Stand Strong

This is the story of Yumi Jung, born in Seoul, South Korea. Her parents were from the Gangnam District of Seoul. She was a loved child born to Seo-Hyun and Do-Yun Jung. They treated her as if she was a princess. That is until the day her parents gave her up to a Drug Lord from the States.

You would never think one of the biggest underground drug lords in Oklahoma would be visiting South Korea themselves. But it is not the drug lord that we should focus on; we should begin with the main problem from the start.

Her parents are to blame for getting into the wrong stuff.

Yumi was born to two different people who loved each other so much.

The mother was a full-time employee at a grocery store. She was always in debt from taking loans and being unable to repay them. She was a very pale lady with a thin body, brown eyes, and a soft expression almost always. Her hair was of the most pretty chocolate color with natural bouncy curls. She one day met a man who seemed so gentle and friendly. They fell in love at first sight that day, hoping to start a happy life together.

This man was Yumi’s father. He had dark green eyes and short, wavy hair. His somewhat toned, tall figure suited his soft, mysterious expression. He always seemed to be hiding something very dark behind that expression.

They married about a month after seeing each other and going on dates. It was about a year later, after marriage, that he revealed he was in some shady business with a drug lord in the States. He told his wife that he owed a lot of money to this person. She still accepted him and told him they would get through it and work together to pay it off. But two years later, they had a baby, and even though it was unexpected, they still had the child.

She was born on August 14, 1999; when she was born, she brought light to them. This baby was Yumi Jung, who was promised the most cherished baby of all. As she was promised, she was treated as such. That is until (the fire nation attacked lol jk) the evil men who would come every year and scare her parents came. It was now three years after she was born that she had been experiencing it.

This time was different from the others as the parents were struggling. Their child was the main priority to worry about. So, the money they saved to put towards the debt was insufficient.

This time, the head of the organization came to see what the deal was. The man was tired of trying to get the money from them, so he told them they had a choice. The child was one of the options. He could tell she was being well treated, but he saw something in her eyes.

The options were to either get killed or be cleared of debt but give their daughter up. He could tell they were going to save their own. He saw it all the time when visiting others. They would treat the child like the world but then give in to the greed of money.

He gave them two days to answer and would be back again for their answer. Unfortunately for her, they gave her to them as the parents were joyed to be debt-free. She cried as she was taken away, so confused as to why she was leaving with the evil men. But her parents never once looked at her.

Once in the States, far away from her home, the boss let the child live with one of his most trusted maids for two years. After two years of being cared for by the maid, she was to be retaken and go into training to survive this horrible place.

The next four years were like hell for her since she was taught the rules of being in this ‘family’ and how to defend herself and the ‘family.’ She was punished multiple times when she wasn’t doing things right or disobeying the trainer or boss. Once she was nine, already almost ten, she was like an emotionless killing machine.

Her first job under the boss’s wing was to deliver a package, which she was not to ask about. After that day, she was their delivery girl and a skilled expert at that. She wasn’t alone, however, or an utterly emotionless killer. She only lets herself become soft or ‘normal’ around Nana, the maid caring for her.

The maid took the child as her own once she was given to her when she was three. She felt terrible for her but could only do what the boss told her. Even then, she would try to put her foot down on some things. She was a loving lady since the day she took her in.

She also had one friend there. He would sometimes bring her to his room, play with her, or at least try to. She wasn’t so accepting the first time she was with him. It took a while for her to get used to him and soften up, but she soon did after half a year of him trying to approach her.

Now that you know of her past, you must go with her on this journey to find herself.