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 and slowly walked

Irene that the person on

her lips in disbelief, her heart aching

What did Lulu

for a long time as she felt like

entered then and said, "I called you here to talk to

did this happen to her?" Irene

wanted to avenge Captain York's death and volunteered to

him short before he could finish. "How could you agree to it?! If

voice choked with tears—a good man like Martin was

to Lulu? How could

to it, but she

unexpected happened. Everything went smoothly when she started out, risking everything including sleeping around to find evidence against the perps, but we were caught by surprise when we tried to make the arrest. They somehow caught on that Lulu was undercover and were bent on killing her—we did our best to save her, but she still got hurt... She sustained too many injuries, and I

was not easy

her away,"