ian is testing tj and giving them one last chance but knowing this author, i doubt tj would leave with him now in this messy situation
tj is standing in a certain place which helps him to have the power to protect themselves, if he leaves people will come after them and even ian knew the fact that he could still be safe in his “normal life” until now is bc tj was always keeping their enemies away
i desperately want them to switch but the more i read it the more im sure enzo would never let that happen
love that long hair guy, always ready to throw hands lol
i get it now why tj lost his temper and screamed at ian when he saw david kim’s name. while he was not the one who killed david (so no guilt triggered), he loathed david bc david was the one who started everything. ian and tj (& jamie too) was not yet working under jason back then, david saw ian and tricked him into becoming a junkie and abuse him. to gain power and get ian sober, tj finally accepted jason’s offer to work for him, that was the first time tj killed someone and his 1st step towards gang life, (it was ian’s 1st to kill david later). if it was not because of david, their life would not be gang related, tj could still be a boxer and ian could find something he’s interested in. the reason tj wanted to earn sm money was to secure a better life for them no matter how dirty the work he eventually has to do, he kept going deeper and deeper but unfortunately that well-off life was not what ian wanted. the mansion in cali, even chiwoon knows ian would not like it so there’s no way tj doesn’t know, at one chapter when he’s at the hotel drinking alone looking out the window, he asked himself what was all he had done for. but tj can’t give ian a peaceful life yet so he’s trying to make up for it with material stuffs. for me tj selling the mansion is a good sign whether tj genuinely let go of ian or it’s a new beginning for them (ig i can say this after chapter 80 )
