CHAPTER 25
Another month passed and everything was already going well for Ellie and Micky.
While Jaejoong felt like he was being tortured every time Ellie entered his mind. Somehow he still couldn’t stop himself from feeling regret and envy. Micky has been taking good care of Ellie and he was very thankful for this. But it was still bringing him pain and he couldn’t deny this.
Today was one of those days that he wanted to just fade away so he could no longer feel the loneliness and pain. It was Lena’s birthday… the same day that he lost her….
Micky and Ellie had gone out early in the morning to celebrate. And it was already passed 10pm, but Micky still hasn’t returned.
Jaejoong suddenly decided to go out and take a stroll. He needed to take a break and he wanted to forget even for just a short while.
“Where are you going?” Yunho asked as soon as he saw Jaejoong walk out of his room.
“I am going out for a while,” Jaejoong quickly replied with a low voice.
“It’s late. Would you like us to go with you? Maybe you can use some company?” Xiah asked with concern.
Jaejoong quickly smiled and tried to hide the sadness in his eyes. “I am fine. Don’t worry. I will just take a walk.”
“But hyung, don’t you think…” Max was about to say something else when Yunho suddenly stopped him.
“Let him go…. He needs some time to be alone… Go, just don’t forget to take your phone. Just in case, you need us,” Yunho said with a smile.
“Thank you,” Jaejoong uttered before finally leaving their apartment. Minutes passed….
Jaejoong was now wondering the streets without any specific destination. He felt like he just wanted to walk and walk until the night passed and it was already a new day. He couldn’t stand seeing Micky or Ellie happy in each other’s company. So he decided to leave the apartment before they returned.
“What do I do now?” he started to ask himself.
“How about we go and eat ice cream?” A girl’s voice said.
Jaejoong quickly turned around, quite surprised. It was then he realized that the girl who talked was a girl that was also walking behind him, together with her boyfriend.
Jaejoong couldn’t help but smile. “Ice cream… Lena likes ice cream so much that even if she’s sick she would still request for one,” he suddenly thought. It was then he quickly shook his head as if to erase Lena’s memory from his mind. He needed to forget, even for a few hours… He needed to forget or else he would go crazy.
He quickly went inside a bar. And within minutes, he was already drowning himself in a bottle of whisky. One… two… three… he continuously kept on pouring himself more and more just to keep himself occupied. He needed to leave the memories behind. He didn’t have the heart to remember everything again.
It was already passed 2am…
Jaejoong looked at his watch and smiled. The horrible day has passed… He’s free… He quickly took out a large amount of money and placed it on the cashier’s counter. He knew it was more than enough to cover for everything he drank. He then quickly left the bar and strolled the streets again with a smile on his face. Somehow he was already feeling the effect of the large amount of liquor that he had taken in.
“Strange… I don’t get drunk so easily… So why is it I am feeling so light-headed?” he asked himself.
He then stopped and started to look around. He was now standing in front of a very familiar place. Again he looked around, but not a single person was in sight. It was like the entire place was deserted.
“Where am I?” he asked himself again as he tried to think hard. The place he was looking at was very familiar yet he couldn’t really remember where or what was the name of the place.
He continued to walk…. He walked and walked until…
He suddenly heard a scream… He quickly rushed to where the scream came from… And as soon as he saw where the scream came from, he immediately froze…. The same scene…. The same maddening scene was being replayed in front of him…
Lying helpless on the ground was Lena. Her clothes were already torn and a young man was already touching her while the other men were just watching and laughing…
Again he saw the tears that were falling from Lena’s eyes. A small piece of cloth was stuffed into her mouth so she could no longer make any sound. He knew he needed to help…
He immediately rushed to her side. But as he tried to grab the guy that on top of Lena, his hands just passed straight through the guy’s body. He tried to grab the guy again, but his hands just continued to pass through the man’s body. It was like he was trying to hold on to a ghost.
He continuously tried to stop the guy from molesting Lena. But everything he did was useless. The young man just kept on touching her greedily. While the other guys around them were just watching and laughing.
Jaejoong screamed. Everything was driving him mad. It was happening again.
Then… the young man started to rape Lena. Jaejoong felt like he wanted to kill the man in front of him… And he also wanted to kill himself… He was the main reason why this horrible thing happened…
The man continued to rape Lena. And after he was finished, his friends took turns in raping Lena…. over and over again.
Jaejoong cried. It was the only thing he could do.
Suddenly everything became black…
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“Are you all right?” a girl’s voice asked.
Jaejoong slowly opened his eyes…. ‘Was he dreaming’….
Somehow he couldn’t believe it… standing in front of him was the woman he had been dreaming of and waiting for…
“Lena, is it really you? Happy Birthday…. I didn’t mean to forget about your birthday…. I… I…” Jaejoong suddenly cried.”I didn’t mean to forget your birthday… I know I was a fool… Forgive me… Please I am begging you…” he said with a low voice. He was still drunk. And the effect of the alcohol he took was too much that he unexpectedly fell into a deep sleep again.
The woman somehow froze… She was confused on what to do next… Just a few minutes passed….
“Do you think you can help me to get him into the taxi?” the woman asked the taxi driver and another man that she hired to help her get the unconscious Jaejoong into the taxi.
The old man unconsciously scratched his head as if confused. “Are you sure you want to take this man home with you? I mean… do you know him? You do know it’s not safe to bring home strangers, don’t you?” the man said with concern.
The girl nodded. “Don’t worry. I know what I am doing…”
The other man just smiled. “Hey, as long as you’re paying us… No problem with me…. Just make sure you don’t get caught with whatever you’re planning,” he said with a naughty look in his eyes.
The woman didn’t even bother to look at the other man. “Just do what I am asking you and you don’t have to worry about the money. I assure you, you will be very satisfied with what I am going to give you.”
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Within minutes…
“Where should I take you now?” the taxi driver asked the woman.
“To the most expensive hotel…” the woman quickly replied. Somehow the woman didn’t even care about what the old man was thinking… She just continued to look at Jaejoong.
As the taxi headed to its destination, Jaejoong continued to dream about Lena…
Half an hour later….
The taxi driver shook his head as he took one last look at Jaejoong, who was being carried by two assistants of the hotel. Then he again stared at the mysterious woman before she finally disappeared along with Jaejoong. “Poor guy! He would surely be shocked once he wakes up…” the old man thought. Then he started to scratch his head again. “But that’s weird, how come she took him to the most expensive hotel? And honestly if I were him… he’s quite lucky… Imagine being picked up by a young and beautiful woman. That’s like a dream come true for some men… Strange… really strange,” he uttered to himself.
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