chapter 4:The accident

Walking dejectedly away. Perilia had packed her belongings if this could even be called belongings she thought staring at the little bag she held which contained her clothes and blanket. Yeah these are the only things she owned,oh! and her cursed self, it all belongs to her.

She had moved her things without arguing with the house owner, like what's there to argue. Perilia had not paid her rent complete for this year, she owed the woman a six month rent. Being chased up and down by loan sharks, she had used up all her money to pay them leaving her penniless as result she couldn't pay her house rent complete.

Perilia continued moving with no direction in mind , it's not her first time though, this has been a repeated cycle she had come to get used to but guess what; this time around she was tired.

While walking at night though the streets still bright from countless light. That was the only thing she liked in Korea, there are light everywhere which had helped her a lot . She started looking at the writings on the wall unconsciously, they were different writings on the wall but only one caught her eye which made her to pause,

" know yourself, know your enemy, and end it" Sun Tzu's art of war

Wait! this quote, is this the answer she had been looking for all this While, "knowing yourself" of course she knew herself in one word she was miserable, "knowing your enemy" and that happens to be her ,she was the biggest enemy of herself, " end it " this was the word that really caught her interest.

Why didn't she think of this before, throughout her life she had always struggled to survive. The word " end it" had never crossed her mind, she believed she could make it better so far there is still life but for the past eighteen years of her life she was not even close to better. Whenever she thought she was close, she always found herself going back to where she started.

Hah a small smile braced her face, her first smile ever since she came to Korea,this smile was not the typical happiness smile but a kind of smile one wouldn't even wish to their worst enemy. The smile was filled with so much pain, it was the smile of someone who has lost their mind.

While the smile remained on perilia's face, the word "end it" continued to ring in perilia's mind, her feet taking her to God knows where, every other things in the world disappearing. "End it" " end it" echoed her mind continuously

Honk, honk, honk ,

Madam silver cha was just coming back from work. She was late today because of some work stuff that held her which led her to driving herself since she had dismissed her driver earlier today. Driving sometimes helps her relieve stress, while driving her focus directed to the road she saw a lean figure suddenly in her front from God knows where ,taking her unaware.

The first thing that came to her mind was

Honk, honk, honk .

As she slammed on the brakes , her tires screeching as a result but it was already too late as her car struck the figure with a loud thud sending her tumbling to the ground. The sound of shattering glasses and crunching metals filled the air as an aftermath of the accident before the car finally came to halt.

Mrs silver stepped out of the car shaken by the effect of the accident, her mind in turmoil for fear that she has just killed someone. She rushed to the victim who was covered in blood and injuries around head , with shaking hands she reached out for her phone and called 911 immediately informing them while she gave out the address of the scene.

While she awaited the emergency center, she turned to look for anyone who could help her perform first aid on the victim as she appeared to be loosing a lot of blood, unfortunately there was no one around. Heck , the area at the time of the accident was so quiet ,the street looking lonely as everyone must have retired to their homes , it was really late.

She quickly took her upper top left with only her inner , she folded it rapping it around the victim's head which appeared to be the most injured part in her body, she held onto it to reduce the bleeding , till the emergency aids came. They rushed her to the stretcher taking her into the ambulance while she followed them immediately, explaining what happened.

On arriving the hospital ,perilla was quickly rushed into the stretcher to the hospital with the help of the nurses, they took her to the emergency room and started her treatment immediately with the best doctor around at that moment,all thanks to mrs silver's influence.

Miss silver took her phone placing a call to her son while she waited at the front seat .

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Rammel cha was having his beauty sleep when a call came in .He grabbed his phone ready to word- butcher the person who disturbed his sleep when he heard his mom's voice.

Mom what happened he inquired , sweetheart can you come to carelife hospital he heard his mom's shaking voice sounding urgent on the phone before the call ended.

He stood up immediately,no longer interested in sleeping . He wore his clothes stepping out of his room informing the rest of his friends as they headed to the hospital.

Mom, rammel called as he rushed in while his friends settled with the receptionist .

Miss silver turned as she heard her son's voice, sweetheart she called with a sigh of relief.

What happened rammel asked as he reached his mom's side but his mother just looked at him without answering, he could sense it, his mom was worried.

The others came in, aunt silver what happened they also inquired because everyone knows what ever involves the hospital at this time of the night wasn't something nice.

Hmm , mrs silver took in huge breath

My car ran into someone she dropped the bombshell while they stared with eyes wild opened.

Micheal li the eldest among the friends and also the most matured asked; did the victim make it?

Mrs silver shook her head saying she didn't know yet, she's been attended to she said, hopefully she's going to make it Mrs silver said unsure as tears welled up her eyes, fear visible on her face, she couldn't believe she just hurt a human even though it's not really her fault but..

Rammel noticing his mother's fear quickly gave her a comforting hug while the others reassured her with words.