Chapter Five
The Taste of Death
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Jessica's attacker turned out to be a girl who was four feet tall with wavy hair tied in pigtails. She had large eyes and was wearing a cute fuchsia colored frilly dress.
"Sica-unnie!" she cried out, her thin arms still wrapped around Jessica's waist. "YOU'RE NOT DEAD!"
"Y-yeah, I think so," Sica stammered. Immediately, a couple of police officers gently separated the girl and Jessica before helping them up.
"We got a little excited there, didn't we?" I said as I walked over.
"I really thought she died," tears began to well up in the little girl's puppy dog eyes. I stepped back. Apart from spiders, I had a fear of crying kids, especially if they prove to be inconsolable.
"What's your name, honey?" Jessica bent down and looked the girl straight in the eye.
"Marjory Park," the girl rubbed her eyes and a tiny smile appeared on her lips. Then she beamed, "I won the Meet and Greet contest! I got second place. Oppa over there won first. His artwork's really good!"
She pointed at a skinny, pimple-faced boy with round glasses and a bowl-shaped haircut. When he noticed that Marjory turned our attention to him, he blushed slightly.
"Meet and Greet," I repeated, remembering the posters plastered all over the mall.
"Right," Jessica straightened up and began to explain. "The organizers of the product launch decided to hold a Meet and Greet contest. Fans can submit their artwork and the top three winners get to meet me and personally present their works of art."
"That's interesting," I clapped my hands as I faced Marjory. "Congratulations!"
"Thank you!" Marjory bowed repeatedly. "Hey! Wanna see my artwork? You should see Hanbyul's and Ahjussi's too!" She pointed at the skinny boy with the bowl-shaped hair cut and at another man who appeared to be in his thirties with balding hair and a pot belly.
Marjory cupped her hands around and shouted, "Hanbyul-oppa! Ahjussi! Sica-unnie wants to see our artwork!"
Immediately, Pot-bellied Ahjussi strolled over, a creepy, eager smile on his face. Hanbyul, the skinny boy
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