Chapter 27: It Is Not Possible PART TWO

Max knew his sister and stopped smiling. "Sister, don't belittle yourself. Anyone who gets you will see the good in you."

Kate didn't say anything. She thought her brother was young and full of dreams.

Jimmy came back after the call to see siblings exchanging a strange expression. He asked amusedly, "What are you talking about? You look mysterious."

Max said, "Jimmy, can I ask you a question. Do you have…"

Before he could finish his words, Kate gave a hard stamp on his foot under the table, and the latter half of the sentence was replaced by an "ouch." Jimmy was holding a fork in the air and asked, "Have what?"

Max rolled his eyes to Kate and continued, "…have ever killed a person?"

Jimmy was startled but soon understood and said, "Not so far, but probably could in the future. Who can tell? Being a criminal police, there is always a possibility for that."

Kate showed concern, "Isn't your job very dangerous?"

Jimmy smiled lightly and said, "I think it is OK. That is decided by the property of the job. I had prepared for this since the day when I decided to be a criminal police."

Max looked to his sister, and she gave him a warning stare, so he had to bend down and attend to his food.

Kate was in a trance for a few seconds. She seemed to see a scene of a gangster film and the face in front of her was among the shootouts and fights… the food on the table became tasteless.

After dinner, Jimmy sent Max back to school and then sent Kate to her house. John said his relative had no plan to come back to this city in the near future and didn't need the house for the time being.

It was good to have someone to take care of the house. And as his relative was rich, giving him rent would be an insult. So Kate kept staying in that house after Jimmy moved to his school dorm.

Kate had not seen Jimmy for a long time and had quite a lot to say to him, but when they were alone in the car, she felt the words just jammed in her throat like the traffic on the road.

The ticking of rain broke the silence. Looking at the swaying windshield wiper, Kate wished the rain could be harder, and the road could be longer. But the longest road would end somewhere, let alone the road to her house was not long at all.

Jimmy didn't have an umbrella in his car, and so he pulled a uniform coat from the back seat and covered her head, "Cover with this, don't catch a cold."

Kate was wearing the sleeveless dress her brother brought for her, and her arms were a little chilly. She wanted to decline with thanks, but Jimmy made fun of her that the new dress was expensive and could not be stained. His uniform had to roll on the dirt very often anyway.

So Kate had to accept it.

When they said goodbye, she hesitated a second and said, "Be safe."

Jimmy smiled. "Don't worry about me. My grandma said she asked the psychic when I was a child and the psychic said I could always fall on my legs. Thus my mother agreed I could be the police."

He grinned at Kate, and his eyes sparkled with pride. Maybe he was just making jokes to ease Kate, but it worked.