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The hidden: Chapter 4
*FLASHBACK*

It was a cold January in Seoul. But my mom had no jacket to wear. We are poor. But actually not poor. Mom had to work all day and all night and she get high paid for being the best worker in a company.
The thing is just, Dad spent all of them for alchohol. The worse thing is, the often goes to club. Mom knew it. She often cries silently.

And I, as a 6 years old kid, just watch it silently, seeing how dysfuctional my family is.
Why...
Mom...Dad...Why...?
'Why did they married even though they don't love eachother?'

When I ask about that to my mother, she doesn't answer and change the topic. But I knew what is happening from her diary.
Mom, was a one of the children of xxx company in Indonesia. But then, by her siblings, they hired a murderer to kill her. The murderer is my father.
But my father didn't kill her. Instead, He will not kill my mom, but with one condition.

My mom have to marry him.

Of course, they married secretly. You can imagine what violence my father did to my mom.
Then, I was born. I don't know why my father didn't abort me. That time, he actually got enough money to abort me. But he support my mother to give birth to me.
I don't know the reason. But, my father always have time for me. To teach me how to fight. When it come to training, he would look so soft and caring. But when I don't show up, he loves to beat my mom.
I knew it. I just knew everything. They thought I can't see what is happening.

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Today, we are going moving to Indonesia. I don't know the reason. But as a obedient child, I just agreed silently.
If you wondering if I have school, yes. But I have no friends in school. Well, I used to have alot of friends and all of them are fake and insane.
I have no expectation for friends even though I know there is a true friend outside.

We get in the airplane. once the airplane started to fly, I tried to sleep.
"Happy Birthday. Today you are 8 years old." I heard my mom whispering. I hear it.
And for the first time in my life, my tears are rolling down on my cheek.

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It has been 4 month 8 days since I moved. School is just boring.
the only thing I could say is, At night, when I fell asleep, I heard alot of screaming and beating.

One day, I come back from school. When I walk in the house, I see that alot of stuff broke. The room was messy. And there, In the floor, my mother lay down.
And then I knew what was happening.

My. mom. is. D-E-A-D.

I froze, seeing my father lick the knife in his hand, which has alot of blood. The blood from my mother's body.
I just froze. I really wanna cry and screaming. Anger is building up inside my chest. But seeing my mother's corpse, make me froze.
You can see in my eyes that It's empty. There is nothing inside my eyes.

"Well, welcome home." He said.
I just froze in schock. He is smirking evily.
"Well, I'm gonna sell you in The Black Market."

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My father. No. The monster. He is selling me to the Black Market. Where there is, human trafficking, Mafia, Bounty Hunters, murderer and the criminal world.
I was just stareing at the Black Market with lifeless eye.
Why...
Why...Mom...Dad...

Just when I am about to be sold, a bullet hit the monster's chest. Then, the sound of gunshots can be heard everywhere.
Everyone there died. I was just sitting in my chair watching everything like nothing is happening.
A man and his mens came to me.

"Are you Christina's daughter?" He ask. Because of tired, I just nodded. He lift my chin, making a eye contact. His eyes, it's a beautifull Brunette eye.

"Don't worry, kid. I'm going to lead you back to your home. I'm going to tell the police this Black Market." He said, caressing my cheek.
I just nodded.
When we arrived in The Police Station, everyone look at us terrified. I guess, he is a Mafia?

After that, The Black Market vanished. I was sent to the orphanage. The man who saved my life also vanished. But he let me remember something.
"You can call me Mr. Hwang." He said.

I was sent to a orphanage. And I started going to school. It's the same as before. The only thing that change is, everyone starting to gossiping me.

Mothers and children gossiping me. How strange I am that I don't want a friend. But I didn't care. So I start to focused on school and I became the top student.
But the wound is still there, everynight I would have a bad dreams and wake up while sweating.
I started to be kind to the children in my orphanage. And I started listening alot of songs.

I thought...the wound will be gone. But it keeps chasing me for 8 years.

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And here now I am, staring blankly at Greyce, The Grim Reaper.
"I'm here to end your wound." She said.



To be continued...