A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Wait, where did you learn how to bandage like this?" Ethan stood up from the bench and looked at his dressed wound in disbelief.

Estelle had used a bandaging technique that was completely different from the one used in hospitals.

However, he had seen this technique before. It had been used by the girl he was looking for.

When Ethan was a boy, he had been abducted and taken away along with a little girl.

It was then that he had seen her for the first time.

At that time, Ethan had been unruly and fearless. He had stood up to their abductors. Because of that, he had been regularly beaten up.

The little girl, on the other hand, had been the exact opposite. She had been frightened and panicked when beatings occurred, and had been unwilling to talk to anyone. One time, one of their abductors had beat her in front of Ethan, who had then thrown himself between her and the abductor and taken every blow that was meant for her.

After the beating was over, the little girl had come up to Ethan and patched him up. She had bandaged him up the exact same way that Estelle had done just now.

The little girl's technique had been sloppy, possibly because she had been young and lacked skill, but it was still the same technique as Estelle's.

"I've known how to bandage like that since I was a child. Why do you sound so surprised?" Estelle's voice brought Ethan back to reality.

He stared at Estelle with probing eyes as if searching for something.

Estelle eventually felt uncomfortable under Ethan's gaze, but she stared back decisively as if telling him that she was not afraid of him.

The two stared at each other for a while.

the end, Ethan gave in and raised his hands

up,

possible that she's the one I've been looking for?" Watching Estelle walk away, Ethan murmured to himself. A faint smile tugged at the corner

same time, on the

of his mobile phone slowly dimmed. He turned his head toward Darren, who was

his cigarette butt, Darren leaned against the

and came back with two documents in his hands.

them. They've agreed to meet with us at noon in a downtown lounge cafe."

stubbed out his cigarette after taking one last drag. Darren got in the

eyes hurt, but he kept reading. He had to be

the city. Its beams shone in through the car window, somewhat increasing

The engine hummed down

usually spend their break here," Harlan said, pertaining to the two men they were about to meet. He stepped out

and entered the cafe with Harlan on his heels.

he entered the cafe,

the first floor of the establishment, and there were scattered gaming facilities. On the second floor, there were all kinds of private

and Harlan made their way to the

second floor

searched for their room number. Soon, he found their

walked in, they found two people

had forgotten about our appointment." The tall, thin man stood up to welcome Darren and

man recognized Darren and greeted him. Darren noticed how the bald man avoided his