Investigation

Epilogue

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After months of putting every effort to bring the case to justice where Jihyun and Taehyung, the primary detectives of Min Yoongi's case, had to present it in the court and testified against him, the court had finally reached its verdict at the end of the year.

"We, the juries of Gangnam Court of Justice, found Mr. Min Yoongi guilty."

Both Jihyun and Taehyung sighed in relief, as well as Chaeyeon and Seokjin who worked together with them for the past months. Finally the nightmare was over.

As an addition, they also found Mrs. Choi guilty for obstruction of justice, but since she eventually turned her in and helped the police crack the case, she was only given hours of community service.

"Good day for us, huh?" Taehyung said as he opened the car door for Jihyun and she nodded. "Hey, I want to take you somewhere. You're off duty, right?"

"Uh, yeah. Where are you taking me?"

He winked. "Just sit back and enjoy the ride."

Jihyun raised an eyebrow, seeming to be curious as to where her boyfriend was taking her to. It wasn't a long ride and she froze for a while as soon as they arrived at the destination.

"W-Why are you taking me to Jimin's cemetery?"

He smiled. "I know that you haven't been completely at peace with your past and I also know that you haven't even once visited him," he said, "so I'm taking you here for you to pay him a visit and just say hi. Tell him that you've finally caught his murderer and put him in jail."

Jihyun didn't want to at first, but Taehyung then dragged her out and brought her to his graveyard. He stopped six feet away to give her some privacy and nodded at her when she looked at him with hesitation.

"U-Um, hi, Chim," she greeted as she stared at the writing at the stone which said Park Jimin (1995-2015), feeling awkward at first. "This feels so weird, but um, Taehyung wants me to do this."

"So, um, how are you, Chim? Do you feel peaceful up there? I really wish you're happy right now with your dad beside you and your mom and me looking from down here," she said, smiling. "I come bearing good news, by the way. After years trying to get justice for you and numerous other people, we finally got it. He's being put in jail right now as I speak. That's good, right?"

There was silence for a moment after that. She once again stared at the stone and caressed the writing of his name. She teared up a bit, but she stayed strong.

"I miss you, Chim. I've been missing you for ten years now and I don't think I will ever stop missing you. You were such a big part in my life and I am so, so sorry for betraying you. I hope you can forgive me and please know that it wasn't any of your fault as much as it was mine."

"Anyway, um, I was depressed for years ever since I found out about your tragic death and I never thought I could recover from that until I meet him, Kim Taehyung. He becomes someone that I love now and I hope you can understand that. He always makes me smile, he protects me, and he's someone that I can rely on when I'm at my lowest point. I'm incredibly happy, Chim, I really am. Are you proud of me?"

"I'm sorry that I haven't visited you before, so this perhaps would be the first of many times of me visiting you, so I hope you don't mind seeing my face often after this. You can thank Taehyung for that. Be kind to him. He's always been there for me and life would suck as hell if it weren't for him," she said while she started to stand up. "I won't ever forget you, Jimin, as I promised when I said my last goodbye to you back then. Be happy up there."

She smiled at his graveyard before she turned around to see Taehyung smiling at her.

"You ready?" he asked as he reached out his hand.

She giggled, then she grabbed his hand. "Yep. Let's go home."