I was walking down the big street of this damn town when I spotted someone. Him.

The sight of him brings back that vile scene—the first time I witnessed M killed those two innocent people. That boy . . . M wants me to kill him. But I can’t. He’s now all grown-up and I can’t risk taking his life. He deserves to live and . . .

You’ll be free . . .

You will be free, Jessica Alexa Jung. Just kill him.

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened seconds later. I need to do this for me, for the girls.

~

I went home and found Sooyoung and Seohyun outside, talking. When they noticed me, they came running with worried expression on.

“Where have you been? It’s late, Jessica,” Seohyun said.

“We were worried,” Sooyoung took my wrist and dragged me in. I spotted Yuri, standing by my room’s doorway, worried.

“, Jessica. You got me worried!” she said and hugged me.

“Like something bad will happen to me,” I retorted and just let her squeezed me tight.

I looked around and my eyes widened.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING HERE?”

I was looking into 24 pairs of eyes and I can’t help but to feel angry when his eyes and mine met. My blood boiled and I can’t help but to glare at each of them.

“Hi,” someone said from them. I looked at him. “We came here to apologize and . . . Kris has something to say,” he declared.

I remained silent, just looking at him. Then I saw his smile that I know every girl will fall for.

“Uh, is there?”

I rolled my eyes. “If there’s none you’re gonna say, then get lost,” I said to Kris and turned my back.

But I heard him say, “Sorry, Barbie.”

I turned around and glared at him. “I’m not Barbie.”

“Fine. Sorry, June.”

“Aba’t! You’re—“

“Kidding around. Sorry, Jessica,” he said, glanced at me before looking somewhere.

The boy earlier smiled and said, “So, friend