3 Ways

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Another day went by quietly before Changmin finally left the studio room with what he needed. It wasn't his jurisdiction to be doing this, but catching offensive criminals was one thing he did. If ever the Chief came after him, he'd clear himself out with his own excuses.

He discovered the owner of the blue Camry inside a pub drinking his fourth cup of beer that early morning. His surrounding mates dispersed as Changmin approached. Too immersed in the baseball game on TV he hadn't noticed Changmin's presence.

There was thick smoke swimming through the air and Changmin almost let himself get suffocated by it. He thought most bars had banned indoor smoking by now. He'd been wrong, he guessed.

A loud roar of screams filtered through the air as someone just won a game of pool. Changmin could hear a gang of men and women high-fiving each other before deciding to have another go at the game.

While he neared the man he came for he felt for the handcuffs hanging off his waist and pulled out his I.D.

"You own that blue Camry outside?" Changmin asked leaning against the bar counter kicking back the stool in his way.

"Who are you?" the bearded man asked with a tint of annoyance in his voice.

"I'm Criminal Investigator, Shim Changmin," he held out his badge for proof, "you're coming with me."

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Chorong awoke from the chair she'd been sleeping in inside Namjoo's room when she heard Victoria noisily get up from where she was.

"W...where are you going?" Chorong questioned when Victoria slipped her sweater on and grabbed her purse.

"Police station," Victoria half-muttered in reply.

"Why?" Chorong stood up.

"Changmin's got him," Victoria half-muttered again zipping up her sweater before pulling the door open.

Chorong felt her lips fall apart before she quickly followed after Victoria, "I'm coming too."

Victoria nearly sped all the way to the police station and Chorong scarily felt the gravity push her back into her seat. She'd wanted to tell Victoria to slow down; that they'd get to the police station in due time, but she was afraid. There was a spark in Victoria's eye and she knew her older sister had been waiting for this day since Namjoo had been brought to the hospital.

She couldn't almost understand why Victoria was so raged that she couldn't calm down.

Her older sister hastily parked in the lot and quickly walked to the building so fast Chorong almost had a hard time catching up.

"Where is he?" Victoria demanded when she saw Changmin standing by the front door for them.

"The authorities will be coming to pick him up in half an hour and I need to have him prepared by then," Changmin explained. "He's drunk and it's dangerous to be around him. I'm only giving you 5 minutes, ok?"

Victoria didn't respond, but stomped by and Chorong hesitantly followed. Changmin led them down a long corridor before he opened up a small room for them and Chorong winced at the stench of alcohol penetrating the air. On the other hand, Victoria didn't even care about it.

"You bastard!" she watched Victoria lunge at the man and grab him by the collar of his shirt.

"Victoria!" Changmin and Chorong shouted out in unison, but it was Changmin who hurried forward to get Victoria to release him.

This was messed up, just messed up. Chorong felt her weak heart crippling inside her chest and found herself unable to act on her instincts as she listened to Victoria's angry shouts. She listened to Changmin and Victoria struggle against each other before she turned to look at the bearded man who had driven into her younger sister.