Chapter 368 - 366: One Down

Sam on the other hand had other plans in mind. She grabbed the rod from Eunji's hand and hit Luo Mian's crotch area. Popping those that shouldn't be popped in the process.

The waiting agents who were both male subconsciously covered their crotch area to protect theirs from these women in the room.

Scary! They're scary!

Celine felt like her heart was being stabbed by a million knives when she thought of Karina's sweet smile. Her gentle, genuine and infectious laugh that made everyone to giggle.

She couldn't believe that behind those laugh, those smiles, those giggles was this very horrible experience that she never or any other child deserved to experience.

She's such a strong child to survive such a horrible past.

As she thought of that, she felt sympathy for Angelina and Karina. She thought of ways that would make Angelina and Karina to smile even brighter.

The waiting agents had already dragged Luo Mian's dead body yet no one dared to leave the room.

It took a while for Angelina to calm down while she was on Eunji's arms.

Sam who exhausted every ounce of her energy in beating the man's already dead body tossed the bloodied rod aside.

She flashed a sad smile to Celine and looked down to Angelina and Eunji who were hugging on the floor.

"It's over now right?" Sam asked everyone.

"Yes. It's over for all of you but for me, this is just the beginning." Eunji honestly gave her answer.

As she looked at their bloody appearance, Eunji inwardly sighed.

"There's a room with a bathroom at the end of the hallway. I already asked Eagle to prepare a change of clothes for all of you just in case it gets bloody."

"Thank you, Eunji."

Then Eunji looked down at Angelina who had become silent after she calmed down.

"Let's go. Let's clean you up."

Eunji helped Angelina to stand up.

"Are you okay?"

She was concerned for Angelina who seemed to be lost in a daze after that.

"Yes, I am okay."

Eunji knew what Angelina was going through.

Because this was what she actually felt when she first killed someone.

She had to make sure and convince both Sam and Angelina to undergo into a therapy session to get over what they just did. This traumatic experience.

(A/N: We are not born and taught to kill a person. We are taught to have compassion, guilt and conscience. So it'll always be hard for Angelina and Sam to accept what they have done no matter how much they say they're ready to do it.)

Eunji brought everyone to that said room and Sam decided to use the bathroom first.

"Hey. How are you both?"

"Strange. Weird. But at the same time I felt better now that he's dead." Celine honestly told Eunji what she felt.

However, she knew this was far from over. Luo Tian was still there.

For sure he'd get his revenge from any of them.

That's the dark side of revenge. A never ending cycle until the last man remained standing on the pile of those dead bodies.

"I know. Just in case, are you both willing to talk to a therapist?"

"If that would help. Why not?"

Compared to Angelina, Celine was in a better state.

"How are you Angie?"

"I don't know. Tell me. How should I react? I'm glad that he's dead but I felt horrible for myself." Eunji immediately hugged Angelina to comfort her.

"It's normal to feel that way. After all you're a good person. I've been there and talking to a psychologist would help."

She was not trained to kill without batting an eye after all.

As for Eunji, she got over her initial trauma by taking many missions until she got used to it.

But of course, there's no way she would tell this to these two.

"I'm sorry. I should have known better."

Comforting them with mere words was not enough to help them feel better.

After Sam walked out of the bathroom, Angelina got in next.

"If you need anything else, just call me okay."

Angelina only nodded her head slowly.

When she disappeared, they could hear the running water inside the bathroom.

But behind that noise, she could clearly hear her sobbing.

"Will she be okay?" Celine felt worried for Angelina, too.

"She will be. I'll make sure of that. I caused this. Therefore, I should fix this."

Eunji went out of the room to check on Eagle and the rest.

"Eagle."

"Mistress!"

"How's the body?"

"Hehe. Seems like they had poured all their anger to him. Even I could no longer recognize him."

"Okay. Cremate the body. And let someone to deliver his remains to his brother."

"Okay Mistress!"

"After you're done, prepare the car. We have to go back to the city before sunrise."

After giving him the instruction, Eunji went back to the room.

She decided to take a shower as well after she reeked of Luo Mian's blood.

After she was done, she changed into her clothes and walked out of the bathroom.

She saw Angelina still sitting in the corner in a daze while Sam was sleeping on Celine's shoulder.

"The car will be prepared after an hour or two. You should take a nap Neechan."

At the same time, she gently grabbed Angelina's head and let it rest on her lap.

While they were at it, Eunji and Celine exchange a few conversation.

"So this is your world, Eunjichan?"

"More or less. But far brutal than this."

Eunji was never proud to show this dark side of her.

However, Celine commended Eunji for her strong spirit to be able to survive and be able to deal with this extreme violence.

"I see. You're so strong to survive this, yeah?"

"I don't have a choice but to have to."

She did survive. However, she was all covered with those unseen and irreversible ugly scars that had been haunting her.

Now Celine knew where all her pain and both Nathan and Kelly's constant worry came from.

"Right."

"You know what Eunji-chan, had I stayed in my adoptive parents and was not saved by Nathan-niichan, I'd be more or less in the same situation, too."

"Well, I'm glad you evaded this fate. This kind of path is not for everyone."

"Right!"

After an hour, Eagle together with Lee Yunha knocked on their door telling them that they're good to go.

The trip going to the city was very quiet.

It was already almost sunrise when they arrived to the hospital and entered the VIP room.

Mei was already awake when they walked-in.

"How did it go?"

"Don't worry, Mom. Luo Mian's no longer a problem."

After making sure that Celine was fine and back to her bed, Eunji didn't left the hospital and went to visit J's room instead together with Angelina.

When they walked-in, J was awake.

He heard the noise of their arrival and it awakened him.

"J."

"Hi Eunji. Angie."

However, Angelina didn't respond to his greeting so he frowned and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"We tortured and killed Luo Mian." Eunji told him the truth

Jin Jie didn't have a big reaction when he heard that.

He had already seen this coming. The question he had was when.

"Oh. Punishing him had been long overdue, yeah. When are you going to go after the brother?"

He watched as Angelina and Eunji settled down on the couch inside his room.

"Not for long. A package was already on the way to him as we speak or maybe later this morning."

"En. Your means are still so cruel as always, yeah?"

His comment earned a smirk from Eunji.

"I tried to give them a chance to have a lighter punishment but they forced an ally to commit suicide and even included his daughter."

Silence came after that.

"I see. One down." It came almost like a whisper from his mouth.

"Yes. One down and many more to go." She said it with a sigh.

"Angie...you should cheer up. I know it's difficult but you have to. You'll get over this soon. Eunji's not going to leave you with this."

Angelina finally looked up at him and she only said, "Thank you."

"Anyways, I'm here to ask you something."

Eunji then changed the topic.

"Okay? What is it?"

"Are you aware that Francais and Frederick Heart are working together?" The way she asked it, it sounded like it's more of a statement rather than a question.

"No."

Eunji gave Angelina a side glance before she continued. Angelina was leaning on her soldier with her eyes closed.

"I'm sure that Frederick Heart has Anna. Now if he's connected to Francais, then everything was weird but somehow made sense."

It didn't made sense and somehow odd for her because she was still clueless of the truth.

"I really thought that Uncle Mike was him. Because he fit the criteria. After learning things, I no longer trust him." She also added.

"Are you trying to tell me that Francais Monet was related to Uncle Mike?"

Though she was silent, she had already given him her answer.

"What if Francais Monet was actually that Jonathan?"

It was just her theory but it earned a big reaction from J therefore, her expression changed.

"What is it?"

"I happened to see him keeping an old photo of Aunt Layla inside his wallet. I found it weird but he said he had met her once so I just shrugged it off."

However, she knew that there was more to the story and so she tried to probe further.

"Anything else?"

"Before our meet up in Paris happened, he used to hold his glasses to the right. But then it changes after that. Mannerisms won't change overnight right?"

Eunji's expression darkened when she heard that statement.

Even Michael Roland had the same habit as Jonathan that's why Kelly would always say back then that Mike was like his dad in every aspect.

"What is it?" Even J was anticipating her response.

"If he's using the Roland identity to get yours and Ana's trust. Then it won't be hard for him to do it to another person, right?"

"That made sense, but who?"

Both of their eyes widened when an image of that person flashed in their minds.

Seeing that she had fallen asleep while leaning on her shoulder, Eunji slowly shifted her into a lying position.

"Go. I'll take care of her."

"Okay."

Eunji left the room and went straight to the parking lot.

"Mistress. Where are we going?"

"No. You stay here. Give me the keys." Eagle was hesitant at first but also he didn't want to disobey her.

Eagle had no other choice but to toss the key to her.

Eunji immediately entered the car and drove towards the Platinum Residences.

Entering the neighborhood was now easier than the first time.

It was already six in the morning and she was hoping that they're already up. But if not, she'll just wait.

Eunji immediately pressed the horn of her car and called the gate opened after the guards recognized that it's her.

Eunji pulled over in front of the main entrance. She then got out of the car and she entered the house.

The servants were shocked to see her given that she was wearing the black mask.

Eunji then removed the mask as she asked, "Is Kelly awake?"

"Oh it's you Ma'am." The head servant greeted Eunji when she recognized her.

"Master and Madaam's still asleep. Do you want me to wake her?"

"No, it's fine. I'll just stay here in the living room to wait for them."

"Do you want to have some coffee?"

"Can I? Actually, hot choco please." Eunji felt the need to drink a cup of hot chocolate.

"Okay Ma'am. Please wait for a while."

"Take your time. I'm not in a hurry."

She was so caught up in her own thoughts earlier that she didn't realize it was still so early in the morning.

While she was waiting, she heard little footsteps coming from the stairs going down.

When she looked up, she saw a little boy wearing a micky mouse printed pajama.

The curious boy slowly walked towards her. He then looked at her from head to foot.

When he had enough, he finally asked, "Are you Midori and Aoi's mom?"

"Yes.. That's me. Are you Lil Master Mo?"