Finding Joy

CHAPTER 6: NEW THINGS

Kai left Joy's home after tidying up for her. It was his token of appreciation.

Later that night, he returned to Hall's office. "There were others following me. I believe they are also looking for Joy. We should eliminate them first."

Hall was angered. "No, I will deal with them. For now I am modifying your mission. While my informant- Anyways, you'll need these. He pulls out a stack of documents and various forms of ID. "Winter is doing a mass hiring of employees to increase security. You will work as a security guard at Winter under the alias Edan Hunt. I want you to stay close to her. Do whatever it takes to gain her trust. "

"Yes sir."

As Kai left, Hall saw his arm wrapped in bandages. "Did you go to our hospital?"

"No."

"Good, we can't have you on record."

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Back at Winter Hospital, an angry man was yelling at Joy. Lily and Nick stood next to her and tried to calm him down, but to no avail.

"You ran six different tests for my daughter and you still can't tell me what's wrong! And now you just give up on us? My daughter is dying! You're killing my daughter!"

"I'm sorry sir, we are doing our best. I have definitely not given up on you"

"Liar! You useless-" The man raised his hand to slap Joy.

Joy braced herself an closed her eyes. However, someone grabbed her from behind and spun her into his arms. She used her hands to brace for impact, and they land on a rock hard build. 

She cautiously opened her eyes and looked up; it's Kai, and he was dressed in a navy security uniform. Above her she sees his thick and muscular arm grabbing onto the man's wrist, stopping him from hitting her. She blushed and tried to escape by pushing him back, but he held her even tighter.

Kai's sharp gaze pierces into the eyes of the man, and the man flinches.

"Can I help you?" Kai released the man, and he shook his arm off. He glared at Joy and was about to scold her again. However, he froze out of fear. He didn't know where it's coming from, but he could sense a intimidating pressure. He closed his mouth and left. As he walked away, he looked back at Joy and said, "I won't forget this. You were lucky this time. Mark my words, I'll be back."

Kai's grip on Joy loosened and she takes advantage of the moment and to squeezed her way out. She ran back to Lily and grabbed onto her arm.

Lily looked up and down at Kai, and then turns to Joy, "Who's that good looking security guy, Joy? Do you know him?"

"Shh!" Joy slapped her hand over Lily's mouth to prevent her from embarrassing her any further. "Don't say that so loud."

Lily, in a muffled voice, made out the word "Ok" and nodded her head.

Joy let her hand down and brushed it on her lab coat. Pretending like that didn't just happen, she gestured her hands towards Kai and says, "Oh right, his name is, um-" Joy paused in confusion. "Um, his name is- wait, what was his name?"

"Edan" He said as he walked closer towards Joy. "Are you alright?" he asked while he put his hand on the side of her head.

"Yeah," Joy replied, blushing and turning her head to the side. "I'm ok."

Lily looked at the two, smirked, and pulled on Nick's sleeve, urging him to follow her. "We should get going. I think those two love birds have some catching up to do."

"What?" Joy said as she jerked her head to the side. She reached her hand out towards Lily, but just barely missed her sleeve. "Wait!"

Lily winked and gave her a thumbs up. She slowly turned back to Edan and said, "I didn't know you worked here. Oh, where did you go yesterday? Did your wounds heal?"