Chapter 38 🪻

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Third person’s pov

Lisa isn’t sure how things can escalate quickly to this. But she’s not in the mood to give up. She can’t. Her daughters are missing and obviously at the wrong hand, everything is put at stake.

Resting her head against the wheel of her car, she shuts her eyes as the sound of rain hitting the room echoes like music in the small space.

Then, she pulls the sleeve of her right hand up by an inch. A small pair of Swallows drawn in black in around the dorsal of her hand; the very space behind her thumb and forefinger; lingers.

She runs her finger on it briefly and suddenly her heart starts to ache.

The Swallows remind her of the girls. Of the promise she often made to them; that with every goodbye comes a hello. But their particular parting this time has neither a goodbye nor a hello.

It seems like both parties are left with nothing, not even uncertainty if they would by any chance, see each other again.

As memory starts to drown her further into the ocean of memory, her phone buzzes with a text from an unknown sender.

Unknown number: Attachment 1
Unknown number: I bet you know this hair

Frowning, Lisa downloads the attachment and what awaits is a flock of brown hair she would know from anywhere.

Ji’Ae’s.

Immediately, Lisa hits the dial button but the call has never been picked up. Instead, another text pops, mocking her.

Unknown number: If you call one more time, I’ll make sure you lose them forever
Unknown number: You’re in my game now. I’ll choose the rule whichever way I like it

Infuriated by the stranger, Lisa drops her back a reply.

Lisa: If you touch them
Lisa: You’re going to deal with me

The reply Lisa receives is almost instant.

Unknown number: I see you’re warning me
Unknown number: Let it be known I dislike you insistence of setting up
Unknown number: The rule for this game

Lisa: This is not a game!
Lisa: Give the girls back and I’ll give you what you want

Unknown number: You can’t
Unknown number: Attachment 1
Unknown number: Such cute fingers, don’t you think?

Ji-Eun’s fingers.

Lisa: TOUCH THEM
Lisa: AND I’LL BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEE

Unknown number: So much rage
Unknown number: But I don’t give a fuck

Lisa: GIVE THEM BACK
Lisa: GIVE THEM BACK TO ME
Lisa: IF YOU DARE TO TOUCH THEM, YOU’RE FINISHED

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“They haven’t woke up,”

Jihyo says as she steps into the room Suzy is in. The Korean ignores her low subject as she blows smoke into the air. “Should we be worried?”

“Why?” Suzy dangles the cig in between her teeth so the voice that comes out is a bit unclear. “I would rather they never woke up at all,” she adds. “They are children, Suzy”

Jihyo says with gritted teeth. “I don’t care what you issues is with Her Royal Highness but you must not allow yourself hurting these innocent girls,”

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