Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

The Stalking longer working here. Are you his sister? You’re as pretty as he described.”

“Does my brother talk about me a lot?” Anna asked shyly.

“Yes! Bill rarely smiles, so our boss advised him to be friendly to the guests. But he always smiles when he mentions you.”

“Where has he gone?”

In hushed tones, the girl became embarrassed and asked Anna, “He didn’t even tell you that? Actually, it’s all my fault. | accidentally spilled wine on a customer that day, and he was fired because he took the blame for me. He probably didn’t want you to be worried about him. He said he is selling fish at the market now and had made a lot of money.”

“He’s working ina market?”

The girl looked her in the eyes and nodded.

“Which market?”

“W’m not sure, but it should be close.”

Anna then got ready to leave right away. She stopped after a few steps and walked back to the girl. Anna shoved two bills into the waitress’s hand and whispered to her, “Don’t tell Bill | was here, please.”

After walking out of the restaurant, Anna planned to go through all the nearby markets, beginning with the closest one. She finally found the man at a market about an hour later.

A middle-aged man was taking a fat carp out of the tank at a nearby fish stall. He began scraping off the scales after weighing the fish. And he placed the fish in a black plastic bag and handed it to a woman as she handed him a bill. The man didn’t even have time to wipe the sweat from his brow before greeting the next customer.

in silence. It was difficult for her to 460 The Stalking believe that the hardworking man was the demon who hurt Peter. But, the

man answered the phone and became serious. He took off his apron

quietly, and her phone rang soon. She was startled and abruptly hung up and turned

man walked forward at a quick pace, occasionally looking back warily. And Anna avoided his

a side entrance. He finally came to a halt in a dense forest. At that moment, Anna realized why

from her bag. And she was about

she remembered she had turned it off earlier. When she looked up after turning

someone moving behind her. She felt something hit the back of her head immediately after. She couldn’t stand up any longer and

in front of her became hazy. Before she passed out, she could vaguely feel the man approaching her and snatching the object from

left the Japanese restaurant and got into the driver’s seat. Then, he said to Wayne, who was sitting in

460 The Stalking person she was looking for. She claimed she

anxiety. He had an impulse to search every

“Let’s go, Noel…”

Google Maps location information, indicating that it was in a nearby park. Wayne zoomed in on the map

was the first one to notice her. “There she is!” he yelled,

halt, then stepped

quickly turned to shock. When he turned around, he noticed tears in Wayne’s eyes.

Noel was taken aback as he watched Wayne move closer

decision. He eventually leaned over and picked her up off the ground. Immediately after that, his white shirt was stained

go to the hospital.” Wayne’s voice was so husky that he