Uproar /PJM FF

Chapter 17

Jimin was standing on the corridor of the hospital, unable to sit down like JaeHyun and Taehyung had while they were told to wait for the results of the DNA test they had all provided samples for. 

Originally they had told them that it was gonna take at least two working days for the result to come back from the receipt of samples but thanks to some connections that JaeHyun turned out to have with some higher-ups in the hospital, they had been asked to wait for only some hours. In the beginning, it sounded like more than an acceptable time but as minutes ticked away, each and every one of them had started growing nervous and doubtful about their own beliefs.

Taehyung had fallen quiet, trapped inside his silent prayers for his father to not be proven as a cheater as that would shatter him more than he would like to admit, and honestly, Jimin was sharing his fear because for him too, the image of his parents was the example he looked up when it came to true love. The way his late mother used to look at his father, the way he held her hand and always kissed her cheek sweetly. The way they cared for each other through every little gesture while they were together. Everything about them was like a fairytale inside him. All his memories of them were full of that veil of love that he had idolized and yearned to one day have a love like theirs. How could now a simple paper come and tell him that all that he lived and fell was nothing but a lie? He didn't even want to think about it.

The two brothers even though silent were visibly nervous contrary to JaeHyun who didn't look as caught up in nervousness and anguish even though on the inside he was somewhere in between. This was the moment that he was to know if what he overheard his mother say was true. If she really had given a child to her sister back then in order to hide her pregnancy but simultaneously he already believed strongly enough that it was so cause she had no reason to say such words to her therapist. She had no reason to lie because she didn't know that he was listening and that was why he was certain of the fact that it was true that Jimin must be his half brother.

How he felt about that it didn't matter much to him, or at least not as much as to how he could find a way to take advantage of this situation and get what he wanted from him.

"It's been three hours already? Are we sure they will bring the results today?" Taehyung spoke up, breaking the heavy atmosphere that had taken over them like a cloud.

"The doctor wouldn't have told us to wait if otherwise. Just be patient." Jimin responded to him calmly and Taehyung stood from the place he was seated, feeling as if he was unable to stand still for any longer.

He started taking some steps back and forth on the corridor, observing the nurses that would come and go doing their jobs. The sight derived his thoughts elsewhere for a moment as he started commenting on their work attire and how come they always kept it so neat despite the long hours they work. 

Taking care of all these people must be tiring. If it were me, I would increase their salary.

He thought to himself, deliberately pushing his own self to create thoughts for whatever else he could, and fortunately for him or not, his eyes fell to a certain familiar figure that indeed drove his thoughts to focus elsewhere. Nari just got out of a room and bowed down to a doctor that seemed to have scored her by the door.

He followed her figure with his eyes till she disappeared from his sight, leaving him behind with wondering thoughts as to why Jimin's ex was at the hospital then he recalled their encounter at his office and the amount of money she asked of him.

Does this have to do with the important reason she may have had to reach the state of asking for money from me?

He questioned right before he felt Jimin's hand on his shoulder and turned around to face him only for him to inform him that the doctor asked to meet them in his office.

They locked eyes for a moment before they turned around and walked back to their cousin who was waiting for them then they all together headed to the doctor's office.

---Change of set---

"The things I do for this woman, I swear" Jungkook murmured under his breath as he parked his motorbike at the side of the road and stepped off of it.

He was slightly irritated that his evening didn't seem to go as he had thought of it because instead of being with Areum at their house, cuddling her on the couch while they watch a movie and eat snacks, he was outside in the cold, following a strange around as if he was her bodyguard.

Despite how unexpected Areum's request was and how not safe for him it was to be stalking a wealthy lady, Jungkook sure not once thought of declining her request as he knew of her suspicions and he had promised her to help her clarify her thoughts and find out if her assumptions are true or not.

Assumptions that if someone was to hear would find them too crazy and unbelievable to even bother but if Areum was the one that thought of them then Jungkook obviously will believe her.

Lee Byeol however, so far had not given any sign of unusual behavior. He had tailed her from the moment she had left the Galla where Areum was informed that she was at and from there she had only stopped now at this building which he was soon to find out what it was as he got out his phone and checked the email Areum had sent him, in which there was any related information of Beyol along with the addresses of her most closed friends and acquainted people.

He went through the list carefully in search of seeing the same address as this building had somewhere but he found it nowhere making him, climb back on his motorbike and head into the underground parking of the building where her car had entered and which he had avoided, thinking that she was gonna exit from there, so he was to see her anyways.

The sound of his vehicle was the only one disturbing the silence of that parking lot at that moment as so he realized while going around in search of her car, till he finally found it parked and decided to place his motorbike at a safe distance from her vehicle.

Where did the driver go? He was driving the car so far.

Jungkook questioned himself as he stepped out of his vehicle and took off his helmet, leaving it at his seat, only to soon realize that the place was full of security cameras, and even though he was not doing anything illegal he felt the need to hide his face.

He walked towards the elevator while looking down and pressed the button, planning to just move up and down in it till Byeol was to enter it. He was a stranger to her so there was no reason for him to panic at her presence or anyone.

However to his surprise, once the elevator reached him and opened its doors, he came face to face with her and stepped aside to make room for her to walk away and she did so without throwing a second glance at him.

Did she drop off her driver? They must be paying him way too well for an employee to be able to afford to stay in such an apartment building.

Jungkook thought to himself as he saw her getting back to her car and getting on the driver's seat. He pretended like his phone rang just so he could stay out of the elevator and as soon as her car passed him by he rushed to his motorbike and took off one more time, behind her.

---To be continued...