Lu Jinho had this serious look on his face, it was as though he could not believe what he was being told at moment.
"What did you say?"
"It's not certain yet, but after interrogating one of Ju Min's men which we captured, he told us that the girl from twelve years ago was still breathing when he dumped her in the waste bin and when Ju Min instructed him to go finish her off, she was no longer there".
"How sure are you that it's Cha Yun Jae and not Joo Ah?"
"He said your sister was already dead at the time".
Suddenly, the pain and anger he had tried to subdue all these years suddenly came back in a thousand folds. But then, he closed his eyes and placed his fingers on the top of his nose and later moved them to his eyes as though he was trying to control himself. With his eyes still closed, he said to Yu Lei in a very low and somewhat calm voice.
"Find her, I don't care how much resources it's going to take, I don't care how many people you need just take all you need and find her".
Yu Lei knew his friend was not emotionally stable right now and he assumed something in the Lu's family house must have triggered him. Knowing this, he simply walked out of the room with the intention of leaving him alone to recollect his thoughts.
Inside the room, Lu Jinho began recollecting what happened that made him this agitated.
**flashback to earlier that day**
"Lu Jinho, can I talk to you for a minute?"
It was Yoon Nana who called him and seeing that the entire family was there, he decided to go with her to avoid any unnecessary arguments plus, he noticed that Shin Suri wasn't at the table with them so he decided to listen to what she had to say even though he actually wasn't interested.
Yoon Nana led him to a room and asked him to sit but since he insisted he didn't want to, she also decided to remain standing.
"Lu Jinho, remember when we were younger? You were so fond of me it made our parents think of having us get engaged".
And just like that, she began to cry.
"I miss your mother so much".
Lu Jinho didn't know where that came from and he didn't know where any of this was going but he definitely didn't like what she was saying. He kept looking at her with one brow raised.
"She treated me like her own child and loved me so much that you also couldn't help but love me as well. But as soon as she left, you forgot about me completely. If only....(sobbing) she was still her, you would have....."
"Stop!" He said in a calm but commanding voice which made her keep quiet immediately.
He was getting angry and he didn't like it so he closed his eyes to calm himself down a little.
"Let's never talk about this again".
***
He let out a sigh of frustration as he relived that scenario again in his head. He couldn't even understand why she would bring it up.
He still couldn't seem to calm down completely so he decided to go take a shower. Meanwhile, Shin Suri was still in the torture house with Joo Ah, Jagi, Kali, and of course Kim Yuri.
"Why are you here". I asked Joo Ah.
"You said to make sure she doesn't die".
"I did? Ahh! I did. I must be stressed out, I totally forgot. Either way, I'm here now you don't need to take care of her anymore".
Joo Ah didn't say anything, she simply nodded. I was pretty quick-witted so I could see the disappointment in her eyes, it was obvious she didn't like the fact that I was indirectly stopping her from coming here.
For now, I'll ignore that completely. With that being concluded in my mind, I bent to say hi to Jagi but even she was ignoring me now. It was obvious the atmosphere in the room had changed completely so I decided to leave first and go take a shower.
After Shin Suri left, Kim Yuri called Joo Ah and she went close to her cage.
"Joo Ah, listen to me, you must never betray Shin Suri, never".
Joo Ah didn't understand why she was saying that to her when it was obvious Shin Suri was torturing her like crazy.
"Why would you say that? I have no plans of betraying her but don't you feel the need to take revenge? She didn't even acknowledge you when she came in".
"She has her reasons. You have to listen to me Joo Ah, one of the people you should never let down is Shin Suri. She is going to help you in so many ways. Promise me you'll do as I say".
Joo Ah nodded and left with Jagi and Kali.
When I got to the room, I didn't see Lu Jinho anywhere so I assumed he was still in his study, angry. I walked towards the bathroom but just as I was about to open the door, it opened up and I bumped right into the person in front of me.
'Aishhh, why does this kind of thing keep happening to me?'
I asked myself with my head still resting on his chest.
"What are you doing?" That brought me back to my senses as I immediately removed my head and walked past him shutting the door to the bathroom.
"I shouldn't have acted that way towards her this morning. Is she mad because I didn't talk to her?"
"What is this? Aishh Shin Suri you are one sloppy girl don't you think? Why do you always have to do stupid things around him? We'll start training again tomorrow, that should put some sense into your inexperienced body".
After a while, I came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel but then, it crossed my mind and I suddenly halt at the entrance of the bathroom, I stood bent a little with my legs opened slightly like someone was pointing a gun at my head.
"Wait, what is this? Where am I? No, no, no. No way, am I in Lu Jinho's room?"