"Sir? We can't proceed with your mother's chemotherapy unless you make payments. Please do so as soon as you can, thank you," said the female doctor who then stepped out of the ward after conveying her message to the anxious young man.
Ryu said nothing in response to the doctor's words, he let out a slow breath. Although he appeared all worn-out with visible eye bags and pale skin, his blonde hair was a dry mess but he cared less about his appearance as of the moment, his sick mother was the only person that mattered to him. She was all he had after all. "I will make sure you get all the treatments you need," Ryu murmured to his unconscious mother, determination dancing in his bright blue eyes while standing beside the bed where she was lying. Quickly, he fished his mobile phone out of his pocket, thankfully he had a huge sum of money in his savings account, and he would use it for her treatment. However, Ryu's phone buzzed loudly in the quiet room just after unlocking it to see a message from his wife appear on the bright screen of his phone. He read through the message and sucked in some air, he clenched the phone tightly as he tried to hold back his anger. His wife, Belle was currently demanding some money from him, as she always did. Belle was always demanding huge sums of money for the most ridiculous things even when she was fully aware that Ryu's job didn't pay him so much money. He works as a wood carrier at his father-in-law's woodcutting business and earns little money monthly. Belle would always mock and shame him whenever he couldn't meet her financial needs, but he knew well enough to ignore her because there wasn't much he could do anyway. Like always, he ignored her message and quickly logged into his bank app to check his savings account. However, much to Ryu's greatest shock, his account balance showed ten thousand which was crazy to him because he could clearly recall that he had three hundred thousand in it, that money was his life savings. How did it go from that much money to only just ten thousand left? This baffled Ryu, with a deep frown carved heavily on his eyebrows and with his heart beating hard against his chest, he quickly checked his email just in case something had gone wrong but there was nothing wrong, everything appeared normal. Ryu's eyes widened in shock as he stared at his phone, his mind racing with disbelief. He felt confused and frustrated. Feeling dizzy, His heart sank, and his stomach twisted into knots as he struggled to process the sudden and mysterious loss of his savings. "Could it be..." Ryu drawled in murmurs as suspicion danced in his eyes filled with all kinds of negative emotions and without wasting further time, he dashed out through the door and out of the hospital, he ran to the nearest bank because he had questions and he needed answers from them. It was either someone had withdrawn money from his savings account without his consent or something was wrong with the bank but Ryu knew it couldn't be the latter. "Sir, Ms. Belle Anderson had withdrawn the total sum of two hundred thousand on the 2nd of March and another ninety thousand on the seventh of March. Here is the receipt sir," The bank lady explained as she held out a piece of paper with a professional smile plastered on her face. Feeling too shocked to say or do anything, Ryu took the receipt from the lady and stepped out of the bank. He was short of words and didn't know how to take in this information. His wife had taken out all the money he had been saving all his life and without his permission too. The realization soon brought him rage, clenching hard against the paper, Ryu quickly made his way home. He was going to confront Belle. Ryu soon reached the house he lived in with his in-laws and wife, it was a bungalow suitable for a middle-class family like them. "Belle!" Ryu yelled immediately he stepped into the living, frantically looking around, seeing only his mother-in-law seated on a couch, he ignored her presence and dashed into Belle's bedroom to find it empty. "Where is she?" Ryu demanded, staring deeply at Mrs Anderson who gave him a scornful look. "How dare you say my daughter's name in such manners? You shameful man," She spat with her hands on her hips, her brown hair was placed up in a tight bun while she glared hard at Ryu through her reading glasses. "I said where is she?" Ryu thundered as he stood towering before Mrs Anderson who stared back up at him, the air between them seeming tight. "Do you see her anywhere here?" She asked while gazing around before staring back at Ryu. "You piece of shit, you really have no shame. You have the nerve to barge into my house after running off so early in the morning without getting any house chores done," she finished with her index finger pointing directly at Ryu. Choosing to ignore her, Ryu walks past her. He walked frantically around the house, almost running, in search of Belle but after a few minutes of looking around the house and not finding her, Ryu then stepped out to the backyard where the garden was. Sure enough, Belle was seated on a bench in the garden. However, from Ryu's view, he could see she wasn't alone. She was seated beside someone and they appear to be seated way too close to each other while immersed in their conversation. Gritting her teeth hard, Ryu frowned and took a few steps closer only to witness something he would never have imagined. His wife, Belle, and the unknown man seated beside her soon faced each other and they slowly leaned closer and shared a slow passionate kiss and all this happened right before Ryu's eyes. He was so shocked at the sight of his wife cheating on him and not with just any man but with his close friend. As if taking all the money he had in his bank account wasn't enough, she still went ahead to cheated on him with his friend. This was too much for Ryu to take in.His mind went blank for a brief moment before rage filled his whole being and without thinking twice about the thoughts he had in mind, Ryu walked towards them in haste, and from behind he came to stand before them, interrupting their cheating moment."How dare you?!" Ryu yelled and immediately grabbed Richard, his friend by the collar and lifted him from the bench where he sat intimately beside Belle."Ryu? What are you doing? Have you gone mad? Let him go!" Belle yelled at Ryu in shock and quickly grabbed his arms, trying to yank him away from Richard.Finally letting go of Richard, Ryu glared hard at his friend, not imagining he could betray him in such a way."How could you?" Ryu asked in whispers but got silence as a response, all Richard did was smile smugly at Ryu, not seeming remorseful and this angered Ryu even more.However, Ryu let out a low breath, trying to calm himself down as he had a bigger fish to fry. He looked away from Richard and turned to face Belle who was cling
Ryu would never believed a day like this would ever come, if he had been told in the past, he would have laughed it off. Ten months of being married to Belle has been hell for him, she never treated him with respect and he tolerated that because deep down he felt she didn't deserve a loser like him.However, today's incident wasn't something he could take lightly. Belle had stolen his life savings to pay up her father's debt without letting him know and still cheated on him, she showed no signs of remorse and only tried to justify her actions, and instead of an apology and maybe his money back, they insulted him and threw him out.This was too much and there was no way Ryu would forgive such wickedness.He signed as he stared down at himself, feeling angry and not knowing what to do. He needed money urgently for his mother's treatment and the little he had was taken away and there was no way of getting it back.Ryu cursed as he felt a great sense of urgency when he realized getting th
Ryu left the house and roamed around town, he made multiple phone calls and asked around for part-time jobs he could do to get paid quickly but nothing worked.Evening soon approached and Ryu's efforts to somehow raise money proved futile, he couldn't even get a single penny.Raising money had always been difficult for him his whole life however, he never complained about it and thought it was normal but today, not being able to get money made him anxious and angry at himself for being such an incapable loser. Especially since his mother's life was at stake.The thought of losing his mother because of his incapability scared him, it angered him the most and the urge to beat himself was strong. However, he knew doing that wouldn't make money magically fall from the sky.It was evening and Ryu was a whole mess, apart from the fact that he was hungry which he didn't really care about, he looked worn out, his head was messed up and he was tired.By evening, before heading home, Ryu decide
Ryu couldn't find a good place to stay because he had no one to go to, Richard was the only friend he had and he wasn't acquainted with anyone. It was already getting late and the night was cold, he needed a warm place to lay for the night, and the hospital where his mother was was the only place he could think of. He ended up spending the night inside his mother's hospital room, thankfully it was warm and it had a couch long enough for his tall body. As early as six am, Ryu left the hospital to a nearby family court for his divorce. However, much to his disappointment, he needed money, IDs, and resources to be able to file for a divorce and he had none of that, now he was stuck. Frustrated and tired, Ryu became lost and had no idea what to do next, he had no money on him, not even a penny, and the ten thousand left in his bank account definitely wouldn't be enough. He stood outside the court with his hands on his waist, staring at nothing in particular with a deep frown marred on
At the announcement of his mother's death, Ryu felt a sudden sense of emptiness, one he couldn't quite grasp at the moment. His heart ached so hard that they felt numb, even the urge to cry over the death of his mother was gone.He fell back to the chair he had previously been seated on, his eyes hollow as he stared down at the tiled floor, not quite registering his environment.His mother was really gone? She was no more, she would never wake up to hold his hands or call his name. The realization of his new reality began to slowly sink in, his breathing soon turned labored as his throat ached from the urge to cry."Good day sir, we are from the JP Housing Corporation. Our Chairman, Mr Langley Austin has demanded your presence. Kindly cooperate and come with us or we will be left to use force," A young man introduced himself while standing before the devastated Ryu with two other men behind him, all three were dressed in clean black suits with their hair neatly styled, they looked pol
The following morning, the huge mansion was quietly busy with servants running about getting their duties done. Inside the master bedroom which belonged to the chairman, a middle-aged man stood before a full-length mirror getting ready for the day with three maids standing beside him, ready to take his orders at any given time.Mr Langley Austin was currently in his late 60s and looked very young and agile for his age, he was quite particular about his health. The grey hair on his head gave off his age which was hidden thanks to his youthful looks, he was average in height sporting 5:2 ft tall.His face looked serious, so serious that it would leave a person guessing how he looked like if he ever smiled.He looked at his reflection one more time after being fully dressed before stepping out of his bedroom without saying a word and the maids stepped out right after and closed the door.With precise steps, he walked through the hallway and made it to the dining where a feast lay untouch
Right after Ryu had passed out on the floor due to the poison he drank from the coffee, the office door was pushed open, and in came Richard whose hands were placed in the side pockets of his pants, and following behind him were two bulky men dressed in an all-black outfit.Seeing Ryu lying on the floor and now unconscious, Richard let out a low but satisfying chuckle, he pulled his right hand out of his pocket and placed his on his head, ruffling his curly hair a bit as he ran his hand through it before dropping his hand back to his side.He softly pushed Ryu with his leg but no sign of consciousness from him, he looked back up at the two men and ordered them to pick Ryu up and they did while Richard moved to the side, giving them enough space to carry out their job."Take him away and you know what to do with him, no matter what, he can't be seen alive," Richard ordered and the men nodded their heads in understanding. "Make use of the emergency elevator that leads directly to the un
Mr. John quickly drove the car to the same hospital where Ryu's mother had been undergoing treatments for a quick check-up. Following the Chairman's orders, he took Ryu to a VIP ward where a doctor made a quick check on him. That was when they discovered Ryu had ingested a rare kind of poison, this information was quick to place Mr. John in a panic mode. Fearing for the life of the Chairman's son, he instructed the Doctor to immediately start giving Ryu treatment as he knew how deadly poisons can be. It usually depended on the kind of poison he took, some could kill their victims as fast as one could blink and some usually would take time before slowly killing their victims and there was no telling what kind of poison was inside of Ryu. While Ryu was undergoing gastric lavage treatment to get rid of the poison in his stomach before it took effect as according to the doctor, it was a slow-acting poison which would firstly render its victim unconscious before slowly killing them, Mr.