This chapter is the present Phoebe and Eric, just so you don’t confuse. The previous chapters was based on their past when they met, fell in love and separated. Hope it helps to understand the chapters up head. Thank you.
Eric’s POV I am a little hesitant to attention the baby shower of Evelyn and Kobby. It feels kinda awkward. I hardly have time to spare. Their call from a few days ago came as a surprise. There is no way I can refuse them. Today is the day and getting ready feels like an eternity. “Eric what you waiting for we going to be late” Chang calls. The most surprising turn of events is my closeness with Chang. Well It’s probably because he has always been then through out my struggles for the past three years. Yeah three years, it has been. “Man!” he calls again. “Don’t worry I have him covered” Andrew comes to my rescue. He helps me with my tie. “Are you ok?”he asks. “Yeah I am” I answer. “You don’t look like it” I let out a soft chuckle. “I am ok Andrew no need for you to be worried” I says to him and drag myself out of his arms. “Hey if you not ok, you can still decline!”he yells behind me as I take the stairs. “Done” I says to Chang. He can’t help but laugh at the respo
Two Years Ago Cuba A year had passed since we adapted to our life here in Cuba. The hospitality was amazing. Mama was able to secure a job as a fruit shop attendant with Randall's help. Jonathan was still trying to pick a good high school. He refused to attend any school. He still believes that one day we could all go back to our old lives. I wish it were true. But a year had gone by and nothing had changed. We were still in hiding. Fortunately, Randall was able to recover some of his saved-up money and a tiny bit of his lost fortune. Unfortunately, his wife and son hated me and my family very much. I understood their anger. I tried as much as possible to avoid running into them. We had to be careful about whom we spoke to and interacted with. At my new job in a flower shop, which hardly had customers, it was a peaceful place to be. Today was similar to the previous days. I sat at the front desk and watched the cars and people passing by our shop. It sometimes got depressi
Phoebe’s POV “What the hell was I thinking when I decided to be friends with this…” I muttered to myself while watering the new flowers that had just arrived. It had been a month since I saved Lucas from being beaten, and here I was thinking it was fate. Who was I kidding? He’s just a troublesome man who doesn’t seem to know when to stop being a bother. How can such a well-built man be so goofy and annoying? Not only that, but his easy-going attitude was the most irritating. He revealed to me why he was being chased. His father was the head of a drug cartel, and he had been helping the police bring down some of his operations. His father found out and sent his men to get him. He was lucky I found him in time. But I was quite surprised to hear him say all those words to a stranger he had just met. And he told me, “Strangely, I feel comfortable around you. Like we know each other or something,” repeating his words to myself. “Bella señora, there is a macho man outside looking f
Two year ago… Eric’s office Eric’s POV “Knock, knock” Andrew tends to get my attention every time he enters my office. I wonder when it started. He was probably being told to do so. I once saw him watching something on YouTube. How to make your boss smile again. Seriously does he still think I am some kid who needs to babysitter? It’s been two years since I closed up on everyone. Unfortunately, I was unable to change my name to my mother’s due to his influence. But I cut all ties with them. I heard Philip was now the director as he had always wanted. As for Uncle, Grandmother made sure he turned himself in. There was not much to sentence him with. He wasn’t the person who ordered the kill, he was just a partner, and that save his betrayal ass for allowing them to kill his brother. I could only sigh. My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a tap on the table. “Eric!” he raised his voice. “Huh!” I exclaimed. “I have been standing here for minutes. No response from
Eric’s POV “What the hell is he doing here?!” I yelled waiting for Andrew to answer. “Eric calm down” “How do expect me to calm down when he is in my house? You know I don't want anything to do with them” “Eric” like whisper Andrew called my name. “Huh! What are you doing Andrew, tell him to leave now!” “Eric he knows” “Huh, knows what?” I glanced at Andrew and then to Chang whose demeanor looked a little weird. “He knows you have acrophobia” I flinched for a moment. I glance at Chang. I sighed. “So what?” “He saved your life, Eric, show some respect” Andrew scolded. I wondered why he was taking his side. It got me more fired up. “So you want me to take his hands and kiss it? Because he saved me. I never asked him to save me. It would have been better he had left me dead than to be indebted to him,” “What?” Andrew seemed upset. He stood up abruptly. “How can you say that? You..” Chang cuts him off. “It's ok Andrew. It's enough Eric” “What! It's never enough. N
One year ago. Port of Busan - South Korea. On a cargo ship, a mother and son hid inside to escape from her abusive ex-husband who was a gang leader in Busan. They hid themselves, hoping they wouldn't be caught. Three men disguised as fishmongers were in search of them. Speaking in Korean. “Where is that woman and her useless son,” “We need to find them or else our heads will be on the boss's plate,” “Where could they be” They could hear them talk about them. The mother covered her son's mouth. The Port was so big. It would be difficult for them to search every ship. And so the three men started asking questions about the moving ships. They were able to identify a few who would be leaving soon and unfortunately, the mother and son were in one of them. Ten in total were about to leave for export. They checked in with the shippers. Every last one. They were getting closer to the mother and son. While hiding. The son spotted a mouse. Afraid it would harm him, moved away
Five-Star Hotel in BusanA man in his mid-fifties was playing hide and seek with his lover when their game was interrupted by the doorbell. He frowned but managed to smile at her.In Korean, he said, “Wait for me."He walked toward the door and checked the camera to see who was there. He was startled to see several of his men waiting outside.He sighed, shook his head, and opened the door.“What is it?” he asked, cutting straight to the point.One of the men quickly responded, “Sir, we failed to capture your wife and son.”Before he could say another word, he was slapped in the face.“Boss,” the man said.“You couldn’t capture a helpless mother and son?”“Boss, someone intervened.”“Huh?”“Yes, boss. And he is no ordinary man.”“Ordinary man?”“No, I meant—”“Shut up. I know what you meant.”“Do you know this no ordinary man?”“Yes, boss. He’s the grandson of Mr. Hong.”“Mr. Hong?”“Yes, boss. He’s Eric Hong.”“Eric Hong, those nosy people.” He grabbed the man by the collar and said, “
Present Phoebe’s POV He says he’s confessing to something, and I still can’t believe it. Why now? I never asked him to do this. I’m in shock. “Confess?” “Yes, in two days. I tried to talk him out of it, but nothing worked. I was hoping you could.” “Me? If you couldn’t convince him, why would I be able to?” “You’re his daughter. He cares about you a lot.” “No, Danny, I’m not going to do anything this time. If he wants to confess, let him.” I hang up before he can try to convince me otherwise. I sigh. “This isn’t how I wanted it to end.” I hear footsteps behind me and turn, but no one is there. I need to go back and tell Kobby and Evelyn I have to leave early. I don’t need to wait; the event is over. People are saying their goodbyes to the soon-to-be parents. I step forward to find them. “Evelyn, I have to leave. There’s an emergency in Cuba, so…” “Alright, thank you so much for coming,” Evelyn says with a smile. I pretend to look for Mrs. Coleman but end up spotting th