I Hate U | Jenlisa

Chapter 26

"So?"

Bambam sighed softly and hesitated with his answer as he ate his cheeseburger. Lisa had arranged to meet him at McDonald's after the driving lesson.

"How was the driving lesson?",

he asked back.

"Good, very good, actually. If I do everything right I'll get my license next Saturday. You didn't answer my question by the way."

Bambam nodded slowly, playing with the burger paper between his fingers, lost in thought. Finally, he sighed.

"We definitely have some important clues."

Lisa nodded and waited patiently for her friend to continue speaking.

"There are several. At least three. Or rather, we know of two for sure. The third... is our guess."

"Do you have names?"

Bambam hesitated for a moment before answering the question, eating another piece of burger before his eyes flickered nervously to Lisa.

"Jonghoon Choi and Seowon Lee..."

Lisa stared at her friend for a few seconds, unable to respond. It took a few seconds for the names to sink in.

"Fuck.",

she muttered, staring at her fries.

"Amen to that..."

Lisa nodded and sighed.

"Sometimes I hate that to be right.",

she muttered before stuffing a some fries into her mouth. Then she looked at Bambam, as seriously as she could.

"Do you think I should just beat them both up again? Maybe this time I won't just take Lee to the hospital..."

Bambam immediately shook his head.

"We have names, Lis, but that means we can be pretty sure that there's more to it than them just wanting to scare or bully Jennie. Just as with-"

"Just as with Soojin.",

Lisa interrupted him and nodded thoughtfully.
If it went like last time, it meant that Joonyoung Jung probably had something to do with it as well. All three of them had been beaten up by Lisa last year after threatening or harassing Soojin. Lee Seowon's case had been the most extreme, with the most extreme consequences; Lisa hadn't stopped beating him until he stopped fighting back, and eventually had to be taken to the hospital. Maybe they weren't even the only perpetrators, but just the tip of the iceberg. Pawns in a chess game for something bigger.

"Continue."

"Me and Jackson suspect that the only reason it hasn't gone as far with Jennie as it has with Soojin is that she almost always has someone with her. Either Jisoo, or Irene. If not those two then either Nayeon or someone from the student council."

Lisa nodded slowly.

"I hate it. It's more serious than I thought. Maybe..."

Bambam looked at her gently and nodded to encourage her to continue.

"Maybe we should invite Soojin. She didn't want to talk much about it Back then, but... we need her. She might know more than we do.",

Lisa murmured softly.
She didn't want Soojin to have to come back. There were reasons why she moved back then, and she was pretty sure she didn't have only good memories of the school.
On the contrary, she was beeing stalked, threatened with letters and text messages, and finally almost raped. And all on school grounds.
Bambam nodded in agreement.