Chapter 55

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Lisa

A few hours later the beeping of watch alarms started sounding from all over Jennie's room as each one of Lisa's teammates slowly started to rouse. Jennie was sound asleep on Lisa's chest with Lisa's hand resting on Jennie's neck, but she slowly rolled her head and shifted her weight as the sounding alarms pulled her from sleep.

Everyone in Jennie's room was stretching and groaning, becoming more awake and aware with every movement of their tired bodies when Bambam came through the door, fully dressed and showered. "Dara and Richard just woke up and are getting showered and dressed. If we are going to discuss last night with Jennie, now's the time." Bambam said firmly.

Bambam's words jolted everyone awake and Jennie took a seat in one of her oversized chairs with her legs criss-crossed, eagerly waiting to hear what the hell was going on. "Did you guys figure out who tampered with my meds?" Jennie asked directly, getting straight to the point.

Taking his phone from his pocket, Bambam handed it to Lisa with a picture of Seungri shown prominently on the screen. Lisa leaned over the top of Jennie, holding the phone in front of her so she could get a closer look at the picture. "When we were at dinner the night before, you left your purse at the table. This man disappeared with it then replaced it minutes later. He's the only person who had access." Lisa said.

"Seungri? But why? He and I are friends. We've been working together closely on this new online banking initiative. I don't understand. What does he have to gain from hurting me?" Jennie's face was pinched in confusion and she searched the faces of every team member hoping someone had an answer.

"Jin told us he works closely with Jiyong... do you think that Jiyong could have given him the order?" Bambam said, not bothering to tiptoe around Jennie's feelings.

"No, Jiyong is like family. He would never." Jennie scoffed at Bambam's suggestion. Bambam and the rest of the team weren't convinced and it was obvious.

"Tell them Jin. Jiyong would never do such a thing. He's like a second father to me." Jennie with her voice slightly less confident than before. Jin sighed and ran his hand through his hair as he leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees.

"Jennie I... there's something I need to tell you." Jin said, with pain in his voice. Instead of responding verbally, Jennie simply straightened herself in her chair and squared her shoulders at Jin, bracing herself for whatever he was going to say next. "Everyone in this room knows that I haven't led the cleanest life." Jin started.

Lisa and the rest of the team were aware of Jin's chequered past. In his early teens and twenties, Jin had been involved with some pretty shady characters. Underground fighting seemed to be Jin's crime of choice and he made a ton of money doing it. He had been arrested a few times and had one or two drug related charges, earning him the title of the black sheep of the family. It actually made sense why he and Richard's relationship was so strained. Richard was a beacon of truth and justice and his son had been a criminal. According to Jennie, It wasn't until Jin quit fighting and started running a legitimate business that Richard even acknowledged him as part of the family.

"But once I got my act together, about a year before you started working for dad - Jiyong approached me about a business proposition." Jennie's eyes narrowed at Jin and Lisa could see the fear and anger slowly filling her veins. "He wanted me to take the position that you currently hold at the bank and told me about a few different offers he had received from numerous mob bosses who were interested in using dad's bank to launder money - he wanted me to head the operation, thinking I was corrupt and selfish enough to accept the offer. To be fair had he offered it to me a few years prior I probably would have taken him up on it... my head was all fucked up then and it was an insane amount of pay-out."

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