𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑 || 𝐉.𝐉𝐊 ✓

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As for everyone else, there were still certain past situations that needed to be taken care of. The mayor was arrested, Acid was, too, and so were the men who helped murder Ghost's family, including my father.

Acid was arrested for withholding valuable information that could've brought Ghost down much sooner. We believe, however, that she will be given a light sentence due to the blackmail Ghost held over her head for years.

I haven't been able to fully forgive Acid after everything, and I still need a while to cope myself. It's difficult finding out we're half-sisters, and it's even harder because our birth mother is still nowhere to be found since everything has been mostly leaked to the public at this point.

My guess is that our mother doesn't want to be found. The mayor admitted she had been a free woman for years and had an identity change when I was around ten or so.

She's been free for years and has lived life forgetting about her children. I could never do that, but then again, I can see where she may have been afraid to come home after the mayor stole her away. As for the moment, I haven't thought too hard about her since my mind has been elsewhere.

After I found out the truth, my father couldn't look me in the eyes the first time I saw him after I was rescued. It turns out he was helping the best way he could. He worked himself to the bone for months to gather enough money to pay the mayor in hopes he would hire someone to find me.

He knew of my disappearance the same way all of the United States knew about it. Overnight, I went from a criminal to missing, my name was cleared, as well as the other people who were locked away in that prison, and I was a national manhunt for a few months.

I had no idea anyone was looking for me or even knew my name, but little could I have imagined that as I cried myself to sleep all alone in that bunker for months, half of my nation was actively looking for me, praying for me, and trying to bring me home.

It turns out that before Hoseok died, he had arrangements from a friend, named Jin, who is one of the best leakers. He was told before Hoseok's death to announce at midnight the truth about the prison and to let everyone's identities be known to help the case.

However, once Jin found out Hoseok was dead and I was taken, he also uploaded photos of me, using my senior portrait, around the whole internet and started hacking platforms so millions would be on the search for me.

My guess is that he knew I must've been important enough for Hoseok to risk his life for, so he felt the need to save me, too. His efforts helped and because of him, so many people still searched for me until the moment I was found.

If not for Jin, half of the police wouldn't have followed Yoongi and the agents to the bunker and most of those men would have escaped. I owe him.

As for Barbie, I learned she had a healthy baby girl while I was away. I also learned she named her after me, but she gave her the nickname Venus instead. I got to see her after three weeks once I was found. She was beautiful, and I could see so much of Jimin and Barbie in her.

Barbie's eyes filled up again with happiness, and Jimin's smile returned for the better. It was beautiful to see them, and they both cried when Jungkook brought me to Barbie's house after I was released from the hospital.

Taehyung's recovery took longer than expected, but he's coming around much better now. He still talks about Twix, but his therapist is making him learn to express his feelings through writing, which is helping him more than ever.

Everything was slowly getting better, but time was still needed for a few things. I still loved my father, and it was hard finding out the truth of what he had done, but I could tell he regretted it and had done so for a long time. It wasn't my place to make it worse for him, so I told him I loved him, and I would see him soon.

Of course, we still were waiting for the case to happen to see how long he would be in prison, but we tried not to focus so much on the negative at the moment. I was glad to see him, and he was glad to see me.

As for the government, they were hastily sued for how the prison treated us for those months. Each person would soon receive a hefty check up to seven hundred thousand dollars, and it was hush money to try and make the media die down about the situation since Jin had fully leaked it. It was a fast and quick deal to end the constant pressure on the government.

We collectively agreed to take the money since a lot of us never knew a life without it. We all worked to the bone, and it seemed as if our suffering paid off in a way.

Until the government approves our checks, we've been granted enough money to live on for a few months until it's approved and our money is sent to us. Most of everyone left the city after that, but a few people stayed with family or friends.

Jimin and Barbie stayed and are living with her parents for the moment, and they are getting along well with Jimin. Taehyung is living at his mother's place until his therapy sessions can stop. A few others have stayed, but most of us have left, including myself.

I was never fully meant for the big city life anyway. It just wasn't cut out for me. I wasn't alone though. Jungkook followed me, and we moved to Alaska. Yoongi followed us since he loved Canada so much, but considering he needed to get his check, he decided to live in Alaska until he could move to Canada and become a full Canadian.

Turns out he had met someone over the months, and he talked about her a lot. He promised to let us meet her one day, and I was thrilled to see he was able to recover after Hoseok. Although it's hard, Hoseok would want him to be happy. That's just the type of person he was.

As for Jungkook and I, we rented a small cabin and have been living here for two weeks. It's beautiful here, and I get so excited waking up not only in my dreamland but with him by my side, too.

Since everything, we've taken our relationship considerably slow. We're not dating, but we haven't slept together and both decided not to until marriage. We didn't talk about Ghost, the fake marriage, the months we were apart; we ignored it all.

For the moment, we wanted to focus on each other and the happiness around us. It was the first time in a forever that we had been truly happy, and we had found it in each other. After years of pain, we were finally at peace. The past was in the past, and we were walking into our new season hand-in-hand, forgetting all the pain and torment from before.

Besides, we have new plans to make, new memories to cherish, and new ways to live.

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