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.

control her breathing

on the bed was Lulu, Irene would never have recognized

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

did this happen? What did

as she felt like a storm

you here to talk

this happen to her?"

York's death and volunteered to work

cut him short before he could finish. "How could you agree to it?! If Martin's dead,

with tears—a good man

happened to Lulu? How could anyone not

to it, but she insisted. We

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

not easy to save

her away," Irene