After they had their conversation, Jas popped his head by the door.
"Am I disturbing you both?"
"No. You're not disturbing Jas. Co in." Alia beckoned Jas to enter.
"So, how was it? Did you both have a good talk?"
"Yes. I'm glad that it turned out fine." Relief was evident in Alia's words.
"That's good. However, it's ti for you to drink this."
A nurse also ca in bringing a glass of water and a small plate containing two pills.
"What's that?" Jin Jie imdiately asked after seeing the pills.
"Don't worry brother. This are like my vitamins." She tried to simply explain not minding the fact that she was trying to sugar coat the true purpose of these pills.
"You've seen the cuts on her thighs, right?"
"Yes."
"She'd need these to stabilize her mood. To stabilize the chemical imbalance on her brain so she won't beco very moody." Jas was also sugarcoating. In fact, these pills were dications to help her with her severe depression.
Jas was thankful that Jin Jie ca to a very critical mont. His arrival in Alia's life was like a life-saver for her.
"I see." Jin Jie understood what he was saying though and decided to continue asking him alone later.
"Thank you for taking good care of my sister while I was not around."
"Don't worry Jie. She's been a good girl." Jas said with pure affection.
"I see. However that didn't an that I would allow you to pursue her. She's still too young for that."
Alia made an awkward laugh while Jas only looked at her with a gentle smile.
"Are you both a thing?"
"No brother!" She strongly said while looking at him.
"At least not yet. Actually, I am pursuing her. But I know that she's still young and still has a long journey ahead of her. I'm willing to wait though. For her." Jas clarified.
"Good. She's still young. And I don't want anything to hinder her future. Relationships are like distractions." He said but sohow he felt himself as soone who was bitter when it cos to relationships.
After all, he didn't have soone to call as his.
Seems like Eunji would continue occupying a large space in his heart.
"I agree brother." Alia harrumphed and crossed her arms over her chest in agreent.
"Right. But drink these first."
"Is that safe?" After hearing what she had gone through, even Jin Jie was skeptical to let her sister drink another dicine.
"Don't worry. They're safe. Though it's unbranded, I can assure you that my source was very reliable." Jas reassured. But seeing the doubt on Jin Jie's face, he decided to add, "She had been taking this dicine for a month before our escape and she had been herself since then."
That's when Jin Jie was convinced.
After seeing that Alia was done with her dicine, Jas sighed and it caught their attention.
"What's wrong?"
"Sy Ying thought that his dead and the last ti I have heard from their side, he was now after Nathaniel Bai. He thought that he killed you. He was also preparing everyone to invade KSA."
"What?!" Jin Jie was surprised to know of this.
"What's wrong?" Alia innocently asked.
And these made Alia to be curious. After all, she had no idea about Eunji's existence. It was hidden from her.
The information she got from Sarah the last ti she listened in one of their conversations over the phone was how Asia was related to Jin Jie. And not Eunjie herself. She did heard of Eunji but she thought that this na was an alias used by Anastasia.
anwhile, Jas already had a little knowledge about this since he was once a colleague of Dr. Frank Albert. And one ti, the latter had approached him bringing Anastasia's records.
And that's when the latter spilled the tea about the fact that there were two of them, one was Anastasia and the other was Eve.
He stopped himself from telling this to her since she was still unstable. And after hearing from his most trusted source that they had managed to kill the other one, he was sure that she'd be depressed again regardless.
Now, he could only look at the clueless Alia on the corner.
"I have to go!" If Nathan's in danger, Eunji would surely be worried right? Not only that, the KSA was also in danger.
"Nathaniel Bai is very important to Eunji. I by any chance sothing will happen to him because of , I will not forgive myself, ever!" He strongly said.
"Do you an Anastasia-unnie, right?"
"No. Ana is Ana. Eunji is Eunji. They're different because they're sisters."
"Sisters but - "
Before Jin Jie could continue his explanation, Jas interupted, "No, Mr. Jin. As your doctor, I strongly advised you to stay here. It's not good for you to move around in that condition."
"He then turned his attention to Alia who was frowning as she was trying to put two and two together.
"And as for you. You have to rest. Let your brother to rest, too." However much to his surprise, Alia stubbornly refused him.
"No! I want to know! I want to know the things that I don't know!"
"Wait, are you trying to tell that you don't know about Eunjie? How did you know that they're after her family?"
Even Jin Jie was also puzzled.
"That's what I want to know, too!" She had grown up around Asia though it was Eunji who brought her in.
Eunji had to hide since she was still so young. She was still nine years old when she found Carlla.
Asia was older and so she was always out and everyone could see her.
She was still young to understand things back then that's why they had decided to hide this from her.
It's easy for a child to get confused, right?
"I'm in no position to tell you this but since this concerned you too, I will."
Jas wanted to stop him since it's not yet the ti for Alia to learn everything.
But Jin Jie had thought of the opposite.
"Eunji and Anastasia are two different person. The one who found you was actually Eunji. I think given their circumstances back then, you have grown up around Asia." He said his best take on things. Which was actually accurate.
"What?!" She got up from the bed and looked at Jin Jie and Jas in disbelief.
So all these years she had been believing in a lie and deception?
Seeing the disappointnt on her face, Jin Jie sohow felt bad looking at her hurt face. At the sa ti she was angry of being lied upon.
"Then...who are they after now? Is it Asia-unnie or Eunji?"
"It's Eunji."
"That's enough. Alia, go back to your room. And Mr. Jin, can I exchange a few words with you?"
"Su-re." He stuttered as he was unaware of what he had done.
"They lied to ?!" She almost said in a whisper.
"Alia, it's not what you think. They didn't lie to you." Jin Jie tried his best to comfort her.
"How can you explain it though? I thought she's one and the sa. Aunt Sarah is right. No one loves . Everyone would only want to use and lie to ."
Jas and Jin Jie got up as they were worried upon hearing this coming from Alia.
"Alia, look. Eunji has her reasons. Please understand her. She's in constant danger because of Su Ying and the people who wanted to inflict harm to her and her family. Being a rcenary is not easy. You're there. You have seen it yourself in your young eyes." Jin Jie said as he tried to convince her.
"Mr. Jin's rigjt. No one could understand her better than you. I'm sure her feelings towards you are all genuine. Does it matter if there's two of them? If I were you, I'd be glad to know that there are two of them. You have two sisters to look up to." Jas added to support Jin Jie's statent.
Alia frowned as she was really bothered by it.
"Look, why don't you take a quick rest first. Give it a thought. Weigh it in your heart. If your mind was so confused, follow you heart." Jin Jie said making Alia to be surprised.
"How did you know that?"
"That's what Eunji taught . I'm sure she told you that, too, right?"
And she nodded in response.
"Please don't be upset with Eunji. She's the kindest person I have ever t. She even accepted even after knowing that I am the grandson of Su Ying."
"Your brother is right Alia. Give it a sleep first and co out when you have made a decision."
After a mont of constant convincing, Alia finally obeyed them.
She reluctantly left the room and went to her room leaving Jas alone with Jin Jie.
Jin Jie's expression beca serious and without beating around the bush, he asked, "What's happening to her?"
"That's one of the side effects of the drug that your aunt Sarah had been feeding her for nine long years. She easily got confused and would be easily agitated by things. Let tell you frankly, I'm hoping that your existence would help on her full recovery."
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