Memory unlocked part II

I hear noises and lots of laughter.

I feel short of breath and cramped. As if I were confined to a small closet. Where everything was black except for a small hole in the wall that let a small ray of light through.

I quickly realize that if I'm in this cramped room, it's because I'm hiding from something.

But from what?

I decide to lean over and look inside the little hole, careful not to make any noise.

Outside is a large warehouse. Inside are several metal bars, beams and containers.

I then observe several silhouettes enter this warehouse.

I continue to observe them through the small hole.

- How are you going to hide the body? asked a man's voice.

But that voice?! It's Jung-Wha, Aaron's brother!

- I don't know," answered another woman's voice.

- Maybe we should burn the body," suggested another.

- I'm not the one it then, said someone else

And then they all started talking at the same time. And I couldn't figure out who to talk to.

- It's going to smell right away if we do that,

- What's the worst that can happen?

- Let's keep it simple

- What do you suggest?

- We'll burn her body

- That's what I suggested at the beginning.

- Yes, except we'll also burn down this forest with it.

- Burn the forest?!

- You're really sick

- I'm reminding you that we're all a bit nuts, the dead body on the floor proves it

- Fair enough.

- But it's going to be complicated

- We don't really have a choice. If someone finds that body, we're finished.

- I don't know about that.

- Do you have a better idea?!

- Not really, no.

- Let's do it this way.

- What if someone finds out?

- You mean the body?

- Yes, I'm talking about the body.

- No one will find out.

- How can you be so sure?

- Look around you, there are no witnesses

- But what if one of us speaks?

- Why would anyone do that?

- I don't know

- Don't worry, no one will dare speak. Because we all took part in the crime

The speaker didn't reply. Perhaps he was reassured?

I was trying to concentrate so I could see who I had in front of me. So there it was: Aaron and his half-brother, Rei Lan, Bong-Chae and her boyfriend and Cheng-Sun, Aaron's fiancé.

I had to get out of here, and fast.

- Someone take the body back to the car and the gas and fire are all in the car.

- All right, then.

- And this warehouse, what do we do with it?

- We'll burn it too

- Will we manage to set it on fire? After all, it's so big

- Don't you worry about that

Eventually, they all came out of the warehouse.

They really are sick," I thought.

I've got to get out of here, that's the only thing that kept going round and round in my mind.

I waited, exhausted and stressed out, until I was sure there was no one left.

I glanced into the hole, ok nobody. But I've got to be patient if I don't want to get caught.

I count to 10, then take one last look through the small hole.

Then an eyeball appears in front of me. I recoil in fright and quickly cover my mouth to keep from screaming.

The door opens.

He looks at me, smiling strangely.

- What are you doing here?

Aaron had found me. I was so sure I'd been as discreet as possible.

I didn't speak, no words wanting to leave my mouth and my heart beating a hundred miles an hour.

Was he going to report me? What was going to happen to me?

I could feel stress-related tears swirling in the center of my pupils.

Then I hear him laugh loudly.

- Why are you crying, I haven't even done anything yet?

- ...

How could he act as if nothing had happened?! When he'd killed someone!

- I hope you survive before everything burns down," he said morbidly.

His eyes terrified me. It was bottomless and filled with cruelty.

I feel all my strength returning to me and I rush towards the back exit at full speed. Without looking back, I concentrate on the road ahead.

And it's true that he didn't stop me. That he didn't try to run after me to catch up. It wasn't because he felt sorry for me. Or that he had an ounce of humanity left.

No, it wasn't because of that.

I keep running with all my might. I stumble and get up again so many times I can't even count.

I skin myself, damage myself, break myself. But I know I must never give up.

Even if I was exhausted.

But I soon realize that I can't run anymore.

I'm standing in front of an abyss.

A cliff and below it a chasm filled with water.

I fell to my knees, tears streaming down my cheeks.

My tears were all I had left.

Because I couldn't swim, and behind me lay swarms of flames.

Suddenly, I understood his look and his actions better. He wanted me to fight to the bitter end, even though he knew it was doomed to failure.

Aaron, you really are inhuman.

I end up jumping, having no other choice. And I remember Aaron asking me "if a friend has the ability to help you but doesn't".

Didn't he already betray you? that's what I told him.

And he had betrayed me twice.

2 times was far too many.

I've never understood why some humans could be so evil.

Why did they find pleasure in hurting others?

In fact, just thinking that he'd been watching me the whole time survive my stalkers' bullying makes me want to puke.

I gave him a sincere friendship but he gave me something poisonous.

And I believed him, I was so naive.

He's been playing a double game from the start. And to think my parents liked him...

I'm going to make him regret his double-dealing. If he thought he could get away with it, he was wrong.

I was going to destroy it from the inside and give it back.

It was a promise.