Drowning in Darkness // RIVERDALE

ONE

His feet made quiet clicks on the white tile floor as he walked to the desk of an old man. His slender fingers ran through his sliver hair pushing his bangs out of his face while looking into the older man's eyes.

"Hello, I'm here to see Hermione Lodge" the sliver haired man said while buttoning his black suit jacket.

"May I ask why you are here sir?" the younger boy gave him a smile "A business matter" The older man looked skeptical but walked down the corridor with the silver haired man behind him.

They reached the top floor and came to a set of double white doors. The old man knocked before a quiet "come in" could be heard from the other side. He opened the door to see a young raven haired teenage girl sitting on the couch with a red haired boy right beside her.

"Hello Ms.Veronica do you know where your mother is?" The girl looked from the older man to her left to see the sliver haired man "Yes, one second" the girl, Veronica, got up leaving the red haired boy sitting alone with a stranger and a doorman.

The woman he had been looking for finally appeared with a surprised expression on her face. "Mr.Kim? What can I do for you?" she asked with a slight quiver in her words.

"I would like to speak to you about some business matters. Privately of course" He said with a smirk making it's way on his face.

Hermione quickly nodded towards the younger man "Of course follow me" Mr.Kim nodded walking behind the smaller woman down a hallway before reaching a door at the end.

She sat in the leather chair behind the brown desk waiting for Mr.Kim to speak. "So Hermione I heard your husband shall be returning from his time in prison at the end of the month" her head tilted slightly in curosity, "Yes, that's true"

He gave her smile, taking a seat across from her, unbuttoning his jacket so he could sit comfortably, "Well, you see Hermione your husband owes Mr.Jeon a lot of money for services which has not been paid" he took a slight pause looking around the room.

"I'm sorry to say that if we don't get that money soon there will be consequences" Hermione's mouth opened then closed then opened again "How much do we owe?" Mr.Kim gave her a dark smile.

"50 million" her mouth opened in disbelief. Mr.Kim continued on "For now I'll be staying in town, and later on Mr.Jeon will join me to see Hiram, and you better have that money Hermione for the sake of that lovely daughter of yours"

With that as his last words Mr.Kim got up buttoned his suit jacket and left the woman sitting in shock.

He made his way outside in the cold weather when his phone rang "Well?" the person asked on the other side.

"Yes It's true Jungkook, he'll be back at the end of the month"

"Alright Jimin and I will come meet you soon, Taehyung"

"Bye Jungkook"
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            Hermione sat frozen in her chair as she thought about what was to come. Her thoughts were cut short when the door opened again to reveal her daughter.
             "Mom, who was that?" Hermione looked towards her teenage daughter "A very dangerous man, Ronnie"
               Veronica looked at her mother in disbelief "How can he be dangerous he looks only a few years older than me"
                Hermione quickly stood up from her desk chair to stand in front of Veronica. "Veronica listen to me if that man approaches you you need to contact me immediately. Do you understand?" Veronica reluctantly nodded her head.
         "Mom why do you seem so scared? Why is he such a threat to us?" Hermione sighed and brought her to seat in the brown leather seat Mr.Kim sat in minutes before.
         "Mija the man that was just here his name is Taehyung Kim. He is the right hand man of Mr. Jeon. Mr.Jeon runs a gang from New York who your father had done business with"
          "If they do business together why do you seem so afraid of this Mr.Jeon?"
          "Because Mija your father owes Mr.Jeon a lot of money, and since your father arrest we don't have the money to pay"
           "So what does this mean for us mom" Hermione shook her head "I don't know Mija. Once your father gets back he's the one that has to deal with this mess he's caused us"
           Veronica nodded to her mother before getting up, and leaving her alone to sit in the office.
         "Oh Hiram what have you done"