Unlucky Charmed| Suayeon

Ch. 35: Pieces Come Together

Warning: Strong Language and A Small Mention of Suicide towards the end

As soon as Dami got access to the keycard, she immediately made a dummy copy. Later that night, they went back to the casino to try to find the man. Usually, the plan would be to place the card somewhere where he could've dropped it, but Dami pointed out that this card was too important for him to drop. He would know something is up the next day if they went forward with the original plan.

It was a small group that went into the casino this time. Jiu and Yoohyeon were out, since they had already dealt with him, and Gahyeon had already gone back to work on getting the car. That left Siyeon, Sua, and Handong to go in and search.

He could've been anywhere in the large building, but luckily for them, his habits didn't change. They found him trying to pick up other girls in the same bar as earlier. Siyeon walked over and tried to place the card in the pocket where the real one would've been located. As she was observing her target, she realized that she recognized the man. He was one of the friends who were at the house the day she left. Not only that, he was one of Taehyung's closest friends who showed up at the house a lot. She never got to know his name as she always left them alone whenever they came over, but she still remembered his face. It was one of those faces she couldn't forget, not after the night where she learned that her husband outted her without remorse and made a mockery of her. He was the one that egged on Taehyung's paranoia that night. Looking back to that day, Siyeon was suddenly filled with emotions, mostly those of anger and sadness over her husband's betrayal.

"Shit! How the hell didn't I notice?" She wasn't able to get a good visual when she pickpocketed him the first time, but now that she was able to see his face, she had to be more careful. Even in his drunken state, he would still be able to know it's her.

Her head was all but silent as her mind was overloaded with the cacophony of negative thoughts. She wanted to recover from how useless she felt the night before. She wanted to lash at him, to at least give her a bit of the closure she needed from that night months ago. Then she thought about the consequences of that. What would happen to the crew for her foolish action? What would happen to Sua? She had to calm down. She took a few deep breaths, stabilized her hand movements, and went for the pocket.

She was able to grab his keycard the first time, but this time around turned out to be a challenge. He wasn't as distracted as last time. He was looking for women in the bar and none had occupied his attention yet. Her third attempt was the closest she got, but he started to turn around. In that instant, a million thoughts ran through her mind of ways to escape the situation without getting caught. She didn't have enough time to put any of those thoughts into action, when a hand grabbed her and she was pulled toward its owner. Her heart started to pound in panic.

"Don't worry, it's me. He didn't see you. You're good." Sua had embraced her in reassurance and as a way to shield Siyeon's identity from the man. Siyeon was relieved that it was her that grabbed her.

"We still have this, though." Siyeon showed Sua the fake black card after she calmed down. Once Sua let her know that it was all clear, she set her eyes back on her target. She just had to wait for an opportunity. She saw the man get up and start to walk away. There's the time to strike. "Sua, I need you to do something for me."

"What's that?"

"I need to distract him again."

"Oh, no. I'm not gonna make out with him either." When they all got back to the van before this mission, Siyeon mentioned what Yoohyeon did earlier in the night. Sua figured she had to do the same thing.

"What? No. I'm not gonna make you do that. That was Yoohyeon's idea anyways. I just need you to bump into him so that I can slip the card in while he focuses on you. That's all, baby." Reassuring her that she wouldn't have to seduce the gross man, Siyeon also gently caressed her cheek with her thumb.  It's less risky than the other plan was, but she wanted to make sure that Sua was up for it before speaking again. "Is that alright?"