Tug of War | a VMIN Story - the sequel to Regrets? (BOOK 3)

Making me feel brand-new

Present

Jimin was inside his office, he was going thru the materials that were sent to him by Mr. Baek, he chose to partner with him and give him points in improving his way of analyzing the evidence for their investigation.

Their Boss was pleased with Jimin's last performance. And they were eyeing him to be assigned in three more cases. They see the potential in Jimin and thought that it's about time to give him a break.

Jimin's first case was minor, they thought that it was just simple burglary as it seems that the storekeeper at that when it happened was standing in front of the cashier and someone came and pointed a gun at his head, as the storekeeper narrated in one of the interrogation sessions. But Jimin got into evidence when he reached the crime scene that it was an inside job. The storekeeper planned the staged burglary so that they could get the money. And the fingerprint that was left pointed to his partner, the partner admitted during interrogation that he just didn't come and went to do the job alone. Jimin reviewed the videos keenly on the CCTV he went to the site and checked on the item that has the two burglars' fingerprints. The two suspects were sentenced to be imprisoned for not more than 10 years.

Meanwhile.

"The food is getting cold Jimin!, you should go here and eat with us!" Taehyung yelled from the kitchen. " 10 minutes! I'm sorry, 10 more minutes!" Jimin yelled back from his office.

Since Jimin had been swamped with his work. Taehyung is the one who's doing all the cooking. The two discussed their task and for this week, Taehyung is the one assigned to the Kitchen. Jimin with their laundries and cleaning their Unit.

"Minji! Jungyeon! C'mon, let's eat!" Daddy will join us in a bit!" Taehyung called their two kids who were in the living room. Jungyeon playing with his marble run, while Minji getting irritated with her gadget. "Isn't it Mommy? Minji corrected as she was taking her seat at their Dining table. " Well, technically you are correct Princess!" Taehyung said putting down the pink apron and taking his seat. "Daddy, Ice cream! Jungyeon said bouncing off of his seat! "Later sweetheart! Let's finish dinner first!" Taehyung said smiling.

After what felt like 10 minutes Jimin came out of his office, the family had a lovely dinner and as they promised the kids, they will have Ice cream for dessert.

They decided to stroll for the night while enjoying their ice cream." I'll drive! Jimin said winking at Tae! They quickly finished everything and cleaned the dishes. Taehyung, as panicky as he is, changed Jungyeon into his comfortable clothes. Minji went to her cupboard and picked whatever it is that she could get and changed. Same with the husbands who quickly went to their room and changed.

Jimin sat in the driver's seat. While Tae and the kids were seated comfortably in their places. "Ready?" Jimin asked as he turned on the engine of their new compact SUV, Jimin traded his car recently and picked an SUV as their family's literally "growing", it's more convenient.

They went to the ice cream shop and enjoyed and strolled.

The weather was good when they went out. It wasn't raining. They enjoyed the city lights that night. While strolling, Jimin passed by a place that was familiar to him. For years, that place played a significant role in his life.

Jimin thought of passing by at the mall, they passed by that parking lot where he and Jin used to hang out. Somehow, that parking lot became their hiding spot.

Jimin's mood switched, from all goofy he became silent. He was still affected by how things turned up between him and Jin.

"Are you okay?" Taehyung asked with a concerned look. " Yeah, I just felt tired. " Jimin yawned as he was driving. "Would you like me to drive?" Taehyung asked in his monotone voice. "Please?" Jimin replied with tiredness visible in his voice. "Right, park it there." Taehyung pointed. Jimin went down was a coincidence that they parked at his and Jin's parking spot. Jimin felt something eerie that few seconds being down there. He felt a little shiver, and he quickly ran to the other side of the car and sat in the passenger seat. " Mom? You okay?" Minji inquired. "Yes princess, I am fine" Jimin replied and just sat quietly looking at the windows. Minji had been calling him Mom, for a few days now. She is learning a lot. She knew that it was Jimin who gave birth to her and her brother. She was a smart kid, she knows that most, female are the ones who get pregnant and delivers a child. But since the kids are growing, one day, Jimin and Taehyung realized that it's time to give Minji the "talk". Since then, she had been calling Jimin "Mom".