Into The Deep End

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I never thought it would be possible.

I really must've been high, or drunk or something. But I hadn't taken anything or drank a drop of liquor.

Maybe someone had spiked my coffee, but who would've been that cruel?

It was around 3:00 AM when it happened.

I was about to leave and head home for the night when my boss grabbed my arm.

"Someone just pulled up. Help them and then you can go home."

I bowed my head and went outside of the convenience store. The door made a soft ring sound as I opened it and it quickly swung shut behind me.

A black pickup truck had pulled in front of the gas pumps.

I popped an unlit cigarette between my lips and walked up to the driver's side of the car.

The window began to roll down before I could knock on the glass. I was expecting cash to be dropped into my hand like it normally was, but instead, a lighter was placed gently into the palm of my hand.

I pulled the cigarette from in between my teeth and looked upwards.

Then my heart stopped, and I had to blink a few times to make sure it was real. I tried to speak, but a million questions were running through my head. Only one of them escaped my lips.

"Jin-hyung?"

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