Chapter 12

Third Person's POV

Flashback

Jennie was ready to leave their campus when her friend Nayeon stopped her in front of the gate.

"Nayeon.." she frowned when she saw a baby in her friend's arms "Who's baby is that? You look off."

"Jennie, I'm in big trouble. I have a huge debt to my friend but I don't have the money to pay him.." Nayeon cried "This is the reason why I was absent for weeks now."

"I.. I can't understand. Okay, you have a debt and what is the connection of that to the baby you're holding?"

"He asked me to take care of his daughter for good to pay my debt to him. Jen.. I need your help. My parents will kill me if they find out about this, I'm staying at Sana's place for weeks now and my parents are starting to get worried. I need your help, Jen. Take the baby, please? I'm not ready for the big responsibilities." Nayeon begged "Please, Jennie."

"Nayeon.. I don't know. I know I told you that I want to have a baby but not now, at least not yet."

Nayeon kneeled "Please, Jen?" Tears continued to fall "I'm begging you. I know that you'll take care of this child. Please."

~~

Nervously, Jennie stepped inside their house.

"Jennie." Mrs. Kim was about to hug her daughter "Who's baby is that?"

"Let me explain, mom."

"Explain what, Ruby Jane? Where did you get that baby?" Mrs. Kim started to panic

The rest of the Kim family went to the living room where they were talking.

"What is happening, mom?"

"Your sister! Look! She brought home a baby!"

Jisoo guided her mother to sit on the couch.

"Noona, where did you get that cute baby?" V stood next to Jennie "Aww. She's so cute. How old is she?"

"I think she's ten months old." Jennie guessed

"Taehyung." Mrs. Kim called V

"What? The baby is so adorable. What is the problem?"

"Go your room, V." Jisoo said to their youngest

V sighed and obliged.

"Jennie, sit and explain everything." Jisoo said

Jennie sat on the sofa across them.

'Should I tell them? They will be mad at me more if I'll say the truth. What should I tell them?'

"Explain, Ruby Jane." Mrs. Kim sternly said

"I.. I was walking back home when I heard a baby crying, then.. I saw this baby girl in a trash can." Jennie lied "I cannot just leave this angel, mom. She needs me."

"Do you know what responsibilities you have to take because of that baby? My god, Jennie!" Mrs. Kim massaged her temples "We barely survive everyday, we're short of money. I don't know where to get extra money for your tuition fee then you'll do this? And for pete's sake, Ruby Jane! You're just third year college, how can we provide the needs of that baby?"

Jennie was desperate and determined to take the baby as her own. She'll do everything for the baby.

"I will work." She said with determination in her voice "I'll find a part time job, I'll work after school, you don't have to worry about her needs, I'll be the one to provide them. Just please, let me adopt her."

"Are you out of your mind, Jen? You don't know what you're doing." Jisoo didn't agree to her sister's decision

"I know what I am doing, eonni." She looked at the baby in her arms, sleeping peacefully "I fell in love with this baby. She's my baby now."

"Do you hear what you are saying, Ruby Jane?" Mrs. Kim still not agree to her daughter

"I can't understand, mom. Why are you so against this baby? She's alone and doesn't have family."

"We'll send her to the orphanage, there she can find suitable parents who can adopt her."

Jennie stood up "Hell no. This baby is mine, you won't take her away from me." Tears started to fall from Jennie's precious eyes "I'm in legal age now. I will adopt this baby and you don't have to worry about her needs, as her only parent I will provide for her."

~~

Years and months have passed and the whole Kim family started to love the baby.

Jennie never gave up to her daughter. She's at school by day and works by night. That was her routine until she graduated.

"Gabriel Chanel!"

The kid laughed, butt naked "Nooo! I don't want to!"

"Mom! Can you please chase Gab and make her wear her clothes?!"

"I'm in the kitchen, Jen!" Mrs. Kim answered

Jennie chased her daughter who didn't want to wear her clothes.

"Gotcha!" V picked his niece "Wear your clothes now, little monster. Don't you want to celebrate your birthday?"

Gab giggled "I want to! I want to!" She cheered in her cute aegyo

"You better stop giving mommy Jennie a hard time." Jisoo kissed Gab on the cheek "Happy 3rd Birth, Gabriel Chanel."

Jennie drove their old family car to the restaurant where they will celebrate Gab's birthday.

"Happy birthday, Gabby! Happy birthday, Gabby! Happy birth, happy birthday! Happy birthday, dear Gabby!" The whole Kim family sang for Gab

"Blow your candle now, Gab and make a wish." Jennie kissed her daughter's cheek

Gab closed her eyes and blew her candle.

~~

When Gab turned four, Jennie introduced her boyfriend Kai to Gab.

Kai didn't gain Gab's attention and trust at first, it took months for the kid to accept Kai to their lives.

"How was your bonding with daddy Kai?"

"It was okay, mommy." Gab sat on the sofa in Jennie's office

"Just okay? Did you had fun?" She sat next to her child

"Yes, mommy." Gab simply answered

"You're not good at lying, Gabriel. Tell me, did something happen?"

"Daddy Kai kept on pushing me to do things that I didn't want. Like, we tried the horror house even though he knew that I'm scared, he bought me a teddy bear but I told him that I wanted the minion stuff toy."

"Daddy Kai just wants to be a good daddy to you."

"If he wants to be a good daddy to me he should give what I want, not the things he wants!"

Jennie is shook to hear that from her child, from her four year old child.

Gab walked out and went to the sewers. Asking multiple questions that made the sewers laugh.

"I can't believe I heard that from a four year kid." Jisoo entered Jennie's office, she was outside Jennie's office all the time, listening to their conversation

"Me too, eonnie." She kissed her sister's cheek "You want something?"

"Rosé is here in Seoul. I'll introduce her to you guys later in our dinner."

"Really? I thought that girlfriend of yours will never show herself to us. I mean.. five years of being in a long distance relationship is not that easy."

"I understand her, Jen. Her cousin needs her and I completely understand their situation."

"Why, what happened to her cousin? Is she sick or what?"

"More than you can tell." Jisoo sighed, pitying Rosé's cousin.

End of Flashback