Busted

"You don't have to come with me," J said firmly.

"I said, I'm going with you. And that's final." Jacob replied in a firmer tone as if challenging J's stubbornness.

J pursed her lips.

The next day when Jacob was about to leave the house and asked J if she has plans of going out, she said that she would be visiting the family of her patient that died in the OR Theater. Then Jacob insisted on coming with her.

Since then, they have been bickering with each other for almost half an hour.

J originally wanted to meet the family not just because he was his patient but also because she felt responsible as the heiress of the Robin Hood Society to visit them and give them her condolences. The young police officer was a member of the Society and he was killed by the Sano Twins because they found out that he is a member of the society.

Although the Sano Twins were dead and CEO Wang is nowhere to be found, Jacob still felt uncomfortable in letting J go out alone. After finding out that she is the heiress of the Robin Hood Society he is very much aware that danger might come to her any moment. And he just wanted to be there to protect her. Although Arthur's team is still watching over her from a distance, he still felt that it was not enough. He wanted them to guard her closely but he was sure that J wouldn't want that.

"It was just a couple of minutes away from here. You can just lend me one of your cars." J is now standing in front of Jacob although Jacob is much taller than her, she wouldn't let him make her feel intimidated.

Jacob standing like a king in front of J with both his hands on his waist looked down at her. Looking her in the eye. J didn't avert her gaze and stared back at him.

"I wouldn't take too long," J said. Her eyes stared beseechingly at Jacob.

She is so stubborn. Jacob thought to himself. But he still finds it charming. He can't control himself to let out a small smile which J noticed. Her eyes averted from his eyes down to his lips. She unconsciously bit a small part of her bottom lip. He is so breathtakingly handsome especially when he smiles. His smile is her weakness.

Suddenly Jacob's phone rings. It was James. J saw a grim expression on Jacob's face. Something must've happened in either the hospital or the Twelve Army.

After the call, Jacob sighed in frustration then looked at her.

"Okay, I guess you're on your own. I'll have you drive one of my cars. I'll call you now and then. Don't stay out longer than an hour." Jacob said as if talking to his daughter and giving her pointers before he allows her to go out.

J smiled at him sweetly and said, "Okay... thank you." She could actually let Jacob come with her, in fact, she would definitely love it, but she wasn't sure up to what extent the young policeman's family knew about his involvement in the Society and her identity so she couldn't take the risk.

Jacob stared a couple of seconds at J before he walked closer to her, his hands reached out for her cheeks. "Honey, please be safe. Call me if something came up. Okay?" Then he lowered his head and his lips covered her lips.

J closed her eyes and savored the sweetness of his lips. When their lips parted, Jacob still held her face close to his. Afraid to let her go. J assured him in her soft voice, "Don't worry. I will."

Before Jacob left the villa in his SUV, he called Arthur and told him that J is leaving the house. He just wanted to make sure that they are in position.

After an hour, J drives a red sports car parked in front of a small yet decent bungalow near the heart of the city. As much as she wanted to maintain a low profile, Jacob only has this sports car and another high-end sports car in his garage.

She walked towards the bungalow and knocked at the door. After a couple of minutes, a middle-aged woman opens the door.

She smiled at J before asking who she was looking for.

J didn't know how to start the conversation. So, she first introduced herself. "Good morning, I'm Nurse J from CLP Hospital."

The woman looked surprised at first, then she opened the door widely to let her in. She was hospitable enough to let a stranger in their house. J thought. Although she only said her name and where she came from, the woman already seemed to know why she came.

The woman gestured to her to sit on the sofa before she went to the kitchen to get something for her to drink.

When she returned, they were both seated on the sofa.

J felt awkward. She rushed over there without a plan of how to start a conversation. She grabs the glass of orange juice that was on the table and sips a small amount just enough to wet her lips.

She cleared her throat before she started speaking. "I'm the nurse of your son. I... " she wanted to say that she was there when her son died in the OR but her words were stuck in her throat unsure if she should say that. In the end, she decided not to.

"I'm sorry about what happened."

The woman smiled at her. "You're probably his nurse when he died."

J was taken aback. How did she know?

"No ordinary nurse would come to visit a patient's family after they died. I can sense that you are a good person." The woman's tone was tender and motherly.

"I thought I should check on you. He's young and looks promising... " J replied feeling awkward.

"Indeed, he is. We do not come from a rich family, but when he and his sister were young. We tried our best to send them to school. Because we believe that it's the best thing that we can give to them." the woman started speaking looking at a picture of a young boy and girl hanging on the wall. J instantly recognized the boy, in his younger years.

"Being educated, no one will step down on them when they grow up. But I often see other kids bully them because he doesn't have decent clothes or money to buy food in the school. I felt sorry for them. But he was not. He sees the world from a different perspective. He always says that there are a lot of people that are less fortunate than us. He never considers us poor. Because if we call ourselves poor, what would those less fortunate call themselves." J looked at the woman as she continued to reminisce.

"Even if we lack in everything, he still manages to give and help others. He said that he is fortunate enough to go to school, eat three times a day and have a parent. There were other kids in the neighborhood that couldn't go to school, so he takes responsibility to teach them what he learned from school. He planted vegetables in the backyard. We eat some while he gives the others to those that don't have food to eat." when the woman continued, she gave a small smile on her lips. J looked back again at the picture on the wall imagining how the boy had lived his younger days.

"When he was in college, he became part of an organization that helps less fortunate people. They help send kids to school, help the sick to be sent to hospitals and be treated fairly, they build an orphanage to house the homeless kids. They even helped him and his sister finished college. I was so proud that he became part of that organization. When he died, the organization came to us. They helped us with the funeral. They said that our loss is their loss too. We are not the only ones who mourn for him but also those that he helped before. And I was glad that he died with respect and dignity that other rich people might not have when they died." J sensed pride in her tone.

She was familiar that the woman was talking about the Robin Hood Society. There was silence after that, which made J feel awkward again. She is really not used to this long talk. She is silently hoping that the woman would talk again because she hasn't composed any words yet to reply to her.

When it seems that she is not going to speak again yet she said with a sad smile, "I wish I could've done more to save him... he was my first patient to die in front of me... "

The woman turned her head on her with a knitted brow. She put her hand on J's hand that lies on her lap. "I am sure that you did the best that you can, and I'm thankful to you for that. You don't have to blame yourself or feel guilty about it." Then she gave her a tight-lipped smile before she withdrew her hands.

"Ever since he became a police officer, I already prepared myself that in this life, I might be the one to bury my son and not the other way around." she turned her head back to the picture on the wall with an empty stare.

J was astounded by this woman's principle. For a mother to have that way of thinking, she must be one of a kind.

She stayed there for a couple of more minutes mostly just listening to the woman's story. After making sure that she and her family are doing well after the death of their family members and finding out that they don't have any idea about the Robin Hood Society she bade her goodbye. After all, she promised Jacob she won't be gone for more than an hour.

Stepping outside the house she sent Jacob a message that she is about to go home. She instantly received a reply with, "Okay, take care. I'll see you at dinner."

When she was about to get in the car, she looked around her. She stared for a moment in her reflection in the car's window then walked away from it.

"She's walking away." Arthur heard Felix on his earpiece. "Standby." was his reply. He continued watching her movements on the monitor with Daniel beside him.

"You fuckin' kidding me!" Daniel murmured to himself. Arthur furrowed his brows, eyes still focused on the monitor.

"Shit!" Felix and Stefan said simultaneously. For a minute, the four of them seemed to have stopped breathing, then Arthur and Daniel heard a knock on the back door of their van. The two of them looked at each other then looked back at the monitor.

"Ah... guys... she's knocking at your door... " Felix said in a tight voice

Arthur stood up then opened the back door of the van. After a moment, he is standing face to face with their VVIP that they were supposed to guard and protect without her knowing it. Just how did she find out? Everyone thought.

J stared at the man in front of her. He is tall, probably about the same height as Jacob. He wore a white shirt, black pants with a black jacket. He looks cold, aloof, and ruggedly handsome. She narrowed her eyes at him before she cocked her head slightly to check out the inside of the van.

But the man was quick to block her view with his broad and muscular body.

Though she was able to see another man inside she wasn't able to see what he was doing. She raised her eyebrow at the man in front of her.

"Let's go home," J said then turned around to walk back in her car. "And tell your two men up there to get down here. The weather is quite hot today."

She knew that these men were watching her for a couple of weeks now but what they didn't know is that she was watching them as well. And she knew that they would bring no harm to her. Now she wonders who sent them? Is it Jacob? Or the Society?