Midnight Angel [Jenlisa FF]

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Jennie smiled, liking the idea. It would almost be like a party, with all her friends there with her. "I'd like that."

"Good. Then that's what we'll do. I'll ask Jisoo to pick up some food on her way over," Lisa pondered the details. "Maybe Ry can pick up Rosé and bring her down with him."

"That'd be cool!" Jennie agreed whole-heartedly. She'd met Lisa's sister three weeks ago when Rosé had come to Cambria to see Lisa and to talk about everything that had gone on. Jennie liked the woman, finding her genuine and sweet.

"Okay, I'll go make some calls and arrange everything," Lisa told her, standing from the bed.

"Thanks."

Jennie was still smiling as Lisa walked out of the room. There weren't words to describe how much she enjoyed the freedoms she had now. She could call her friends and see them whenever she wanted. She could sit out on the deck and have a barbecue. There wasn't any reason to hide anymore. Well...she was hiding from the press, but that was a different story.

No sooner had Lisa left her room than her father poked his head in. It was kind of strange to see him just pop by. Almost as strange as it was being back in her old bedroom, which she'd decided to return to, no longer wanting to be tucked away in the attic now that it wasn't necessary.

She gazed at her father and felt mostly love for him. They had talked quite a bit since she'd returned home. Things weren't perfect, but they were better. At times she still felt a little bitter, but if she were honest, she couldn't exactly blame him for what he had thought of her. She'd been set up for the murders and her father had been under a lot of stress. On some level, she could understand why he'd believed she'd done it. The hurt was still there, but Jennie was trying to get past it. Kim was, after all, the only blood-family she had left.

"You said earlier you wanted to speak with me Jennie?" he questioned, taking a step into the room.

He still felt wary at times around her. So much had occurred between them. If only.... he sighed. He couldn't change what he'd done years ago. Couldn't take back what he'd thought. His only hope was that Jennie had forgiven him. In all honestly, Joo Won wasn't sure what he'd have done differently. All he'd wanted was to protect his daughter. At least it seemed as though she didn't hate him.

"Yeah. Could, um...could you close the door." Jennie wanted to keep this conversation private. She'd been thinking about it for two weeks now, trying to decide what she wanted.

"Of course," He agreed and shut the door before stepping closer to the bed. "What's on your mind?"

Jennie chewed lightly on her lower lip. How should she start this conversation? And would her father go along with it?

"I've, um...I've been thinking...about what I want to do...after...ya know, once this is mostly...done..."

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"This was a great idea!" Jisoo exclaimed with a sigh as she sank into one of the lounge chairs on the back patio of the Kim house.

"Bad day at work?" Lisa asked from where she was sitting at the wrought iron table a few feet away.

"Not really," Jisoo shrugged, lowering her sunglasses against the glare from the setting sun. "It was just busy. Aside from the reporters who try to sneak in, everyone in town wants to come in and gawk, or say they were part of...everything."

"Bloody wankers!" Jin cursed as he stood at the grill with Mr. Kim. "They seem to forget what big fans they were of the mayor."

"The wonders of selective memory," Joo Won concurred, thinking about how badly his family had been treated by the people of Cambria after Jennie had been raped.