Black Blue and Gold

Chapter 2 (Part 5)

Maybe One Day

"Well then..." Sooyoung closed the folder. "I guess you'll be going away for a long time. We're charging you with the attempted murder of two people including a police officer, assaulting a security guard and the murders of Lee Hwakyung and Choi Ilwoo." She stood up. "Good luck with that. I hope you'd still be able to walk on your own by the time you get out of prison." She gestured towards Chanyeol who straightened up and headed to the door.

"I didn't kill Choi Ilwoo!" Yeonwoo yelled.

His lawyer immediately warned him. "Do not say anything, Mister Park."

"But I didn't kill him!"

"His blood is in the knife handle along with Lee Hwakyung's," Sooyoung calmly said. "The knife we found on you, Mister Park."

"Like I've been saying for a hundred times, I admit to attacking that cop and Hwakyung but NOT Ilwoo!"

"The evidence says otherwise." Sooyoung followed Chanyeol towards the door.

"I TOLD YOU! I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ILWOO'S MURDER!

"Then how did his blood get on that knife's handle?" Sooyoung asked – halting her steps. "Stop lying, Mister Park." She started to move again.

"I took the knife from Hwakyung's kitchen! Maybe he killed Ilwoo!"

Sooyoung heard it but ignored him.

The man whispered something to his lawyer.

Sooyoung was about to step out of the room when the lawyer spoke. "Let's make a deal."

"We don't need anything from your client," said Sooyoung. She turned around – facing the two men still seated in their chairs. "We can prove everything we're charging him with."

"I know that but what if he could give you the person who's paying him to kill Hwakyung?"

Sooyoung was surprised but didn't show it. She kept the skeptical look on her face – raising her eyebrows and folding her arms. "So you're telling me that your client didn't act on his own?"

"You know he couldn't have. He didn't have a motive," replied the lawyer.

Sooyoung shrugged. "We don't need a motive. All the judges need to know is that he's guilty of murder." She wanted to hear what he had to say but she feigned nonchalance to make him feel more pressured to talk.

"I'm not going down for this alone!" Yeonwoo shouted angrily.

Sooyoung looked at the man. "Let's hear what you have to say and then we'll see."

"Should my client's information be true, we would like the murder charges reduced to only Lee Hwakyung with a note to the judge informing him of my client's voluntary cooperation."

"We'll see about that," Sooyoung replied flatly. "Ilwoo's blood is on that knife so your client better come up with one heck of an explanation."

The lawyer nudged the man.

"I was paid to get rid of Hwakyung," Yeonwoo explained. "And Hwakyung only!"

"By whom?" Sooyoung asked.

"Kim Byungsang. Hwakyung's boss."

Sooyoung raised her eyebrows. "And you expect me to believe that?"

"I'm not lying!" He shouted again. "Hwakyung was blackmailing him with emails he had sent to his mistress so he wanted me to get rid of him."

"Why would he take such extreme measures for a mere affair? And how did Hwakyung find out about those emails?"