Broken Memories [I Did it for You - Book 2]

6

As noon slowly came and went again, Scarlett was still lying unconscious in the room she had been placed in, being watched over carefully by the two female security guards Jumin had hired. While they all waited as patiently as they could for Doctor Yun to return with the lab results along with his crew of nurses, Jaehee made sure to check Scarlett's pulse and oxygen levels every half an hour, but thankfully nothing had worsened in the girl's condition. As Jaehee finished checking on Scarlett for the umpteenth time that day and left the room again, the young woman almost jumped up to the ceiling in fright when she suddenly spotted Emjay lingering near the door with worried eyes, only inches away from where Jaehee stood.

Once Jaehee was able to regain her composure again, she gave Emjay a gentle smile. "Is everything all right, Emjay?" she asked, hoping there was nothing wrong with the girl or Yoosung. The woman knew all about Yoosung's sleep paralysis episodes and his PTSD from all that had happened to him, and she hoped he didn't have another bad episode. And after what Emjay went through the night before, she wasn't surprised if the girl experienced a horrible episode of her own, which she was sure wouldn't be easy, especially when Emjay was devoted to looking after Yoosung.

"I'm fine, thanks Jaehee. I was just wondering if that girl in there is okay. What was her name again?"

"Scarlett. And yes, she seems to be okay, though she's still unconscious" Jaehee explained, hiding the fact that she was a little surprised to see Emjay worrying about a stranger who almost murdered her not even twenty-four hours ago.

"That's good" Emjay let out a relieved sigh. "I couldn't stop thinking about what happened last night. Yeah, it was terrifying - really terrifying! But, I just thought it was weird. Why would a girl who I'd never met before suddenly try to kill me and only me? She was fine with everyone else until she saw me and heard what my name was. It was as though it was some sort of trigger word - like you see in those spy movies"

Jaehee sighed as she pondered on the girl's question, which had also been plaguing her own mind ever since the incident happened. She knew she and Jumin were suspecting that possibly Mint Eye was behind this, but the woman wasn't sure if Emjay should know that or not. It could be too upsetting for her, especially after what happened to Yoosung which was all orchestrated by one of Mint Eye's most trusted members. However, before Jaehee could give an answer at all, she was rescued by Yoosung who sped up the hallway towards the pair of them with a spark of panic shining out of his lilac eyes.

"Emjay, you scared me! I wondered where you went!" he spoke with a slight tremble in his voice before reaching Emjay and giving her a swift hug.

"Sorry, honey. I just wanted to ask more about that girl from last night"

Hearing her answer, Yoosung knitted his brows together and squeezed her hand protectively. "Well, just don't get too close to her, okay? I don't want you getting hurt again. A another second later and she could of-" his voice suddenly trembled so much, not wanting to say the next words out of fear.

"I won't, I promise" Emjay smiled.

"Good" Yoosung forced a smile across his face, trying his best to extinguish the panic bubbling through his veins. "I'll go and make us some breakfast. I'll call you when it's ready" he added, glad that he could find something to distract himself said before kissing Emjay softly on the lips and disappearing into the kitchen.

As Emjay smiled lovingly at Yoosung, Jaehee raised her eyebrows at her. "Breakfast? It's the afternoon now. Haven't you two eaten anything yet?" she asked, her voice heavy with worry.

"Oh, we slept in. Yoosung had another sleep paralysis episode and it lasted longer than usual. It must have been because of what happened last night that made it worse for him this time" Emjay let out a sad sigh, as though the girl was thinking that what happened last night was all her fault.