Ch : 7 SEARCH FOR YEONA'S BODY

No body took notice of the incidents. While returning from the hill after the trekking was over, they, as usual, was counting the heads and found one member less.

On enquiry ,they found that one woman was missing and it was Yeona. It made a big hue and cry in the group.

Some group members including Min Jun started searching for the lady frantically, but in vain.

They informed the local police station. Next day, they engaged a helicopter for searching and finally recovered the tattered body of Yeona from the bottom. Her head was completely smashed, it was beyond recognition as she fell down on the stone Boulder and her head took a direct hit.

It came as huge shock to the group and totally dampened the spirt of enjoyment.

The local photographer presented the photo to the police station. Police immediately asked the the group not to leave the place .

They started their investigation to see whether the photo could be identified with anyone present in the group. But the man was totally hooded, covering his entire back side, therefore, the person could not be unidentified.

Even the photographer was present with the police, but he was unable to identify the criminal by looking at the face. He said that he was unable to see the face of the person who had given the fatal push, as he hid himself in the bush, jumped and joined the group.

Police even tried to identify the culprit on the basis of the colour of the jacket, but it was found that many tourists had used the same colour as it was a very common colour of the the criminal had worn. Hence, the investigation could not proceed further.

The group members were extremely sad for the mishap, cancelled the remaining programme. However, they were detained by the police for 3 days for the investigation.

Finally, after the completion of an unsuccessful investigation, they were allowed to leave the place, and the grief striken group returned to Seoul.

When Yeona's sister Ha- Eun was informed she broke down completely. She loved her sister more than any body else, and was totally attached to her. It came as the rudest shock to her.

In fact, she was completely dumb-founded to hear the news .She became helpless without her sister because Yeona was not only her elder sister but also her guide, a loving guardian and an intimate friend.

She stopped going to the academy, sat at the corner of her room and cried uncontrollably . She could not even imagine that from now on she has to live in a world without her dearest sister.

But her room mates finally stood by her, consoled and was able to help her in overcoming the tragedy to some extent.

She, however, was completely in the dark as to who was the person she had gone to the excursion with. Even she did not know it was a male or a female. Because Yeona never told her anything about her personal life.

Ha-Eun, therefore, was not able to know how she died and that was the biggest mystery for her.