“N-No, this can't be happening.” I reached out slowly to the corpse in front of me hoping that I was dreaming this. Crimson liquid stained my palms, and my breathing hitched. I let out a blood curdling scream of horror, and slammed my fists into the tiled floor. This was too much, I had been completely pushed over the limit. I looked upwards with tears blocking my line of vision to see a blurry figure with a weapon.

“You're next.”

I shot upwards in my bed, dripping with cold sweat from the horrific nightmare. I stared at the ceiling momentarily trying to catch my breath, and thanking god it wasn't real. I looked around at my surroundings, and noticed I was back in my hotel room. How did I get here? I thought back to what had happened last night with Amber. Was it a dream? Was I over reacting? What the hell happened!?

I grabbed my cell phone that was on the night stand besides me, and called Victoria up immediately. She surprisingly answered on the second ring.

“Hello, Soojung. How do you feel?”

“Alright, I guess. What happened last night?”

“Oh, your friend found me, and told me to take you home safely.”

“How did she know to look for you though?”

“She didn't, I ran into her while looking for you.”

“Right...” I sighed. Amber, couldn't of been the person who I had thought she was. If she was then she surely wouldn't of released me so easily. Still, there was something about her that was off. There was no mistaking that she was certainly suspicious, especially after what she said last night.

“Everything alright dear?”

“Oh, yeah. I need to get ready for work now.”

“I'll come pick you up soon. Bye for now.”

I put the phone down, and continued about my day as I normally would. I couldn't shake off the bad feeling I had, however I felt like something big was going to happen today. I finished getting ready, and got escorted to work personally by Victoria herself. My fellow co-workers gave me some weird looks because of being walked into work with a police officer. I saw Sulli eying me in a some sort of jealous fashion. I walked over to her with a curious look, and she avoided my gaze.

“So, are you seeing each other?”

“Say what?” I couldn't help but to bust out laughing at her question, she looked at me really frustrated.

“Don't avoid my question..”

“I'm single. Why are you getting so upset?” She finally turned to face with me with a big smile, and grabbed my left hand with her right one. I looked down at our hands, and then back at her.

“I know it's a little early, but I don't want to wait any longer. Soojung, will you go out with me?” I was a bit taken back by how fast this girl moves, most would of wanted to get to know each other more. I knew it would end up like this, and I couldn't possibly say no.

“I will.” Her face lit up instantaneously, and pulled me into a deep embrace. My heart skipped a beat, and I couldn't help but feel my face heat up. A few employees were awkwardly gathering around to watch the unfolding romance happen. I had to use all of my strength to escape from her grip, she looked upset when I pulled away. I pointed to the people watching, and she caught on quickly, ushering me into the elevator.

She kept exchanging shy glances at me while holding my hand in her own, it was so cute. I wanted to kiss here right there, and then, but I wanted our kiss to be shared somewhere more romantic than our work's elevator. The doors opened, and we had to separate to go to our personal cubicles. I could tell she was sad to see me go, but I had some questions for Jonghyun. My desk was loaded up with work to complete. Yesterday's, and today's work together looked so intimidating. Jonghyun was already hard at work on his quickly decreasing work load. I sat down, and turned to him with a serious look.

“How did you get my number?”

“How else? You gave it to me babo.”

“When!? I don't have your number!”

“You got a new phone last week, and still didn't add my number in yet. Isn't that right?” He was right. I did forget to update my contact list, besides family of course. I nodded, obviously embarrassed by my lack of memory.

“Get to work.” He pointed at the large pile of work, and I got right on it. I guess that eliminated Jonghyun from the list of potential stalkers. That left only Amber. She would have to do a lot at this point to get her name cleared from the list. At this point I don't trust her one bit, however she did get me home safely technically. I wasn't about to go up and confront her about this though. I was still a bit frightened after seeing her eyes last night. I didn't want to think of them ever again.

The hours went by painfully slow, and the work load wasn't letting up one bit. It had come to the point to where I was staring blankly at the keyboard completely brain dead. The form I was filling out was a customer's information that needed to be added to the company's database. A huge feeling of laziness was overcoming me as I watched the clock on my computer turn to 5 pm. I'm free for the day! Sorry whoever you are, you'll have to wait until tomorrow for me to care about you again!

I happily clocked out, and scoured the office for Sulli. I was sad to see that she was no where to be found at all. I found it a bit unusual for her to leave me behind, but maybe something had come up. I entered the elevator all by myself, and was surprised to see Amber inside. She smiled at me kindly as per usual, I couldn't help but feel nervous being alone with her again. I looked at the ground, and could feel her gaze on me. I didn't want to say anything, so she did.

“I guess you're really happy now, aren't you?”

“What?”

“You're going out with Sulli aren't you?”

“O-oh yeah...I am.”

“That wasn't a very good idea.” Her voice sounded like it got colder, and more stern. I felt myself tense up more at the sound of her voice.

“...Why?”

“It's not going to end in your favor.” That was all she said, and then the elevator opened. She took off quicker than expected leaving me alone in confusion. I felt almost certain that she was plotting against me somehow. Her statement sent chills down my spine each time I replayed it in my head. I wasn't sure what to feel at all. I guess the most logical one would be fear, fear of the unknown. If she was indeed the one who wrecked my apartment, then she's capable of awful things. However, if it is her then why hasn't she attacked me yet? Is she too afraid of getting caught in public, or am I thinking too much about this? My phone rang loudly, and I pulled it out to see my beloved sister calling me.

“Hey unnie!”

“Soojung-ah! I'll be in Seoul in three days. I'm going to visit you.”

“No, you can't.”

“Why? You hate me that much huh?”

“That's not it! It's too dangerous here for you to come.”

“Tch. Why are you being such a brat right now? Your sister spends a large sum of money to come visit you, and you just push her away?”

“I'm serious unnie! I-”

“I don't care what reason you have, I'm coming to see you. I'll call you later when you quit acting so childish.”

She hung up, and I sighed. She didn't even let me finish my story. I waited inside the building for Victoria to come pick me up. I decided to text Sulli, it was a brief message asking where she was. She seemed to excited earlier than we had become a couple, was she avoiding me already? I shook my head, and took it as a mere coincidence. It was normal for anyone to have family emergencies, or leave work early due to unforeseen circumstances. Sulli was no different, still I couldn't help but be worried.

Victoria, arrived, and took me back to my room safely. I changed into my pj's, and laid in bed watching a random drama that was on tv. It was so cliche, and boring I couldn't take it for very long. I turned the channel to a familiar sitcom, and watched that instead. Despite, having a relatively weird day it managed to make me laugh really hard. I needed that badly.

I checked my phone during commercials to see if I had gotten a reply back from Sulli, nothing. I shrugged it off, and continued watching the silly program without a care in the world. I felt extremely hungry whenever the commercials would show different kinds of fast foods, and felt obliged to order some. I didn't. I thought it would be a good idea to ask Sulli out on a dinner date sometime soon. Well, before Jessica arrived that is.

Jessica, could be so nosy. It wouldn't take long for her to find out that I'm dating Sulli. Hm, knowing her it would take about an hour tops of being in Seoul. I think she's more fit for detective work rather than a vocal coach. Wait, could she possibly help me with my current dilemma? I'd love to ask her, but will she even give me the time to explain before cutting me off? I doubt it. Oh well, it'll be easier to explain in person anyways.

My phone buzzed, and showed a new text message from Sulli. I felt my heart skip a beat, and I smiled widely whilst opening the message. The feeling was very short lived. My heart sank in my chest. The message read:

If you want Sulli back, come get her.

28-3

Yeoeuido-dong

Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul

02-2070-3000

Room 211

I'll give you 20 minutes to get here. If you make me wait any longer than that then she won't be ok.

Hurry.

The clock is ticking, Jung Soojung.