- CRIMINAL MIND BEHIND INNOCENT EYES -

CHAPTER 25

TAEMIN P.O.V.

- Can we leave now?

I asked her.
Anya didn't take her eyes off of Suho a second. 
He was looking to our direction too, it was like they were having a competition.
After a few seconds Suho took his eyes from Anya and his gaze fell on me.

- Is he really coming to us?

- Whatever he'll say please let me speak with him.

Suho sat next to Anya looking me in the eyes the whole time. 
He was sure in the mood to cause a scene, i know him too much. 
Behind Anya and Suho i caught Ten watching us. Besides Minho and the others no one else from SM know about my friendship with Suho. The one we used to have. 

- You like to be on the second place, don't you?

And i was proven right once again on how much i know him..

- I don't remember myself on second place when we raced.

I answered him smiling. 
He turned to Anya and then back to me. 

- You came second on her bed though..

I simply laughed at him. 
There was no way i would give him the pleasure to get angry and start fighting with him in the middle of a party with a bunch of people i didn't know. 
He knew that everyone recognized me and he wanted to humiliate me.

- You are such a clown. 

Suddendly Anya told him without looking him. 
She stood up and came beside me mentioning me to stand up as well. 

- Clown? Me? 
  Maybe, at least i had never laid a hand to one of my friends' girl.

Anya froze at her spot and turned to look at me. 
I could sense her as my head was titled down now. Ashamed to face her.
Suho of course caught our reactions and got his chance.

- Oh no, sweet God..
  Franc, you haven't told her yet?

- Shut up! 

I grabbed him by his colar and pulled him towards me.

- Another word and not even whole NIS will be able to save you from my hands.

- Taemin hyung! 

I was held back by Ten and his cousin.
People, i assume policemen, surrounded us. 

- It's okay Ten.. just a misunderstanding. 

- Okay okay, but relax.. he is..

- I had the bad luck to know who the hell is he. 
  Believe me. 

I was searching for Anya but she was nowhere to be seen. 
Fuck, she had to left when i was talking to Suho.
That bastard! For sure this was the worst way for Anya to found out that i knew Tom. 
Once i was sure that Anya was not in the bar anymore, i got in my car and drove to my apartment. Hopefully, she got herself a taxi to get there. 

When i entered my apartment the lights were off but i could hear someone open and close violently the closets' doors. 
And that somenone was Anya. 

- Babe, let me explain.

- I don't need your explainations, i just need you to leave me alone! 

- The truth is that i should talked to you earlier..
   I know hiding this from you the whole time was not the best but i really had no other choice.

- Shut it already Taemin..or Franc..or whatever.

- You have the right to be angry at me and think, fantasize many thinks at the moment. 
   But if you just sit and listen to me..

She stared back at me, her eyes full of anger and tears almost falling. 
She passed beside me so fast that i thought she was going to hit me but instead she grabbed her bag from the chair and opened it. 
Then without sparing me a glare she began to throw on the bed papers, documents, photos. After she was done the bag fell from her hand on the floor.

- Do you think that i am so stupid? HUH?! 
  Speak then, i'm all ears! 

I sat on the edge of the bed and start reading the docs. 
The photos seemed familiar. 

- You were investigating me.. not FOR me.. the whole time.

- Sorry, i learned to not trust anyone so easily.. 
   Yet, i was hoping.. i was praying that there will be a logical way to explain everything. 
   I wished that i could find an evidence or a proof that you are innocent and that you have     nothing to do with all these. 

She indeed found documents proving when i was out of the army. 
Docs from the buy of my new car and many others.
The photos were mine and Suho's. How did she..?

- Suho or Yujun gave you these photos?

- None of course! I "borrowed" them.
  They are all yours now..

She locked herself for half an hour in the bathroom. 
I was furious. With myself, with Suho, with Yujun, with everyone. 
When she was out of the bathroom, i was already drinking a glass of whiskey and standing by the window. 

- I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon. 
  I'll stay at Ten's. 

- What? No way, you are not leaving until you know the whole truth. 
   Yes, it is true, i knew Tom. But we were never friends. We didn't even like each other. 
   Tom started visiting the races years ago, i think on about 2 years prior his accident. 
   He was messing up with Suho's business, the races. As far as i know, he was also involved
   with drug dealing. Suho started a drug business with him behind my back. He tried selling
   them to idols, managers, owners of entertainment companies..actually anyone with amount of
   money. Suho was forcing me to become his contact with these people. 

While i was admitting everything to her, i was walking towards where she was standing. In the middle of the living room with a suitcase next to her and her bag on her shoulder.
I stopped in front of her. 

- That's when i decided to turn page in my life and leave. 
   He was my best friend and Yujun, as you already know remains my little brother. 
   But i had to choose. And i chose to be next to people who truly love me and care about me. 
   To follow my dream of being an idol. 

She was so silent. It was almost scary how she hasn't say a single word.

- Anya? 

I reached my hand to take her bag off of her shoulder when her phone rang. 
She looked at it. 

- It's Ten..
  Goodbye..

She thought for a moment. 

- ..Taemin. 

And with that i was left alone in the middle of my living room watching her leave and the door close behind her.