He arrived at the hospital and jumped out from his car, wasting no time to meet his wife. First, he was greeted by some doctors and nurse there, which he simply nodded and headed to the ward. Then, he almost bumped an injured soldier which cause him to say sorry several times before walking back to his destination. Just before he could entered the ward, someone tapped his shoulder which cause him to turned back, holding back his frustration.
"Sir Jeon, are you looking for your wife?"
"Where is she? I need to see her. It's an urgent matter"
"She went back home several minutes ago. Her uncle call the hospital, and she took a leave early"
With those words, Jungkook ran back to the main lobby, heartbeat racing and cursed himself how he was only a few minutes late than her uncle. Things would be different and he could have met his wife sooner than that man. He skipped the stairs at the front and ran to his car, making some bystander looking weird at why the soldier is in hurry as in he was late for a war.
Starting his engine, he drove back to his house and prayed that Lee Haejin had done nothing to his family. If he have to kill him there, then he will kill him there. If he have to shot him dead, then he will shot him dead. He have no rights to have his niece back because he was the sole reason why they were in this situation. He almost run over some cross walker but he had no time to stop apologize. He sped off, leaving the person to curse him at the pavement.
Once he entered his neighbourhood, his palm was getting sweaty and his eyes looked around for his uncle car. He always came with a taxi, but he might just want to drive here and take his family away. The old man will know by now that he is going to be executed, probably trying to run away with Haewon. Jungkook is not letting that to happen. He parked the car in front of their house and walked out, snatching the key car from the ignition. He hoped he wasn't late for anything. He unlocked the door of their shared house and entered it.
"Haewon? Haewon?"
There was no response, and he panicked. He looked at the living room, the bed in the crib was crippled a bit and a half finished milk in a bottle was at the side. It means Jaeun was here a few minutes ago. He then walked to the kitchen and sense the stove was slightly hot. He was relieved that she still might be here, but then he was still worried about her whereabouts. He was about to go to the backdoor when he heard noises upstairs. It was faint but he recognized the sound.
A woman voice and a baby giggling.
He didn't waste anytime and ran upstairs, frantically searching for his wife. There she stood from the doorway, putting on Jaeun clothes while talking to her. She looked up to the doorway, sensing something and saw her husband tired but relieved face looking at them. She stood up straight and smiled warmly at him before inviting him to a hug. A habit she will usually do whenever he came back home. The man chuckled before coming closer and leaned down to her shoulder while wrapping his arms on her waist.
"The hospital called the house number and tell me that you are looking for me. Why?"
"Nothing. I just miss you"
"That's weird. You are saying the same thing like my uncle. He miss me and asked me to go home because he miss me. "
"Did-did you go there?"
"No, not yet. I went and pickup Jaeun first. I thought about bringing her there too. "
He let go of her but his hands travelled to her shoulder, gaze suddenly turned cold but there was a glint of warmness in it. He need to know in order for him to decide, whether let G6 take her, or send her to the chapel for a while until he finish his duty. If she knew about it along, then he had another choice, to betray his country for his love for her which is run away, or see the love of his life get killed by his own hands in front of his colleagues.
"From now on, only answer my question with yes and no, Haewon"
"Jungkook, is there something wrong?"
"Just answer me dear. I just need to know something"
Her dark orbs stared at him, and glanced at the small life playing with her toy while letting out some baby language. She took a deep breath and nodded. She was right when he was hiding something from her, which involves her, but she had no idea what it is. Did Jungkook heard some rumor about her cheating on him? If that was the case, the soldier might just have killed the man but he did nothing. So what is it?
"Have you-have you been sharing about my whereabouts to your uncle? In detail?"
"No"
She was speaking the truth. She only told the old man that her husband went away but doesn't tell him the location. It was his secret, so she kept it that way.
"Do you know anything about the German attacking our neighbourhood that night?"
There was uneasy feeling crept in her heart and she could sense how restless her man is. Why he was asking this kind of question?
"N-No. No, Jungkook"
"This is the last question, Haewon. And I want you to answer it truthfully"
She gulped and nodded. His eyes were showing fear, scared of any answer his wife might gave him. But he need to know, at least he can planned what he will do next.
"Do you know anything about your uncle treason?"
Her mind stopped upon hearing those words. It was as if she was hit by a rock and the giggling voice of their child was no longer heard. She went blank, and her hands that before was griping the hem of his uniform slowly went loose. She let it hanging at her side, eyes no longer in curiosity, It was changed to unacceptable gaze, as if his question was just something pure bullshit she ever heard.
"What-what are you t-talking about? He is my-"
"Haewon, answer my question. Do you know about it?"
Her body trembled and she stepped away from him. Her eyes were full of tear and suddenly she was short of breath. Jungkook went closer to her again, afraid that she might collapsed any moment but she stopped him by resting her palm at his chest. His heartbeat pacing didn't go unnoticed by her. But Haewon just couldn't think straight. All she could think was why, what, how and when did her uncle did this?
"No-no Jungkook. I never know about t-that. W-when, and h-how-"
"Haewon look at me, please."
"He was a kind person. He never get into fights . He didn't go and ask around for money-"
"Haewon, calm down and look-"
"How are you supposed to ask me to calm down when my uncle, the one who had been taking care of me was a traitor? We were never short of money, we don't go around making people hate us. And you expect me to believe he did a treason? Your question before about the attack, does that mean he knew about it too? Jungkook, he practically killed Mister Jones! And you are asking me to calm down?"
To her surprised, the man pulled her into his embrace and she bumped her face on his chest. She was emotionally unstable, and with the sudden warmth of their body, she broke down into tears. Her sobs was painful and unbearable to hear, and Jungkook could only comfort her. He was relieved the woman never knew about it, so now he was left to tell what will happen for the next three days. It will be challenging to tell her that her uncle will be executed later, but she need to know about it.
"W-what will happen to him?"
She stammered between her sobs and Jungkook only sighed while ribbing her back. Will it be alright to tell her? What if she ran to her uncle? Those possibility was making Jungkook reluctant to speak up the truth until his eyes met hers. dark orbs shining between those tears.
"You kept this secret about my uncle for too long, Jungkook. I don't think I can handle it anymore if you choose to keep a secret about his punishment. "
"And what if you will leave me after you know about it? "
The woman smiled painfully before cupping his handsome face and pulled him down until their forehead touched each other. Their breath mingled together and he closed his eyes involuntarily. The child who had been playing with her toy giggled at them and both of them cracked a smile. A sad smile. If only the Jaeun how miserable their situation are.
"When I was Lee Haewon, I only have my uncle. Now that I am Jeon Haewon, you and Jaeun are my top priority. I won't leave you Jeon Jungkook"