Wait for me to come Home

Chapter 53

It was midday when Jennie groaned, keeping her eyes shut together as she rolled over. She rolled on top of something squishy and Jisoo gave her a shove, mumbling a few swear words at her. Sitting up, Jennie half opened her eyes, wincing at the bright light streaming in through the window. Shifting slightly, she rubbed at her face, before noticing the state of her soggy cast, and then everything came flooding back to her.

"Oh fuck!" She swore, and Rosé and Jisoo both opened their eyes, frowning up at Jennie who looked like she was about to throw up.

"Shut the fuck up, Kim," Jisoo grumbled, grabbing a pillow and jamming it over her head.

"Oh god, my mom's going to kill me," Jennie said, giving Rosé a look of horror.

"Well you go and deal with that, I'm going back to sleep," Jisoo said, her voice slightly muffled by the pillow. "Some tips for you; try not to punch anymore walls – I don't think you fist can take much more – and keep your voice down because I'm sleeping."

"Fuck you," Jennie swore, climbing over her so that she could get out of bed, and purposely falling on top of her to squash the smaller girl. She staggered out into the hallway while Jisoo's muffled curses followed her, and Rosé followed at a slower pace. Jennie gingerly peeked around the end of the hallway, trying to see if her mom was around, and was met with Chaerin sat on one of the kitchen stools, staring straight at Jennie with raised eyebrows.

"Good morning," she said stiffly.

"Mom, I can explain," Jennie said, walking into the kitchen and giving her mom a pleading look.

"Go on then," Chaerin said, gesturing for Jennie to continue.

Jennie blinked in surprise. "Oh... well I didn't actually think you were going to let me continue. I was kind of expecting you to just be angry and yell."

"Believe me, Jennie Kim, I am beyond furious. I have never, never, seen such behavior from fully grown women. Honestly, Jennie, what were you thinking? You're not a child anymore – you're the CEO of a company and you should know better than that. You were raised bet-" Chaerin snapped.

"See that's where I don't agree with you," Jennie said, cutting her off. "You didn't raise me, mom. I was four when you adopted me, and then the nannies raised me, and then I was shipped off to boarding school. Anything you were supposed to teach me was taught by other people. I get that you're trying to act like my mom – I respect that – but don't try and tell me that you taught me better, because you didn't."

Hurt flickered across Chaerin's face, and she opened her mouth to retort, when Rosé flew out of the mouth of the hallway and vomited in the sink. Jennie winced, closing her eyes as she listened to Rosé throw up – her timing was just perfect. "Sorry," Rosé mumbled, giving them both an apologetic look as she wiped her mouth. "I'll just... go."

"No, you can stay," Chaerin told her, giving her a look of disapproval. "I spoke to your mother. She's not very happy with you either – or Jisoo. I have to say, I thought the two of you would've known better than that, working in law enforcement. I wish I could say I'm surprised that you would act this way, Jennie, but I'm not. I thought you would've grown up since high school though! God knows I had enough phone calls about you getting into trouble to last a lifetime!"

"I'm sorry, Chaerin. There's no excuse, we were all out of line, but the blame isn't all on Jennie," Rosé said, giving her an apologetic look.

"You're right, there is no excuse," Chaerin said, frowning at her daughter before she turned her attention to Rosé. "I'm not going to scold you, Rosé – I'm not your mother and that's not my place. But you... really, Jennie. Three laws! You broke three laws! What idiotic thoughts were going through your mind?"