Anguish (Jikook/vmin)

33.

Mom seemed stable. She was smiling the morning after, peacefully sipping on her freshly brewed coffee.

I would relentlessly threaten dad if I could see her in sober state. There was nothing to regret upon..

Taehyung had been continously calling and texting me since days but I had no will to respond to him.

I felt heavily ashamed for the dysfunctional family I was blessed with.

All I needed to uncover was the extent of truth behind dad's sudden disclosure of his affair. I had to know it all!

What if lexi would turn out to be my biological step-sister? It would be horrific if she suddenly shows up to me with her infamous grin claiming herself  as the daughter of my father and snatch everything I own from me.

Dad wasn't ready to tell me anything. The private investigator I hired was busted by jungkook and I didn't know whom to trust anymore...

I needed a trustable source of Intel and while I was searching for it, dad went ahead and exploded a fucking bomb on me. But fortunately enough, I was able to hold him down my refusing to marry taehyung but I knew that childish trick of mine won't work for long.

I had to have something conclusive in my hand to be in peace.

The evidence I had against jungkook's mom was of null impact as jungkook had made copies of that tape...

So we sort of had an unspoken but a mutual pact regarding how we both wouldn't be using that card for now..

My phone vibrated with a 'ting'. Needless to say, I knew it was from taehyung. I was feeling guilty on my own for leaving his messages on seen but what more could I have done?

I feared of being judged and pitied on. I have finally been able to speak up for myself and the mean moment, while I was gaining a little confidence on my own, it was all ruined. So a lesson I learnt was to, not get ahead of myself and take things up step by step.

Thus, I needed to be calm headed and suppress my impulsive nature down.

After much contemplation I decided to read taehyung's text.

'Get in my car! I am in your driveway!' I let out a frizzy breath, shoving my phone in the pocket.

I hurried to the driveway, where he had his car parked with him inside.

'Jimin!' He called me out, as I jumped myself into the front seat.

'Taehyung, I-'

'Shh!' His index finger in my lips shut me down.

'You don't have to give me any sort of explanation! When I agreed to help you all the way through, I told myself over and over again about how I would not make you feel obliged to me in any aspects. So, yeah! Shut it and listen to me!' I nervously nodded, as he freed my lips from his finger, obviously!

'About the gathering that day, your focus was going back and through your mom, and dad and jungkook! But there was one person particularly, who seemed shocked more than any other person present in there. It was my mom! So when jungkook was out with lexi, I took mom to the club we both are members in. She is a very light drinker and once she gets drunk, all she says is the truth. She reveals everything. And when I am saying everything, it means 'everything'.'

'So? What are you trynna say?' I scrunched my eyebrows with no idea as there was no relevance between the incident that day and his mother...

'Have some patience! Remember how your mom once insulted my mother about how she used to be a mere 'maid' of hers! I got to found out from mom, that along with my her, lexi's mom also worked in your mother's household! Lyza was the part of kitchen staff with her duty being chopping and grocery shopping, which explains why your mother can't recognize her right now! Or maybe she does, but she hasn't told you yet. But turns out, she and my mother shared a same room back then, and the reason why my mother utterly hates lexi is because, lyza had an affair with mom's current boyfriend then, who was a one of the gardening staffs!' I gasped heavily, fearing for my life...