Chapter 3 (1/2)
Saving Grace
Jia walked out of the Incheon Airport in high spirits Joon had turned out to be a great listener And she had found herself telling hiet into The Seoul School of Computer Sciences
She bade Joon goodbye near the Conveyor Belt, and walked out of the Airport to hire a taxi Before she got in, she felt a shi+ver run up her spine For good lanced suspiciously Then she shook her head, thinking that she’s gone mad
Why will anybody stalk a corad, after all?
The taxi driver was staring at her from the rear-view mirror with a hilariously puzzled expression on his face
She tried to act all for”
When she finally pulled up in front of her new residence in Pyeongchang-dong, on whose letterbox ritten ‘The Do for her
The landlady was a healthy, ina
Regina helped her with her luggage, and soon, she was in what is supposed to be her new home
Hers was a huge studio apartment with a bedroo was cozy The most awesome part was that furniture and other electric stuff like TV, refrigerator, heater came with the house
The whole house had three studio apartht line And the one in the middle was hers
“You’re a lucky girl, you know,” sighed Regina
Jia frowned “Why?”
“Because both your neighbors are boys Handso
Jia’s ina left the aparted herself hard
She knew that her mother would over-react For some unknown reason, Jina had never been unco around with boys There was always an 8 O’clock curfew in her house And after that, Jia shouldn’t even talk to boys
So Jia was quite sure that her mom would cohter will be living in with two boys in the same house divided only by talls, for the next five years
Jia had never been able to convincingly lie to herthe truth was another et there soon
But for now, she had an ie to relay to her ht
She fired up her Dell, and logged into her e-mail account
To: Lee Jina
From: Lee Jia
Sub: Nothing much to say except that I already miss you…
Dear Mom,
Everything seems to be in black-and-white without you I really miss our Spinster Pad I’m settled in my own mini-Spinster Pad And I can’t wait for these five years to end already Well, I’ll get back to you again
Love,
Jia
The young uine coat stood outside the irl shuffle inside the building with the fat woe
A few minutes later, the fat woman caht red blush spread on her plump cheeks She hurried over to him
“Oh, sir!” she stuttered, “I didn’t see you here! I hope you haven’t been standing out here for long! I was just helping out one of my tenants…”
“I just came here, ht place?”
“Of course, sir! Shall I show you into your apartment?”
“No, there will be no need of that I will move in later Just leave the keys to me”
“Oh! Here you go,” she said, fishi+ng in her purse and pulling out a single key
“Thank you, ma’am!” he said, politely
“Oh please!” she said, laughing and throwing her hand on his arina!”
“Regina, if you please!” he corrected hirasp
“Your manners are lovely, my dear!” she complimented
“Thank you, Regina!” he smiled back
As soon as she tottered off, his face contorted nastily “Silly woman!” he muttered to himself
He walked over to the backside of the building There were three balconies in a single line, separated only by a space of a few inches The middle one had to be Jia’s
He leaned against a tree and stared at her balcony His phone buzzed He checked the number
It was Master
“Greetings, Master”
“Greetings Is everything going smoothly?”
“As smoothly as it can, Master”
“And the girl—you are near the girl, aren’t you?”
He looked up at her balcony “Yes, Master As near as I can get now”
“Good Do whatever you have to Choose any shade or character you want to I give you carte blanche on your role in this mission Just take care of both the people I asked you to and complete this mission successfully”