𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐉𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐤)

Chapter 20: Found The Money, Killed Many People

"Thank you so much, madam! I don't know how to thank you! No one else wanted to tell me the story." - I kissed the old lady's hand.

"It's nothing, boy! I guess they're all afraid of Manoban, although he travels a lot - Thailand, Mexico, Turkey, Spain. Everywhere, but not in Korea. But at my age, I no longer care if someone comes and kill me or not." - she replied.

The old lady came to sent me outside.

"I really admire you! Once again, thank you! You helped me a lot." - I said.

"Not a problem, son! I hope you find out, what you're looking for!" - she got back in her house.

I got in my car. I took a deep breath, trying to rationalize, what I've been told.

I closed my eyes and put my hands on my face. I was shocked and confused.

Then I set off and stopped the car in front of Jungkook's old house.

It was abandoned and about to collapse every moment.

I went inside. It was cold, quiet and creepy. I swallowed my fear of creepy things and started to search and check all the furniture in it.

I searched everywhere. Under every desk and in every cupboard. There wasn't anything.

Apparently, the bank took everything.

I checked the kitchen and the bathrooms - nothing. But when I went i the bedroom, I found a few family pictures of Jungkook's childhood.

They were so cute together. I really felt bad for Kookie. Like - Come on, he doesn't have any fault.

I checked under everything. I spent and hour of my life in searching.

Then it happened. A random thought came in my mind. I picked up the mattress on his parents' bed.

Under the mattress, I found something that could help me. There was a letter and a.....gun.

The letter was saying:

"Dear son, if you are reading this, your mother and I are dead. We died for your good. Remember when I told you that older people don't make mistakes? Well, I did. I messed with the wrong people. They are criminals. If only I had sacrificed myself, then they would have kidnapped and killed you and your mother to find out where the money I hid was. That's why I had to take your mother with me. I worked for criminals just so we could raise you. Sooner or later, your mother and I would be killed by those people. The question was how to protect you. Now that we're dead, they'll try to figure out from you where the money is. That's why I'm leaving you my gun, who I used all these 8 years. Use it if they try to harm you! But I believe that you are a strong and grown up man who can handle himself. The money is $ 50 billion. Remember where I took you every weekend when you were little? The money is buried next to the tree we planted together. They are for you, but you decide what to do with them. Let this be a lesson that money is not the most important thing in the world. I hope you forgive me one day. Your mother and I love you very much, and I'm sorry that it happened this way and we won't see our grown son!"
From: Dad

Apparently, Jungkook's father knew that they were gonna kill them, while trying to escape.

I took the gun in my hands.

"No one should find this!" - I told myself.

Then I hid the gun along with the letter in my backpack and left.

I got back at home. I lost in thoughts.

The right thing I had to do, was to show Jungkook the letter, because it was for him. But in other side, if he understand, where the money is, Lisa will find out immediately and will harm him.

I phoned Jungkook.

"Jiminie? How are you?" - he asked.

"I'm fine. I'm phoning you, because.... there is an essay I should write and the topic is 'My parrents used to bring me here, when I was a child.' Since, me and my mother weren't going outside often, I wanted you to help me with this." - I lied.

"Oh, um... there were so many places, my parents used to lead me. But I remember dad was bringing me every weekend for fishing on the central port. We always were sitting in the same bench. We even planted a tree next to the bench. It's the only tree there, so that made it special." - Jungkook uttered.

"Got it. Thank you!" - I closed the phone and went to the port.

I found the bench and the tree next to it.

I knelt down the tree, when I asked myself - Is this the right thing I should do?

I started digging. After a while, a bag came out.

I opened it. Inside there was only money, and nothing else.

My first thought was to call the police, but.... His parents sacrificed themselves for Jungkook. They wanted him to have the money, not that criminals.

I took the bag and hurried to get back home. I hid the bag with money under one of the boards parquet.

Next chapter will be a major one, so don't miss it! Everything will be explained. It will be of two parts and will be a fire!