In Emerald hotel, room 302, Carolyn stared at the man that Jung-Su had arranged for her with no expression on her face and this brought goosebumps on his body." I am hear to kiss you and and Mr.Kim is here to make sure it happens. Where is the CCTV?". Carolyn asked Mr. Kim without changing her expression.
Mr. Kim pointed to the top of the shelve in the room.The young man was intimidated by her bravery and couldn't mutter anything.
"I'm I the one to make the move?". Carolyn yelled. The man fidgeted and moved towards her slowly but Carolyn didn't have the patience. She held him and kissed him passionately. Well that is what the picture gotten from the CCTV would look like.
"Ha!ha! this actually funny Mr.Kim". She said with a bitter smile and left without looking at the man. Mr.Kim followed her but he was drowned in thoughts Carolyn had changed. He wondered where she was going next.
They both walked in silence until they got to the car. Carolyn then sighted Kiera and Kyung in the car. "Mummy!!!". Kiera called with excitement.
"Hi baby, let's go see your lovely grandmother, uncle and aunt. How does that sound". Carolyn asked her daughter. "Yea!!!". Kiera replied causing the adults in the car to laugh.
"But Madam, things would only get complicated. Jung-Jin...". Carolyn interrupted Mr.Kim saying "Didn't your master say he was going to prepare the annulment papers?". Carolyn asked in annoyance.
"Yes but...". "Therefore I am no longer a member of this family. What I am doing now is something I should have done a long time ago". Carolyn interrupted Mr.Kim once again. He had no choice but to keep quiet and drive them there.
In the VIP ward at The Emerald Hospital,
Jung-Jin was breaking things and yelling. The doctor had just told them that Jung-Hyun wouldn't be able to see again. "Eeomoni calm down". Jung-Ri shouted on top of her voice.
"How can she calm down!! I just lost one of my eye to that useless child. She has already dealt with me at this tender age!!!!! Jung-Sik...."."Kumani Oppa [stop, older brother]. Are you going to drag hyeong[older brother] into this". Jung-Ri said interrupting her brother.
"Neo Jung-Raya [you, Jung-Ri] go home you are of no help here!!!". Jung-Hyun yelled so hard at his sister. He couldn't take it anymore. Jung-Ri held back her tears and ran out of the room. "Jung-Hyun she will not stay in that house anymore". "Yes I will not stay". Carolyn said interrupting her mother inlaw.
"I will not stay there anymore. In a week, I and my daughter will be out of your lives, out of that hell you all call home, and out of this country".
"What the hell do you mean!! You want to leave after what you have done to my eye!!". Hyun shouted."Uncle!!". Kiera shouted. "I am not your uncle. Take that devil away from me". Hyun said while moving his bedsheet backwards.
Jung-Jin didn't understand what Carolyn meant when she said she would be out of Seoul in a week."What do you mean you would be out of the country". She asked with curiosity.
"Jung-Jin yeah, because I never considered you my mother-in-law. Apparently I cheated on your son and will divorce him right away before he does". Ring! Ring! Ring! Carolyn's phone rang. It was Jung-Su. Maybe he had prepared the papers."Carolyn Carolyn, looks like you are not the only one that cheats. I'll send you a link make sure you click on it". Jung-Su hung up.
Carolyn ignored the message and walked towards Jung-Jin. Whack!Whack!Whack! "One is for slapping my daughter, one is for the slap I received from you and your husband, and one is for all you put me through for the past two years. Don't even think about reciprocating, if you want your spines to be in check". Carolyn threatened Jung-Jin and walked away with Kiera,Kyung and Mr.Kim. Everyone in the room were equally shocked. Jung-Jin received the biggest shock. She couldn't react but just watched Carolyn's back as she left the room.
"Kyung, tell me the truth now. Did Jung-Jin give you those scars?". Carolyn asked Kyung on their way home.
"Ermmm..". "You can speak, I have a proposal for you". Carolyn interrupted Kyung to ensure she will speak the truth.
" Sir Jung-Su use to love my mother until they broke up.Then met Madam Jung-Jin. When I came to seek for job, she did a background check on me and found out. My mother was one of her greatest enemy though, my mum literally did nothing to her. She would hurt me, sometimes, she would use hot iron on me, whenever I made any mistake". Kyung cried.
"Hmm, it's weird she stopped when I came. I am lucky that I got a lesser punishment. Kyung come with me to America. After all, you can speak English. What do you think?". Carolyn asked raising her eyebrow.
"I will come with you. Thank you! Thank you!" Kyung shouted. "That place was truly hell. I'm sure if I asked any of the helps, they would have also loved to leave there as well". Carolyn thought to herself then she picked up her phone and decided to check the link Jung-Su had sent.
It was a picture of Jung-Sik and Ji-Won on bed and there was an article about it. "Jung-Sik the CEO of the Emerald Group, with the CEO of the King's group Ji-Won at a hotel".. Carolyn dropped her phone on the floor and looked at Kyung.
Kyung quickly picked it up and said " No no I don't think this is true. It is just part of Jung-Su's scheme". "Ha! That is why he hardly came back home". Carolyn said and recalled his expression the first day Ji-Won's name was mentioned at the family house. She smiled bitterly and opened the car door. Kyung carried Kiera who was asleep and they moved into the house.
Jung-Sik was in the living room. "Abeoji, what happened in the news isn't real, I need to explain this to my wife, where is she?". Jung-Sik said in a shaky voice.
"She has her own faults to. Take a look". Jung-Su showed his son his phone swiping through several images. "What the, this isn't my wife. This isn't Carol. Where is she Abeoji!". Jung-Sik yelled and held his father.
"I am here. Kyung take my daughter to her room". Carolyn who had been watching the scene with eyes full of tears finally spoke out. "Carolyn what is the meaning of this nonsense!!! Why would you do this". Jung-Sik held Carolyn with anger, thereby hurting her.
Whack! She slapped him. "You have the guts to ask me that question. What were you doing with this so-called Ji-Won that you were over with a long time ago". She yelled.
Jung-Su watched the scene in front of him with amazement. He whispered to Mr.Kim "I am a great director, don't this scene look entertaining?". Mr.Kim let out a fake smile. He had never seen anyone this evil and childish in his life before.
"My father didn't just show me one picture Carolyn, he showed me many. You met this guy on several occasions?" Jung-Sik yelled with tears streaming down from his eyes.
"No I didn't..". Carolyn wanted to say the truth but then she glanced at Jung-Su and smiled. His plan never failed. He was only a patient dog waiting for the right time to execute them. It was high time she left this family for good.
"Fine let's say I did that. That was because I was lonely. Why would you leave us here at the first place!!". She yelled and tried to hold back her tears. Jung-Sik couldn't believe what he just heard. This was the same thing Ji-Won did to him back then.
"All women are indeed the same. You guys can never be satisfied? I heard you asked for an annulment and you lured Kiera into destroying my brother's eye. Well no issues I will grant you the annulment. I'm done with women. Take Kiera with you. I just found out that truly she is not my child". Jung-Sik said looking directly into her eyes with anger. He wasn't thinking right now. This was all anger.
Carolyn's eyes shone in disbelief. She didn't understand where he was coming from. Did he just blame her for the loss of his brother's eye and did he just say that Kiera wasn't his child, where was all these coming from. "You must be wondering how I know she isn't my child. This was the reason I didn't come back for the party I needed time to think. Abeoji and I had re-done a paternity test before now. He took Kiera's hair and it didn't match with mine. Then few weeks to her birthday, you told me she had fallen down and was rushed to the hospital, a blood test was done and her blood didn't match with any of theirs, so they had to use yours, I didn't believe so I sent mine to them and it wasn't a match either. Looks like the test we carried out when she was little is invalid now".
Carolyn laughed, the story sounded so hilarious. It was either the doctor's had been bribed by Jung-Su or there was a mistake and was he stupid, when Kiera was born they did a paternity test. How could it be invalid now that she's three years old. Yes, Kiera accidentally tripped and hit her forehead on the floor, thereby leading to serious bleeding, she had no idea that they had volunteered to supply blood for her daughter. At this point she was fed up.
The fool she called her husband that never for once picked a hint that her constant complaining was because she was been abused at that house or never took the hint to realize that his family was putting on a show, anytime he arrived, had the guts to say these words to her.
"I'm sure my things have been packed I'll be staying at a hotel for now". Carolyn said and moved to her daughter's room.
"Abeoji, hyeong what was that about. Why is she leaving. She never had an affair with anyone. If she did I would know.". Jung-Ri who had been listening from the kitchen decided to speak up.
"Jung-Ri go inside this is none of your business!!!". Jung-Su yelled on top of his voice. This his little daughter was about to ruin his plans.He glanced at his son and said "Son that's enough, sign the papers and give her whatever amount you want to settle her with".
"You think this is easy Abeoji? I don't care about the money. I could give her any amount but this pain is worst than anything I have felt in my life". Jung-Sik knelt down and started crying. Jung-Su felt so bad for him and felt that he had gone too far but at this point there was nothing he could do. He tapped his son's back and allowed him to weep all he wanted.
Same was going on in Kiera's room. Carolyn weeped silently while Kyung conforted her with a light tap at the back.
After two weeks, Carolyn was back to America with Kyung and Kiera. Jung-Sik had signed the papers and given her $200 million dollars to continue her life with Kiera. Despite the fact, that he felt Kiera wasn't his daughter, he didn't want to see her suffer. He wanted her to enjoy being rich and trusted that Carolyn would put the money to good use.
*****************Two months later************
"Son please eat, stop working for now uh. Do you think Carolyn is acting this same way?" Jung-Jin asked with frustration. It's already been two months and Jung-Sik hasn't been back to normal. He had always been a workaholic but it was worse that before now.
"Mum I will be okay". Jung-Sik told his mum and continued his work. He was trying to be strong but he couldn't keep replaying Carolyn's words in his head. How she admitted having an affair because she was lonely. How she laughed off the talk that Kiera wasn't his child and how she looked at him when she left with no single remorse. He felt angry and sometimes blamed himself for being consumed with work but it was all done now, he just needed time to heal.
Meanwhile, in America, Carolyn had started her journey on establishing her skincare line. She had studied Chemistry in college, and Cosmetic science during her master's program. It has always been her dream to establish her own comoany but she found herself in hell where she couldn't make any move.
Everyday, she looked at herself within this short frame of time and the little improvements she had made, she never regretted leaving Korea. Though she still loved Jung-Sik but she had to suppress it because she never imagined that he would believe that Kiera wasn't his child.
"Are you okay? You seem happier". Kyung asked. "I'm good. Is Kiera back from school?" Carolyn asked with a gentle smile." Yes she is but she is asleep now" Kyung replied. "Okay I'll just go see her and thank you Kyung, you've really been of great help to me" Carolyn said and headed towards her daughter's room.
Looking at the innocent soul sleeping peacefully, she shed a tear, touched Kiera's hair and said "Kiera you did nothing to deserve this,i might lie to you later in the future when you become curious about your dad, but please forgive me. I promise to give you the best life that anyone could ever give you because you are my only family". She kissed Kiera's forehead and left the room.