Chapter 6 - I will kill you (1/2)
Suddenly, it's eerily quiet in the store. I can hear my own heartbeat. My future murderer straightens his back and lets out a low laugh. He takes off his mask and sunglasses. I take a step back, thinking about the things that I have said to him. I already said enough that could offend him. He wouldn't kill me because of that, would he? If he is offended, I would rather have him sue me.
I don't want to die. I am only twenty-one years old. My life has just started. I will finish college this year. I want to experience the perks and lows of life. I want to enjoy the frustrating pain of job-hunting after college. I want to fall in love, get married, and have children who might have extraordinary problems like me. After I die, my parents will blame themselves for letting me go to another city to study. My older brother will become depressed because he wouldn't have his cute little sister anymore. My best friend will cry her eyes out and name her daughter after me. I don't want any of that. I want to live.
I should run. Run. Yes, Run. My feet aren't listening to my commands. I am wreaked. My heart is beating too fast. It makes me nervous because I know that I am nervous and afraid. My vision is blurry. I can hear his loud steps and the sound of his breath. He slams his hand on the wall near my head and looks down at me.
”Listen.” His voice is low and hoarse. ”I will kill you if you ever...”
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”Kang Si An, I didn't know that you would start dressing like a psychopath and abduct women at night.” Someone is yelling in a high-pitched voice. ”How many times I have told you to take care of your addiction to chocolates? You are twenty years old for god's sake? What will we do now?”
”It's not my fault, Manager Jeong.” Kang Si An reply, clearly annoyed and cantankerous like an old man. ”I just wanted to buy some chocolates. Suddenly, she screamed my name and passed out on the floor.”
”She just passed out?” The woman cackles. ”You didn't do anything? You want me to believe that.”
”I didn't do anything extreme.” Kang Si An's voice becomes lower, bȧrėly audible. ”I might have threatened her a bit...”
”You threatened her?”
This is good. I keep pretending to sleep.
”Yes, I wanted her to scare her a bit. If she told the media that she saw me at the store buying candies, it might become...”
”YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT IF YOU WERE EVER WORRIED ABOUT THAT.”
”Manager Jeong, I didn't even finish threatening her. She just passed out. I didn't know what to do. So, I brought her here. The doctor said that she had a panic attack. She will be fine, but she hasn't woke up.”