Bo arrives with her escort after around 15 minutes and tells me that Yoongi has just arrived and has also been taken straight to theatre for surgery.
I hug her tightly and now take a good look at Bo's new friend. I realise he is Namjoon! I must say this out loud as he responds.
"Yes Mrs Santana. I'm pleased to finally meet you, I'm just so sorry about the circumstances"
"Me too, and please, call me 'Kenzie Namjoon"
"Thankyou... 'Kenzie. If you will excuse me, I will find some coffee for us all, and attempt to get updates on your son and Yoongi" he bows slightly and leaves.
Bo sits next to me and I pull her into one of the tightest hugs I have ever given. I stroke her hair and she cries into my shoulder. She is so confused. Having been downstairs before any shooting began she is physically fine but emotionally? She is not fine.
Bo has always been my sensitive child. Even as a baby she was more clingy, in need of more cuddles and attention. That has continued as she has grown.
"What the hell happened mum? Who was shooting? Why did they shoot Shay? Why did Mr Jeon get taken away by the police? What's going on mum?!"
I gently lift her away from me and look at her face. She is utterly devastated by what's happened and I think she is struggling so much because she doesn't understand why it's happened. I'm not sure I can give her all the answers she needs but I resolve to try.
I inhale, ready to start speaking just as Namjoon returns with 3 lidded coffee cups stacked on top of each other and a bag of biscuits between his teeth. Bless him. He sets the cups on the table and removes the biscuit bag from between his teeth before speaking.
"Kenzie, Bo. I have some news. Both Shay and Yoongi are currently doing very well in surgery although both have very serious injuries and will remain in surgery for at least a few more hours. The Drs are reservedly optimistic. Both have good prognosis for full recovery. They will go into intensive care once they are out of surgery" he reports
I feel a small sense of relief but know not to get my hopes up just yet. I know they both have long roads ahead of them. We have no idea what, if any permanent damage may have been done to them. I send up a small prayer for full recoveries for both of them although I am not a religious person. Isn't that odd, how many people only talk to God when under pressure, at the times of their greatest need for comfort. During times of crisis. I don't believe in 'A God', I believe that God is a name that has unwittingly been given historically to describe individuals internal reserves of hope, positivity and faith.
"Thankyou Namjoon for the update. That's so kind of you. It's nice to finally meet you personally although I would have wished for much happier circumstances. I was about to explain to Bo what is going on here when you arrived"
"Forgive me, I will step out again" he apologises
"No, Namjoon! Please stay. Yoongi is your friend, I'm sure you know some of what's been going on after our conversation a few days ago, and you should understand the full story too. It's good to get an alternative perspective of all situations where possible too. I'd love for you to stay" I tell him
"I'd love you to stay too" Bo says with an edge of neediness in her tone, a small watery smile just lifting the corners of her mouth.
I explain to Bo that Mr Jeon is actually her and Shay's Father Min Jae-in. That revelation is shock enough for her, but to then have to tell her that he planned to murder me and Yoongi tipped her over the edge!
Bo is uninterested in having any relationship with Jay, and not just because he has almost killed her 2 brothers, but also because she has never had him in her life before as he left without even knowing of her existence. She feels no obligation to have a relationship with him, he is a stranger in essence, one that she shared DNA with, but nothing else.
"Bo, Jay is not Yoongis father. Well, he is his adoptive father" I tell her
"What? So I don't have another brother? Yoongi isn't our brother?" she asks
"No he isn't, but he will remain in our lives. That is, if he wants to. We became close in the time we've spent together. Bo, close isn't right. I love him, and he loves me too"