Serendipity

Chapter 85

CHOU TZUYU

"What's wrong?" I asked my brother as I turned the engine off.

"I don't wanna be like this anymore. I need to get out of that place." he said.

He was fidgeting with his fingers like a kid with his hair disheleved and clothes all wrinkly like he was in a rush to leave. But still the same motherfucker.

"Do you think that after what you've done we'll just welcome you with open arms like nothing happened?" I asked as my blood ran cold.

"I know what I did was wrong-"

"Then why?"

"Because I thought that if I killed your mom, then I could go back to mine. I never asked to live with dad. I never asked to be a Chou because I was happy being a Kim. And I guess he used that against me t-to do his dirty work." he answered.

"Who?"

JENNIE KIM

"Are you sure this is where he lives?" I asked Jisoo unnie as I looked at the destination on my phone.

"This is where I think he lives. I don't know if he went anywhere after he and Lisa broke up." she answered, letting out a sigh, making me place my phone on the coffee table of her living room.

"Unnie-"

"Don't."

"No. I mean... This must be so hard on you." I said, caging her in a tight hug while she let out another sigh as her arms slowly found their way through my back.

"This is all my fault." she muttered, making me hug her tighter.

"No, it's not. You didn't know any of this would happen. You were completely innocent in everything that man did to Lisa." I comforted.

"He was my friend, Jen-"

"And he was only your friend." I said, breaking the hug to look at her.

"You told me he only shared what was on the surface about him but you didn't know anything about his abusive ass. None of these are your fault." I added, placing my hand on her cheek in hopes of calming her down.

But little did I know, it would slowly escalate.

CHOU TZUYU

"I- I-"

"I can't help you if you don't give me any reasons to." I said, grabbing him by his shoulders.

"I can't tell you." he said, making me scrunch my eyebrows together.

"Why?" I asked, tightening my hold on him.

"Because... Because..."

"Because what? Tell me. I'm your brother, remember?" I said, making him snap his watery eyes at me.

"I thought you're not?" he asked, forcing his shoulders off of my grip.

Fuck...

"You said you don't want me anymore. You said you wouldn't welcome me with open arms even if I go back to that fucking house with parents who don't even feel like mine!" he said, his voice raising with every word as he took three steps back, making me take two steps forward.

"Dad disowned me, your mother's still in a coma and you don't want me. Now, tell me why you're still considering a murderer as your brother when you clearly made it clear that I'm not?!" he shouted, tears flowing down his face.

"Hyung, you're not a murderer. You're not. I mean, you attempted to kill my mother but you weren't successful, so it's not literally murder, so it's more of like, attempted murder-"