Chapter 409 - 407: James Roland

After hearing everything from James, Jin Jie felt conflicted. He wanted to leave to help Edric but at the same time didn't want to after knowing that his sister also needed her.

He pursed his lips as he was really felt bothered by what was happening around him.

"Do you want to ask me something?" James could tell that he was being bothered by something. Probably because what he said caused him to change his mind and had decided to stay and accompany Amelia.

"Can I borrow your phone?"

Jin Jie felt like he should at least inform Eunji that he's alive, right? That's the right thing to do.

"I'm afraid I can't allow you that."

Frowning, he asked, "Why?"

"We're in the middle of a lone island. Don't worry, they won't be able to find us here. The signal is weak."

He had to bring them here, especially Amelia so Su Ying and Sarah won't find them.

They had secretly air-lifted Jin Jie to bring him here and treated his injuries and wounds.

"What?" He frowned after hearing this.

"Then, if what you're saying is true, how did you know about what's happening back there? You seemed to be pretty updated." Jin Jie started to have some doubts.

Janes raised his hand in the air in defense.

"Before you get angry, I have a reliable source. He has been constantly updating me of what was happening outside."

However, Jin Jie was not a fool to just by this explanation of his though.

Seeing that he was still doubting him so he had no other choice but to reveal his background just to gain his trust.

"I am James Roland." Upon hearing his last name, Jin Jie felt a light bulb suddenly popped up on top of his head.

"How are you related to Jonathan Roland and Mike Roland?" He felt the urge to ask this.

"Jonathan is my Uncle while Mike Roland is my Dad."

James could tell that Jin Jie was in great disbelief.

After all, Uncle Mike had kept his personal affairs under wraps.

"Ho-how?"

"Dad married to Mom whom at that time he didn't know was working for your grandfather as a spy. My mom wanted to stop working under Su Ying but she failed. Instead of freeing herself, she got entangled into a great mess and got herself as a hostage of Su Ying instead."

When Su Ying found out that his mother was pregnant, he used this fact to threaten Mike Roland. Had he not agree in working for him, he'd lose his wife and son.

No husband and father would want to lose his wife and child, right? And so he had no other choice but to reluctantly agreed to the condition.

To make him agree, Su Ying held his mom and him as his hostage.

Mike Roland made sure to look for ways to get them out from Su Ying's grasp. However, his attempts was futile. Every plan he made was unsuccessful.

Therefore, there's no other option other than killing him or sending him somewhere else that could stop him from coming back.

Out of desperation, he sought help to his friend Nam-joon who agreed with out any hesitation.

The latter was oblivious to the fact that helping him would become one of the reasons why they were in this mess. Well, aside from the fact that Asia and Eunji were Mr. Alinsky's real successors.

He also confessed how he was working for Su Ying from time to time.

Nam-joon and Eunji helped him on sending him to International Prison and it hurt Su Ying's pride as a man, too.

Added the fact that Eunji killed his one and only son, too. The hatred in his heart grew therefore, Su Ying was out for multiple revenge.

"Dad thought that by successfully sending Su Ying to prison, he would finally get us back but he was wrong. This may have indirectly caused their divorce."

When they got divorced, his mother remarried to a psychiatrist who was working for Su Ying, too.

His stepfather was good to him that he treated him like his real father. However he saw that he was under Sarah's control. And when he saw Amelia inside her white cell one day when he came inside the building where his father was working, he saw what they were doing at Amelia who was back then still a child.

He was already in his university that time and seeing her in that condition pushed him to become a doctor. However, even the speciality was chosen by his dad because being a surgeon was more useful in their group than adding one psychiatrist.

He promised to treat Amelia but to his dismay, he saw her getting worse day by day.

"So that's my life and how I met Amelia." He said while looking at Jie who was still speechless after receiving too much information. He felt his mind was about to explode.

How many lives were ruined by his grandfather? Was he even aware that his granddaughter and grandson were suffering because of him?

He felt horrible and ashamed of his ancestors for letting a man like Su Ying to exist.

"I'm sorry." He knew that sorry was not enough though. He knew of that fact.

"It's fine. As what they said, 'Everything happens for a reason. All those things led me to Amelia. Therefore, it eases the pain a little bit."

"Stop it. I don't care if you're Uncle Mike's son. But I won't let you to continue pursuing my sister. She's still very young to be involved over such serious and very complicated matter." He said with finality.

And besides, he feared that he'd get back at Amelia. After all, Su Ying ruined his family.

"If you're afraid that I'd hurt Amelia, don't worry. I can assure you that I won't. In fact, I vowed to take good care of her." He had seen her undergoing so much pain.

However, to his disappointment, he was powerless back then because he had not finished his studies and had no stable job.

"Still, it's a no. I might change my mind when she's already fifty and still single." He said in a straight face making James to be shocked and a little disappointed.

Was he joking? Hopefully he wasn't. He'd be sixty by then.

Jin Jie then tilted his head as he wanted to ask him out of curiosity.

"Have you met your biological father?"

"Yes. A couple of times. That's during the time that he's allowed to meet me and mom." James explained to him.

"To tell you honestly, I have asked him about Amelia's condition one time and he said that if I could manage to bring her out so he could personally see her to diagnose her, he might be able to find a way to help her."

And he did though. He kept his promise.

His face let up a little when he recalled of those happy times he shared with Mike.

"Did he manage to see my sister, though?" He questioned him as he knew how capable was Uncle Mike in treating his patients. Eunji was a living example of that.

"He did. In fact, those pills came from him. He said that someone made this for Amelia."

"Do you know where is he now?"

He felt the urge to ask because after all Mike Roland disappeared all of a sudden.

"I don't know, too. He disappeared and I couldn't contact him all of a sudden. I have to find him to ask for additional pills from him. I'm almost ran out of supply."

That's the mystery though. Mike disappeared without a trace.

"What about your stepfather?"

"He died. He's now with Mom in heaven." Though he didn't know if he was up there in heaven or down in hell after all the bad things he had done while he was alive.

"I thought you have any idea of where he is?"

"I won't ask you if I know where he is now." He responded sharply.

He had a point though.

"Anyways, going back to Amelia, please don't tell her that Eunji's already dead. She will surly feel upset and at the same time sad." 

"Wait, how did you know that she's already dead?"

"I happened to hear from them."

"How much do you know?" Jin Jie asked him immediately.

"Not many. I know that they're controlling Asia. And Amelia should not know about this or else she'd be upset." Jin Jie could see the genuine worry on his face.

Maybe he had judged him wrong?

Maybe he was really a good person. He also agreed to what James was telling him. For Amelia's health and peace of mind, anyyhing stressful should be banned from her.

"Asia's under their control. Do you know about their plan?"

"I don't. However I'm sure that everything is a preparation for Su Ying's comeback."

And he could not agree for more.

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