Empty Space | Jeon Jungkook

Part 12

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"Senior Inspector Kim," you greet the tall, dimpled man in front of you.

It's been a while, really, but you can't forget that face and that smile; it was your only source of calm amidst the storm around you that kept you at bay that day.

"It's so nice to see you two again," he returns the smile. He seems to mean it.

He leads you to a room with the box of belongings and you tell him there's no need to put them out one by one. You remember what's in there - you wish you didn't have the memory of her body in the morgue but you do. You weren't afforded a proper goodbye, anyway.

You absentmindedly go through the fine print and sign the papers.

"I'm really sorry about you two losing her, ____," SI Kim starts. "I didn't think it was appropriate to say it then but that was really brave of her, what she did. I just hoped it didn't have to end that way."

The writing stops and you turn to the man, a mix of anger and sadness in your eyes.

"There's nothing brave about what she did, Officer Kim. She didn't wake up that day and decided to die," you say, hand gripping the pen. "It was some rat who decided to call on the raid in their home. That's why we lost her."

The man's face goes from confused to enlightened in a span of five seconds.

"You didn't know..." He mumbles.

You catch this, and you hear alarm bells in your head. "What do we not know?"

He closes his eyes and debates with himself on whether he should tell you. It's been years and he doesn't know how you would take the truth.

"It was Yi-soo... Officer Jeon's mission wasn't to raid their home, it was to raid the dock where the exchange would take place the next day."

You swallow hard and try to make sense of what the man is saying.

"Yi-soo knew what was happening. She was the one who called the police. That raid wasn't part of the plan. She wasn't supposed to die."

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