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 and

the officer did not tell Irene that the person on the bed was Lulu, Irene would never have recognized

her heart aching so

What did

could not calm down for a long time as she felt like a storm was hitting her chest

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

happen to her?"

York's death and volunteered

"How could you agree to it?! If Martin's dead, shouldn't

choked with tears—a good man

happened to Lulu? How could anyone not feel pain

agree to it, but

until Irene asked, "Then? What happened after that?" "Something 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

not easy to save

take her away,"