It made sense, yet it didn't. The things that had happened were nothing but parts of a thousand-piece puzzle. You wouldn't see anything if you pick up each piece separately, no matter how hard you stare. You wouldn't see anything even if you put those pieces next to each other, getting a long chain, a straight time line. It didn't matter if you were hurt before, it didn't matter how cautious you were, it didn't matter how carefully you tried to examine each and every piece. In the end, if it was designed to do so, the chain would still lock your heart. You would be forever unaware of its true identity, never getting the idea that it could be something someone had created on carefully considered purpose, just for you. It won't be until this someone comes and tells you the chain was actually a puzzle, and probably even does the jigsaw for you, that you finally get to see the truth. You would get struck by the revelation, and you would be either really relieved about knowing the truth, or you would be dying in the heart, shocked, terrified, completely broken.
Unfortunately, Jessica was the latter case. The truth hit her so hard, she couldn't stand it and passed out. It could make sense to everyone, anyone, she didn't care. To her, it didn't. She didn't forget a single time Yuri's eyes gazed lovingly into hers, couldn't forget the warmth Yuri embraced her with, couldn't erase the feeling of Yuri's touches, of the hot lips against hers, of the soft whispers tickling her ear. It was too real to be nothing but fake. It felt so much more than just puzzle pieces.
Yuri not loving her? Yuri just using her?
She thought it didn't make sense.
But she knew she couldn't deny it.
...
"I-is that a tear?" Taeyeon jumped up from her seat.
"Shhhh..." Tiffany hushed her girlfriend. She leaned forward and wiped the lone drop on Jessica's face away. Her heart felt a brief twinge at the sight of her best friend unconsciously crying. Taeyeon and she had arrived at the Jung residence this morning but Krystal told them Jessica was already out. They followed the girl to Iustit and found Jessica when the girl had just collapsed and passed out in Yuri's office. They didn't have time to wonder, nor did they hesitate a second. Tiffany immediately called an ambulance while Taeyeon jumped to Sooyoung, holding the raging girl back, keeping her from committing homicide.
"How is she?" A new but familiar voice entered the room. Taeyeon's ears perked up at once, her head turned around so fast that it almost broke her neck.
"You!" She yelled and shot up from her seat.
"Taetae!"
"Do you see what you did to her?! Are you satisfied now?! You're such a monster, you're a demon, you're a beast at heart!"
Taeyeon had grabbed Sooyoung's collar, shaking it violently as she used every single usable muscle of her body to push the tall girl against the wall.
"I didn't know anything about it!" Sooyoung yelled back, pushing Taeyeon away. "I swear! I didn't know anything! Believe me!"
"How am I supposed to believe people like you?!" Taeyeon raged. Her eyes flared up with anger, making herself look more intimidating than someone with her height ever could. "All you people think of is money! Business! Career! You don't care the heck about anything else! You're not even human!"
"Taetae, stop." Tiffany had arrived next to her girlfriend, her arms wrapping tightly around Taeyeon's trembling body. "Taetae, please... Sooyoungie had worked with her. But it was never Soo's fault. You know that." She breathed into Taeyeon's neck, soothingly she hoped.
"Kim Taeyeon, listen clearly." Sooyoung hissed through her clenched teeth as she adjusted her collar. "Not everyone is a Kwon! You hear me? Not everyone is a Kwon."
