Love Me If You Dare

Chapter 25

The sun is out.

    Jungkook asks Jimin what’s their current location.

    Jimin : “We have nearly reached the toll station."

    "Ah." He takes off his sleep mask, sits up and look at Lisa, "You finally got your wish, for me to do a briefing outside a tolling station.” 

    Lisa remembers the last investigation.  He refused to brief to the police over the phone. 

    “The curse of the tolling station......" She mumbles.

    -

    Jungkook starts:

    "In the past six months, Mina was controlled by drug addiction.

    Her diary mentioned about ‘wrong steps’. It’s probably something to do with sex or drugs, or both.  She said she ‘couldn’t resist fate’, so someone had some information about her that she didn’t want to be made public.  I suspect it’s nude photos or sex videos.  

    The person who is controlling her could only be one of these three: Nayeon, Suga or Mark. It’s not Manager Song, as she tried every way she could to get her transferred or dismissed.  If she wanted to play a game of cat and mouse, she wouldn’t try to push her away.

It’s not Jinyoung.  He was not interested in developing a relationship with a young pretty girl.  Besides he devotes all his time to his son.  There’s no time for him to train up a sex slave.   

    All the staffs from Customer 3 division are very well paid.  So this person’s dominance is not about money, but purely to satisfy his/her desires.  This person is experienced when it comes to taking drugs and fooling around. Nayeon, Suga and Mark all meet these criterias.   Although Mark is a homosexual, we cannot rule out the possibility of him being a bisexual, so he is still one of the suspects.”  

    Lisa is quiet. Under the guise of these well dressed and professional looking colleagues are souls that are dark and ugly.  To use such dirty tactics on a young woman.  It’s hideous.  No wonder Jungkook warned her not to have any physical contact with them. 

    Jungkook continues:

    “Manager Song knew what’s going on but chose to keep quiet.  Mina’s diary mentioned that everything seemed to go wrong suddenly. Who else has the power to incite the crowd against her within the division? However, for Manager Song to hate Mina so much, she might have done something to offend manager Song.  Perhaps Mina accidentally came across her misdemeanour (for example, accounting fraud).  So Manager Song is very eager to get rid of her.  But according to the diary, Mina didn’t seem to be aware of it.  I will get the private detective to check out her financial status and private life.  

  The most important element in any murder is motive. Mina was trying to break free from the person’s control.  That angered the killer. It was pouring with rain on the night of the murder.  The murderer must have returned to the room with muddy shoes or wet clothes.  And two hours is a long time to be away from the room.  Yet, no one admitted they ever leave their rooms.  Therefore, the roommate must be covering up for him/her, making that person an accomplice."

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  The Orange Hill Resort is located on a recently developed tourist attractions to the south of S City.   The developer is a company owned by Kim Jisoo.

   This is also the crime scene. 

    The resort is built along a gentle hillside.  There are five residences scattered amongst the trees.  All the dwellings has the same layout - brown house with a hay roof, stone steps leading to the front door, a small courtyard at the back, surround by circle of green shrubs and flowers.