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.

her, flushing in embarrassment. "It

turning

that moment, the pilot had finally announced

That dream...

because she was finally returning back to her home

just memories that were hard to forget, no matter how desperately she tried to hide

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 as they waited

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

been five years, and she was

time, it was to participate in a jewelry

years, she majored in jewelry design. She had become

to take part

long as she got a place, she'd be able to graduate easily and get a job almost immediately

was determined to

turned her head

hard

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

as if he had seen her, started

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 to appreciate good looks as they came

was just too hot

what happened on the plane,

only to pause as the awkwardness

say it first," he

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

nice to meet you. I'm Enrique

this one,' she

she

'Gu?'

Enrique Shen's eyes, but it was too