A Matriarch's Wrath

Patricia Yun returned to Zypher and soon it was not long before Moon Daesook and his wife Melinda Moon was raided by Patricia Yun and a team of her bodyguards

they were promptly evicted from the home and after reclaiming the house the search for evidence of Yonghwa's abuse began

Patricia found Yonghwa had secured all his mothers remaining effects in the closet of his bedroom that had been chained up

she took everything out and took them to her estate she prepared a new home for her grandson to live

moving his entire studio and giving him an entire wing in her house to himself he would live like a prince from now on

she sold the house putting the money into Yonghwa's accounts for his future inheritance she also found other damming things in the house

Melinda though devious was not a very tidy woman she left various evidence behind

the media soon picked up a story of a custody battle over Moon Yonghwa happening in Zypherian courts

Moon Daesook verses Patricia Yun stories of Moon Yonghwa the talented young musical genius

that charmed all of Zypher with his music being physically and emotionally abused at the hands of his father and stepmother along with the stories of his late mother

the daughter of the Yun family who worked as a nurse at one of Zyphers biggest hospitals without receiving a salary she was an angel who had lost her life tragically leaving behind her son,

many people spoke of her being a good person, many past patients said she treated them like her own family whenever she was caring for them at the hospital,

the video of her funeral and Yonghwa playing her requiem reappeared in the media

his released works were getting attention once again

the public sympathy and support for Yonghwa came pouring out from his fans and the general public,

many people knew his mother including from the medical community who made known Moon Sulyn efforts to raise funds for the hospital she worked at

to be able to provide medical treatment for some of the patients who needed help and couldn't afford to pay for it

she had started a charity and raised several million dollars into a fund that helped thousands of needy people in zither city get the medical treatment they needed

she had quietly saved many lives but not wanting it to be publicly known until now the medical community felt the need to show its support on her behalf

how could Moon Daesook treat his own talented son in such a way over some money?

how could he try to harm such a talented child whose existence was rare in the world?

he was a genius child with the potential to be someone great in the future his late wife left an inheritance for her sons future,

as any mother would want her

son cared for after she was gone and his own father was trying to rob him?

how disgusting and greedy he owned a huge shipping empire how shameful to take advantage of a child

many businessmen in the city were watching the news and shaking their heads at the man's audacity

after being bold enough to dare to marry the Yun family's youngest daughter

it was only to be expected that her son should be treated like a king

an heir to the Yun family was more valuable than most commodities

with the level of wealth and power that child had attached to him

Moon Daesook should know better than to touch a single hair on the boys head

if he didn't want the Yun families wrath to come down on him and Patricia Yun

was not a woman to be crossed

how utterly foolish was Moon Daesook he had a grand prize but didn't know how to cherish it

like a dog at the river with his bone barking at his own reflection only to lose the bone he had

Melinda and Daesook both painted as the evil parents from hell and the public outrage was intense

and tearing their reputations to shreds people everywhere hated the wealthy shipping mogul and his new wife

people were saying he belonged in jail and criminal charges of child abuse should be brought against him and his wife

it was a huge scandal in Zypher city by the time the case began

in court moon Daesook claiming that the boy was a spoiled child

who behaved very badly to his parents at home, despite his sweet and innocent appearance he was a terror at home who was a rebellious delinquent

he intentionally went to see his mothers Lawyer Mr. Swayer to ask him to freeze his mother's accounts so his father couldn't use the money

he was a very intelligent and devious child he was a difficult child they were scared of them so they had to use unusual methods to combat his smartness they feared he was always plotting wicked things to do

however, Patricia was not to be stopped by such nonsense she had come to court

with evidence, she had made sure to build a very solid case to win her grandson back by any means necessary

out came the pictures of the boy's battered face that he had taken and sent to Mr. Swayer of the night of his father's assault on him

some innocent-looking little boy with huge bruises covering half his face his split and bleeding lip his sunken eyes with dark bruised bags beneath them

and his face looked nearly emaciated filled with tears the court was horrified and that was not the end of it

she was just getting started

stories of how the stepmother had repeatedly insulted Moon Sulyn in the grieving child's hearing

gossiping about her to friends and calling her disgusting names complaining about Yonghwa's piano playing

her attempts at destroying his mother's photos and other personal effects Sulyn left behind in her home they had found in the house pictures of Moon Sulyn that she had violated and defaced

she had made a pinboard with some of her pictures and would apparently throw darts at the pictures to relieve her frustrations in her marriage with Moon Daesook

they had found some of these mutilated pictures after evicting them from the house in the back of her closet the pictures were presented to the court as evidence

they were set up on a board to demonstrate how she used them the lawyer described how she would possibly have this board hung up in her closet possibly where her husband wouldn't see it every time she threw a dart

it would get stuck in the picture causing damage and she would also yank the dart out ripping little chunks of the picture out creating the holes and deteriorated damaged pictures that now remained

they had found three such pictures in her bedroom which meant she was doing this for a long period of time Moon Yonghwa was correct that Melina Moon really did hate Moon Sulyn and had no kind intentions as a stepmother towards him

Furthur more after doing background checks on her identity it is discovered she was and possibly still is a con woman who marries wealthy businessmen to rob them out of their money

Moon Daesook is actually her sixth husband her real name is not even Melinda Moon but an alias however after marrying him and upon discovering that Moon Daesook money was tied up with Moon Yonghwa's inheritance it is believed she began to help or instigate Moon Daesook in his plan to get his sons inheritance

Evidence number Two the possible poisoning of the child there were a toxic powdered substance found in a bottle in her kitchen it is suspected

she used it to spike the child's food and make him sick there was also some narcotic effects after testing it at a lab revealed

the substance was a mix of highly potent prescription drugs that were apparently crushed up and mixed to make some kind

of cocktail intent to cause harm to the child as only the child and not the husband complained

of being sick after eating her food the child complained of stomach ache and nausea after eating leading the child to become wary of eating food at home and avoided meals

he began to secretly buy simple groceries with his pocket money so he could feed himself surviving off of sandwiches instant noodles and porridge because he could not cook

but he found his mothers old electric hot plates and dish rack in the house and used them to heat water for porridge and make noddles in his bedroom

he had turned a corner of his bedroom into a kitchen and he was living by imprisoning himself in his bedroom he would search around the house

to secretly find his mothers remaining personal effects and he would hide them in his bedroom to keep them safe from his stepmother and father

he had managed to get the locks changed on his bedroom door to keep himself safe

with the help of his friend who he often called on the phone and relied on when he was scared in trouble or needed comfort

his friend told him to take a picture of the doorknobs and take it to a hardware store located near his school and instructed him on how to unscrew the doorknobs and install new ones to which only he had the key and his friend sent him the money to help buy them through his secret online account on his phone

yonghwa was able to secure his room as a place of safety he could retreat to within the toxic environment

the child's forced imprisonment in his own home due to her endless complaints and bullying

they even muted his studio so they wouldn't have to hear him playing the piano anymore suspected to be an excuse

neighbors reported they heard what sounded like a bad argument and

called next door to ask them if they needed help and offered to call the police

which they said it was fine and family disagreement and they apologized for being too loud

it was suspected Daesook was scared by that and gotten the technology installed

falsely accusing the child of stealing things in the household in particular his mothers missing diamonds written into her will that had been missing from her estate

once believed to be "accidentally stolen" by Yonghwa unknowingly since he was last seen in their presence in his mother's bedroom before they went missing

later found hidden in one of the handbags in her personal effects that his father kept locked away in his bedroom in a storage box were recovered by Yonghwa who turned them over to Mr. Sawyer upon finding them

though Moon Daesook claimed not to know about them being there, he was the one that packed the storage box with Moon Sulyns remaining effects after she died

instigating fights between father and son that caused Yonghwa to be treated unfairly

due to her jealously over Yonghwas love of his mother

holding most of Sulyns personal effects hostage to control the child as bargaining chips they would negotiate with him for good behavior

so that the child would do what they wanted knowing his attachment to his mother's memory he cherished his mother's personal effects dearly

and on the night of the assault

his father forgot Moon Sulyns death anniversary, Yonghwa asked for some of his mother's personal items

with which to hold a memorial in her honor which was supposed to be held soon and after finding his mothers things in poor condition

and discovering his father had not cared for them well and even attempted to throw them away

deeply upset yonghwa demanded an explanation and begged his father to give his mothers effects back to him so that he could care for them since his father did not cherish them

he had found cherished family photo albums thrashed and pictures discarded and his mothers hand made Quilt she and Yonghwa spent several weeks making made for their wedding anniversary stuffed in his junk drawer getting moldy

it was a beautiful last artwork and family heirloom made by Moon Sulyn filled with many cherished family memories there were pictures of the photo albums and the quilt shown to the court

a testament to how much Moon Sulyn cherish and loved her son she had tried her best to capture many memories of their family life before her death for her son almost as if knowing something might happen to her

alluding to her accident possibly not being an accident however, Yonghwa was his father's alibi was with his son eating breakfast before leaving for work that morning at the time of her accident

the police had notified him while still at home with the child and they were taken to hospital however not long after arriving Moon Sulyn passed away in the ER before her sons very eyes and there was no evidence of foul play in the accident investigations

but his father assaulted him for being rude to him and his stepmother at that time because he was angry and upset and spoke rudely after finding his mothers effects in such a condition

and having an emotional outburst after being assaulted he raided his father's bedroom and took away as many as her personal effects as he could grab fleeing to his bedroom he locked himself inside

the boy packed up his mother's personal effects as much as he could carry in his suitcases the others he packed away in his closet and chained the doors shut

there were more pictures of the boy's room with a chained door of his closet inside were pieces of his mothers furniture her dishes and storage box holding some of her clothes and other personal things pictures

of the hot plates he used to feed himself and the baskets where he stored his food with food items still inside showing what he ate and everyone could see it was not enough for a growing boy,

he had been trying to ration his food he would bag each day's meals in ziplock bags and write the date on it so that his food would last longer and so he ate small meals each time just barely enough to keep himself going

he fled the house by climbing out of his balcony bedroom window and they were unaware he had run away

was already missing for two days because they had not checked on him even knowing he was injured

by the time Patricia Yun his grandmother came to visit to see her grandson finding his room empty and drape ties

tied to the balcony he used to climb down to freedom he fled to Mr. Sawyers office in the middle of the night badly injured Mr sawyer then patched him up and put him on a plane to Esperia to stay with his friend who has always been helping him

his friend is a sixteen-year-old boy whose father is an Actively Serving Decorated Imperial Marine General and his friend is an honorable and upright young boy who treats Moon Yonghwa like his younger brother

the pair first meeting when Moon Yonghwa performed at the imperial capital theater in Esperia and he went to see him play he is also an aspiring young musician who admires Yonghwa for his talent

the pair became online friends through socials but when Yonghwa's mother passed away he called him directly to share his sorrow, the boy who also lost his mother due to divorce at a young age related to his grief

and only sought to comfort him during his painful time he would keep him company whenever Yonghwa called him at all hours of the day or the night when Yonghwa was troubled or couldn't sleep

he played games with yonghwa online to keep him company and he witnessed much of what Yonghwa went through indirectly and came to care deeply about his well being

the two are now very close friends with his friend being very protective of him and helping to nurse Yonghwa back to health

after his family took him in and took yonghwa to the hospital upon arrival in Esperia at the Imperial Forces Base Hospital to treat his injuries

Moon Yonghwa was later found by his grandmother he had

fled to Esperia to stay with his friend who's family is currently giving him sanctuary

after taking the injured boy to a doctor at the Imperial Forces Hospital where he was seen and the doctor also wrote his report on Yonghwas condition of his injures his physical condition and mental status the most damming evidence of all

his injury was potentially an attempt to cause the boy permanent harm

the doctor's report said the assault could have ruptured his eardrum and causing him to lose his hearing

making him disabled and put an end to the budding career of the musical savant in the future

his body showed signs of having been sick and possibly taken drugs due to skin discoloration under his eyes and other parts of his body

he was very malnourished and also grieving and depressed and he cries a lot he gets upset he has stress-induced insomnia reporting not sleeping for two weeks straight

despite being exhausted and erratic moods feelings of fear and paranoia also contributing to give him the appearance of an unbalanced mental state and volatile emotions

that could be caused as an effect of the drugs in his food he might have consumed

it was possibly all a plot that would allow Moon Daesook to claim Moon Sulyns Estate if Moon Yonghwa could be made to be physically or mentally disabled and not able to claim his inheritance that was left to him by his mother currently worth millions of dollars

not only would they make the child sick but the constant bullying ad emotional abuse combined with the drug could also cause the child to become

mentally unstable given that test revealed the presence of narcotics in the powder

Mental instability was also written into the will being one of the conditions that would also allow Moon Daesook to claim the child's inheritance and that just about put the nail in the case

Patricia Yun's wrath knew no limits it wasn't long until the case had Moon Daesook's shipping company getting into trouble

she intended to reclaim everything her family's money had helped him build and Yonghwa's uncles her sons

were coming out of the woodwork backing her up the Yuns were a clan in Zypher and they knew no mercy when roused to anger

and there was no choice to either give Patricia Yun her grandson and her daughters estate or be completely crushed by her

till there was nothing left Moon Daesook soon surrendered the battle he had no choice but to cut his losses

if he didn't want to lose everything he had

Patricia Yun won her case in court and gained custody of her grandson and reclaimed her daughter's estate for his inheritance

Moon Daesook took his wife and slinked out of the public eyes everyone believed the pair well suited to each other

like a beaten dog with its tail between its legs even though his shipping company still survived he had been brought low

so it wasn't as large as it once was as most other businessmen would not touch his business now for fear of pissing off the Yuns

his public reputation lay in tatters he and Melinda could only live quietly like criminals who had escaped the guillotine