Treacherous Temptations [Chaennie]

Oliver

"I have to pick up my son."

"Pardon?" Jennie said, her eyebrows rising high up her forehead.

"I'm sorry, I've really got to run but I'll speak to you on Sunday. Enjoy your weekend."

That was it. That was the rest of the conversation between Jennie and Roseanne after the revelation on Friday afternoon. Jennie had been wracking her brain ever since, trying to remember anything the blonde might have said in the past to hint towards her having a son. She had come up empty.

So on Sunday morning Jennie found herself pulling up to Firehouse 7 twenty minutes before her shift was due to start, impatient for answers. She didn't know why it bothered her so much that Roseanne hadn't told her she had a son. OK so in the short time Jennie had been at her new job she had learned that Vince's son was called Roland and loved monkeys, that Will's daughter Grace was top in her class at maths, and that Daniel Kang's brother was chronically disabled and lived with their father and his collection of medieval army uniforms. And yet Roseanne Park, the only new colleague aside from Jisoo (whose boyfriend was called Haein and was a mechanic) Jennie had seen outside of work, had neglected to tell her such a significant piece of information.

Walking towards the briefing room, Jennie realised it was occupied by the firefighters and paramedics coming off shift so she dropped her handbag in her locker and headed towards the break room to get her second coffee of the day. When 8am did roll around at last, Roseanne was nowhere to be seen.

Chief Jun-ho addressed his staff as usual and didn't mention the absence of the blonde woman. Jennie presumed he knew something she didn't. As soon as they were dismissed, the brunette headed straight for Jisoo, convinced she would know where Roseanne was.

"Hey, how was your weekend away?" Jennie asked, not wanting to sound rude and jump straight to questions about Roseanne.

"Awesome," Jisoo grinned. "Haein's aunt's cabin is super cute. Rather rustic but it was nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city for a bit. How about you? How did the redecorating go?"

"All finished," Jennie answered. "Erm, you don't happen to know where Park is, do you? I noticed she wasn't in the meeting."

"She's on her way," Jisoo said. "She's always a little late to weekend shifts."

"Why?" Jennie asked, curious.

"Her child minder likes to have a lie-in," Jisoo shrugged before she walked off towards the locker room to get ready for their shift.

Before Jennie could follow the firefighter and question her further, Roseanne Park herself strolled into the corridor.

"Hey," she smiled. "How was your Saturday."

"Um, fine," Jennie said, a little flustered. "Yours?"

"Great," Roseanne grinned. "Oliver and I went to the zoo."

"Oliver?" Jennie asked.

"My son," Roseanne clarified. "I'm really sorry about rushing off again on Friday but I had to get back home by 4 o'clock otherwise Taeyeon was going to be late for work. She nearly got fired on Wednesday when I forgot."

"No need to apologise," Jennie said. "I was just a little ... shocked," she finished, lamely.

"I know, I'm sorry I didn't mention him sooner but I try not to think about Oliver when I'm at work. It makes it easier for me to do my job."

"Understandable," Jennie nodded.

There was another pause.

"So, I'm gonna...," she gestured towards the locker room.