When he glanced inside it, "What...the fuck?!" Jin said pulling out two stuffed dolls that looked rather familiar.
The first one had long dark hair, brown eyes and wore a traditional Korean female hanbok dress, the doll had a name tag made of silver stitched to it, with the name 'Young Seong-min' engraved on it, while the second doll With short dark hair, brown eyes and wearing a male hanbok, Had the name 'Young Yu-Jin.' engraved on its silver name tag.
"What's going on Cyrus?" Nikolai asked worriedly, but a baffled Cyrus couldn't explain what he witnessed, he just glanced over at Seong-min to see her on the verge of crying.
Surprised and unable to fully comprehend the meaning behind the dolls, Jin tossed the bag and the dolls to the ground which made Nam-gil tan towards them, he grabbed the stuffed dolls from the floor and hugged them close to his chest before he curled-up into a ball on the ground near Jin's feet.
His father's actions further confused him, "Why the hell is he acting like this?!" Jin asked.
"Jin! How could you just throw them like that?!" Ha-joon said scolding Jin, he then hurried to Nam-gil's side and tried to get him off the ground but failed, it seemed like Nam-gil was under shock.
So Ha-joon looked at Jin, "These dolls, Nam-gil made them himself to look like you and Seong-min...they're 7 years old but look as good as new because he takes care of them every day!
They're a secret to most people and he really hates anyone but him touching them, and what you did really upset him Jin!
These dolls are so precious to him that Nam-gil even refused to travel without taking them...in his mind these dolls are the version of His children that he can love without restrictions." Ha-joon explained while fighting his tears.
"What do you mean restrictions?" Ha-yoon asked.
"It took Nam-gil and I a long time before he was even comfortable to hold hands with me, he doesn't like others touch him too...I even have to shake hands with all of his acquaintances at work because he would get overwhelmed if he does it himself." Ha-joon said.
"I don't understand...he has two children, how the hell does he gets overwhelmed by people touching him?!" Ha-yoon's asked, "It takes him time to warm-up to the same person, which is why it's overwhelming when he has to meet new people every day." Seong-min spoke-up.
"Also, Nam-Nam only allows those he is heavily emotionally involved with him, the privilege of touching him more often than usual.
That's why you were even born princess." Soo-Min said chuckling once while looking at her daughter with a sad smile.
Nodding, "I know you guys had me in order to fool grandpa that your marriage is successful, but since I turned out to be a girl, I'm still surprised you didn't try again for a boy." Seong-min replied.
"Uh what's going on?" Nikolai mumbled in surprise.
Approaching her father once more, Seong-min knelt to the ground besides him, the man whom always seemed cold, calm and collected to her was no more, as Nam-gil sat still curled-up While hugging the dolls, his eyes bursting with tears as he mumbled to himself over and over, "joesonghabnida! jeongmal mianhaeyo! (I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!)"
Her father was stuck in his own trance, "I'm sorry too appa...I should've been a better daughter, I should've realized way earlier that you were a prisoner of grandpa too...Just like I was." Seong-min said.
Hearing his sister's words, Jin Looked at her and his father, "Even though he got scared when you blackmailed Us so you can leave Korea, your father told me he was proud of you, Seong-min...you were far more brave than he was." Ha-joon said.
"I'm not brave, I ran away...not to mention how I ended-up screwing everything I do in this town... I'm not sure why this town is unlucky, but even back at Korea with grandpa, I have never faced this many hardships." Seong-min replied.
"I warned you princess, the day you told me you found a way to escape your grandpa for a while...I told you to never run away from your problems, or they'll run after you but to be fair... I'm a hypocrite myself.
I ran away from my own bullshit, and here I am giving advice." Soo-Min said sighing deeply, "Since things have gone to shit anyways...I might as well take care of the rest myself." She added.
"Take care of what?" Nikolai asked, "She's gonna finally say it, I guess." Cyrus replied sighing, "Say what? You know something don't you?!" Ha-yoon asked.
"I do but it's not really my place to say... Honestly I'm not sure it's Soo-Min's place either, but I guess she's ready to take responsibility for what she's about to say." Cyrus replied.
"Soo-Min Unnie, it's better if Nam-gil and I explain it." Ha-joon said, "Do you want me to wait until Nam-Nam snaps out of it?
You're an idiot, I can't believe I loved you at some point Ha-joon-ah." Soo-Min said frowning at him.
Taking a deep lengthy breath, Soo-Min then walked towards Jin and faced him, and in a surprising gesture, she knelt herself on her knees right in front of him.
Shocked, Jin took a step back, "What are you doing?! Get up already!" He said.
"Why is Jin saying that?" Nikolai asked, "Soo-Min just knelt in front of him." Cyrus explained, "WHAT?!" Nikolai gasped.
"Jin, I am sorry on behalf of your father, his boyfriend and myself for not being able to tell you the truth so far.
I'm sorry for all the pain it has cost you, we all have and are still continuing to suffer due to your grandfather's immense power he has over us.
Unfortunately, we couldn't just leave the asshole and go because he has enough money and connection to follow us anywhere and ruin our lives and I have swore when I first married your father that I wouldn't use violence recklessly, so I couldn't just go and kill your grandfather even though he deserves it." Soo-Min said.
"Kill?!" Nikolai gasped again.
"What are you talking about?" Jin asked, "There's one more thing you should know about your father...he's autistic." Soo-Min replied.
...Some minutes later...
Back to sitting on the couch, Soo-Min has explained to Jin about his dad's autism.
Nam-gil wasn't however with them in the living room, as after his breakdown earlier, Ha-joon decided to take him back outside to the car to calm him down despite Ha-yoon saying that they can go to her room to relax.
On the other hand, Soo-Min wasn't too happy about talking in front Nikolai and Cyrus at first, she didn't want to involve them but Cyrus confessed he already knew about Nam-gil's autism and he and Nikolai both insisted that they can be trusted to listen to the story, which made Nikolai remind Soo-Min that as Jin's boyfriend, he can no longer remain in the dark about his affairs.
"The more I hear about this grandpa, the more I wanna choke him! I mean I get it, the older generation had a pride problem, but torturing your kid because he was born autistic as if it's his fault or that being autistic is that bad, is absolutely disgusting!" Nikolai said.
"When I first met Nam-gil, I instantly felt something was different about him...most men were eager to talk to me, touch me and so but he couldn't even look me directly in the eyes.
At first I thought he was shy, or maybe angry that his father was trying to set him up with me, but when he later on told me the truth, I decided to do my best to help him become comfortable with me.
I may have not been in love with Nam-gil but I still wanted to be his friend...he was my first best friend and so was I to him." Soo-Min explained.
"Unnie is such a good person." Ha-yoon said, "And you're horny, Ha-yoon." Cyrus replied making Ha-yoon's frown while Seong-min and Soo-Min laughed.
"It's hard to believe a woman like you, Soo-Min, didn't have friends before her ex-husband." Nikolai said, "I did have some...but they weren't as close as you'd imagine.
Besides, most of my friends were people owing me favors, and vice versa." Soo-Min replied.
"I...feel horrible..." Jin spoke-up, grabbing their attention.
"What's wrong Jinnie?" Nikolai asked worriedly.
"I...behaved like a monster earlier...I mean I'm still Angry at him and I still believe he abandoned me and that he could've done better...but...
Did you see how I took the bag from Nam-gil, how I screamed at him and threw his stuff on the ground! How can I be that heartless!" Jin said, few tears escaped his eyes.
Sighing, Nikolai grabbed Jin's hand, "You were blinded by rage at that moment, you had no idea what was happening so don't blame yourself too much.
I don't know that many people who would've behaved better than you in that situation." Nikolai said trying to reassure Jin as he cried softly.
"Oppa, you have a big heart, it's so big that it has become one big target, so easy to get hurt.
And you're right, father could've done better but it's not possible to ask for a different past now, what's done is done...all I ask of you is a chance to forgive him, you can keep being angry at him just give him a chance to be a father to you.
I know it's hard but if anyone is strong enough to deal with this, it's you Oppa." Seong-min said.
...Meanwhile...
Ever since his phone call with his father, Andrea was pacing all over his home office.
He still couldn't believe that his father asked him to find a way to get rid of Jin and marry Nikolai, he was overjoyed but nervous at the same time.
"Boss, aren't you feeling tired? You've been walking all over the place since your father called!" Dante said snapping Andrea out of his thinking daze.
"Would it kill you to stay silent you moron! I'm trying to think which is a difficult activity for brainless brats like you!" Andrea replied.
Lowering his eyes, "Sorry boss." Dante said.
Suddenly, an idea crept inside Andrea's head, "Hey, Dante!" He said.
"Yeah, boss?"
"I need you to do a background check on a girl, her name is Young Seong-min."
"Oh! Jin's little sister! Why?"
"DUMBASS! don't ask why, just do it!"
"Ah...okay, but it might take a while to do it, since she's not from here." Dante said, "Just try to be as quick as you can, I need all informations you can have.
Especially about her grandfather." Andrea replied.
"Alright, I'll start right away." Dante said and quickly left the office.
Smiling, "If what Seong-min told Minnie and Cyrus in the greenhouse during Nikolai's dinner party is true, then I have really found a way to get rid of Jin without Nikolai seeing me like a monster.
All I have to do is send Jin's ass back to Korea somehow and I'm sure it'll break whatever relationship he has with Niko...then I'll come back into Niko's life and fill the empty hole that Jin will leave behind.
After all Niko and I already promised to each other that we're gonna marry each other if neither of us found love by the time he hit 30.
Once my plan works, Nikolai and I will be together forever!
I wonder should we keep our last names as they are or should I take Nikolai's last name? Maybe we'll combine them!
Oh I can't wait until I start planning for the wedding! I so wanna go to a cold country for our honeymoon.
Maybe we should go to Switzerland!" Andrea said giggling happily.