Chapter 222 - The Ambush

Jacob gets out of the car before J. He helped her opened the door, J takes a deep breath before reaching for the hand that Jacob is offering her. She definitely needed a hand, because she is not sure if she would be able to stand and walk on her own as her knees felt feeble.

At the entrance of the log house, they found Leo waiting for them. As soon as they reach the entrance Leo greeted them with a straight-face. "Miss J, Chairman Jacob. This way, please. They are waiting for you."

Leo walked inside the log house, Jacob followed him but felt that J stopped. He turned and look at her. J was frozen in place. With a tender look, he stepped closer to her. He put both his hands in J's face and said. "Honey, don't worry. It'll be fine." He smiled at her before giving her a kiss on her forehead.

J felt Jacob's soft lips touch her forehead and it makes her come back to her senses. She closed her eyes then take a deep breath to calm herself. When she opened her eyes, she nodded her head and said, "Let's go."

Jacob smile. "Good girl."

Then they followed Leo at the backyard of the log house. Jacob guessed that his in-laws were probably waiting for them under that big oak tree. The same spot where they waited for him the first time that he met them. For some strange reason, that oak tree gave off a calm atmosphere.

After a moment, J found herself faced with the older version of the parents that she used to know. A surge of emotions came into her. She came to realized how many years passed by without her noticing.

If it wasn't because of how old her parents looked now, she would've thought that it was just yesterday when she last saw them. Memories of that day came back to her. During those times, her father had already taken over the Robin Hood Society from Elder Do, so her father and mother had to live at the log house near the headquarters for their safety and convenience while J and Elder Do live in the Lodgepole Estate. Every once a week either her mother or both her parents would visit her at Lodgepole Estate.

On the day that they were ambushed, Madam Victoria and President Martin were on their way to Lodgepole Estate. They don't usually take with them a bodyguard to avoid catching attention. Their right-hand man was enough. But halfway thru they didn't expect a tragedy.

They were ambushed by a group of unknown people. Sensing that something is not right, President Martin's right-hand man sends a message at the headquarters requesting back up.

Unfortunately, President Martin and Madam Victoria's then right-hand man died while protecting them while they were severely injured when the backups came.

The backup that came were able to kill the group of people that ambushed their leaders but left some of them alive for interrogation. While the severely injured President Martin and Madam Victoria was sent back to their headquarters for treatment and monitoring.

When Elder Do hear of what happened he rushed to the headquarters? He found out that the people who ambushed his son and daughter-in-law were hired assassins sent by the current Mayor of Lotus City back then whom the Robin Hood Society extorted money from in exchange for not revealing his dirty schemes and corruption in the government.

But after getting a large sum of money, the Society turned their back on their words and did what they believe is the right thing to do. They expose the Mayor's true colors in the public causing him to face the danger of losing his position.