ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ɪɪ || ᴋᴛʜ & ᴊᴋ

Chapter 45 || Returned

Jungkook stirred when he heard a phone ring.

Groaning softly, he opened his eyes to the most beautiful sight in the world.

Kang Yeri was finally lying in his arms next to him. She stirred as the phone continued to ring.

He kissed her on her forehead before he moved away to answer the phone.

“Jungkook,” said the investigator’s voice.

The last of the sleep disappeared. “What happened?”

“I’m calling to say we found the priest. He’s on his way to the Kim province right now.”

“Don’t contact him directly. Let me talk to him first,” Jungkook replied before ending the call.

“What happened?” Kang Yeri asked him sleepily.

He turned towards her and saw her concerned look. “The man who was supposed to have died in the massacre along with our family was found to be alive,” he said.

Jungkook told Yeri about Min-woo, how he was almost killed and in a coma, and then about the priest and the investigation done so far.

Kang Yeri listened to everything quietly.

“You should go now, Jungkook,” she said.

“Come with me,” he said, unwilling to leave her alone.

“No. I need to go home. I need to resume my duties. With Sehun gone, there must be a lot of pending work. Call me whenever you are available again.”

He watched her uncertainly.

“I’m fine, Jungkook. Please go,” she insisted.

He kissed her. “I’ll be back soon, I promise,” he said.

Jungkook dropped Yeri at the Kang Mansion before driving to the church where Samuel Mathews was headed.

***

“We are sorry for intruding on you this way, Father.”

“That’s okay, my son. I’m more than happy to help you both.”

Jungkook and Tae-hyung were seated at the church, speaking with Samuel Mathews. The priest though tired from a long journey, agreed to meet with Jungkook and Tae-hyung.

“Father, we are trying to get some important information about a man who had left our province nearly twenty years ago.” Tae-hyung showed an enlarged picture of Min-woo . “Do you recognize this man?”

Samuel Mathews stared at the picture for only a couple of seconds before he began to nod his head.

“Yes, my son. I was the one who helped him when he wanted to convert to Christianity. He even picked my name as his, to show his gratitude.”

“Was anyone else with him who had also wanted to convert at that time?” Jungkook asked.

The priest smiled. “No. It was just him and the child.”

Everything froze within Jungkook. He felt Tae-hyung stiffening next to him.

“We didn’t know Samuel had a son,” Tae-hyung stated in a casual tone.

“How old was Samuel’s son at that time?”

“No, it wasn’t Samuel’s son,” said the priest. “It was an orphan that Samuel had wanted to drop off at an orphanage. But since there was a lot of unrest within the province at that time, I requested Samuel to drop that boy in one of the other orphanages I had recommended.”