(ENG)(BTS/JINCENTRIC) INNOCENCE
Chapter 25
Kim Namjoon leaned against a nearby wall in his own pool of thoughts while Min Yoongi had already gone to sleep. Hearing the door open, he reached out to help Kim Seokjin, and they both went upstairs to the bar. The whole way, Jin stared at the man beside, wondering how many damn secrets this guy hid and whether there was anything he could believe.
Putting Jin down on the chair he used to sit on, Kim Namjoon went to the bar and made him a cup of hot tea and a cup of black coffee for himself.
Looking at his busy figure behind the bar, Kim Seokjin spoke in a cold tone.
-"I guess you've heard everything in the room"
-"Um"- Kim Namjoon stopped making tea and replied
-"You must have had the whole CCTV recording on the day of the murder but intentionally omitted the part where Park Jimin went to Park Yerin's room. And you advised Ms. Hwang to live with Lee Sohan. You knew all the plots that the Park family members designed. Didn't you? What is your relationship with Park Jimin?"
The sound of boiling water in an electronic kettle and light steam rising from the bar area inexplicably deepened the atmosphere. Kim Namjoon didn't answer but calmly poured the hot water into two porcelain cups. Kim Seokjin glowered at the other man's indifference, his chest almost exploding from being suppressed by the whirling frustrations and questions.
-"You are the condition for Park Jimin to ally with me. Right before the case happened, I'd already known the intentions of Park Jaehwan and Park Shinhye, so I met Park Jimin beforehand to negotiate with him. It's not difficult to help him avoid death, but Park Jimin also wanted to take this chance to keep you by his side. That's why I asked you to approach him."
-"Damn you, as a detective, even when you knew that Park Yerin was about to be murdered and I was slandered, you still calmly used that as a condition to make him your ally? And even when you knew you could prove my innocence, you still ignored me and forced me to stay at L hotel. Are you still human after all?"- Kim Seokjin violently brushed away two glasses of hot water on Kim Namjoon's hand and gave him a punch. But unfortunately, before the punch could touch the opposite face, it was blocked promptly.
-"There's no other way. If Park Yerin hadn't died, I couldn't infiltrate the L corporation. I have no time, do you understand? That's my only chance"- Grasping Jin's fist tightly, Namjoon growled.
Kim Seokjin wanted to pull his hand away, but the other held on even tighter. Then Namjoon pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiped the hot water on Jin's hand, ignoring the burn on his own hand.
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"Slap"
-"Jung Hoseok, what happened to you recently? I asked you to handle the Park Yerin case properly, but that damn detective was still able to restore the video. I already forgave that stupid mistake. But now, you say you can't find Hwang Yiri?"
Park Shinhye's eyes filled with anger narrowed as she felt the burning pain of her palm after using all her strength to slap the man kneeling opposite. Sharp pain in the chest suddenly arose.
Noticing her rapid breathing and cold sweat starting to run down her temple, Jung Hoseok hurriedly reached into his pocket to take out a small bottle of liquid. He opened the lid and gently brought it to Park Shinhye's mouth. The bitter liquid gradually eased the pain under the chest. Park Shinhye took a deep breath and closed her eyes, trying to regulate her body.
After a while, Kim Taehyung slowly entered with a slight and questioning frown when he saw the odd atmosphere in the room.
-"What happened?"
Jung Hoseok bowed his head to say hello but remained silent, staring at Park Shinhye. Her brows had furrowed tightly before she opened her eyes and turned towards Kim Taehyung.
-"We lost track of Hwang Yiri."
Kim Taehyung slowly moved his gaze from Park Shinhye's pale face to Jung Hoseok's worried expression. Knowing that his cousin had relapsed, he signed and walked over to her back, gently massaging her temples.
-"Lost then lost. It's not a big deal. She has no gut to tell Park Taehwan and Mrs. Park."
-"Are you sure?" Shinhye raised her eyebrows and turned her head to look at Kim Taehyung
-"Look at how Lee Sohan and Park Yerin treated her before. Is it not enough for her to hate them?"- Kim Taehyung smirked and continued. "Besides, she can't call the police since she doesn't have any valid evidence in hand. But Hoseok, keep sending people to track her down. Better safe than sorry."
Jung Hoseok nodded in agreement and got up to leave the room after Park Shinhye gestured. The door closed, Kim Taehyung sat down across from Park Shinhye with a grin.
-"I just went to meet Mrs. Park and Park Haejin to discuss the plan to acquire the remaining shares of L Group from Oh Sehuyk. You also know that besides the Park family members, Oh Sehuyk and Kim Hanjoo are the two biggest shareholders with 21% and 4% respectively. Madam Park already owns 25% of the total shares. If she gets that 21% from Oh Sehuyk and combines your 5%, the total is 51%. Then she can push Park Taehwan off the throne. In a few days, Oh Sehuyk will conduct a transaction with Kim Hanjoo at L Hotel. That is our only chance."
-"Are you okay? Oh Sehuyk and Kim Hanjoo, one of them can be your..."
-"Sis, the one who gave birth to me and the one who raised me was only my mother and you. If it wasn't for you, I must have died on a dirty street in New York already. Anyone who hurt you and her, I will never let them have a chance to stain this world again."
Looking at the sharp face as if sculpted from the most talented artist and the beautiful eyes filled with an endless night, Park Shinhye felt pity for both of them. She guessed if they were born and raised in an ordinary, they could have had better lives rather than caught up in this infinite chain of hatred like this. The children who grew up in this glitzy Park family were actually the most unlucky ones.
In the bathroom, Jung Hoseok frowned as he listened to the conversation recorded from a device he attached under the wheelchair. After a while, when the sound from the other side dropped into silence, he took off his earphones. Then, he quickly texted a message with the whole recording attached inside.
To Suga
Oh Sehuyk and Kim Hanjoo are likely related to Kim Taehyung's background.
P/S: Need to increase the medicine expense :)
11:50
Min Yoongi was deep in slumber on his messy bed when the ringtone rang and broke his sleep. He frowned and mumbled a few swear words while reaching the phone.
-"WHAT THE F*"- The sleepiness immediately dissipated when he saw a text message sent from a person named J'hope. He quickly opened the attached audio file and fell into deep thought. As soon as the recording stopped, it was like a rocket attached to his body. He immediately called Kim Namjoon, then hurriedly put on his rumpled plaid shirt over his thin white and blue body. Hearing the phone ringing downstairs, he immediately ran down to the bar to see Kim Namjoon holding Kim Seokjin's hand.
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-"Fuck, why don't you answer the phone?"
Kim Namjoon and Kim Seokjin were startled when they heard his screams. The detective quickly let go of the other's hand and glanced at his cousin's constipated-like face. When Namjoon was about to respond, Mr. Not-so-impatient Min Yoongi annoyedly put the earphone on Kim Namjoon's ear and pressed the play button. At the same time, he showed the text J'hope had just sent him.
Looking at the constantly changing expressions on Kim Namjoon's face, suspicion and curiosity grew in Jin. Still, he stayed quiet to observe the situation until Kim Namjoon absent-mindedly took off the earphone. The sharpness that had always been present in the other's eyes was now replaced by bewilderment and ambiguity. The silent atmosphere made him and Min Yoongi extremely frustrated, but no one spoke up. After a while, Kim Namjoon looked at Kim Seokjin and spoke slowly.
-"Let's go. I'll take you home."
Min Yoongi blankly watched Kim Namjoon, and the bewildered, beautiful boy disappear from the rickety wooden door, then looked back at the text message and sighed heavily.
Both of them didn't say a word to each other the whole way. The atmosphere was choked up until Kim Namjoon unannouncedly broke it.
-"Call Jeon Jungkook and ask him where he is"
Kim Seokjin absolutely hated hearing the detective's commanding tone without any warmth but still reluctantly obeyed. The familiar waiting bell rang through speakerphone until Jungkook's voice came from the other side.
-"Hello"
-"Where are you now?"
-"I'm at work. Is there anything?"
-"Ah, just asking, what time will you be back?"
-"6 o'clock. Anything else?"
-"Hm... I..."
-"Goodbye"
Before he could speak, the boy hung up the phone, making Kim Seokjin even more confused with his strange cold attitude. He was sure Jungkook was still mad at him since yesterday.
-"Be careful with him. He is on Kim Taehyung's side. They need you like a card to suppress Park Jimin later, so..."
Another shocking news made Jin feel like someone had kicked him into an icy lake on a winter day. Cold sweat on his hands and forehead began to ooze while his heart was trembling and his eye inexplicably heated up.
Jungkook's bunny-toothed smile from the first day they met was like a video replaying in his blank brain.
All the times they talked...they laughed...the times Jungkook whined and coddled...the hugs... Everything that he had and always treasured turned out to be his own illusion. Jungkook, from the beginning, was by his side just to watch over him because Park Jimin loved him. Jin felt his own existence was no more than a pawn on a chessboard filled with corrupt schemes.
Tears of resentment accumulated all morning suddenly fell on the back of his hand. The detective pressed his own lips holding back any words and again took out the handkerchief from before and gave it to the other.
Jin clutched his handkerchief and secretly wished everything happening to him was just a bittersweet nightmare.
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