Lisa is scared. She pauses for a moment : “I’ll call a taxi.’ She turns, estimates which direction the front door is and starts to walk slowly.
"Wait Lisa , I have something to say to you." Suga’s voice is coming closer towards her.
Lisa : “What is it that you want to tell me?”
Suga suddenly laughs : “You are a brave girl. Mina, you know, your predecessor. The two of you look alike, but your personality is so different.”
Lisa’s heart starts to thump.
“Why are you suddenly mentioning her?" Lisa asks with a calm voice, "She used to be your girlfriend?"
Suga replies : “Nah. You remind me of her. That’s all. Wait there, I’ll be out soon.”
She can hear the sound of something being wheeled out.
“The Suga you usually see, that’s not the real me ......" He says.
Lisa is getting more and more nervous : ”Then what is the real you like?"
“You’ll find out. But now, lets the show begin.” He smiles. “Can you not tell, it’s my plan all along, that I would have some private time with you tonight?”
“Do you have a torch or some candles at home?" Lisa tries to sound calm.
"No, it’s more fun this way.” Suga is getting closer and closer.
Lisa starts to run towards the door : "! Do come near me...... ah"
Suddenly, she trips over something. Lisa loses her balance and her body falls forward to the ground. In the chaos, the listening device has dropped out. It only picks up sound within a small range. Jungkook might not be able to hear her anymore. And with no lights, he can’t see what’s going on. She is completely on her own now!
She hears Suga's footsteps coming towards her : ".. I told you to wait for me. Come, I’ll pull you up. Suddenly, she feels something falling on top of her. It’s Suga. They both cry out of pain.
Lisa’s whole body tense up and shouts : "Get off me!"
Suga is not moving : “Hey, you tripped me with your foot. Come on, give me a kiss first.”
Lisa can’t bear it anymore. She kicks him in the chest.
- Ouch! He quickly grabs her foot to stop her from kicking him again. Lisa tries to break free from him, but he is stronger than her.
-
After he has lost contact with Lisa, Jungkook quickly gets out of the car and rush to the apartment.
“What’s the situation like up there?” He asks through the walkie talkie.
“No. 1. 3, 4 and 5 has limited vision where they are positioned. No.2 can see what’s going on in the lounge with his infra red night vision googles and through the telescope on his sniper gun.Suspect A is lying on top of Bird. Do you want him to shoot?”
"Suspect A" is Suga code, "Bird" is the code name for Lisa.
Jungkook is walking into the elevator. He ponders : “Be ready, but don’t shoot yet. Continue to observe.”
The elevator has gone up two floors, sniper speaks again : "Report: bird struggled, the suspect has grabbed Bird’s right leg. Should we…”
Jungkook stops him in mid sentence: "What are you waiting for? Shoot!"
-
Suga’s Penhouse Suite.
Suga is still not letting go of her. But suddenly he laughs : “Don’t be so tense. I just want to give you a surprise."
He lets go of her leg : "Your skin is so smooth ...... Get up! I ‘ll give you a hand. Ok Ok, I will turn the lights back on. Happy?"
Lisa is not sure what he is up to. She just wants to get out of there as soon as possible.
Just as she tries to sit up, she hears a small piercing sound. "What ……? " He whispers something in his mouth. Suddenly, Suga’s body falls on her again.
He lies motionless. Still as a corpse.
Lisa quickly pushes him away. She staggers to get up against the wall.
...... What’s happened to Suga? As she wonders, the phone rings. She reaches for her pocket. It’s Jungkook.
She quickly reports to him: “Jungkook, Suga is unconscious. I am not sure what happened… ”
"Open the door." Jungkook interrupts her, "I am standing outside."
-
"You arranged a sniper?" Lisa looks at Jungkook. She is surprised. Although it’s in order to protect her. But it seems like his actions are a bit over the top.
He turns the power switch back on. He walks over to where the listening device is and picks it up.
Jungkook leaps over Suga’s unconscious body : “It’s just anaesthetic. He will wake up in an hour’s time.”
Lisa and Jungkook walks into the next room, where there is a trolley on wheels. There’s a white cloth covering the top. This is what Suga was trying to push out just now.
Jungkook uncovers the trolley.
A Cake.
It is actually a fruit mousse cake with the words Happy Birthday on it. There are candles on the cake, covered by a plastic lid. Next to the cake is a plastic knife and a couple of paper plates.
Jungkook turns to look at her : “It’s your birthday today?"
Lisa is a little surprised to see the cake. She nods. It is her birthday, based on the Western calendar. She usually celebrates her birthday according to the lunar calendar, as that’s the tradition of her hometown. .
She looks at Suga, who is ‘lying dead’ on the ground. He did all that, just to surprise her with a birthday cake?
Now in retrospect, those words seems to make sense : Tonight program, everything is planned, wanted to surprise you ......
As if he could read minds, Jungkook says coldly : “How can you be sure he didn’t have other motives?”
Lisa remembers some of the other comments he made… Nice skin… kiss me…
“What should we do now?" She asks. When Suga wakes up, he will be suspicious. Their identities will berevealed!
Jungkook walks up to her: “Give me your taser.
Lisa hands it over to him.
Jungkook knees down next to Suga. He pressed the taser onto his back. Even though Suga has lost consciousness, his body moved a little when the electric charges went through his flesh.
Jungkook throws the taser back to her: “Solved. Just tell him it was you.”
Lisa : "...... alright."
Jungkook suddenly reaches down and pull out a few hairs from Suga’s head.
Lisa : "What are you doing?"
“DNA testings." Jungkook replies. “To compare with some DNA results from the soil samples we collected from the resort."
Lisa : "……Oh."
-
Jungkook takes a quick look around his apartment, then retreats back to the car.
When Suga finally wakes up, it’s past 9:00pm.
Suga rubs his head and back, looks up at Lisa : "What did you do to me?”
Lisa looks at him: “ Sorry, I carry a taser for self defence. Now that you are ok, I’d better go.”
Suga stops her : “At least cut the cake before you go, I especially ordered it from the best cake shop in town. Or else I won’t forgive you.”
——
Suga is not in the best of moods after what happened. After eating the cake, he drives Lisa home.
Lisa : “Well, thanks for the ride. See you tomorrow.”
Suddenly she hears a "thump" sound, the door is automatically locked. Suga turns to stare at her: “After all that you have put me through, a simple apology is not enough.”
Lisa : “Lunch is on me tomorrow?"
"I want this." Suga suddenly leans over toward her and pulls out a few strains of her hair.
Lisa: “…..??”
Suga smiles : “I think the most beautiful part of a woman’s body is her hair. This is mine to keep, as compensation. And we are going for lunch tomorrow too.”
While in the elevator, Lisa thinks to herself…. Jungkook took Suga’s hair. Now Suga takes her hair. What is this all about?
-
Jungkook needs to debrief his special force. He told Lisa he won’t be home for another two hours. Lisa takes a shower and get changed into her pyjamas. She is exhausted.
She plans to wait up for him, but unwittingly falls asleep.
And she has a dream.
In the dream, a man is pressing down her limbs to restrict her movements. She struggles desperately, but is not able to break away. The man is laughing. “Hi Lily.” He says.
Lily is her English name.
Lisa wakes up in a cold sweat. She immediately switches on her bedside lamp.
Must be due to all the tension from today.
The doorbell rings. She looks at the clock. 1:00am.
She opens the door. Jungkook is standing outside.
He glances at her. His eyes are clear and sharp as ever : “Everything is back to normal. Goodbye.”
He turns around, ready to go. Lisa says to him: "Wait."
He turns back to look at her.
Lisa steps forward, tiptoes, reaches out and hugs him.
Her heart is still beating very fast.
She can feel her hands trembling.
He just stands still for her to hug him.
Lisa says softly: “I was really scared today."
Lisa is about to release him, and she feels his arms around her waist. He takes a small step forward. Now their bodies are touching. She can feel the warmth of his embrace.
Lisa relaxes in his arms.
She hears his deep voice : "3 snipers, five special force agents. It’s enough to destroy a whole triad gang. What’s there to be afraid of?”
Lisa cannot help laughing.
Lisa lets go of him. Her face is flushing, but she tries to sound calm : “Good night.”
Jungkook smiles: “Goodnight."
He walks to the elevator. Just before the lift doors closed, he pressed the ‘open’ button. He looks out and says to Lisa : "Happy birthday. I hope you will be… smarter… next year.”
Lisa : “What sort of birthday greeting is that?"
——-
Everything was normal the next day. Lisa took Suga out for lunch. But much to Suga’s disappointment, She also called all the other colleagues to join them.
After lunch. In Director Jeon’s office.
There are some documents on Jungkook’s desk that Lisa has not seen before.
Lisa immediately asks : “Are the result back yet?"
“Read it yourself” Jungkook says with a smile.
Lisa picks up the file and reads carefully.
“1. In Jinyoung’s backyard, they found a pearl earring;
2. Strains of Mina’s hair are found on the cracks of the front steps of Song Jihyo and Nayeon’s residence.
Lisa looks at Jungkook : “How are these evidences helpful? Have you already guessed who is the murderer?”
Jungkook walks up to her, with a teapot in his hand. He pours her a cup of tea. That’s is so out of his character. He must be really excited.
He replies to Lisa confidently : "Yes, I’ve figured it out. I need to verify a few things first. After that, I’ll tell you.”
Lisa wants to ask another question. But he continues : "Tell Jisoo to arrange another meeting for the Customer 3 Division at the resort. I want them to have the same room arrangement as last time. And make sure you pick a rainy day.”
"What do you want to do?"
Jungkook looks down at her : “I will do a replay of what happened that night.”