Broken | Jaeyong

chapter 8

Jaehyun sat silently as he awaited his members in the small conference room hidden welly in the façade of the city's most high-end club. There was one word to describe the room and that was chic. It was lit in a hue of warm purple, burning liquor decorated the surface of the pristine glass table located in the middle of the room. The large table was surrounded with comfortable seating as smooth jazz played quietly unlike the booming pop music playing on the main floor at the front of the club.

Jaehyun watched stoically as his closest men entered the room, sitting down as they didn't dare utter a word or make a move in the presence of their leader without being told to do so. One could say Jaehyun held a firm grip on their balls. His men would not dare upset the powerful man in front of them.

Kun entered with a sigh and a small smile. With a hand combing his hair back stressfully, he sat down and waited patiently for what Jaehyun had to say. The gang's most trusted members were all called in to have a meeting about the home invasion and the killings. Kun although, already knew what had happened, so he sat and waited for orders in how to deal with the situation.

A man similar to Kun's height opened the door with a greeting smile, his pearlescent teeth somehow always able to brighten the mood. The shoulders of everyone in the room visibly relaxed at the presence of the male. Behind him was Johnny, he towered over the figure of the smaller man in front of him. The two sat down together with their hands snuggly intertwined.

"Alright. Let's get straight to the point, shall we?" Jaehyun grabbed the attention of everyone in the room. "My house was broken into last night. There was no footage of who did it but, Chon was found dead next to a dart."

"The killer." One gasped, eyes open in shock. Everyone in a gang knew about the killer taking down all of the major gangs. Though they had no idea who the person was, they knew that the killer used poisonous darts.

"Yeah, we think so." Jaehyun nodded with a contemplating frown. He exhaled deeply before continuing softly, "My wife was also found dead."

A sense of fear and sadness filled the room. Fear for their own lives and the gang but sadness for the loss their leader is experiencing. They might be terrified of Jaehyun, respectful for the things he has done but for that exact reason, they love him as a brother. Jaehyun has helped and in some way nurtured every single one of them.

"There is no doubt that the killer is after me." Jaehyun told them. "I don't know if they are after power or have other motives."

"Whoever they are, we won't let them touch you, Jaehyun." One spoke from the group. They all agreed in unison, nodded their heads and saying firm yeses. "They'll have to get through us first."

"Oh, trust me." Jaehyun chuckled dryly with a smirk. "I'm not planning on going down without a fight. If anything, I'm going to get to them before they get to me."

"Well, what's the plan?" The small male under Johnny's arm asked with a bright smile.

"Actually, Ten, can you move departments? There was a dead detective found upstairs and somehow he knew the killer was after me before we did. They're on to something there and I need you to keep an eye on it." Jaehyun asked with a friendly tone.

Ten nodded, "I'll get a transfer by tomorrow."

"Is there anything else?" Kun questioned.

"Not yet." Jaehyun spoke as he leant back against the chair. "But I have a feeling the killer made a slip-up last night. I don't know what exactly it was but I believe he'll do it again, and when he does we'll be quick to know, and from there we'll found his weakness."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Johnny said as he began to stand. "We'll sit and wait then when the duck flies, we'll shoot."

Jaehyun nodded with a grin as he agreed with his best friend. He gestured to the members to leave as he was left alone in the room once again, pondering on his thoughts.

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Taeyong was on his way to pick Jisung up from school. He wanted to go out for dinner for an apology. He's been a terrible dad lately and he knows Jisung is being humble when he says it's okay. He knows that sometimes Jisung just wants him to forget about Jaehyun and worry about himself, and sometimes he genuinely thinks about doing just that because he wants to be the best dad he can possible be for Jisung. But he's fucked up, his mind isn't normal anymore. So the dark part of him tosses the idea to the side and calls it foolish.

He arrives just as the school bell rings. Jisung walks out with Jeno and beams when he sees his father's car parked in front of the school. He immediately waves goodbye to Jeno and slow jogs to the car. With a smile, he opens the door and sits down in the front seat.

"Hey Sungie, how was school?" Taeyong asked with a content smile.

Jisung nodded happily, "It was okay. How was your nightshift?"

"Let's not talk about that." Taeyong softly spoke as he pushed the subject aside. "How about we go out for dinner tonight? An apology for me being a shitty dad."

Jisung chuckled as Taeyong started the car. He then shook his head disagreeably at his father, "You're not shitty, dad. You're the best dad I could ask for."

Taeyong averted his gaze from the road ahead for a second to look at Jisung's sincere smile. He giggled softly at the touching remark before turning his attention back to the road.

"Stop sucking up." Taeyong joked with a chuckle. "I already told you we're going out for dinner. How much more do you want?"

Jisung laughed at his father, "I want to choose where we're going."

"Fine." Taeyong replied warmly, "Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere with pasta, especially pesto."

Taeyong chuckled as he pulled up into their driveway, "Sure, I can make that work."

Jisung nodded strongly, "Good."

"You're lucky I love you." Taeyong laughed as he began to get out of the car.

Jisung scoffed jokingly as he too left the car, "You're privileged that I love you."

Taeyong giggled at his son as he shook his head, "You've obviously been with Doyoung for too long."