Who?

Twenty Eight

Juyeon was staring outside his window, home alone. His desk was sprawled with papers all over, mostly consisting of his father's case. 

The more he dabbled into the case report by Yunho, the more he felt scared. He suspected his father had been in some case deep with Hyunjae's father. 

He sighed, clutching onto his wet hair. He had just gotten out of the shower. 

Juyeon glanced at his phone on the bed. Picking it up, he opened up his contact list. His fingers hovered above Chanhee's number.

What would he even say if he called? That he was sorry he arrested his murderer friend?" 

Juyeon made a decision and put the call. A small smile hooked on his lips when the other side picked up.

"Hey, Eric? Is the dinner offer still up?"

"Of course, hyung." Eric grinned. He glanced at the unconscious Sunwoo on their couch.

"Sunwoo? I will try to drag him out but he's gonna refuse. Ok, see you there." And hung up. 

He walked to the couch and tilted his head at Sunwoo. He bent down and poked his cheeks. Sunwoo stirred a little and opened his eyes, blinking. 

When he could properly see Eric, he immediately glared at him. Eric chuckled at the reaction and stood back up. 

"Easy, tiger. You hurt your head." 

"What the hell, Eric! Why'd you tie me up!" Sunwoo snapped, struggling under the ropes.

"I'm not gonna answer the obvious." Eric shrugged.

He went to the kitchen and dragged a chair over. He sat down, facing a disgruntled Sunwoo. Eric spread his arms with an amused expression.

"I know you got questions. Shoot!"

"You're gonna answer them?" Sunwoo raised a brow. Eric nodded. 

Sunwoo eyed him suspiciously. He winced when he felt a particular stab in his head. The pain came and went but it never left his head. He composed himself and looked at Eric.

"What, no, who are you exactly?" 

Sunwoo was not one bit entertained by Eric's expressions. He felt like he was being belittled. 

"My name is Eric Sohn, police partners with Kim Sunwoo." 

"Eric!"

"And formerly named, Choi Youngjae. Little brother of Choi Chanhee." Eric continued.

Sunwoo stayed quiet. He was clenching his fists tied behind his back. 

"Why.... were you hiding?"

"Hiding? I wasn't. You just didn't ask." 

"Why didn't you tell us anything when we were talking about Choi Chanhee?"

"Again, you didn't ask me. What should I have said?" Eric shrugged.

Sunwoo didn't know what to continue with. More specifically, he didn't know what to question first. 

"Eric, why'd you hide your identity? Did you already know Jacob was behind all these? Wait, is Jacob even responsible for these cases? Did you try to help your brother because of that?"

Eric smiled, tilting his head at Sunwoo. 

"Let me tell you a story, Sunwoo. Since you were my partner and all, I'll be friendly and go easy on you."