ENTICE || JJk•PJm•KTh

Chapter 52 || Friend In Need, Is A Friend Indeed

"that bastard." yoongi growls, pacing back and forth while jiah sits with her legs folded up to her chest on the couch, a cup of coffee on the table in front of her. "and you," he stops suddenly, glaring at the girl as well, "are you stupid?! who told you to go alone to his house?! there's a case going on about your son's custody. a freaking court case, jiah! and taehyung is your opponent! why would you go anywhere he told you to?!"

jiah looks down in shame, sniffling softly and sinks under the warm layer of blanket yoongi got her. "i know this is new for you, but you should know that you never discuss anything with opponent without your lawyer." yoongi emphasizes, massaging his temples and turns to namjoon sitting across jiah, "god, joon, you talk some sense into this girl. i'm gonna lose my mind if i—"

"i'm sorry..." jiah hushes out, rubbing her eyes, "i'm sorry, okay? are you happy now? i know i shouldn't have gone there without mr. seong, but i really had no idea taehyung would go so low... we have met up before, and i thought it was something about jihun that he wanted to talk about. it's not like i didn't tell anyone. i told jungkook before going there. if i knew something like this was going to happen, i'd obviously not go there...

"i called you as soon as i got out." she stands up, looking at yoongi with teary eyes and hugs him, crying silently, "i was scared, oppa. i was scared to even face jungkook... can you imagine that? i'm tired of telling him how taehyung hurts me. the last time it happened i cried with jungkook for almost an hour, i fell sick and he had to take care if me... even before that, oppa, everytime taehyung shows up and something like that happens, it's jungkook who has to deal with the aftermath.

"i wanted to spare him the suffering this time. i couldn't face him again. he must hate seeing me like that. who ever wants to see their girlfriend in that state? and today, i know it would hurt him. he'd be mad and frustrated and just..." she heaves out, "i know it was my mistake to go there, but i swear it really didn't occur to me that it could go wrong. now all i know is i don't wanna lose jihun, nor jungkook."

advocate seong take a deep breath, nodding his head at her words. he exchanges a glace with namjoon and yoongi before giving his opinion, "honestly, this is not the first time i've seen something like this happening. court cases are messy, people show their true colors and many people often see their closest friends or even family members turning against them. threats, money power, seduction and other ulterior tricks will be played on you, jiah. but you have to stay firm in your shoes if you want to keep your child with you."

"what happened today was bad, and i'm sorry you had to go through it. but, if we try to stay positive, it did give us something to add on our stand." he says, "was anyone else there in taehyung's house?"

jiah sits down again, thinking about it and nods, "his maids and other staff. i forgot my purse inside so this woman brought it to me." she says. "do you think she'll agree with us if this is brought up?"

"no." seong sighs, "unfortunately we don't have any solid evidence against taehyung. his lawyer is a smart man, and he'd go out of his way to make sure if today's events are brought up it's in their favour. they'll either try to dismiss that maid entirely, or offer her money to speak against us."

"and what about the truth? they really did get nasty, offering me money and taehyung trying to get close with me. are they gonna say that i'm lying?"

"maybe. they can do that." seong hums, "don't worry, i'll try to look into it and find something. do you think taehyung has cameras in his house?"

"i guess?" jiah nods.

"perfect."

"but how's that gonna help you?"