The Turning Point

17 August 2018, the day when my life took a turn.

I remembered it like the back of my head.It's been 6

months since mom's death and we migrated to the US cause dad wanted to start a new business.

As always i woke up around 6:00am and start preparing breakfast, dad wasn't at home . It's been like that for a few month , he has a new hobby of gambling but atleast he left me some cash for food. I cooked myself some omelet and sandwiches, i was about to eat my breakfast. Suddenly i heard a knock on the door and i went to see who it was. I thought dad was home but only to my surprise it was the Cops. As i was about to asked them what was the problem, they said do you know a guy name Kim So Hyun. I was worried and feeling anxious as i heard them say my dad name. I told them that i knew him cause he's my dad. I was hoping it to not be a bad news. The officer continued saying that Sir you need to go with us. We found a dead body by the seashore and we suspect it to be Mr. Hyun. As soon as i heard about it my mind went blank and when I came to my sense, i realized we were at the crime scene. I was praying and hoping to please not let be dad because he's my only family. The officer led me to the body cover with a whitesheet and opened it so i could identify it. My tears rolled down as soon I saw it and my fear got the tolled on me . I just kept on crying and i could feel my voice growing and the officer didn't asked me any more questions because they knew who the dead body belongs to.

It's been a month since the accident, the house felt lonelier then ever, with me and the empty space that no one could fill in. I was running out of cash that my dad left me. After sometime i got myself a part time job at the grocery store near the station. I was just about to get my life back on track. Everyone at work was kind and treated me as a family. Matthew the shop owner and his wife Michelle were a kind soul , they gave me a place to stay after i was kick out from the house because i couldn't pay the rent . Their son Jason was like a brother to me and i was happy in every moment with them. But good things never last long.

Its was Friday, when i was working as usual. I heard Matthew talking to someone. Matthew called me out as I was staring standing there. I walked over to his side to see some tugs like looking guys , he said that this guys wanted to talk with me . As soon as we went out the store to talk, i was shown a list of loan taken by my dad and i was sure they were loan shark. They told me to pay up and that they have looking from me over for some time. $10000.00 wasn't a some amount and a guy like me who only started earning for my living was quite a shock. They might be lying cause there was any proof that my dad took them. So i request them to show me some proof but theu didn't . Matthew from a far show us arguing and asked me what happened i told him the situation. He too asked for the proof that the amount shown was really loaned by my dad or a scam. As Matthew was trying to talk out as an adult here , the guy on the left punch hum and a fight start off. Someone called the cops and the tug like guys were arrested. But they continue assaulting us in some way or the other. They would threatened me and sometime start a fight at the store. I knew it was because of me so i decided to leave. Matthew and Michelle were both sad to hear this but they knew that i won't change my mind.

I've been hiding all this time cause wherever i go the loan shark would follow. I'm homeless and starving. So i went to the near by store so i could steal something to eat but i was caught by the store manager. I struggled and fled from his grip and ran out the store only to bumb into someone.

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