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>> Outside Chapter One, 2:20 p.m. <<
The sound of the cars colliding registered to Mihyun as thunder. Her eyes flitted to the sky, but there were no clouds in sight, only a blazing sun against a cerulean sky. As a man in a business suit rushed past her, his emotions washed over her. Curiosity and a hint of irritation quickly fading. Mihyun began to feel curious as well and even though she knew she’d spend the next hour of pain, she’d be home soon with no one to prolong it.
The bag thumped against her side as she reached the street, more and more people pressing around her, trying to get a glimpse at whatever caused the commotion. The words passed back like a ripple echoed accident, car crash, blood, pedestrians, foreigners, dead. The last word was spoken like a question, but confirmed as Mihyun felt the cold arch down her spine, setting her on edge. Whomever it was, they were dead and their death was seeping into her, pulling her down into it’s depths.
A cold sweat formed along her brow as Mihyun pushed herself against the lunch-goers who seemed endless now. Some cursed as she shoved them aside in her quest to be as far away from here as she could, but no one stopped her. Each delay made her fumble, made her steps into lurching ones instead of strides. Her limbs were becoming numb, her heart stuttered in her chest, and her eyes fluttered closed as the cold swallowed her, pitching her body into the arms of a stranger.