One Meet By Chance

Teresa took the pill, smiling silently. 'The man really was thoughtful. He even noticed my diarrhea.'

After taking the pill, her stomach had calmed down once the medicine kicked in.

She took her neck pillow out of her bag and leaned on it comfortably. She slept comfortably after that, probably one of the pill's aftereffects.

She had a dream that hour, a dream that she never had.

There were ghosts surrounding her with bright ugly faces, looking as if they were about to eat her alive. They had talons for fingernails and fangs for teeth, and they neared, about to tear her to pieces.

It was so terrible that their screams echoed in her eardrums.

Jerome Gu's body popped out of thin air. His body was peppered with scars and cuts, white shirt stained with blood. He looked like a zombie that just popped out of film.

He looked at her, holding back his tears as his voice cracked. "Abby, just go..."

She couldn't leave, couldn't bring it in herself to. This was her home. She just couldn't.

Her heart clenched at the sight of Jerome Gu, covered in cuts and bruises.

But even if she wanted to, she couldn't bring it in herself to help him.

Jerome Gu had accepted the family punishment. He did everything to shied her from their family's cruelty. All he ever wanted was for her to live the ordinary life she deserved.

How could she do this? After everything that he'd done for her?

"Brother, no!" Teresa screamed, jolting herself awake. This time, she was back in the airplane, a thousand feet above her home.

The man sitting next to her made an annoyed sound, giving her a look.

'It was just a dream, just a dream.' She calmed herself.

It was one she didn't have since three years.

Teresa turned to the man beside her, flushing in embarrassment. "It

man merely nodded, turning back to the

that moment, the pilot had finally announced that they were

That dream...

because she was finally returning back to her home land that her

forget, no matter

out of the passageway. No more was the silence that she appreciated in the plane. Instead, it was replaced by chatter and noise from different types of people. There were some holding up their signs

drivers of unlicensed

had been five years,

it was to participate in a jewelry making

become very talented in this field and was at par with many outstanding foreign

came back to take part in

got a place, she'd be able to graduate easily and get a job almost immediately in one of the university's partner

determined to

Teresa turned her head at a group of men coming out

hard to miss, even when he mingled with the crowd. This must also be due to the suited men that

must be famous,' she thought. 'With that many bodyguards

had seen her, started

She furrowed her eyebrows.

couldn't help but appreciate the man's angular jaw line. It wasn't

too hot for

on the

to pause as the

it

it's a coincidence to see

nice to

polite man, this one,' she

Gu," she

'Gu?'

eyes, but it was too fast for any of them