"Okay, I'm out!" Pete wanted to leave Junseo's car but Junseo grabbed him back by his arm.

"You're in this shit with me Pete!"

Pete knocked Junseo's hand off his arm.

"You're going too far Junseo!" Pete clenched his jaw. "It was one thing to spy on Y/n but this? " he pointed to the restaurant that was burning brightly.

"I warned him!" Junseo replied, looking towards the burning restaurant.

"You're crazy! Really! " Pete made a second attempt to get out of the car but Junseo locked the doors.

"What the hell?" Pete turned to him.

"What are you up to?" Junseo knew that as soon as his friend got out of his car, he would go straight to the police.

"What do you think Hmm?"

"You know damn well that you'll build your own gallows if you betray me"

Pete swallowed.  "You should have had it out with him on the racetrack! But not .. fuck!"

Junseo took a deep breath when he saw Jungkook walking towards the restaurant. His mother next to him was screaming and crying.

"Fuck!" Pete muttered when he saw Jungkook too.

They both watched as the fire department arrived, but the building was ablaze, the cracking and shattering of the windows could be heard and the black smoke darkened the sky.

"And all that because you're obsessed with that girl!" said Pete.

"She's already had her punishment!" replied Junseo.

Junseo turned to Pete.

"The exact same punishment we gave that girl from the club Remember?"

Pete clenched his fists ...
"The fuck..you raped her?"

Junseo said nothing and turned to the burning building.

"You're such a fucking ... Shit, what is that?" Pete slid closer to the windshield and watched as one of the firemen pulled someone out on his arm.

"You said there were no one in there!" Junseo clutched the steering wheel and stared out.

Jungkook's mother screamed, slapped her thighs repeatedly and slumped down next to the fireman.

"There was no one in there either. Who's that?" Pete was shocked.

Junseo opened the automatic car lock and Pete jumped out and ran towards the burning restaurant.

"Omg, my daughter!" Jungkook's mother screamed. Jungkook knelt down to his mother.

The paramedics got to work. Resuscitation measures were carried out again and again. For minutes....

Pete went back to the car and sat in the passenger seat, shocked.

"What?" asked Junseo.

Pete turned to him. " his sister.... the girl is his sister. We're in trouble, Junseo. "

"Is she alive?" asked Junseo.

"How the hell should I know? " Pete shouted at him. "Omg... what if she's dead?"

Junseo leaned back and started the engine. "Rest in peace!" and drove off.

Neither of them said anything.

Pete was just thinking about the best way to get out of this. He never intended to hurt anyone. He regretted his friendship with Junseo.

And Junseo?

He was only thinking about defending his pride.  Y/n had him bought off in front of the press, made him look like a clown.

And the video Pete sent him made all his inhibitions disappear.

He was sure she would suffer and if she didn't, he was ready to make her suffer again. He didn't care at all.

"Drop me off at the next corner!" Pete muttered and Junseo stopped the car.

"You know what happens when you talk!" Junseo gave a little warning.

Pete didn't react and got out.

Junseo reached for his phone and
dialed a number.

"Hey, I need your help...thanks...there
was a fire near the fish market...can
you find out...okay...in an
hour...fine.bye!"

He leaned his head back and sighed.

♡

A week has passed since the fire in the restaurant and Jungkook is about to take the hardest step of his life.

Bora came back, she was breathing when she was admitted to the hospital. There was hope.

He put on his black suit that he had actually bought for her graduation party. If he had known what he had to wear it for now.

"The burns and smoke inhalation were too severe! I'm sorry! My condolences!" The doctor's words ring in his ears like a whistle that you can't get rid of.

How he wished she would come into his room and jump on his bed, begging him to take her to a race.

Jungkook heard his mother putting away the dishes in the kitchen, trying to distract herself. How she cried.

He took a deep breath and went to her.

"Appa is already on her way to the cemetery!" she didn't turn to him.

"Are you ready?" Jungkook asked.

She didn't answer, bowed her head and sobbed.

He went to her and turned her to face him.
"Eomma!" He hugged her and she cried . "My baby is gone! She's gone and its all my fault!"

"Eomma No! It's not your fault!"

"If only I hadn't sent her!" she cried terribly.

"The police said it was arson!" Jungkook sighed.

An hour later, they both arrived at the city cemetery. A small crowd was already there.

His father came and took his mother with him.

Jungkook took out his phone and dialed her number again. Like he had done almost every day for the past week.

But it only rang as usual and he told himself that it would be the last time he called her.

He wished that Y/n was by his side now, he needed her so badly. He didn't understand why she had never contacted him since their evening together.

Her voicemail started and Jungkook took a deep breath.

"Hey...I..." he paused for a moment, wondering if he should really say something. "It's okay if you choose Junseo, I know you're meant for him, so.... it's okay. Be happy. " and he hung up.

Bora funeral was silent . Only his mother's sobs could be heard. Her last words to her daughter were spoken and the coffin was lowered into the ground.

Jungkook could not cry. He had to stay strong for his parents.

Later after the funeral, he went back to the ruins that used to be his parents' restaurant.

Burnt to the ground. Not a single glass, not a single piece of wood remained.

Everything was gone, the restaurant, his sister and the girl he loved.

"Jungkook?" he heard his name and he turned around.

She smiled " Hi, I'm Sona !"

His heart started beating, Y/n told him about her.

"Hi!" he answered her.

"I'm sorry about what happened to your restaurant!" she said.

"Thank you!" he said almost in a whisper.

"You don't recognize me?" she smiled.

"What?" he was confused. How could he know her?

"Our mothers used to be friends and you used to take my favorite doll away from me." Her smile suddenly disappeared.  "I need to talk to you when you have time!"

"Listen...I...I just buried my sister!" he bowed his head.

"Oh my God!" Sona was shocked.  "I'm sorry I...maybe it's better if I..."

"No! No...I could do with some distraction. " he looked at her.

"Jungkook..I...didn't know..oh my god. How?"

Jungkook sighed and turned his head towards the restaurant. " She was in there when someone set our restaurant on fire!"

"Junseo!" she said and Jungkook popped his head up to her, "What?"

"Jungkook, I think you and I really need to talk and I think you should know something. " Sona looked at him. " Because... Y/n...she's...my sister!"

"Sister?...But I thought...!"

"I'll explain everything. Jungkook she's suffering terribly. I need your help."

Sona and Jungkook sat opposite each other. It was still empty in the café , no one said anything .

Sona regretted throwing him into the hot pot . If only she had known. 

"So you're her sister?" Jungkook asked, looking at her.  Sona nodded.

"And how can it be that our mothers were friends?" he frowned.

"My mother worked for the Kim's as a housemaid. I was eight years old at the time.  Our mothers knew each other well. Before my father died, he worked with yours at the fish market. "

"My mother never mentioned anything!" said Jungkook.

"How could she if she wanted to protect her family?" Sona replied.

Jungkook looked at her questioningly.

Sona sighed....

"Y/n's father is her real father, but her mother is not her real mother!....

Her father fell in love with my mother and she often rebuffed his advances. She loved my father and would never have entered into an affair with Mr. Kim....

...at some point...the Kim's came from an event. My mother had finished work and wanted to go home.  Mrs. Kim went upstairs, but Mr. Kim...he....took what he wanted!"

"I don't understand...!" Jungkook was confused.

Sona swallowed.

"He pulled my mom into the utility room.... She didn't resist...was scared...and he.... Took her."

Jungkook now understood what Sona was trying to tell him, he was speechless.

"My mother kept quiet about what had happened. Mr. Kim threatened her to do something to me. He blamed my mother, she could have gotten involved in an affair with him then she wouldn't have had to....

...my mother realized after four months that she was pregnant with Y/n. My father freaked out when she told him the truth. He got drunk and wanted to confront Mr. Kim, on the way he had a Car accident and died the same night."

"I'm so sorry, but what does all this have to do with my mother?" asked Jungkook.

"My mother told your mother everything. She begged my mother to go to the police. But she never did. So they both went to the Kim's. They confronted Mr. Kim. He denied being the father, then your mother said she would report him and from then on everything just got worse."

Sona rubbed her forehead and sighed.

"Misses Kim found out about all this and came to my mother. She made her an offer. The child for hush money....

...my mother refused. But Miss Kim said she would take the child away from her to protect the family's reputation. My mother did everything to keep Y/n. In the end, they succeeded. They locked my mother and me away. Misses Kim faked a pregnancy and the rest..."

"Wait...I have to process all this first. " Jungkook exhaled.

"After Y/n's birth, the Kim's wanted to get rid of my mom and staged a car accident. Your mom was threatened to take you away or do something to you if she said a word to the public."

Jungkook was so confused. Now he understood his mom why she didn't like seeing him with Y/n. Why she acted so distant to Y/n.

"Jungkook!" said Sona softly. " She'll kill me for this, but Y/n needs you badly.  She loves you."

"Does she know about everything you just told me?"

Sona shook her head " No."

"If she loves me so much, why doesn't she answer my calls?" he looked at Sona.

"Because she.....!" Sona closed her eyes briefly and then looked at Jungkook again. "Because the same thing happened to her as happened to my mother."

"What do you mean?" Jungkook's heart began to race .

"Junseo.... He broke her and she's been completely shut down ever since."

Sona leaned forward towards him...

"The last time Y/n was with you, I was supposed to be the one he wanted to hurt. But he got a text message and let go of me."

"It was arson!" Jungkook raised his head, clenched his fists.
"And I can guess who did it!"

He stood up, so did Sona.
"What are you up to?"

"I'm going to kill him!" Jungkook said.

"Jungkook!" Sona held him back. "Y/n is still in this hell. I tried to get her out of there, but Ms. Kim went at me like a fury."

Jungkook could no longer keep his emotions under control. Sadness, anger and he knew that Y/n would fall back to where she was when he took her out of the pool.  

"I'm not going to let myself lose someone else I love." Jungkook clenched his fists tighter.

"He will pay. Every single one of them will pay. "

"Jungkook!" Sona held his wrist.  "Junseo threatened to hurt you and your family if she talked. "

"Then the arson is probably no coincidence. " and suddenly Jungkook felt this lump in his throat.

"She was only 15." he whispered to hold back his tears.

Sona felt sorry for him, she sighed and pulled him to her and hugged him.

"I'm so sorry. " she whispered and Jungkook returned her hug and cried softly.

(We are arriving slowly to the End of this Story and I promise nothing. Please vote 💜 tysm )