than you have ever since I left your house.”
Oh, that stung, Hei Ryung thought as she flinched at her words and the tone she used. She was left wondering who she got her sharp tongue from. It definitely wasn't her husband, he was far too soft.
“I can help you find the one who threatened you,” she declared, confidently staring into her daughter's eyes. “In fact, I already told my assistant to start looking into it. You know what I am capable of and you know private investigators work much better than the police. I have enough power over the media too, to find and destroy that person. So, just let me help and prove it to you that you can trust me.”
The offer was tempting and for a moment, Heejae fell for it. It was then that she remembered how not too long ago she had blackmailed her to do everything she said in exchange of getting clients for her studio. The reminder made her scoff.
"You are doing it again, you know? You are trying to negotiate your way into my life by offering me something you know I can't refuse. When will you—"
"Then what do I do?" Hei Ryung burst out suddenly, making her flinch at her abrupt change of volume. "What do I do to be your mom again? It's not like you are giving me an easy option. You don't want me to do anything but then what am I supposed to do for you as a mother. What do you exactly want from me?"
Heejae sighed, a tear rolling down her flush cheek. "Just accept me for who I am. Just say you love me and you are proud of what I've achieved on my own, despite everything. I'm not a child, mother; I don't hide in your shadow anymore. I'm Park Heejae and people know me as a director, film maker not your daughter and you have never acknowledged that even once. The day you say it genuinely and not out of obligation, I'll let you be a part of my life."
The old woman watched her daughter wipe her tears away, with her sniffles turning louder her lover came out as well. She watched the way he took her in his arms and held her and she wished, she was in his place. She was her mother after all.
She could handle it no more and so, she stood up clearing her throat. Heejae didn't look up, her head buried in the man's chest but Yoongi did. The sympathy in his eyes surprised her. Her first impression of the man was of an uninterested, emotionless person resembling a rock but as he looked at her now, her views changed.
Avoiding his eyes, she said, "I'll keep you two updated on the investigation. I won't stop looking for the person who dared threaten my daughter and grandchild. I'll get going now." With her head held high as always, Kang Hei Ryung walked out of the backyard and towards the front.
"Thank you for coming here today," a deep male voice stopped the woman from leaving the house. Taking a deep breath and trying to keep the moisture gathering in her eyes in control, she turned around.
"I know our first meeting wasn't that good, not that I care," Yoongi said, tilting his head towards the backyard, "but I care for her and what you said really hurt Heejae. She only wants you to accept her without demanding anything in return. From personal experience, no child can hate their parents. Just hang in there and show you are there for her and she'll come around. She'll forgive you someday."
Hei Ryung gave him a thin smile. "Thank you for taking care of her when I was unable to and I hope you don't run away because of her personality. I can tell she likes you very much."
The man chuckled, looking back at his girlfriend who now sat in the backyard with her eyes closed. "The feeling is mutual, so you don't have to worry about me running away." Nodding in understanding, the woman left the place.
Seated in the backseat of her car, she finally let go off all the emotions she was holding back. She cried for her wrong decisions, for making her ambitions weigh down on her children and for being the reason of the rift between them. She just wanted to right all of her wrongs from this moment forth, start anew. It's never too late anyways.
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Fanfiction"You can fall for anyone, knowing they aren't good people. Toxic relationships wouldn't exist if people always chose the right type." ? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ? Park Heejae is not his type. Min Yoongi is not her type either. Yet when they come togethe...
