The CEO and the Angel: A short story

Part 6

A/n gun violence and emotional trauma

Tae, Bogum and Minho were already in the boardroom, they came early to get everything ready. It was confrontation day. Jungkook and the rest of the directors walked in with the 7 junior employees that were named after the investigation. This part was easy, evidence presented to which they could have no argument. Although after seeing they were doomed, all 7 decided to spill all the beans on everything they knew about the other 3. And it amounted to a hell of a lot of information. This added to what they already had would by far be enough for long sentences when it gets to court. In return for suspended sentences, the 7 made deals with the state attorney to turn state evidence against the other 3, who were the masterminds behind everything. The 7 were taken away by police to stay in custody until the trial to not interfere in any further investigation.

Two hours later, 3 managers walked into the boardroom to what they thought was an emergency planning meeting. Tae and his team waited in another office. Jungkook wanted to find out first why...why they betrayed him and the company. So, he started, the other directors sitting there as well.

"Jihoon, Minyuk, Mina... I called this emergency meeting as it was found that an amount of around USD50 million has gone missing from the companies in the last two years. The biggest portions of this were from the departments of Jihoon and Minyuk. Smaller amounts, but none less concerning was from smaller departments and other companies in the Jeon Group. Why was this not picked up and reported in 2 years Mina?" He looked at their reactions closely, seeing Mina turning white, Minyuk gulping all the time, Jihoon...no reaction at all. "The 7 administrators involved has been arrested this morning and is being held for trial. They had a lot to say however, that is why you three are here right now." Minyuk, gulping, said "What do you mean Jungkook? Did they accuse someone in our departments? Do you want us to investigate?" Trying for the innocent approach did not work, however. Jungkook balled his fists, eyes turning black, looking really frightening "Investigate?!" He almost shouted "You want to investigate yourself and your friends Minyuk? Do you think I am stupid? I was not born under a rock! I have already had you investigated by the best in the world and found enough evidence to have you locked up for many years! I want to know why!!!!! Why did you decide that it was a good idea to steal from me!!!!" His voice thundered through the room, scaring the three into silence. They have never seen an angry Jungkook, so they thought his apparent softness for his employees made him an easy target, but they were so wrong. Jihoon, the ringleader tried again to bluster himself out of the hot seat. "Why don't you present your so-called evidence Jungkook and let's see if you even have any." He said with a smirk, he honestly thought Jungkook was just trying to scare them, he had nothing, and he never saw any strangers in the finance department, so how could anyone investigate. They covered their tracks too well with ghost companies and employees. Shell companies hiding other companies, 10 times removed from where the money went in the end. But they did not know that Jungkook had the best hunter working on this. The door opened and a man walked in, baseball cap, mask, loose fitting clothes, tinted glasses. Following were two more, dressed the same. The three watched curiously as the three newcomers went to the end of the table. The projector came on, with the damning evidence displayed on the white board, everything from the ghost employees, the ghost suppliers, the transfers to overseas shell companies, which evidently was accessed by Jihoon's mafia cousin. So indirectly, the stolen funds were financing the mafia's operations. Then a transcript of phone calls between Jihoon, Minyuk and an unknown party, discussing the route the next stolen funds will follow to get to the Mafia, ending with the unknown number confirming that after they reached USD100 million, Jihoon and Minyuk will get to join the Mafia. Yes, they were buying their way into a Mafia organisation, with the company's money. Mina looked shocked at the two, yes, her transactions were there as well, but amounted to USD7 million, everything still in an offshore account. She stole it but could not get herself to use it. Minyuk and Jihoon was fuming in anger, looking at the masked man who was telling them all the detail, point by point, details Jihoon believed were buried so deep to never ne unearthed, confident in his own cleverness and the instructions of the Mafia. Mina was hanging her head down, tears of shame on her cheeks. Jungkook and his family paid for her studies as she was an orphan, gave her a job, at which she excelled and worked her way up to head of finance department, working directly under Namjoon. And she fucked it all up by believing those two who said the money will never be noticed and she can live like a queen when she wants to no longer work. And now, she has lost it all. Jungkook kept an eye on Mina, seeing the reaction and shame. Tae already told him where the money was and that it was never touched. "Mina, I give you 12 hours to transfer the USD7 million from your Cayman account back to the company. If I haven't received it in that time, I will lay formal charges and you will get jail time. I will allow you to resign, I will NOT give you a reference letter, I do not care if you ever work or not. I do expect you to turn state evidence. The state prosecutor is waiting for your outside" Mina blinked, flew up from her chair, bowed and ran outside.

Jungkook turned to Minyuk and Jihoon. "So, you thought of using my company as your trust fund to join some Mafia. Sorry, I can't allow that. We have already transferred all the money from all the accounts back to the company. The missing USD21 million will be recovered by the Sicilian government from the mafia you wanted to join. All their assets have been frozen and most of them have already been arrested by the Sicilian police. Your cousin Jihoon, Kang Shiyuk, has been fingered as the snitch, so yeah, I guess he is not with us anymore, not after those guys got hold of him. In agreement between the Korean and Sicilian governments, you will be tried here and then deported to Sicily to stand trial on terrorism charges there. Don't know who will have the honour of locking you two up for life, we will have to wait and see." Jihoon was furious, he knew that should he ever end up in Sicily, he will not survive for one hour after the pointing of fingers towards his cousin. Minyuk could only stare, his brain could not comprehend what was happening. This was not supposed to happen. They were supposed to live the high life in Sicily as feared Mafioso's, with fast cars, big houses, and girls, lots and lots of girls. He started breathing fast, his heart jumping out of his chest. "no..no..no...this can't happen, you promised Jihoon, you said we will never get caught, you said the plan is full proof, you lied, you stupid asshole, you lied, you lied..." Grabbing his chest Minyuk starting gasping for breath, the others rushing forward to help him, sure he was having a heart attack. Jihoon smirked, distraction completed, he didn't expect the drug he poured into Minyuk's glass when all attention was on Mina would work so fast, but yeah. Having everyone distracted, Jihoon was moving slowly to the door, having his escape plan already mapped out in his mind. But someone was watching him like a hawk. Just when he was nearly at the door, a man was standing in front of him, blue eyes visible through the tinted glasses. This man was the cause of everything falling apart and Jihoon felt hatred and anger bubbling up in him. Pulling the pistol from the back of his pants where he has been carrying it for months (believing himself to be this bad ass Mafia already) he pointed and fired into the man point blank. The boom of the shot had everyone jerk up their heads, seeing what was happening. Then another boom.

Taehyung stood in front of Jihoon, ready to stop him, but didn't notice the movement of the arm until the gun was pointing right at him, too close to miss, and Kim Taehyung, aka V, knew it was over, there was no way he will not die if shot from such a close range. All this in just a second. The loud boom that followed, the massive shock to his upper body, another boom, his shoulder ripped open, he could feel the flesh and muscle rip apart, but he felt no pain as he fell backwards onto the carpet, but hands caught him. He heard shouts and screams, saw police grabbing Jihoon, slamming him against the wall, he saw dark eyes above him, tears falling from them, he heard his name being screamed, but he was losing focus, his breath coming short, turning into short gasps, then pain, the most excruciating pain. He tried to scream but had no more breath. He looked into the black eyes above him, Jungkook's eyes, wet with tears. He tried lifting his hand to touch the face he loved the most, but he had no more strength. Blood dropped from his mouth; he could taste it on his tongue and feel it in his throat. He wanted to tell Jungkook that he loved him, but before he could form a word, everything went black.

It was chaos after the shots, Jungkook caught Tae before he hit the floor, seeing blood pooling on his shoulder, another hole in his shirt right on his chest, no blood yet. He called Tae's name, tried to keep his focus, screaming at him to look at him. And he finally did, blue eyes staring into the black ones. Blood pooling at the corner of his mouth. "Taehyung!!! Baby, please!!! Keep your eyes open, the ambulance is almost here. Don't Tae, don't close your eyes, stay with me, you promised to stay with me forever." The last bit was a whisper as Jungkook saw the blue eyes close, the body in his arms going limp. And he screamed, he couldn't stop screaming, holding the small body to his chest, his hands wrapped around the small frame, the boy's face pressed into his neck, blood on his hands and chest, covering the front of the small body, spreading everywhere. And he screamed.