Even If It Hurts

You Will Pay For What You've Done!

They decide to go to the new address located in the lower income side of town. They can hear a small child crying as Namjoon knocks on the door. A flustered young lady opens the door holding the crying child on her hip.

"What do you want?"

Before they can say anything the little boy cries, "I want my Sugar, he ran away!"

With confused expressions on their faces the young lady tries to explain. "Sugar is his plush cat. We can't find him anywhere. I thought we packed him." 

She lovingly runs her hand over her sons face wiping away his tears. "Please don't cry baby. We will keep looking."

 He rests his head on her shoulders putting his thumb in his mouth as he keeps staring at the men. Every so often he would sniffle and hic up. But he was no longer crying.

Jimin starts wondering about the plush cat from the apartment. "I think I know where Sugar is. He didn't run away he just got lost trying to find you."

Namjoon starts to speak when her eyes widen in recognition, "I know you." She looks at them, "All of you. What do you want?"

Namjoon says, "We would like to talk to you."

"About Yoongi." says J Hope.

The little boy looks up at J Hope with watery eyes, "Appa?"

She blushes, "Hush Agust." 

The guys all freak out talking at the same time. Namjoon puts up his hand to hush them. "What do you mean appa? Is that why you're threatening Jinah and Yoongi!?"

J Hope nudges Namjoon who ignores him, "Tell me, is that why!?" J Hope nudges him again.

"Joon stop, she wasn't the one writing the notes. I don't know how she is connected to this but she didn't write those notes."

He takes the note they had gotten from the man yesterday and holds it next to one of the notes he brought from the house.

"Look at these, tell me what you see."

Namjoon, crowed by the others holds both notes side by side. "They are written by the same person . . ." he looks up, "The man from the apartment."

Frightened she tries to slowly close the door without them noticing. She is afraid for her son's safety.

Jungkook sees what she is doing and he braces the door open with his shoulder. "You must be involved in this! We will make sure you pay dearly for what you've done!"

 He is angry, he knows how hurt Yoongi is and how heartbroken Jinah feels. He hates it and she is part of the reason why. He glares angrily at her.

She lets go of the door with her son clinging tightly to her. She steps back and waves them in. "Please come in. I will tell you everything." She puts Agust down by her side and he holds onto her skirt.

Taehyung says, "You will tell it to the police!" he starts to take out his cell phone. Agust grips tightly to his moms skirt and steps behind her in fear.

She pleads with him, "Please no, I had to do it to keep Agust safe. Please don't call them. If, after you hear me out you still want to call them, I wont stop you."

Namjoon rests his hand on Taehyung's shoulder, "Put that away. Let's give her a chance to explain."

"Guys, lets not scare the little one. There is no need to raise your voices." says J Hope.

They both mutter sorry. Jungkook says, "We didn't mean to frighten him."

Kneeling in front of Agust, J Hope smiles tenderly at the cute little boy and holds out his hand. Agust holds his out and starts to smile. He learned how to shake hands just the other day. J Hope shakes his hand.

"Hello, Agust, I'm Hope." The little boy giggles at the great big smile J Hope gives him.

She is grateful for how friendly Jimin and J Hope are being to her son. "Please come into the living room." They move forward while she closes the door, locking it and sliding the dead bolt in place.

With a deep sigh, she composes herself. 'I got myself into this mess and now, I may have a way to finally make it right.'  With hope flickering in her heart she follows them into the living room.

'I'll do what I have to, to protect Agust, even if it hurts.'