Chapter Thirty-One

Narae then turned to me with a scowl. "You did this!" she pointed at me as she headed towards me. Mr. Kim put his arms out and prevented her from coming nearer. She continued, "You spoiled our fun! You ruined the night! Why do you have to ruin everything that we do?! You embarrassed us in front of everyone! Our friends, the police and more random people that we don't know!"




"If I didn't do anything, Narae!" I shouted. "And even if I did call the police, it was for the best! Your children were in danger! And all you can still think about is being embarrassed?!" I continued. "Your children were offered drugs and were almost assaulted. And you still think about your so-called friends here?!" I exclaimed as I pointed at the men. "True friends don't harm their friends' kids, okay?! Get that through your head!"




"Oh, stop it, Mingyu," Jaeyun entered the conversation. She looked to our direction and continued, "We already know how high and mighty you are. You don't have to act that way."




My blood boiled even more. "I'm not high and mighty, nor am I trying to be. I'm only after the well-being of the children. Something that the two of you should be doing instead of me," I complained.




"What do you know about children? You're not a mother and you were never one," Jaeyun spatted.




"I may not be the true mother of those children. But I can say that I'm doing a better job at being one than the both of you combined," I snarled.




"How dare you!" Narae exclaimed as she prepared to slap me.




Mr. Kim held her waist and said, "If you dare to hurt Miss Ryuk again, I won't hesitate to have you detained for a longer period."




"Oh, what is she to you? Don't insert yourself in a mess that you're not involved in," Narae remarked.




"I work for Miss Ryuk's boss. He was the one who called the police because he overheard the chaos over the phone. If you're going to complain about the police coming here, it was my boss' doing. Not Miss Ryuk's," Mr. Kim explained after he stepped closer to Narae.




Jaeyun and Narae looked at me, shocked. On the other hand, I looked down to my hand and was surprised that I was still holding my phone. I opened it to see if the call was still on. But it has already ended.




'Could it be that Mr. Nam truly overheard everything that happened?' I asked myself. 'If that was the case, it was very nice and quick of him to call the police.'




Seconds later, the police officer returned. He turned to the three men and told his fellow officers, "Take this to the boss' station. They just confirmed that these three are currently on parole."




The men looked at them with terrified stares. But they didn't protest. They simply looked at one another, disappointed.




"And as for the two of you," the police officer then turned to my sisters, "You will be detained for the night. If you have a parent, a guardian or a lawyer, you will be given the opportunity to call them over at the station."




Two lady officers approached my sisters but Narae immediately exclaimed, "There is no way that I'm going to stay in a jail cell tonight! Only they," she pointed at the guys, "Did something wrong! Why should we be brought into it?!"




The police officer approached them and replied, "You two are responsible for endangering the lives of five children, miss. I'm afraid we can't let that slide. Especially, knowing that you are the parents of the said children."




"No! I will not be sent to jail!" Narae complained.




"Madam, either you come with us peacefully or we'll have to force you to come. You don't want the hard way," one of the lady officers interrupted.




"Let's just go with them, Narae," Jaeyun answered with a sigh.




"What?!" Narae asked as she watched Jaeyun stand. "You're just going to let them take us to prison?! Are you insane?"




"At this point, is there anything else that we can do?" Jaeyun snapped as she looked at Narae. "Let's just call Mom when we get there," she added as she was escorted by a lady officer out of the house.




Narae scoffed before she turned to me. She scowled and gritted, "You will pay for this, Mingyu." With a huff, she walked ahead and the lady officer followed right away.




As for the three men, they were immediately cuffed. They kept their heads down as they were escorted out of the house.




Mr. Kim approached the police officer and shook hands with him. "Thank you for your help, Mr. Lee. You never failed to uphold justice when it's needed. Mr. Nam extends his gratitude to you and your team," he said.




"No need for that, Mr. Kim. I'm only doing my job," the police officer replied. He turned to me and asked, "Are you alright, ma'am?"




"Yes, sir," I nodded. "Thank you for coming."




"No worries, ma'am."




"If it's not too much to ask, please don't mistreat my sisters. Don't put them in a cell with others. I have a feeling that they will be ridiculed if that happened," I requested.




"No problem, I can take care of that for you," he replied. He returned to Mr. Kim and continued, "I better be going. Have a safe drive, Mr. Kim.




"You too, Mr. Lee," Mr. Kim replied.




Mr. Lee nodded towards me before he left for the door.




Mr. Kim then looked at me and smiled. "Are you sure that you're okay, Miss Ryuk?"




"Yes, Mr. Kim. Nothing happened to me," I replied.




"That's good. Why don't we check on the children?"




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"If you need anything else, Miss Ryuk, do not hesitate to give me a call," Mr. Kim said as he stepped out of the house. The social workers already left for the night and Mr. Kim stayed for a bit to make sure that nothing would bother me for the rest of the night.




"I will, Mr. Kim. Thanks for coming tonight," I smiled.




"Oh, don't thank me, Miss Ryuk. Thank Mr. Nam. He's responsible for the police's arrival, as well as the appearance of the social workers," Mr. Kim answered with a smile.




I nodded. "Have a safe trip home, Mr. Kim."




He returned a nod and headed to his car. He slowly reversed and before he completely drove away, he honked twice.




I then closed the door and locked it. I also checked the back door and all the windows to make sure that everything was secured.




I was making my way up the stairs when my phone rang. I looked at it and saw that it was Mr. Nam. I immediately answered, "Hello, Mr. Nam?"




"Are you alright, Miss Ryuk? Is everything okay?" he immediately asked as soon as I picked up the call.




"Everything's alright, Mr. Nam. Thank you for calling the police for us. I didn't expect that you would do such a thing," I replied.




"That was nothing, Miss Ryuk. I couldn't just sit here and let something bad happen. Especially, when I heard that there were children involved," he replied. "How are they? I hope they weren't hurt or anything."




As soon as he asked that, I opened the kids' bedroom door. The bedside table lamp illuminated the room and my heart was calmed with what I saw. Everybody was sleeping peacefully. Yeonghee was tucked in between Chiwon and Sunmi. Yeonseok decided to sleep on Yeonghee's pull-a-bed. He said he wanted to protect the others which was why he slept there.




"Miss Ryuk? Are you still there?" Mr. Nam asked over the phone.




I blinked a few times before I replied, "Oh, yes, sir. The children are fine. Luckily, nothing bad happened to them."




"That's good. How about you? Did any of those guys touch you? Did they offend you in any way?" he asked.




I closed the door of the kids' bedroom as I answered, "I'm alright, Mr. Nam. I was able to push one of them away. I was well-prepared to defend myself and the kids. But thankfully, the police arrived and they were very helpful."




"That's good to know."




"Well, I must head to bed now, Mr. Nam. I will see you tomorrow morning," I replied as I went to my room. "Again, sir, thank you for everything."




"Don't mention it, Miss Ryuk. Have a good night's sleep."




With that, I ended the call and grabbed my blanket. I then returned to the children's room and settled beside Ahra on the top bunk. Finally, the day was over and the children were safe from any sort of harm.