Make It Real: Chapter 11

"Do you know my real parents, Mama?"

Hasun and Juniel were still awake talking about her biological background .

"I never met them. It was your grandmother who brought you to Holt ." The memory was still fresh from the old woman's mind.

"Did she tell anything about them?" Juniel was eager to know about the story on how she went to Choi family.

"You don't need to ask, it's not important now." Mrs. Choi Hasun is the major donator of Holt Orphanage where the girl was brought. She paid a huge amount to the grandmother for her not to disturb her grandchild again. She signed the agreement for her not to break her promise.

"But I want to, please..." Juniel was too curious on how her parents look like or how they behave.

"Your grandmother said that you looks exactly like your mother except that you have brown hair and eyes which you got from your father. She said your father has foreign blood."

"Whatelse? How about my attitude? Is this why I'm not intelligent?"

"Your parents were still students when you were conceived. Your grandmother was running a small restaurant as the source of their income."

"Then...Why did they abandoned me?"

"They didn't abandon you. This would just make you sad if you find out angel so don't ask about it." The girl's background is actually dramatic.

"Please Mama just tell me. I try not to get affected."

The mother breathed deeply, thinking on how to say it to her curious daughter. "Your real father died in a motor accident and afterwards, your mother committed suicide."

Juniel's eyes went big as she learned it "Huh, why did she do that?

"Too much depression. She thought that she can't live without your father. Your grandmother had been tormented by the tragic death of your mother and was forced to send you to orphanage."

The girl got saddened by her family's story and could be seen all over her face.

"Don't imitate your mother. She killed herself because of love."

'She's in love with my father that's why she did that?"

"Your grandmother said she was nice until she became obsess with him even taking her own life." Sungho and Hasun were giving everything to Juniel for her to experience comfortable life unlike with her real parents. The only thing that they feared of was Juniel might get the same fate as her real mother which they are trying to prevent.

Chairman Monghee's secretary, Mr. Shin  was sent to Boston to investigate Minho's girlfriend, two days after he reported to his boss on what he discovered.

Yuri was the eldest daughter of a dentist and his wife who is RTW owner in Seoul. She has three more sisters and had graduate from Seoul National University. She moved to California U.S. to pursue her interest in modeling and fashion designing where she met the young man, Minho. She became one of the most hired model from her rising company and has been on the pages of popular magazines such as Vogue recently. They were living in together for almost ten years now and Minho gave her a luxurious condo and BMW. They don't have children due to her career but there is a rumor spreading out that she got pregnant by her boyfriend, apparently Minho's child and secretly went to abort the baby but she denied it.

"Offer her with $2 million. If she decline, raise the amount until she accept it."

"Yes Chairman."

Mr. Shin went to Yuri's condo in Mandarin Oriental. He did what his chairperson told him.

"What they think about me, a whore?! I won't accept that even if you pay more!" She told the man furiously. She never felt so disgraced as this being threatened by Minho's parents. "I'm not depending on their son's money if that's what they're thinking. I have my own job too."

"I'm sorry. I'm just following their order." The man asked for forgiveness as he understood Yuri's feeling.

"They're too arrogant, they thought they can buy everything. Go now and never come again. Shove that money to their face!"

After the secretary left, Yuri called Minho complaining about his parents' wrongdoing which greatly upsets her boyfriend. Right after, he announced that he is stepping down as chairperson of JSB on the same day which stunned everyone in the company  especially the employees.

Sulli just found out Minho's decision and went hurriedly to see her brother .

"Is that true that you stepped down because you want to leave us.?" She asked him looking so scared about his sudden decision.

Yes. And I'll never go back." He answered while packing his things.

"Why? What happened? I thought you will going to marry Yuri here."

"Our parents turn evil as they offered her some money to leave me."

"They did?"

"Yes and I'm grateful that Yuri didn't accept it. She can't replace love with money."

"I'm sorry for that but can you talk with them first regarding this, maybe you can fix it peacefully."

"No need. I'm done with this constant manipulation. The more I see them, the more they look greedy."

The information regarding Yuri's response and Minho's step down reached Chairman Monghee. He went home wanting to confront his son.

When did you become stupid?!" He asked his son,  was so angry that his face turned all red.

"You don't care about me just your wealth." His son frankly told him.

The father and son never fought before and it was Sulli's first time to see them facing fiercely at each other. She did not know how to stop them.

Chairman Monghee's eyes were scary, he grabbed his son's neck preparing his wrist to punch him.

"Nooooo." Sulli screamed when she saw it. She went between them, crying for mercy. "Don't do that"

"Disobey my orders or you'll taste my fury." The father told him.

"I'm not afraid Pa. Just disown me if you want." He told him bravely as he was prepared for it. He pulled himself from his raging father and went away.

Sulli tried to follow her brother but her father stopped her. "From now on, treat him like he's dead."

Upon Minho's step down, Monghee appointed Director Gongchan as JSB's new chairman. He had no plan to let off JSB as Sungho was still alive .

Minho went back to America, carrying hard feelings toward his father. On the positive side, it's a sort of relief as he finally do whatever he wants without their oppression.

Meanwhile, Jihu was aware of Sunho's worsening condition. He did not visit him as he held grudge against his brother. He had promised to give him some inheritance but he broke it. Jihu's Pawnshop Corporation has been facing bankruptcy with his growing gambling addiction. He already spent out his 75% deposits and continuously losing his business's profits. He tried to ask his older brother's wife Hasun for financial support but she ignored him. He then came up with an evil plot for Juniel, his brother's adopted. She is the reason why his brother could not share him any inheritance thus he needed to kidnap the girl and hold her for ransom. He hired some gunmen, and they carefully planned for this operation.

to be continued...