46 Marble Road Incident 5 (1/2)

Doctors and Nurses rushed inside the ICU and started reviving Mia.

Mr. & Mrs. Chang anxiously watched through the glass window as their daughter was being resuscitated.

Mia suffered from several injuries, a few broken ribs, a broken arm, and a skull fracture. Nancy had a minor leg fracture and some scratches. Apart from a cut in the head and a few scratches, Samantha had a whiplash. Due to the position of their car when it crashed to the concrete roadblock, Mia experienced more damage compared to the other two.

As Samantha and her family waited outside, Nancy arrived at the hallway in a crutch. She somehow realized what was happening in the ICU and her facial expression became rigid. Nancy watched from afar and met Samantha's gaze. They both looked at each other for a few seconds before Nancy looked away.

The doctors have been trying to revive Mia for 23 minutes since the curtains of the window have been closed to spare the family members from seeing the chaos inside.

Seo Joon held his sister in his arms as he tried to calm her down, Samantha was pretty shaken by what's happening.

On the 25th minute, a doctor came out and walked towards Mia's parents. He pulled his mask away from his face as he looked down and shook his head. A loud cry echoed in the hallway as Mia's mother fell on the floor.

Samantha started to snivel when she became aware of the situation. Her friend is gone. This was her first death experience and she was 13 years old. Who would've known that Mia's birthday would turn into a tragedy?

The police investigated the matter to have a clear understanding of how the accident transpired. But the parents of the three girls refused to talk about it before Mia's burial. So they had no choice but to wait until after several days, after all, the girls were still minors.

On the day of Samantha's discharge, 2 days after Mia's passing, Nancy Jung visited her room. Samantha's family left the two girls so that they could talk alone.

”How's your leg?”, Samantha asked Nancy.

She nodded as she looked down at her injury, ”It's difficult to walk but I can manage.”

Samantha sat on her bed and waited for Nancy to talk.

”What should we tell the police?”

Samantha raised an eyebrow, ”What do you mean? Of course, we should tell the truth!”

”But we can't! We'll be in trouble!”

”As far as I remember, Nancy, I tried to stop you several times but you didn't listen.”

Nancy's eyes started to flicker and she walked hastily with her crutch towards Samantha. Nancy held Samantha's hands tightly and started pleading. ”Save me this time, Sam. Please.”

Samantha was startled by Nancy's actions that she didn't respond. 'What do you mean 'save' you?', she thought.

”What are you trying to say?”

”Your family is very rich, right? You won't have problems like we would, Sam! Your parents can just pay off people and all and they wouldn't say anything bad about you. It's the total opposite of what will happen to me.”

”I don't understand what you're saying!”

”Sam, tell them that you were the one who convinced Mia.”

Samantha's eyes widened upon hearing Nancy's shameless request, ”You want me to admit that it was me who forced her into doing it?”

Nancy looked sideways and stuttered, ”Y-you don't have to say it like that... you can tell them that it was Mia's fault alone. She decided to do it by herself and that we.. we just... came with her.”

Samantha couldn't believe Nancy's ideas. Her friend, Mia is dead because of her dare and now she wants Samantha to admit that it was all Mia's fault?