Elites of Seoul | Taejin ✔️

It's Out

Seokjin's Pov:

It had been a week since Jimin had been permanently at the house, ignoring Jungkook's call along with Hoseok and Yoongi. He was more focused on me, shedding light on what had happened to me more than anything else.

He was a very determined person, one that I realize was persuasive too. Taehyung and I hadn't had much time to talk things through as Jimin was adamant about us focusing on the issue at hand. He claimed the reason for the problems in my marriage stemmed from the issues of my past and not facing them, and if I worked on that, I could then work on seeing my husband for how amazing he was.

"Okay, Seokjin the reporters are going to be here in five, are you ready?" Jimin asked, fixing my suit.

"Jimin, give Seokjin and me a moment, please." Taehyung interrupted, walking into the room.

"Sure, sure."

Taehyung smiled once Jimin walked out of the room and walked over to me, "baby, listen to me if you are not prepared to do this you don't have to. You have been through a lot in the past week, and I don't want you to anything more that's going to cause you pain or hurt." Tae said, resting his hand on my waist while looking at me.

"I- I want to do this, for myself, us, and Iseul. Jimin is right, I have allowed this to take away so much from my life, I can't believe I live so many years trying to protect someone who knew all along what happened to me. It pains me to know he continued living as if it was alright, and it was okay for me to be treated like that, it was okay for that to happen to me. I feel so foolish, I am upset with myself for every time I argue with you in his defense, it hurts, and I am sorry, for not listening to you when I needed to. I am sorry for causing you pain, the pain you didn't deserve when all you were doing was trying to love me. I am sorry."

Taehyung pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly, "I was at fault too Seokjin. Please don't blame yourself; you weren't foolish. This was hard for you, and me being controlling and demanding didn't help you, rather it pushed you away, so I get it. Now, if this is what you truly want, let us go out there and put a stop to them, I won't ever leave by your side."

He released his hold on me and looked at me, making me smile, a real smile, something I had struggled to do lately.

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As Jimin and Taehyung promised they weren't a lot of reporters, only a handful, yet standing by the mic, still made me nervous and worried, but as if Jimin could sense my nervousness, he gripped my hand and pulled closer to me.

I looked at him and smiled, then look to my right where my husband stood with a smile on his face, giving me a nod.

That was all I needed as I found the courage to speak. "What I am about to say today may come as a shock to many of you, but I am here to talk about the truth, my truth. To many of you, I am known as the husband of Kim Taehyung, but what you don't know about me is the life I had before marrying Taehyung.

I was born and raised in Seoul to a simple family, we didn't have riches and luxury, but we were happy, we had a good life. But, soon, that all changed when I met Jeon Jungkook."

I paused and looked at the reporters' faces as they gave each other side glances, then I pulled myself together and continued. "Jungkook was my first boyfriend, he was a first for me in many things, but none of that matters here right now. What matters is one day, a miserable day, a day that I cannot remove from my memory, his father raped me-"

My words were cut off my loud gasps, one of the cameramen almost dropping his camera, and the whispering started.

Jimin's hand gripped mines tighter, urging me to continue.

I took a deep breath and continued talking, "I was raped by his father one day while he was away from home. His mother was a witness to my bruised body when she came home, but she did nothing but protected her husband. It was after that the Jeon's left Busan and relocated here. As if being raped wasn't enough, soon after I found out I was pregnant, pregnant with a child for Mr. Jeon. I was paid a large sum of money to have an abortion, but I didn't. My brother pleads with me not to, and he took onto raising my daughter in the States under the perception that Jungkook was her father because I lied about being raped. It scared me so much and destroyed my very being that I didn't want to acknowledge that it had happened.

For years I hid the pain, burying it as deep as I could, until I met my husband, and the lies I would tell started surfacing and began destroying our marriage. He made me realize I am no longer a weak teenager who cannot speak up for himself or share his voice with the world, but I am someone who needs to share my voice and have it heard because what was done to me by the Jeon's was an injustice, no human being should ever have happened to them.

I have lived my life in shame and pain, made my daughter suffer, gave my brother the burden of raising her all because I wanted to escape it all. I don't want to do that anymore; I want to live, I want to enjoy my life with my husband, I want us to have our baby, I want to be there for my daughter, I want to experience real friendships, I don't want to live in pain anymore. To rid myself of all of this, I need justice. The Jeon's need to pay for what they have done to my daughter and me."

I was shaking as I finish talking, and Taehyung helped me stand straight by hugging me.

"Let this be known; they are going to pay for what they did, Seokjin was a teen, who was robbed of his rights, he has suffered an immeasurable amount of pain and injustice, I will not sit back and watch it happen to anyone else. Right as we speak, Mr. Jeon and his family are being served, and I want the nation and the entire world to know what kind of despicable human being that man is." Taehyung spoke into the mic staring the cameras; I could hear the anger and hurt in his voice as he spoke.

Although it took a lot for me to stand here and talk, I felt like a heavy burden was lifted from my shoulders, I didn't feel as though I was living a lie anymore. It was out there, whether that was good or bad, it was out. My secret and my truth were out there.

"I, Jeon Jimin, soon to be Park Jimin stand here to confirm that my husband Jeon Jungkook knew about the wrongs of his father and did nothing, it sickens me to know I have been married into such a family. And I fear the life my child and our future generation will have if these people are continued to be viewed as elites of our great nation and do not receive punishment for the injustice and disservice they have caused onto others.

Seokjin did not deserve what was done to him. His daughter did not deserve what was done to her, and many others did not deserve this. Using money to shut someone up after taking away their human right is a despicable act for any human being. And to have such a nerve that you can continue living and have a normal life while you destroy the lives of others is offensive. I wish to see them all punished."