40 | Father

To the remaining members of the Park family,

First of all, I want to point out the fact that I wasn't the best father and husband to all of you, in addition to that, I wasn't a good human being, I would invest all of my time and energy in working instead of spending time with you. You must be wondering why I am saying all of this, it seems like I had a change of heart, right? Well, during my last few moments, I was able to reflect and realize all of the horrible things that I've done during my life. My number one mistake was not being faithful to my wife, Jaeeun, by engaging in an affair and not being truthful about it. I was drunk that night, the Park Industries wasn't in it's best state, that's when I saw Chanhee, my old friend, and schoolmate, we had a small chat and after that, everything else was just a blur to me, by the time I woke up, well, it's self-explanatory, back then, I took Y/N from Chanhee because I wanted to have a daughter, and I thought that our sons would love the idea, however, I was wrong.

To Y/N and Jimin, I want to apologize for helping and tolerating your brother, Juhyeon, with his horrible deeds, believe me, I didn't want to harm anyone in the first place, like I said, I thought the both of you would welcome your sister, I wanted to explain the situation when you were old enough, but Juhyeon already figured it out and confronted me about it, he didn't hide the fact that he was disgusted with his sister, and he would often say things to me, about how everything I've worked hard for will go to waste once anyone outside the family business knows about my affair, I didn't want the words to get to my head, but he would repeat it everyday until I was forced to believe him, that's when I worked even harder to make sure the Park Industries won't fall down easily

I know that all of you have questions, so I'll answer all of them, I mean, the ones I could think of, Jaeeun, I was horrible to you, I didn't deserve you, yet, here you are, staying by my side, I hope you can forgive me, I also want to thank you for accepting Y/N wholeheartedly, she's grown up into a fine young woman, a smart one as well. Next, Y/N, you must be thinking about your biological mother, I don't know how she's been these past few years, so I'll just tell you what she's like during our highschool days, she was very smart and friendly to everyone, I remember that everyone would be scared of her when she's really angry, I guess that's all. I'm also sorry if I always said something horrible to you, I'm actually glad that you and Jimin chose the right path, but I also ask that you would treat Juhyeon like your brother despite his actions, I believe that he'll change when the time comes

Jimin, I understand if you still can't forgive me, I know that you only wanted to make me proud but I kept on ignoring your actions, also, I knew about how much you cared for Y/N and that alone makes me happy, take care of her and your mother for me, I know that you're better than me in many ways and I'm sure that you won't end up like me or Juhyeon, it looks like there's nothing I can do for you and Y/N right now especially since I'm laying down in a hospital bed, so the least I could do is let you handle the family business, I know that you've always wanted to earn a high spot in Park Industries, I don't know how you'll react to this but I really hope that you'll accept this offer, oh, and promise me, that when you have a family of your own, make them your first priority, never forget the reason why you're doing this and that.

Sincerely,

Park Jiwoon

I finished reading the letter that mom gave us, I looked up and saw that she was crying, maybe she hasn't read it yet, I placed down the letter and hugged her tightly 'I forgive you dad, but you can't just leave us like this....'

Everyone else remained quiet, I was confused when I couldn't see Jimin anywhere, he was just beside me a while ago, where did he go? "Excuse me..." I whispered and left the living room, and searched the house, Jimin was nowhere to be seen, I didn't even notice him leave, was he outside the house? Did he go somewhere?

I decided to go outside and I saw Jimin's car that was supposed to be inside the garage, I squinted my eyes a bit to see if my brother was in there.

Jimin was indeed inside the car

He was slowly crying

He wiped his tears and started driving

I stood there, just watching him go, he needs alone time, none of us should bother him, I sighed, my chest hurts, a lot, I wanted to say a lot of things, to dad, but I can't

"You can cry, you know, it's never wrong to do so" The silence around me was broken when I heard Taehyung's voice "The important thing is that he loves his family, he admitted his errors" I smiled weakly at Taehyung, and allowed my tears to fall, he didn't leave, nor say another word, he just hugged me, and I just cried, until I felt like I was ready to go back inside