𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑 || 𝐉.𝐉𝐊 ✓

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Groaning, I stop searching through the desk drawers and start to tell them both to be quiet, but before I do, my eyes land on the tabletop of the desk.

My eyes look past the yellow files, the golden globe on the corner, and other items to make him look rich, but instead, my eyes go straight to a family photo that's placed on the corner of the desk.

While they start getting louder and louder, I grab their attention.

"Guys, I think you need to see this," I can't look away from the family portrait when they come to either of my sides with annoyance. However, when they glance at the family photo, they stop arguing instantly.

"Is that..?" Taehyung begins with a shocked expression.

"Yeah, it's her," Twix grabs the photo from off the desk, bringing it directly into the light where we see the full family photo, only this time the silence goes even deeper than before.

"It's the mayor, his wife, and their two kids..." Twix stares hard at the photo just as Taehyung does.

It's Acid in the photo. She's the girl and there's no mistaking it. However, I feel like I've seen the boy, too. I can't place him though.

"If that's the mayor with his family, then that means Acid's father is the mayor." I think aloud, letting my finger point to her face but then let my index finger drag to the boy that's a little older than her in this photo.

"Who's he?" I ask, seeing the way they both stare in denial at the picture.

"That's Hoseok, but this can't be right. They can't be siblings. This isn't true," Taehyung tosses the photo on the table while Twix goes after it.

"We don't have time for this, did you find anything upstairs?" Twix asks numbly as if forcing her feelings away while she clutches the photo to her. Taehyung walks out of the office, guiding us both upstairs.

"I found this," he mentions while coming into what appears to be the largest bedroom, no doubt the mayor's and his wife's. Coming to an open closet door, he shines his light on the ground where a small safe is placed. "Think we can carry it with us?" He asks while I nod.

"Yeah, we can stop somewhere and break it open when we're done," I say while Twix exits the room and looks into each open room down the upstairs hallway.

I come behind her, watching her as Taehyung picks up the safe in his arms. I start to follow her into a bedroom, but she freezes at the doorway.

"This is his room... Hoseok's.." she says with tears in her eyes. "He was such a nerd, but he was a good friend," she admits while stepping inside to survey his room.

"We don't have time for this," Taehyung follows us into the room. "We need to go before they come back," he explains while Twix stops when seeing an old journal on a small shelf.

"He carried this everywhere. It doesn't belong here with these people," she snatches the green-colored journal and exits the room.

We quickly follow after her and head downstairs the same way we came. We rush down the basement steps where Taehyung helps both of us climb out of the window.

I hold the safe while he climbs out, and then we carefully jump the fence. We toss the safe, but it doesn't open when it hits the grass on the other side.

They make sure to pull their masks back down as we run down the sidewalk until the three of us hop in the back where Taehyung bangs the truck for Barbie to drive.

We ride out of the neighborhood street, which luckily was easier than expected.

"Protected neighborhood my ass. I bet the cops only drive through here every couple of hours. We got lucky, but I'm glad we're done. We need to pull over and bust this safe open soon," Taehyung says with a quiet laugh.

However, Twix ignores him while silently crying as she flips through the green journal while occasionally looking at the photo of him in the picture.

Taehyung and I say nothing, only looking for a good place to park to crack open this safe and its secrets.

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Sorry for the late update! I just got back to my university and this was my first week with my classes! It's my last semester before I graduate, so it's going to be a crazy few months, but I'll try my best to update when I have the time! Thank you for your patience! 🤍