The Escort S2

Part 68: Bam!

Taehyung's POV

"Ok, so we are going to move forward with our Grift," Lisa says gathering the troops. "You may have noticed that Suga and Jihoon are joining us. That's because they will participate in the Grift. Any questions before we go on?" Lisa says.

"Well yeah!" Kookie say as he turns to his father.

"What are you going do?" Before Jihoon can answer, Kookie quickly pivots towards Lisa.

"Lisa, this is not office worker Jenny. Daesung is dangerous! I don't—"

"Kookie, my being part of this is not your decision," Jihoon says.

I sit back and wait for Lisa to handle this with a firm hand. She always does. I sit back and watch the master work.

"The hell it's not," Kookie says. "Sorry, Dad, but the Jeon Corporation is –"

"No, Kookie" Lisa says. "The Grift operates outside of the Jeon Corporation. The Grift is not governed by rules of business but rules of the Grift. Now what you can do is choose to not be involved and I will withdraw and leave Triton Teoki to you." I bite my lip and score one for Lisa as if this was a competition. The hell it's not, because I know how it will end. Kookie is silent and that's my Lisa, clear and precise.

The Grift is serious business and doesn't have time for bullshit or my honey's Alpha fits.

Kookie has to trust and respect the team. His ego is a bit bruised, but he'll survive. Our mission won't be easy.

"Is there anything else?" Lisa says raising an eyebrow.

My heart races as the silence in the room gets thicker. I glance at Jimin who has a soft smirk and glances at me. He is thinking the same thing. Stay down, Kookie, stay down.

Kookie is the guy that is being beaten bloody in a fight and all the onlookers are thinking stay down fool or you're dead. Lisa wields a sharp knife like a surgeon wields a scalpel. She'll slice him up before he knows it. She loves confrontation.

'Well, Lisa..." I do a mental face palm and sit back and learn from the master as my boo is about to be massacred. Rest in peace Kookie.

"I have been part of a grift before and I think—"

"How many grifts have you been a part of, Jungkook?"

Oh shit, Kookie has made it too easy. I can't watch. Here it comes!

"Uh, one, Lisa, and you know that!" His face is etched with frustration.

"What was your responsibility in that grift, Kookie?" Lisa says, calmly setting her trap.

"You know that too, Lisa!" he spits.

"If I remember it correctly, you introduced our mark Jenny to your fake cousin and then, when the Grift was completed by Jimin, Tae and another associate, you read your notes on the consequences to Jenny."

I can actually see Kookie as he shrivels to pieces. Lisa can put someone in their place better than no other.

"Did l miss anything else about your 'Limited' involvement? Because I want to get it right Jungkook."

"No, Lisa. You didn't miss anything." He swallows as a soft blush of pink coats his cheeks. He thinks it's done but not yet. Now comes the finale.

Lisa always finishes with a knockout punch to make sure the opponent stays down. She then leans in as I bite down on my bottom lip.

"Jungkook..."

"I ran my first grift when you were still shitting in your diaper."

Bam! and there it is. Kookie is knocked out. He has to learn to respect the Grift.