Always (Sequel to "I'm Here") (Jensoo)

Confrontation

(Jennie's POV)

Jisoo had muted herself to speak to someone and I just got home.

Since I hadn't given birth to Jackie, I couldn't stay home all the time so we hired a nanny named Ryujin to look after her and she's absolutely funny, knows infant CPR and Basic life support.

I ring the doorbell, thinking that she'll answer it but after a minute, I still don't hear anything.

I frown and use my key to open it to find it already unlocked. I walk into the dark house slowly.

"Ryujin!" I shout in the eerie quietness. I walk into the dining room and find Ryujin tied to a chair and a red bump forming on her forehead, completely unconscious.

"What the fuck?!" I scream as I drop my stuff and go to the kitchen for some water. I fill it in a glass and run back over to Ryujin.

I dump it on her face but she isn't waking up.

I place the cup on the side and see the playpen empty. I run upstairs to the nursery only to find it empty.

Phone in hand, I hear Jisoo say, //"Sorry about— Jennie?"

I don't answer as my heartbeat thunders in my ear.

//"Jennie...stop joking with me."

I raise the phone to my ear with a shaking hand. "J-Jisoo...."

I hear a sudden scraping of a chair being pushed back. //"Jennie?"

"Jackie....she's gone."

••••••••••
(Jisoo's POV)

I rush home and find Ryujin comforting Jennie while holding an ice pack to her forehead.

I kneel down in front of my wife. "Jennie? Jendeuk?"

She just falls down into my lap and wraps her arms around my neck tightly and cries.

"J-Jisoo....who took her? We've had her for so little time and I just...I'm so worried," she says between sniffles and cries.

I hold back my own tears and wrap my arms around her. "We'll....we'll figure it out. Okay? She'll be okay."

I glance up at Ryujin. "I need to speak with you."

•••

After I put Jennie to bed with some sleeping pills to calm her down, I sat in front of Ryujin at the dining table.

"Can you tell me what happened?" I ask calmly.

She nods. "I fed her dinner and then put her in the play pen and waited for Mrs.Kim to come home. Then I went to the kitchen for some water and I got hit on the head. It was really painful. I don't remember anything after that. I just woke up drenched in water and Mrs.Kim crying on the sofa. Then you came in only 10 minutes later."

I sigh frustratedly. "Could it be related to you?"

She shakes her head quickly. "I-I swear! I...everyone I know would probably have some sort of alibi. I don't know a lot of people! My sister Yuna was at home with my parents. My girlfriend Yeji is in Japan. My older sister Chaeryoung is—"

I raise a hand. "I understand. Thank you for your help. Please let me know if you need to pay for any medical treatment. I'll cover it. Get some rest."

She nods. "I hope everything turns out okay Mrs.Kim. Have a good night." She walks out the front door.

Run my hands over my face and groan loudly.

I open my phone up and call the station.

//"Captain?"