I Hate U | Jenlisa

Chapter 49

The second evening of the charity event had a completely different atmosphere right from the start.

Although neither the introductions nor the performances really changed, it didn't seem as upscale as before, but... fresher.
More youthful.

Of course, instead of politicians and celebrities, the auditorium was filled with students and generally younger people tonight. Where yesterday they were drinking champagne, collecting donations and socializing, today the students were standing in long lines at the food stall, laughing loudly and taking selfies.

It was very different, but not bad. Not at all.

It was fascinating how differently the audience reacted to the exact same presentation, at which points they laughed out loud, where yesterday they might have just smiled politely. Jennie enjoyed it just as much as the day before.

No, even a little more, today she didn't have to worry about being drugged.

During the break between performances, Jennie looked around for Lisa. She had missed her yesterday, but where was she today?

"The baby chicken is in the bathroom.",

a dark-haired version of Rosé said next to Jennie, handing her some food.
Jennie smiled gratefully as she took the food.

"How would you know who I'm looking for?",

Jennie asked challengingly.
Alice grinned.

"Because you looked the exact same yesterday. And asked about her."

"She wasn't there."

"Oh, but she was. You just disappeared too soon, I'm afraid.",

said the eldest of the Park sisters.
Jennie knew that of course, Rosé had mentioned it yesterday. Nevertheless, the confirmation was nice.

"Congratulations, by the way.",

Alice said and handed Jennie her phone, which showed an online article about the arrest of a large group of criminals.

Jennie's eyes sparkled with joy as she read the headlines, but by the time she had read through the short article, her face showed a multitude of expressions.

Pure joy.

Pride.

Confusion.

Overwhelmed.

Shock.

Disgust.

Hatred.

"Over 500 victims ranging in age from 12 to 26, fucking 12?"

Jennie read out and pushed the phone back into Alice's hand before her body could take over and slam the phone onto the floor with full force.
Alice nodded slowly.

"I was more concerned with showing you that the idiots are caught, but yeah. This is just a short article, there's more. We can really be thankful that we're rid of them.",

she said.
Then she patted Jennie on the shoulder.

"I'm glad you're safe now. Lisa was frantic with worry yesterday after you disappeared."

Jennie laughed softly and hid her face behind her hands.

"It sounds like she likes me..."

"Oh, absolutely. She managed to talk about you for an hour on Monday.",

Rosé's older sister said with a grin. Jennie's face reddened.

"That means... do you think she might be serious? That she likes me?"