The Truth Untold

Chapter 2 - Trials and Errors

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It was a wonderful sunny morning in Seoul, the weather was perfect, with a nice clean sky, not that Jungkook could admire it because he was so late. Through a barely open window, the sounds of the busy traffic and occasional honk of the cars could be heard and the entire city had a warm glow from the Sun which was calling Jungkook for a nice morning jog that he usually took. Instead, he was running around his apartment, a toothbrush in his mouth while he tried to button up his shirt. His alarm clock didn't go off, so he slept in, and was now late. He also ran out of coffee and he discovered that one of the last clean socks had a hole in it, and since he forgot to do his laundry he didn't have any other clean pair. These will have to suffice. He thought. All of the things he was postponing for the past several days gathered together to mess with him on his first day of work after two months of suspension.

Jeon Jungkook was a police detective, like his father before him. Chief Jeon was a hotshot, very respected and liked. He ruled the station with determination and ability, back in Busan, until he went into premature retirement because he was shot three times by one of the suspects, who was later killed in retaliation. Chief Jeon barely survived and was never able to work again. Instead, he bought a nice little house in the countryside, finally spending his life peacefully, fishing and gardening. His wife, who was a middle school teacher was relieved about the move as she came to dislike living in a busy and dangerous city.

Jungkook, at that time, was a cadet in the Police Academy, so he stayed behind. His mother, ever condemning his career choices, only mildly nagged him for it, knowing too well how stubborn and determined her son could be, while his dad was very proud.

There were a lot of expectations from young Jeon since then. His father's shoes were difficult to fill in, which he had no intention of doing, so he moved into the capital, to start fresh, far away from his father's station and colleagues. He didn't want any protection, he wanted to make it on his own. Needless to say, he was a good cop, and then he passed his exams to become an even better detective. Now, in his thirties, he was well-known in his district for his quick and witty case solving. His forte was burglaries and theft. Of course, he worked on a few homicide cases over the years, but he was more fascinated with well-organized robberies. He was excellent at his job, solving difficult cases until...well... until that damned day when he met Park Jimin and got suspended from work because of him. He will never forgive himself for that mistake.

Now, two months later, he got to the station half an hour late because of the traffic, got reprimanded right away because of it by his Chief in Command, and was told that he was not to accept any new cases that day, so he could ''ease'' himself back to work, sort of speak. Jungkook didn't need to ''ease'' back, he was ready to work the first week after his suspension took place, but he understood that he was still punished in a way, for a stupid mistake.

Chief Jeong was a good, but righteous man and he had no patience for stupid mistakes. That slip-up Jungkook had, is going to follow him for some time. He had a ton of paperwork and reports on his desk, he was informed, all neatly awaiting his arrival. No amount of charming attempts to soften the Chief's heart was working, so quite defeated, Jungkook only murmured: - ''Yes, Sir.'' – And went out of the Chief's office.

He took a deep breath, greeting a few passing colleagues in the hall before reaching the door of his unit. Their room was huge, stacked with small assembled offices in the corners and a bunch of desks, two by two, in the middle. One of those desks was Jungkook's. He inhaled the air again to calm his nerves and to mentally prepare for the torment he will, unquestionably, be subjected to.