N0 B0DY, N0 CRIM3 | Bang Chan

Deterrent

"Enough!" Chan finally snapped. 

He glared at Changbin before Changbin finally threw himself back into his seat. He instantly crossed his arms over his chest. A scowl sat across his face. 

Chan cleared his throat and sat in his own chair at the head of the table. "So how was the lunch in DC?" He glanced over at Han and Lee Know. The two of them were sitting side by side. 

"It was pretty drab and boring. However, we did end up finding out a few things. Thankfully, Han only nearly blew our cover once." 

"Hey!" Han cried out. "I didn't know we were in a fake marriage! It was one measly slip up that was easily smoothed out. It's not like they realized it anyway!" 

Chan rolled his eyes. He'd rather them get straight to the point. "What did you two find out?" 

"We need to be very, very, very careful from now on. We need to be careful with who we're trusting. It wasn't just a friendly lunch, Willie put a bounty on our group. Whoever has information about us, if they give it to him, and help put us in jail, they're getting a million dollars." 

"A million dollars?" Felix's jaw dropped at the other end of the table. 

Seungmin scoffed, "that's just pocket money for those rich bastards." 

"A million dollars is a million dollars. Not to mention the publicity that comes with helping put us in prison. That's a million dollars and a chapter written in the history books," Lee Know continued. "We're playing a very dangerous game right now. Apparently, we put another one of his friends in jail last night." 

"The one smuggling in cocaine on cruise ships," Han clarified. 

Chan nodded and gently grazed his top teeth over his black lip piercing. His gaze sat on the back wall. His hands were neatly folded together on the table in front of him. 

"Uh-oh, someone's about to be in trouble," I.N teased. "Nothing good happens when Chan looks like that." 

"There were only twenty-three of us at that lunch. We have no idea how many other people he's offered this money to. He said he offered it to us because we all have connections with a lot of people," Lee Know continued. "If anything about us gets out, we're all fucked. We can't cheat the system while we're in federal prison. Not while all our connections are outside." 

Changbin let out a huff and glared down at the table. 

"What crawled up your ass and died?" Felix asked. 

He looked up and shot a glare at him. "That's none of your fucking business. Keep your nose in your own ass." 

"Enough!" Chan snapped again. He let out a sigh, pinched the bridge of his nose, and opened his eyes again. "This lunch that he had was technically a threat to us. We should retaliate somehow." 

"There were only twenty of us there besides the family. If we retaliate, he's going to know that it's one of us," Han spoke up. "Perhaps, it was just a set-up for us to expose ourselves." 

"Why don't we just blow up his house or something?" Felix grumbled. 

Chan shook his head, "not yet. It's too early to take those extreme measures. Did you guys find out anything about their family at all?" 

"Well, his wife is fucking insufferable," Lee Know grumbled. "All she did was talk and talk and talk. She talked about her husband and she talked about how she was going to decorate the white house. Her daughter sat right beside her and she looked just as miserable as we internally felt." 

"The daughter hates her mom," Han added softly. He glanced down at the table as he remembered the short conversation he had with Kiera Campbell. "She apologized to me after her mom made an insensitive comment. She called her a bitch, told me to pretend she didn't say that, and then she quickly left. She never came back to finish her food." 

"Does anyone know anything about Kiera Campbell?" Chan asked. 

"Oh, I know!" Felix quickly sat up in his chair. "Kiera Campbell is twenty-two and the daughter of Willie and Beverly Campbell. She's their only child. She spends her weekends volunteering at soup kitchens and homeless shelters. She used to attend public school until her parents pulled her out right before high school when she attempted suicide." 

"Kiera Campbell, the daughter of a famous politician, attempted suicide?" Seungmin raised an eyebrow. "Why would she do that? She lives a pretty high maintenance life that people dream of." 

Felix shrugged, "I'm not sure. The websites I've looked at, they just say she was sixteen at the time. Her dad was the mayor of their town. A few months after her attempt, Willie secured the position of a state senator where he worked for the state. Her father claims she was struggling with depression, but there's nothing more there. He did, however, become a big advocate for mental health after that." 

"And what does she do now?" 

"She lives with her parents at home. I guess it's technically the white house now. When she's not helping her mother with charity work or volunteering, she takes online college courses. Apparently, she's an art major. Other than that, there's not really anything else about her." 

"An art major?" Chan echoed. "Isn't that certainly interesting?" There was an unnatural gleam in his eyes. He had to stop himself from smirking. He glanced across the table at Hyunjin. 

Hyunjin's face instantly scrunched up into disgust. "Why are you looking at me like that? Don't look at me like that! I hate that look! What are you planning now?" 

"Seungmin, how much information are you willing to dig up?" 

"As much as it takes to wipe the disgusting smirk off of Willie Campbell's face that he gets when he talks about throwing us in jail."

"See how much information you can find about Kiera Campbell. I don't care what you have to do. Hack her parents social media accounts and emails if you must. Do whatever it takes to find out more about her, just don't get caught." 

"You don't have to tell me twice." 

"What does this have to do with me?" Hyunjin stood up. "What are you planning?" 

Chan sat back in his chair with a chuckle. "You don't happen to have a girlfriend, do you?"

"Girlfriend?" He shrieked. "Why do you give a shit if I have a girlfriend or not? I don't, but what the fuck does that have to do with anything?" 

Changbin chuckled, shook his head, and glanced down. 

Hyunjin's head snapped towards him. "What? What's so funny?" 

It only caused Changbin to laugh harder. Lee Know shook his head and let out a sigh. Chan pushed himself away from the conference table and started to walk towards the door. Han couldn't help, but snort. 

"Chan, I swear to god, if you try to hook me up with Kiera Campbell, I'm going to kill you!" 

Felix pulled the sucker out of his mouth. "You can't say that about someone who is already legally dead."