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 in surrender.

chuckled, stood up, and started

Estelle walk away, Ethan murmured to himself. A faint smile tugged at the

same time, on the other

a deep breath. The screen of his mobile phone slowly dimmed. He turned

butt,

went to the backseat and came back

them.

time. Let's go." He stubbed out his cigarette after taking one last drag. Darren got in the

with words, which made his eyes hurt, but he kept reading. He had to

beams shone in through the car window, somewhat increasing the temperature inside, but the air conditioner instantly extinguished the

engine hummed down as

break here," Harlan said, pertaining to the two men they were about to meet. He stepped out of the car and went to open Darren's door, holding up a

go." Darren nodded and entered the cafe with Harlan on his

air greeted Darren as he entered the cafe, dispelling

On the second floor, there were all kinds of private rooms and

Harlan made their way to the second

the first floor, the second floor

and searched for their room number. Soon, he found their designated meeting room.

two people drinking on the

I thought you had forgotten about our appointment." The tall, thin man stood up to welcome Darren and pulled up the sleepy bald man next

Darren and greeted him. Darren noticed