Jessie's eyes slowly opened as light filled her retinas, the first thing she felt was confusion. How did her pale beige and plain room become white and extremely spacious? Since when did she have a massive glass window, door? Why was there so much sunlight? And what happened to her navy blue bed covers? Sitting, she threw off the creamy duvet covering her slender long legs, and stepped down from the bed. Looking down at her body she frowned when she noticed she was wearing a bathrobe with apparently nothing underneath, she wriggled her legs in the fluffy slippers by her bed side and stood up.

Slowly it all came to her, she was no longer in Jason's apartment, infact she wasn't sure she ever wanted to be. After all the things that happened yesterday it was a surprise she slept so well.

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She was finally going home, after ten long years, she would finally see her family again. Would they want to see her? She wasn't sure, but she was nervous and anxious to how her mother would receive her. When she was banished or rather renounced as a family member, no one was in support, even that bitter Doek soo and surprisingly especially her mother.

Now after ten years, they had all moved on with their lives, she would come back. Deok mi was a proud mother of two, Dong hyun was also married but last she checked he didn't have any kids. Not that it was a surprise he had his hands full from running their father's business. She didn't know much about Dong sun, he was handling the overseas business so she couldn't know, but she heard he was divorced. And that bitter Deok soo was about to be married, pity the woman that would ever tie the knot with him.

She didn't know what to expect, she didn't know how to feel and honestly the only thing that weighed on her mind was Jason's betrayal. But she didn't have concrete proof, just like she didn't have concrete proof on Patricia but it would take any one with two eyes to see she was behind everything. So likewise Jason must have played her as well.

Laughing ruefully she walked over to the balcony and leaned against it, taking in the beautiful view of the garden, on a day that wasn't nearly as beautiful as the one before. How could such a beautiful view cause her such heartache and comfort at the same time? She could describe her heart as bittersweet at the moment.

"Jessie?" She heard a knock on the doors and walked over to open it.

"Tony, good morning." She said stepping aside for him to enter.

"Are those for me?" She points to the clothes hanging in his hands.

He raised the hanger for better view "well I'm most definitely nor wearing a short skirt." He shrugged.

She grabbed the clothes out of his hands and and threw them on the bed. "And my father?"

"He has work in town, he'll be back later. He did say you can enjoy the hotel in the meantime.

They have a killer spa here." He informed her.

"I'm not interested, I'll just order room service." She said, walking to the phone.

"You seem... angry."

"What do you expect me to feel Tony?" She said.

"I don't know, I mean I get that you would be overwhelmed but anger? You just met your dad." He said.

"Sure I did, and I do feel overwhelming... I just... I'm so stupid, I feel so stupid and I'm angry at myself for being so stupid."

"Because Jason Kang." Tony concluded.

"I'm I being selfish if I say I still want to see him? That I still want to take my revenge on both of them? Even though my mother is sick because of me?" She said her voice shaky, she blinked rapidly and tried to fan her eyes so the tears wouldn't come.

"You really are in love with him aren't you?" Tony said leading her to the couch. He sat opposite her.

"I don't know how I feel, all I know is that I'm incredibly hurt. That he would do such a thing. Besides I don't have the luxury of love right now, my life is too messed up to think about that. Even if I did love him, I doubt he feels the same." She said slowly, as if she was afraid talking any faster would end in sobs. And she did not want to cry.

"I don't just want to leave everything behind and run away, I don't want Patricia to win and I really want to look Jason in the eyes when I ask him why he toyed with me the way he did." She said. "But then on the other hand, I want my mother, I need her to be okay. I would never forgive myself if something happened to her because of me. Plus my father, the man I haven't seen in ten years finally wants me back home. I don't know what to do. I'm I a bad person for thinking about this? For putting my own agenda over my family?"

"You're just human Jessie, and you're a very hardworking and determined woman, a real fighter. But your also compassionate and surprisingly kind. What does your heart tell you?"

"I don't know Tony, it's divided. Did you not get any of what I just said?" She snapped.

Tony shut his eyes and opened them again, briefly. "No Jessie, your heart can never be divided. It's knows which place you really want to be, and if you still can't decide then ask yourself what the right thing to do is, revenge or family."

"So basically you're telling to go home?"

"Yes Jessie, I'm telling you to go home."

"This is not fair, I need someone that isn't biased. You'll definitely take my father side. You work for him." She frowned.

Tony laughed, "you are such a difficult person when you want to be."

"Tony, how long have you been working for my dad?" She asked.

"You really don't remember me do you?" He asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"When I was seventeen years old, I was a disturbed kid with no parents, I stole from your father. And instead of sending me to the cops he sponsored my schooling and expenses. Your mother was pregnant with you at the time. I worked in your family house until you were at least three years old. When I went to college. I didn't see your father for twelve years after that when he came to me to offer me a job in King entertainments."

"Didn't you already have a job? That was twelve years ago." Jessie asked.

"I did, but I owed your father. And I could tell he only wanted me to protect his baby girl." Tony shrugged.

"So all of that time, you were my father's spy?"

"I guess you could say it like that."

"Wait a minute, he didn't help me with anything right? Like my projects and stuff." Jessie asked.

"What if he did?"

Jessie stood up and walked around the couch. "No way" she shook her head. "No way, no way! I achieved everything on my own right? Tony please tell me he didn't help!"

"I'm sorry Jessie."

She stared at him wide eyed, laughing bitterly. "My life is a lie, my entire friggin life is a lie." She laughed, sitting back down as the tears started to fall again. She broke into sobs, Tony went over to comfort her but she shrugged his hand away.

"Get away from me! Get out Tony, get out!" She screamed. "Please just leave, ahh I can't do this anymore. Just leave." She cried.

Tony sighed, walking to the door, he took one last glance at her and left the room.