Blaze

Squabbles

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Disappearances. Kidnappings. There were a lot of reports. But Kris wasn't sure whether they were cases that connected with human trafficking. Lots of little girls, he knew, were sold off because their families were poor. Most of them lived poorly and were treated abusively. Others were taken off the streets and never returned home. None of those though left any space for any kind of excuse to torture those girls like that. Sexual exploitation sickened him and angered him.

The ringing of a phone made him turn away from the computer. Donghae answered his phone in a hushed voice and after hanging up stood from where he was sitting.

"They're on their way back," Donghae told. "They've got two people under arrest."

"Two?" Namjoo repeated.

Kris straightened up caught by the news. He had expected them to come back empty handed.

"I'm going to go on site for more information," Donghae explained. "I have a favor to ask."

"Who are you talking to?" Namjoo asked.

"Both of you," Donghae replied.

Kris watched Namjoo try to hold back her exasperation and felt like snorting himself.

"Tao's going to need some change of clothes," Donghae started, "go help me buy some for him."

"What?" Namjoo asked shocked by him. "Just have him to do it. I don't need to go."

"Namjoo," Donghae lightly scolded, "Tao's part of your team. You could care for him a little bit more."

"Then why don't you just send me by myself?" Namjoo shot him a frown.

"Would you stop trying to argue with me?" Donghae asked. "Hurry up before they come back." He started toward Kris and patted his shoulder. "Sorry, but I'm going to have to trouble you to go with her. She wasn't expecting to work with the cops on this case, so she's somewhat irritated. Namjoo's not as annoying as she makes herself out to be. I'm going to have to ask you to be patient with her too."

"Sure."

Namjoo was waiting impatiently in the hallway when he stepped out. He caught her glancing at the watch around her wrist several times. Honestly he didn't want to be there too. He wanted to be in Incheon with the others. The thought that he'd be sharing a closed up space with her in a car made him feel cranky. Kris decided he would only permit her attitude for now until he could dig further into her layers to see if she was always this rude.

"Lets go in your car. I'm running out of gas on mine," Namjoo said immediately when they started down the stairs outside.

"What store are we going to?"

"I don't know." She replied with much of a care. "Where do you usually go?"

"Here and there." he answered.

"Then lets just go here and there."

He glanced over at her and heaved a quiet sigh of irritation. Neither of them talked in the car and the ride seemed awfully long. There was nothing in mind he wanted to say to her and at the back of his head he was sure she was silently cussing at him for whatever reason she had. Donghae would further need to explain to him why he needed to be 'patient' with her because he didn't understand it at this point.

"Does Tao need any other necessities?" he asked.

"Donghae's providing him with a living," Namjoo replied without turning to look at him. He listened to her heave a loud sigh before mumbling, "Ugh...why is it taking forever?"