THE DEAL

15 Unexpected allies

Back at the bureau, Jisoo got a call from her wife. She briefly thought about letting it go to voicemail because they were still so busy trying to figure out where Jihyo was and where Lisa could possibly be, that everything else seemed significantly less important. 

But what also happened during a kidnapping case, was that people were more aware than ever about who was important in their life. And Rosie was everything to Jisoo. Her love, her light, her cute little chipmunk. So she answered the call while sneakily escaping into an unoccupied office. 

"Hey baby, everything alright?" 

"Honey, you have to come home." Rosie's voice told her firmly but calmly. 

"Hun, I know it's late but we still don't have a lead on Lisa.... I'm so sorry." Jisoo had of course told Rosie what had happened and that she most probably had to pull another all-nighter with Jennie.

"No Chichu, it's not that. We have a visitor."

"A visitor?" The dark haired agent frowned. What was her wife on about?

"Yeah and I think you want to meet him. Jennie too. Especially Jennie."

"Hun, we can't leave here. What do you mean?" Jisoo frowned with a look through the glass office doors. Jennie was pacing in her own office. Pacing and seemingly mumbling to herself. Jisoo could see her mouth moving from here. Maybe she was still cursing out Nancy.

"It's about Lisa. My... visitor, might have some information."

That alerted the alarm bells inside Jisoo's head. "Hun, is there someone in our house who shouldn't be? If you're in trouble-"

"No baby, you have to LISTEN to me." Rosie especially stressed the word 'listen'. "I'm fine. But there's someone here you need to talk to. Here at our house."

"If it's a witness who saw anything, they have to come to the bureau."

Rosie let out a little amused laugh. "Yeah, I think that's a hard no. He says he's not stepping into that, I quote, 'government funded glass prison'.

Jisoo huffed. 

"Hun, he knows Lisa."

And that's when a light went on in Jisoo's head. "Her street contact? The one she always somehow failed to introduce to us?"

"I think so."

"We're on our way."

*

Half an hour later, Jennie and Jisoo walked into Jisoo's home where Rosie and the mystery visitor were already waiting for them. 

Jennie walked in extremely suspicious, eyeing the silver haired man on Rosie's couch who was petting Hank the dog and eating Rosie's chocolate chip cookies.

"Suit." Bambam nodded at Jennie with just enough respect in his voice so she didn't glare at him despite the irritating nickname. "Other suit." He gave another gentle nod towards Jisoo. "I gather Lady suit here has already told you who I am?"

"Well, not really." Rosie tilted her head at him before any of the two agents could speak. "Because I for one think that Youngjae Silverstein is not your real name."

Bambam snorted, yet didn't deny it. "What's in a name." He winked at Rosie, then turned towards the agents again. 

"Lisa got snatched by freaking Jackson Wang, didn't she?. Do you guys have any idea how dangerous he is?"

"Excuse me but... who exactly are you?" Jennie stared down at him as he felt right at home on Jisoo and Rosie's couch, stroking Hank behind his ears who had his head in his lap. Obviously the dog trusted him. All in all that was a good sign, Jisoo thought but couldn't help but ask. "And why on earth do you show up on my doorstep? When my wife is home alone?"