ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ɪɪ || ᴋᴛʜ & ᴊᴋ

Chapter 44 || Forever

Kang Yeri arrived at the Kang Mansion.

Jungkook had insisted on accompanying her. As soon as the vehicle stopped in front of the mansion entrance, she got down and strode purposefully.

When she reached her aunt's suite, she saw it locked from outside. "Where is she?" Kang Yeri demanded.

"She left last night after she heard about you leaving to some place," Dong-ha answered.

"Where did she go?"

"We are not sure, madam. She didn't tell any of us."

"Who drove her?"

There was a pause. "My father," Dong-ha answered.

Kang Yeri clenched her hands into a fist when the last of her doubts had cleared. She had always known that someone was helping her aunt, letting her know the progress of Kang Yeri's investigation in finding Hana.

Kang Yeri had suspected everyone except for Sehun. For some reason, Kang Yeri believed Sehun was loyal to her more than to her aunt.

That's why she had even believed Sehun when he told her that her baby had survived and had been taken away.

"Find them," Kang Yeri ordered quietly. "Hunt them both down and bring them back alive to me." Kang Yeri didn't want anyone else to kill her aunt.

The amount of torment and pain she had been put through by her aunt would in no way be compensated by someone simply shooting a bullet into her.

Dong-ha nodded without any arguments. Kang Yeri knew that although Dong-ha loved his father, he valued duty above everything else.

Jungkook spoke to her men, giving them the details of his investigators and asked them to contact them.

Kang Yeri watched as some of the men left.

"I can't believe she managed to escape this quickly," she said with frustration.

"We'll find her," Jungkook promised.

***

Kang Yeri and Jungkook dropped Bora and her granddaughter at their home where they had a tearful reunion with the rest of their relatives.

Kang Yeri watched them quietly.

Bora left the group to come towards Kang Yeri.

"Thank you," she said with tears in her eyes. "I never thought I would ever see my home again before I died."

Kang Yeri nodded. "You will be safe here. I have asked someone to take care of all your needs. If you or Hana need anything else, call for me."

Kang Yeri gave instructions to one of the men before walking away from her mother's people.

She closed her eyes and then opened them again when she felt the reassuring squeeze of Jungkook's hands.

"Jungkook, you should get back home, too," Kang Yeri said quietly when they walked towards the car.

"You want me to leave?" he asked.

"No," she replied honestly. "But-"

"Then nothing else matters," he said, cutting her off before she could voice her reasons. "I'm staying by your side until you want me to leave."

Kang Yeri didn't argue. She still felt emotionally drained. And selfishly, she wanted him next to her.

When he began to drive them to Kang Mansion, she looked at him uncertainly. "Can we go to our cottage?" she asked.