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Namjoon glanced to Yoongi, seeing how the boy was taking the news.
All his life he had blamed this man for his parents death, and now he was finding out what what he had been told for twelve years straight was a lie.
"You...you didn't run the red light?" Yoongi asked slowly.
"Hell no!" Yin scoffed. "I've been driving for over fifty years- you think I would be stupid enough to run a red light while driving a limo carrying two people and their baby? No, some dumbass crashed his truck into me, not the other way around. And I told this all to the cop, so don't ask me how the story got twisted."
Yoongi blinked. He looked to Namjoon, as if asking for help with this new development.
Namjoon stepped forward. "Do you remember the driver of the truck?"
"Not really. Just some guy." Yin shrugged. "I gave a description to the police, but maybe they twisted that around too, wouldn't be surprised if they said it was a girl in a car instead or whatever. Don't ask me why, probably the cop was some rookie or some shit."
"Do you remember anything about the truck? Make or model?"
Yin shrugged. "Just a regular black Ford. It's banged to all hell and rotting away in a junkyard if they haven't destroyed it by now."
"Why would someone want to crash into you?" Yoongi wondered.
"Who said it was on purpose?" Yin squinted at him. "Dumbass was probably texting on his phone and didn't see the light change."
Namjoon put his hand on Yoongi's shoulder, stopping him from blowing their cover. He could see how outraged the boy was at the thought of his parents death being caused by something as stupid as a distracted driver.
"Thanks for your help, Mr. Yin." He smiled. "This will be good content for our blog."
"I'm excited to read it." Yin said. "I moved away after everyone blamed me for those peoples deaths, but the neighbors way out here still ignore me. I want my damn life back."
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They walked back to the bus stop, Namjoon with his hands in his pockets and Yoongi taking the lead silently.
"What do you think?" Namjoon asked.
"About what."
"Don't play like that, come on. What do you think of this turn of the events? Is he telling the truth or lying?"
Yoongi sighed, tipping his head up to look at the storm clouds forming over head.
"Either he's lying, or someone in the police is."
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