Black Blue and Gold

Chapter 1 (Part 3)

Welcome to the Team

"Illegal gambling?" Sunny sat down at the table, setting the plate full of macarons down.

"Yes," Jessica answered. She grabbed one of the sweet treats and took a bite. "And I blame this on you, Tiff."

"What?!" The brunette was about to reach for the pink macaron. She looked at her pouting friend. "How is it my fault?"

"If you had shown up, I wouldn't have been there when those policemen arrived. Do you know how it feels like to be interrogated like you're some sort of criminal?"

"I didn't know, okay? I was seriously feeling under the weather."

"I assume they suspect me of running the whole thing at the bar?" Sunny calmly asked.

"Why did you think that?" Tiffany asked.

Sunny gestured with her head and both her friends turned around to see two women walking towards them.

"Good afternoon, ladies," Taeyeon greeted the group. "I'm looking for Miss Lee Soonkyu?"

"Call me Sunny," the shortest among the group said and stood up. She extended her hand.

Taeyeon shook it, bowing a bit. "I'm Inspector Kim Taeyeon from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and this is my partner, Inspector Kwon Yuri." She showed Sunny her badge.

Yuri bowed.

"We have some questions we would like to ask you regarding your sports bar in Itaewon," Taeyeon continued.

Sunny started to walk. "Let's talk in my office."

Taeyeon and Yuri followed Sunny into the back of the café, towards a small office.

"Have a seat." Sunny gestured at the two empty chairs in front of her desk before taking a seat herself. She clasped her hands on the desk. "So how can I help you?"

"Miss Jung Sooyeon is your friend?" Taeyeon asked.

Sunny nodded. "Does this have something to do with those people you arrested at my bar last night?"

"Yes. Do you know any of them?" Yuri showed Sunny the photos in her tablet.

Sunny frowned. "Sica... I mean Jessica or Sooyeon, is my friend. She was waiting for my other friend who canceled on her. I can vouch for her. She doesn't gamble. She's not that type. As for these men..." She stared at the screen then shook her head. "I've never seen any of them."

"How about these men?" Yuri showed another batch of photos containing Kyujun and Jukchae's pictures.

Sunny winced when she saw the dead man's picture. "Is he dead?"

"Yes. We found him floating in the Han River a month ago," Taeyeon said.

Sunny was about to say something else when she closed her mouth again. "Wait. Show me that last photograph again, please."

Yuri slid her finger on the screen to show Sunny the photograph of Jukchae.

Sunny frowned. "I think I've seen him a few times though I'm not sure where. At the bar or maybe at the club?"

"Your club The Beach?"

Sunny nodded.

"But you're sure you don't know him?" Taeyeon asked.

"I don't, Inspector. You can even strap me to a lie detector. I'm not lying. He's just one of the frequent customers, I guess, that's why his face is familiar."