The Runaway Groom

Irene's heart skipped a beat even as she stood outside the ward, and she could not hide the quiver in her voice. "It's that serious?"

She was afraid to imagine how bad things were for Lulu that the officer would say something like that.

Nonetheless, he said, "Go inside. You'll see.”

With that, Irene opened the door into the single-person ward.

There was a person laying in the bed placed next to the window, and Irene strode over when she saw that person.

However, Irene's pace was somber and she was afraid that something terrible had really happened to Lulu... until she stopped in her tracks suddenly.

She could not recognize if the person was Lulu, since the person's face was bandaged.

Irene turned, and the officer at the door nodded. "It's her."

Irene gasped, her legs suddenly feeling like they were made of lead and weighing a ton.

She was so close... yet the distance between her and Lulu felt so far! In truth, she was just afraid of moving closer.

hard to control her breathing

not tell Irene that the person on the bed was Lulu, Irene

pursed her lips in disbelief, her heart aching so much it

What did

for a long time as she felt like a storm was hitting

said, "I called you here to talk to her,

did this happen

to avenge Captain York's death

he could finish. "How could you agree to it?! If Martin's dead, shouldn't you be protecting

voice choked with tears—a good man like Martin was lost, just

Lulu? How could anyone not

didn't agree to it, but she

when we tried to make the arrest. They somehow

was not easy

take her away," Irene