FBI : love department || Park Jimin ☁️

20- woman

you got again lost in your thoughts

<what do you mean?>

Jimin asked frowning, he wasn't getting much information out of you, that was one side he hated of working with you. When you had an idea, instead of telling him right away, you took about 40 minutes to examine it by yourself before spilling the tea. He didn't like it but at the same time he was glad you didn't come to him with every stupid thing that crossed your mind

<Jimin let's go, I will go to Jungkook and you go to Mr. Kim, we need to call all the poker club over at the hotel in about 20 minutes>

the boy was surely confused, but he didn't question you any further. He knew you needed a warrant from the warden and didn't waste any more time. You directed yourself to find Jungkook, your first guess was the forensics room but it was empty. Only one person who you didn't know was sitting by the computer getting some work done.

<Excuse me, have you seen Jungkook?>

you asked the man who was surely way older than you

<Someone called him and he went out to answer, I don't know anything more>

you thanked before hurriedly storming out. The balcony was the first place which came to your mind, it was quiet and not many people went there, the perfect place to answer a call. This time your guess was correct, the younger was standing there, by the composure of his shoulders and the tone of his voice you could guess he was nervous

<no, I will not do it again>

he spatted bringing his hand up to his hair

<I won't listen anymore, you listen to me instead, I was the one getting a suspension, that will always stay in my documents, you got away with it so if you actually want to do it again, you will need to do it by yourself. Don't contact me again, I'm out of this>

Jungkook pulled the phone away from his ear and ended the call, you blinked a couple of times and decided to take some steps away so he wouldn't notice you listened to part of his conversation

<here you are Jungkook>

you shouted pretending to come just now, he turned in your direction, his eyes wide, you guessed he was scared you overheard

<are you ok?>

you played along to your own game, it wasn't the right time now to talk about it as you predicted it to be a long and serious conversation

<yes, don't worry. Were you looking for me?>

you nodded at his question

<did you find anything which could connect a woman with the crime scene from the Miami Hotel?>

Jungkook got momentarily lost looking in the air, but then he finally nodded

<yes, but I didn't pay any attention to it as every guest uses those stairs. There was a woman hair near the wheelchair>

you frowned

<could it have been on the wheelchair and have fallen off during the fall?>

<I think it's possible, but it's honestly more probable that one of the female guests had lost it while walking who knows when>

you sighed

<However I took it with the other prooves>

Jungkook then added making you smile

<that's fantastic, I need it now>

***
you drove faster turning on the police sirens, every car made space for you and you could reach the destination before any of the other people who were called over. Naturally, Jimin was with you.

<what do you want to do with this?>

Jimin asked pointing at the little bag with the hair Jungkook gave you in it

<Jungkook found it next to the body, Mr. King said he smelled a woman's perfume. What if the killer was a woman?>

your partner blinked in confusion

<but everyone else..>

<everyone else was lying>

you spatted making him even more confused

<they wanted for the poker club to come out so they had more people who could give evidence of the same version of the story. They knew we would be too focused on the murdering and not pay attention to their little illegal game>

<I see your point, but why would they lie about seeing the killer?>

you sighed

<that's what we are about to find out. I think there are two possibilities. They didn't see anyone and came up with a story or...>

<they are covering up someone>

Jimin finished your sentence making you hum in agreement.

You've finally reached the hotel, Jungkook welcomed you by the gates

<here what you asked for>

he passed you a pack of cards, the cards used to play poker. But poker was surely not the game you were about to play. You thanked him and went into the room where Hall and all the others used to play poker on a daily routine followed by Jimin.

You opened the cards and put them on the table. The room, which was till now empty, starter filling with policemen and no other than the members of the club.

The first one to show up was receptionist Hall, then Mrs. Jackson and her son joined later by Mr. and Mrs. McCain. The last ones to come in were Mr. Noel, Mrs. Will, and Mrs. Foulger.

You were sitting at the table, you looked up at the people who were standing on the other side. No one of them uttered a single word. You didn't know if they were confused or scared but you could tell they weren't comfortable. You gave them a smile

<you know guys, I kind of understand you...>

you started taking the cards in your hands and starting to mix them

<... what is a simple poker game confronted to a whole murdering? nothing special, isn't it? Illegal poker games take place every day in a lot of different cities and countries. In the end, poker is such a fun game and not everyone has the time to go to a casino and play it regularly. Not everyone has a reputation they can throw away by showing up in such a place. Am I right?>

you looked at them and saw them nod slightly

<Mrs. Will, you are such a respected lawyer, Mr. Noel you are a great doctor, all of you have a perfect reputation in their sector. No one can allow being seen in a club, in a bar, or a casino, I understand it. I see why you take advantage of the situation once you found a young, ready-to-risk it all, a person like Mr. Hall. I understand all of you. So why don't we play a game altogether?>

Jimin shot you a glare which didn't go unnoticed by you. You knew he was confused, probably getting mad and impatient but you felt this move was the right one. The members exchanged  a look

<why don't we play Bluff? I guess you already know how to play it as you've been doing it this whole time>