It was an understatement that the situation exploded out of hand. By the evening news, just about everyone had heard of the uncovered truth, and Jisoo and Jennie settled back to the couch to watch and hear what was going on. Jennie had spent the past hour on the phone with Taeyeon, and Jisoo was just about dying to know what she'd talked about – but for that moment, she held back her questions and they focused on the TV.
Jisoo watched Jennie carefully as video footage of her parents being arrested and taken into police cars was shown on the screen – Jennie made no attempt to conceal her joy, the sheer happiness in her face so apparent that Jisoo couldn't resist the temptation to give her cheek a kiss.
"They've been charged," Jennie said in astonishment while the reporter went on to describe what they already knew, "They've been arrested. There's...Jisoo, they're going to prison for this."
"That's good, right?"
Jennie turned her eyes away from the screen and nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, it is."
"You won't have to worry about them anymore."
"No, I won't."
"And your uncle..." Jisoo shuddered at just the thought. "Thank god he'll be out of the way. And you know what happens to pedophiles in prison..."
Jennie let out a laugh. "Got what he deserved."
When Jisoo didn't join her, or even smile, Jennie grew a little worried. "What is it?"
"He didn't do anything to you, did he?"
Jennie shook her head and answered her quickly. "No. Never."
"Good, 'cause I was a little worried..."
"No, he never- don't worry."
"Hard not to, given your family consists of assholes..."
"Assholes on the highway to prison-" Jennie reminded her.
"True."
"You're still worried."
Jisoo nodded, and Jennie wrapped an arm around her waist before drawing her hand into hers and allowing Jisoo to rest her head on her shoulder.
"Are you sure none of the papers have your name?"
"One of them does, according to Taeyeon – they put up a shell corporation in my name, but it was started when I was only 2, so Taeyeon's already in the process of getting me erased from the documents. I don't even know how they managed, it shouldn't be legal- but anyway. There's no way anyone's going to believe a 2 year old consented to embezzlement – legally speaking, I can't be held responsible for any of those crimes because they all took place before I was 7. So that should be fine."
Jisoo sighed and rested her head back against Jennie's shoulder. "Thank god."
"We're okay."
It was a statement of a fact, but Jennie sounded so astonished that Jisoo couldn't help but take her hand and give it a reassuring squeeze. "Maybe not quite yet. I'm pretty sure there'll be an investigation, and you'll be dragged into it at least to give statements, and then the media-"
"But we're not...they can't get at us."
"There's still the lawsuit-?"
"From what I understood from Taeyeon, they've withdrawn. I suppose attacking your own daughter for money would only add to the bad press they're getting right now."
Jisoo smiled and turned her head to press a gentle kiss to Jennie's cheek. "See? Told ya it'd be fine."
"But-"
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The Marrying Type || Jensoo & Chaelisa
FanfictionJisoo Kim isn't the marrying type. Anything but that. Marriage, for her, is out of the question. And yet, through some sick and confusing twist of fate, she finds herself with a wife that she cannot recall a thing about. Hell, she doesn't even know...