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The clock struck two in the afternoon when a police car stopped by in front of her house and two man stepped out from each side of the car as they sprinted towards the house immediately which was covered by the banners that said (do not cross) along with some other police cars also surrounding the place.
 
Taehyung walked towards the situation and talked with one of the officers that had the area covered. Two to four police cars were scattered along with some policemen. 
 
"Sir, there's a dead body inside that we have found." One of the officer addressed when he came out from the main door of the house.
 
Taehyung quickly went inside along with Jimin as they both entered the (not so big yet not so small) house and right after they entered, they spotted a dead body of the woman which lied upon the floor lifelessly as the blood that drained from her body, was all dried up already and while being the senior officer on the duty, Taehyung ordered the other officer to call the ambulance quick when he eyed the whole house. Her house was just any other house, filled with things so important for the living. Things to be used in a daily life routine as she wasn't that much rich when her house was an ordinary one as it only had a big lounge in the center, besides it was a kitchen and there were only two rooms. One was on the ground floor whereas the another was upstairs. 
 
While Jimin silently roamed the cozy yet comfortable house which consist the vibes of a murder, whereas on the either side, Taehyung searched for the phone through which that the lady stayed connected with him. He searched the whole house for the only helping device currently as soon that he found it in the room, besides some medicines and liquid medical syrups. 
 
After few moments their ears distracted from the voice of the ambulance as it reached after good fifteen minutes and after the ambulance got parked, two men came out with a hospital stretcher and got the lady over it as later that they left along with it. Taehyung told the boys who took the lady, to remain the body in the iced room while he'll be visiting them afterwards, meanwhile, Jimin was being with him, knowing and examining the situation.
 
After roaming inside the house, their feet led them towards the neighbor as the phone which was owned by the lady? Taehyung kept it to himself, very safely when he thought to use it furthermore in this sensitive case which was ongoing currently. 
 
While Taehyung was talking with the other officers, in the meantime, Jimin roamed his eyeballs around the surroundings as they later walked towards another house besides the same one, which was one of the neighbor. 
 
"So that's the house." They both said in a unison as the officer knocked the door of the neighborhood besides her house and after two knocks, a man in his fifties opened the door with a shock when he greeted the other two men at the door as they entered inside after a little bowing ceremony when the man asked about their introductions in a polite manner. 
 
"Senior Officer Kim Taehyung and this is my friend Jimin." Taehyung shook hand with the man in front when he introduced himself and the person who came along with him as later that Taehyung gently asked further ahead after tilting his head a bit. "Are you the one who called this early morning?" 
 
"Yes. Please, have a seat." The old man replied when he nicely told them both to sit upon the couch which was present in their lounge. 
 
"So, what actually happened?" Taehyung asked in a serious tone with a deep voice. 
 
"Yesterday, we heard a gunshot and we were so worried." The old man started. "Months ago, there were being just two ladies who were living in that house so peacefully. When one day? There was this tragedy that later happened with them." The old man paused when he sighed and prepared himself to talk further ahead. "The same day, the lady went out happily along with her daughter somewhere but when, after hours were passed and they returned to their home? My wife saw that there was a van stopped by in front of the house and few men held that lady. Just the lady only, by her arms as three men were painfully dragging her towards the door. They were saying something to the lady in a loud voice that my wife almost heard it. The words were kind of like this. You won't be having your daughter back or something like that. Those words kind of hinted the fact that they had her daughter kidnapped. We were all being so terrified that we never even went to meet her after that incident, as the house later got surrounded by few more of the other men." The old man paused for a moment when he looked towards the other two males who were seated in front of him as after listening to all that, Taehyung and Jimin sat there while diving in a deep thought as they didn't say a word further ahead, until the old man started talking again. "You must be thinking that where's their man? Let me tell you, her husband died five years ago and she had no relatives besides her. She raised her daughter like a flower in this jungle kind of like cruel world. Those two ladies were so kind, well mannered and polite. They barely went out anywhere. Her daughter was so sweet and was a great friend of my daughter too. Her daughter was the only girl that I allowed my daughter to talk or hangout with. But from past few months, we saw that, that lady never left the house nor we saw her daughter with herself after that anonymous van stopped by the house." 
 
Taehyung's mind started cascading the thoughts about the girl that the old man just discussed and connected it with the girl that Jimin mentioned as with a disturbing curiosity that he asked after few minutes. "What was the name of the girl? The dead lady's daughter." 
 
"Yuni. 21 years old. She was being missing from past few months. That's what that we doubt. We were also worried after not seeing her as she was being like a family member to us too." The old man declared, worriedly.
 
"Yuni..." Jimin mumbled to himself with wide eyes while staring the ground.
 
"And did someone visit her in these past few days?" Taehyung inquired furthermore while raising an eyebrow. 
 
"Yes, son. Yesterday night, we didn't know what actually happened in the middle of the night when we just heard a gunshot to be fired. Due to the hollow silence of the midnight, the gunshot was loud enough to be heard as we were all suddenly awake. We panicked. My daughter saw few black shadows leaving the house after that all." The old man talked with seriousness when he told about the whole situation that happened last night. 
 
"Did you see their leader or someone? Or some special kind of person." Taehyung asked the girl who stood behind the couch where the old man was seated. 
 
"No. I'm sorry. It was too dark." The girl apologized shaking her head. 
 
"Okay." Taehyung nodded with a sigh. "Thanks for all the information, sir. We are currently working on this case and all of this information would be so helpful." Taehyung said when he made a stand and shook hands with the old man in front.
 
"Oh you're very welcome, son. But now, the house is empty and I guess there seems to be no owner." The old man blurted out as his words wrapped up in distress. 
 
Just then, Jimin spoke up when he smiled with his crimson moon eyes and placed his hand on his chest as he humbly requested. "Don't worry! I'll take care of that house."
 
"And who are you to that lady?" The old man asked, enquiring.
 
"I-I'm Yuni's cousin. Far one. I.....I used to visit them often but---from past few years that I was being terribly busy in my studies." Jimin lied while protecting her at the moment when he hesitantly talked but later collected the strength to let out those words when the old man eyed Jimin first and later thought for a moment that the lady never mentioned any of her relatives before as he was doubting this guy right here who just told himself as their relative. But they never got to talk to them enough so they also knew less, as later onwards, with thoughtful pauses this time that Jimin spoke further ahead while pursing his lips when his desperate orbs succeeded in making the old man believe him. "I was connected to them from previous four years but these two years? I lost my phone and never.....never got to talk....ta-talk to them."
 
"Okay. I believe you." The old man nodded and turned towards her daughter. "Dear, get me the house keys."
 
Jimin sighed in relieve afterwards when the old man gave the lady's house keys to Jimin as Jimin tightly held them in his hands when now that they were being the most important yet precious thing to him and he had to protect it at any cost. After shaking hands with the old man, they later left after passing them gentle smiles when Jimin held the keys in his hands even after they reached the police car which had no specific vinyl related to the police stuff or something like that but just a light up at the car's roof, flashing the blues and reds that scattered to some meters far. They both got inside the ride and Taehyung started the engine of his McLaren, suited with a shiny black color, when now that they drove off from the current place. 
 
"Yuni. What a beautiful name for a beautiful girl." Jimin smiled, admiring her image in his mind when he played with the house keys of her house but all of a sudden his vocals sounded depressed when he heaved a sigh afterwards, still doubting. "Why life made her fell off the cliff?"
 
"She isn't dead yet, you freak. She's hanging in there. Waiting for her prince charming to come and save her soon." Taehyung tried his best in confronting the depression that his friend always faces in hard times. 
 
"Prince charming?" Jimin flashed a broken grin when he sadly scoffed and later dropped his head, as he stared the keys in his hands when Taehyung glanced towards the scratch that Jimin's lower lip owned. "The hell with prince charming who can't even fight with that monster."
 
"Hey. We are somehow close. We will save her." Jimin's ears got distracted by his best friend's deep yet low voice that made him smile somehow, through the worried feeling that his heart was facing when with a hint of surprise, Taehyung uttered with wide eyes afterwards. "You lied. For her. You never did that before, young man."
 
"I would do anything to get her out from there, Taehyung. She's the basic yet most important priority for me to achieve now." Jimin talked with a dangerous feeling surrounding his heart. "I'm afraid that I'll lose her if we didn't did something quick." 
 
"First, stop depicting negative. Second, we are close. Don't worry, nothing will happen to her." Taehyung stated while comforting his best friend when he placed a hand upon his thigh, flashing a smile. True that her mother's last prayers started generating hopeful path in their ways. Taehyung later handed over the phone of the lady to Jimin, when he made him dive out from his thoughts. "Now here, help me out and tell me the recent contact that that lady talked to."
 
With a nod, Jimin took the phone and tapped the screen when his eyes ventured the recent contact list and there he found a contact other than Taehyung's own number and the police's helpline, the number that she called upon like seven to eight times, except these contacts, there weren't any others.
 
"This! Look, she used to call upon this number!" Jimin exclaimed when he hovered the phone. "I wonder that girl with Jungkook? Must be Yuni!" Jimin blew with his head low when he held the phone between his hands. 
 
"Search out the phone. Maybe we find something helpful." Taehyung ordered when his sight was glued towards the road. 
 
"Alright." Jimin proclaimed with a nod and dived in phone's every folder while searching out for at least something but there wasn't anything special, just when  he found something. "Taehyung! IT'S HER! I-IT'S Y-YUNI!" 
 
With wide eyes, Jimin almost shouted when he saw her pictures along with her mother being happy which was the only thing that the phone really owned. Jimin frustratingly tapped his arm several times asking for attention when his eyes were happily glued towards the phone and due to utter disturbance, Taehyung stopped the car at halt in the midway, along with a surprised expression covering his face. At first, Jimin was still being in a little doubt but now things were somehow getting clear for them when the girl that Jungkook kidnapped, was the love of Jimin. The mere reason why Jimin's heart was being terribly worried and doubting so many things from all of this time.
 
"W-What? Show me!" Taehyung shifted towards Jimin. 
 
"Jungkook has her captured! It's her! It's Yuni!" Jimin's eyes struck happiness when he looked towards the pictures. "Taehyung! We got to save her!" He showed his desperately pleading eyes to his best friend when he worriedly grabbed both of arms while heaving his chest. 
 
"Okay! Okay! First let's get to the police station and check out that number and then, we'll move further ahead. Okay?" Taehyung rested his both hands upon Jimin's shoulders when he calmed him down. 
 
With a sigh, once again that Taehyung started driving towards the police station. He had Jimin along with himself all of this time when he had no choice left but to drop him at his home after he observed his dreadful tired state as the way Jimin constantly was rubbing his neck and twisting it time to time, it hinted Taehyung that he hasn't slept perfectly as after few moments, his car stopped in front of Jimin's house. 
 
"Wh-What? Why here?! We were going to the pol--" 
 
"Look at yourself. You look like some kind of a zombie." Taehyung turned when he eyed Jimin who insisted to go with him. 
 
"But--" Jimin tried showing his puppy eyes along with a little pout. 
 
"No buts! Or I'll kick your butt. Go and rest well first! I'll keep you update later. Don't worry about anything." Taehyung sternly said as he decided to not listen to his best friend furthermore.
 
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