The Unexpected (Namkook)

Part 30

Jungkook entered his boyfriend's room to find Do-guk patting his hand on a tensed Namjoon's back.
"Namjoon!" Jungkook went to the boy holding his shaking hands and shivering body.
"Jungkook, I remember who I gifted that painting to." Fear and shock radiating from his expressions made Jungkook hug the boy, ignoring side eye from Do-guk.

He was about to open his mouth when Sang-mi pinched his arm to keep quiet.
"Just relax and tell me everything you remember,  Namjoon." Jungkook said trying to control his emotions in front of the Kim couple while he heard sniffles from the younger on his shoulder. He kissed his head to soothe his nerves.

Pulling out of the embrace, Namjoon rubbed the tears off his eyes and cleared his throat to speak.
"Last year, during Christmas, I went on a date with this girl who was nagging me to do so for a long time. We exchanged gifts too but I soon realised we cannot be together as I didn't feel anything for her and it would hurt her eventually."
"Is it the same girl from that day?" Jungkook remembered someone forcibly kissing Namjoon in front of the burger joint.

"Yes, it was her, Won Ha-jin." Jungkook's mouth opened to let the doubtful air pass through at the clues forming like some collinear points leading to the case.
"What about the jacket and the ID?"
"She knows this weird trick to unlock the lockers using hair pins. She would often drop gifts and things but I keep returning them. The day I lost my old ID holder, she had some presentation and I saw her wearing one which looked similar to mine but didn't bother much. And the jacket."

Jungkook rubbed his hands on the other's shoulders to encourage him speaking further.
"I wore that only once in college and when I was returning home, she stopped me and started being clingy as usual. She even placed her fingers on my arm and I was wearing the same jacket that day."
"And the small blood patches never caught your eyes due to the dark maroon shade of the jacket, right?" Namjoon nodded in agreement as Jungkook hugged him back.

"I think we are very close to the end, baby." He didn't care about Do-guk's glaring eyes anymore and kissed Namjoon's cheeks to assure his safety.

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It was almost 11 at night and the twisting events related to Lee Kun-woo's murder were still to be continued. As per Namjoon's statement, every friend's house of Ha-jin was searched and she was finally found in one. Ho-sin brought her to the bureau and calls were sent to Byeol and Do-hyun as well. Do-guk arrived with Namjoon who tried to keep a distance from Jungkook as they were not ready to reveal their relationship in front of everyone, well, not yet.

"Bring Mrs. Lee and Do-hyun please." Jungkook ordered a junior officer to bring the mentioned people who were seated in a different room but Ha-jin's face contorted more after hearing Byeol's name. As they were brought inside, Byeol broke out in loud sobs just like she would do every day in the bureau uttering 'baby.'

"Baby, you are here! Where did you go? Why didn't you come to meet me? You said you will save me!" She ran towards Ha-jin shaking her shoulders while Ho-sin separated the two.
"Because you are just an old stupid cunt who cannot even follow a proper instruction!"

Ha-jin didn't hesitate to spat at the elder's woman in front of everyone, specially her father, now broken down inspector Won Bin. Disgust and grudge overruled any emotion she ever harboured for her ex lover, Lee Byeol.

"You told me to surrender and dropped me a kilometre ahead of the police station. I did everything as you said, baby. I told I killed my husband. I lied to save you but I was starting to fall for my husband after all the mental tortures you did to me asking for more money. He was the one to console me when you threaten to breakup with me. He was even ready to write off half of his properties in my name just like you asked for. Then why did you kill him?"