Tiffany's P.O.V

It was 5pm and I was locking up the practice again after another days work. However, my work wasn't finished just yet. I had called Jung Woo to bring Romeo in so I could see if his injury was healing well. 5 days had passed since I had stitched up the wound on Romeo's leg and I now I had to remove those stitches. Romeo's irresponsible owner was once again out late and couldn't bring the dog in to the practice. He instead suggested that I come over to his house to check on the dog myself. I thought that was a pretty reasonable idea since he was out for the night so I wouldn't have to speak to him. I asked him how I could get into his apartment since no one was home. He had said that he never locked his apartment door when he wasn't home and when I asked why he arrogantly replied that no one dared to stand in front of his door let alone enter.

I turned the doorknob of apartment 3b to find that it was locked. What? The gangster had said that it would be unlocked. He must be home then. I decided to knock. After three knocks the door opened and a familiar face greeted me.

"Oh, I didn't expect anyone to be home." I said.

"Your Tae- I mean Jung Woo's neighbour aren't you? I'm Yuri, we met at the bar once."

"Ah yes, I remember now, you're his girlfriend." I shook her hand.

"Haha, yes." She laughed. Did I miss a joke?

"Um, I'm just here to check on the dog. If it's not convenient I can drop by again tomorrow?"

"No, no, of course not." The girl dragged me into the apartment. "Jung woo doesn't even know I'm here anyway. Romeo!" she called. There was a patter of footsteps and then I saw a brown and black blur run towards me.

"Hi Romeo, hi boy. Wow, you've grown a lot since the last time I met you." I bent down and rubbed the dog's tummy. "Yuri, is there a table or something that I can place Romeo on so that I can examine him?"

"Will the dining table be alright?"

"That's fine." I carried Romeo and followed Yuri. I settled the dog down on the table and took some equipment out of my bag.

"Do you need any help at all?" Yuri asked.

"Actually if you don't mind could you just stable him so that I can get the stitches out quicker."

"Sure."

"The wound healed very well, the infection cleared up completely." I said. I got some scissors and began cutting away the stitches. "There you go all done." I said and Yuri placed the puppy back down on the ground. "If it's no trouble can I use your bathroom to wash my hands?"

"Certainly, you should know where it is since all the apartments in this building have the same layout." She said.

"Thanks."

I turned on the sink and let the cool water run over my hands. There was no place to dry my hands so I patted them dry on my pants. I was just about to exit when something caught my eye. I know I'm not supposed to be nosing around somebody's house but I'm a vet and when I see an animal I have to help it. I walked over to the laundry basket where the bundle of fur was resting. On closer inspection it wasn't an animal at all, it was a wig. I picked it up and examined it closer, it looked just like Jung Woo's hair. I giggled and covered my mouth with one hand, the poor guy must be experiencing early onset male pattern baldness! I dropped the wig back into the laundry basket and picked out another item of clothing. It was a woman's nightdress. Must be Yuri's, but it looks too small to fit the tall girl. That evil guy, bringing another girl into his house when he has a girlfriend! Poor Yuri, she knows nothing I must tell her.

"Do you want to stay for dinner, I'm cooking for Jung Woo and I made extra." Yuri stuck her head out from the kitchen.

"Will I be disturbing you and Jung Woo?" I asked unsurely.

"Oh no, he most probably won't be back until tomorrow morning."

"Well thanks." I said. Now I have a chance to tell her about her boyfriend's cheating ways.

"The spaghetti is great, you're a really great cook. Jung Woo doesn't know how lucky he is." I slurped up the pasta.

"Oh he knows." Yuri smiled at me from opposite the table. I felt pity for this girl, how was I going to break the news to her, she's going to be devastated. But I must!

"So Yuri, what is Jung Woo like? He's my neighbour but I haven't had a chance to talk to him since he's almost never home."

"Well he's a great boyfriend and he treats me very well."

"That's good to hear. So you said that he's out most nights do you wonder where he runs off to?"

"Ah, I don't want to get involved in his business. I trust Jung Woo enough not to question his disappearances."

Man this is going to be hard. Was the girl even aware that her boyfriend was some gangster? Didn't she worry that he was disappearing most nights probably sleeping with random chicks he's picked up from the club.

"So you must live with Jung Woo." I finally opened up the topic.

"No I have my own apartment but I visit him from time to time. I come here more often these days since we have Romeo now."

"Oh, I thought you lived here since I saw some female pyjamas in the bathroom."

Yuri looked at me questioningly before her eyes widened as she processed my statement.

"Um those are t-totally mine… I… uh sleep over here sometimes." She chuckled nervously.

"I see. But aren't those pjs a bit small for you?"

"Ah well, they must have shrunk in the wash." She laughed awkwardly and avoided my gaze. She's definitely hiding something from me. I placed the fork down at the table and looked directly at the girl.

"Yuri, I don't know how to tell you this but between us girls I'm getting this hunch that-"

"Tiffany, I know you're just trying to look out for me but you don't have to. Jung Woo…he's the most loyal and trustworthy person I know. He's not who you think he is, he's…um…Why are you looking through our laundry anyway?" she countered and I was thrown off course.

"Well I thought that there was some animal in the laundry basket but I found out that it was a wig." Yuri froze and dropped her fork, it fell to the table with a clatter. She must have been afraid that Jung Woo would yell at her if I had found out he was balding. "Don't worry I'll keep it a secret from him. No one likes to flaunt the fact that they're losing their hair, and at such a young age too." I made an action to zip my lips.

"Hahaha." Yuri also copied my actions of zipping her lips. "So I heard your friend also lives in the apartment with you." She started. How did this conversation deviate to talking about Jessie?

For the remainder the meal Yuri kept asking me questions about Jessie. I found that very strange but shrugged it off. After the meal I offered to help with the dishes but she declined.

"Well thanks again for the meal Yuri." I waved and went back to my apartment.