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.

man beside her, flushing in embarrassment. "It was...I just had

nodded, turning back to the

that moment, the pilot had finally announced that

That dream...

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

memories that were hard to forget, no

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

walked alone, dragging her luggage. Many drivers of unlicensed taxis waved her way,

been five years, and she

was to participate in a

these years, she majored in jewelry design. She had become very talented in this field and

came back to take part in behalf

able to graduate easily and get a job almost immediately in one of

was determined to win

a taxi at the airport gate, Teresa turned her head at a group of men

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

thought. 'With that many bodyguards with him, he must be an important

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

She furrowed her eyebrows.

not the one to obsess over looks, she couldn't help but appreciate the man's angular jaw line.

too hot for her to

what happened on the plane, Teresa winced

started to say, only to pause as the awkwardness

it first," he

thought that it's a coincidence to see you here again. Thank you also for the pill." She

nice to meet you. I'm Enrique

polite man, this

Gu," she introduced herself

'Gu?'

it was too fast