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.

beside her, flushing in embarrassment.

man merely nodded, turning back to the

moment, the pilot had finally announced that they were

That dream...

returning back

that were hard to forget, no matter how desperately

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 as they waited for the passengers

luggage. Many drivers of unlicensed taxis waved her way,

five years,

time, it was to participate in a jewelry making

She had become

to take part in behalf of

got a place, she'd be able to graduate easily and get a job

determined

was waiting for a taxi at the airport gate, Teresa turned her head at a group of men coming

by the group was wearing a white shirt with a grey vest and white suit pants. His tall figure and gentle were hard to miss, even when he mingled with the crowd. This must also

thought. 'With that many bodyguards with him, he

man, seeming as if he had seen her, started to walk her

She furrowed her eyebrows.

one to obsess over looks, she couldn't help but appreciate the man's angular jaw line. It wasn't her fault. She was still a girl. It was normal

hot for her

happened on the

They started to say, only to

say it

say. I just thought that it's a coincidence to see you here again. Thank you also for the

"It's nice to meet you.

this one,' she

Gu," she introduced

'Gu?'

Shen's eyes, but it was too fast for any of them