Sirenic Menace

㉞There's No Getting Enough Of You

  
A few days flowed by with life-shattering changes and bitter revelations.

Mi Sung confessed everything to the police, hoping for a lesser sentence, as his lawyer instructed him. After a thorough questioning and examination of the facts, the police determined that he had no knowledge of Hyun Joon’s intentions about the thirteen-year-old girl, but he was charged with second degree kidnapping, and, of course, drug trafficking.

Hyun Joon still denied everything. Even with Mi Sung’s testimony, he stood his ground, which was that they wanted to frame him. Both Hyun Joon and Mi Sung had to remain in custody until their trials. The police were certain, though, that Hyun Joon would get a lifetime in prison with all the evidence and Jungkook’s and Mi Sung’s testimonies.

Taehyung talked with his mother and recounted all the events that took place over the past five months. He also told her about Jungkook and how much he loved him, and, to Taehyung’s surprise, she seemed utterly eager to meet him. Mi Sung’s lies still wrung her heart every time she thought about him, and she knew it would take a while to get back to her feet. Her whole marriage felt like a lie, and it was too much to bear.

Similarly, Jungkook comforted his mother and spent plenty of time with her every day. Hyun Joon’s betrayal jolted everyone; Yoongi’s, Namjoon’s, and Seokjin’s parents, who were very close friends with the Jeon family, and every employee of their businesses.

The news about the explosion of the Jeon’s business was already spread through the entire country. Since they didn’t know that was where they manufactured their drugs, people still called Jang Mo — one of Hyun Joon’s men — for purchases. That part of their lives didn’t exist anymore, though, and the four friends were more than okay with it.

Jungkook visited his casino and nightclub to see how things were going, and everything was great, even after their regulars found out about Hyun Joon. People still lined up outside of his businesses just for a chance to enter. Namjoon and Yoongi went back to their posts, which were daily supervision of the two businesses. Only Seokjin remained unemployed for the time being, since the place he was working at got razed to the ground, but Jungkook had something in mind for him.

Jungkook and Taehyung met every day, but only for a couple of hours. Both had to be there for their mothers, so they slept over at their houses to keep them company. Yesterday, they had proposed to their mothers to have lunch all together today, and they were more than happy for this meeting.

The seven men also met up for beers at Jungkook’s sumptuous house, and Hoseok was throughout astounded by all the revelations. But mostly, he was left with his mouth hanging open at the sight of Jungkook’s face without his mask on. Like Jimin, he understood why Taehyung couldn’t stay away from him. The man was fucking ethereal.

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Jungkook, seated at the office of his nightclub in the morning, reviewed their earnings of the previous night on his laptop.

Yoongi stood beside him and observed him as the other nodded slowly. “Perfect, right?”

“Yeah,” Jungkook breathed out with a glimmer of amazement. “We made more earnings than ever before. And the same goes for the casino, as I checked earlier with Namjoon. Why are our businesses doing even better without Hyun Joon?”

“To be honest, Hyun Joon is a fearful man. A lot of them probably didn’t want any relation with him.”

“You’re right. We were always busy, but now I can really see the difference. Anyway, is the cleaning team here yet?”

Yoongi glimpsed at his phone to check the message he ignored a few minutes earlier. “Yes. Go get ready for your lunch.”

Jungkook reclined in his seat as his chest shuddered to a fall with the sigh that leaped out. “Why the hell am I so nervous? It’s just lunch with Taehyung’s mother.”