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Jiyong and Chaerin had breakfast in the motel, they have some bread and jam, the breakfast is free so they decided to eat as much as they can.

“New married?” the reception asked.

“Huh? Oh yes.” Jiyong smiles.

He’s looking at Chaerin who still wearing same clothes.

“You speak English?” Jiyong asked.

“A little.”

“So we’re stranded at the sea several days a go. Do you know where the sea where they found us? The one that has a plane crash.”

The reception looks puzzled.

“Plane crash.” Jiyong explains.

The reception is now mumbled in his own language.

“Plane… plane!” Jiyong made gestures.

“Oh.” The receptionist nodded.

“Crash! Boom!” Jiyong continued.

“Oh my Gosh… where??” he gasped.

“You heard the news?? Information about plane fall down??”

“Info? Plane accident?”

“YES!!!” Jiyong almost shouts.

“No.” he said.

“What?” Chaerin confused, “How can he don’t know?”

“No plane accident?” Jiyong asked.

The receptionist shrugged his shoulder and mumbling again.

“Weird… Anyway, where is this? What is the City name??”

“Oh city? 5 minutes!”

“Not how far here from the city, but name of the city.”

“Name? Oh my name is Eddie.”

Jiyong grunts. “Ok, thanks Eddie.”

Unknowingly Chaerin chuckles.

“Oppa, let’s go to the city, we should find something to change and maybe people speaks English there.”

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Mr. Yang back from China saying that the air control in there didn’t have any recorded of any plane sending mayday signal, moreover, until today no bulk  found, but they did said that one Falcon 7x asking permission to pass.

“That’s strange.” Youngbae tapped his fingers on the table.

“Did you asked about another ATC they might passed?” Dara asked.

“Of course I did.” Mr. Yang sighed, his face shows some frustration.

Suddenly there’s knock on the door, “Sir, your team is here.” an assistant came to see Mr. Yang.

“Doctor, Miss Park, meet my investigation team.”

They continue the investigation meeting at another room, the team itself consists of the professionals and they had meeting for almost three hours.

Dara threw herself to the sofa in Youngbae’s room at his office, she’s exhausted from lack of sleep.

“You should rest.” He said.

“Hey listen.” She ignored his suggestion.

“What?”

“Don’t you think it’s strange that the plane bulk is not found?”

“It’s a small plane, Miss Park, when it crash to the sea it might break into pieces and carried by the waves. We never know.”

Dara inhaled and closes her eyes.

“I know you’re sad, I am too, but lets support the investigation and ready for any possibilities, even the worst one.” Youngbae said.

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Another day passes with zero result, they don’t even know the name of the city and seems like in this part of the city, there’s not much tourists. But one thing they found, this city is so beautiful, it looks a lot like Santorini, besides it doesn’t have those blue tops houses and uphill areas, but it does have beautiful rocky sea and some pretty beaches.

Chaerin sat at the couch in their motel lobby, their room is so small that it will be so boring to be in there. Eddie, the reception is still there.

“Hey, buy souvenirs?” he pointed at their new t-shirt.

“Oh, yeah.” Jiyong nodded, “hey Eddie, is there internet in here?”

“Internet? Yes, ugly signal.”

“What about phone??’ Chaerin asked.

“Phone? Yes. Here.” Eddie replied.

“Can I borrow?”

“Ah right! We can call!” Jiyong smiled.

“What’s the number?” Chaerin asked.

“What number?”

“Telephone number, genius! Whoever, Sonho or Mr. Yang or Sandara.”

Jiyong paused, “I—uh—I didn’t remember their numbers…” he said.

“Argh!!” Chaerun grunts.

“What about you? Matt or Mae or whoever… you know Ash?”

Chaerin also paused.

Jiyong sighed. “You also don’t remember, do you?”

Chaerin gave back the phone, “Thanks.” She said.

“Sooo… You sleep more in here?” Eddie asked.   

“Huh?” Jiyong asked back.

“Sleep more nights.”

“Extend?” he asked

Jiyong look at Chaerin, their money is getting thin.

Jiyong, Chaerin and Eddie end up drinking beer at the motel lobby.

“You lost everything?” he asked. “Robbed?”

Its easier to explain to Eddie that way.

“Yes, we kind of need place to stay.” Chaerin said.

Eddie is thinking, “Uhh… there’s a home from my father mother for me after death.”

Chaerin almost burst in laugh because Eddie explain it in such a funny words but she hold it, “You mean… you mean inheritance?”

“Ehhh yea…” Eddie shrugged, “You can use.”

“Really?!”

“Yes but one thing…”

“What’s that?”

“Work for me, in the garden.”

“Garden?” Jiyong asked.

“I have garden but I work here, but my father-mother said I have to look out the garden.”

“Oh… I see…” Jiyong said. “okay.”

“But I think it’s a field work oppa, can you do that?”

“What so hard about taking care a garden? I’m working out at gym everyday, I don’t think it will be difficult.”

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