Chapter 3 Part II
Raven stared at me through the darkening sky,he walks more closer to me and held my hands in a protective way,
"Jina," he said quietly. "I still think you should stop.this school hates investigation or anything connected to it,you might be putting your life in danger,and you don’t have any power in you”,But if you insist…
He stepped back.
…then I will be going.
He walked away, and vanished into the crowd…
The courtyard cleared as students went to their various rooms. Police officers moved into the security building, shouting instructions. I stood alone under the courtyard light.
Then I noticed the security office door wide open.My heart beats.This might be my only chance.
i looked around. No one was watching. It was almost 7 PM—teachers were busy and students were gone.i slipped inside.
A wall of monitors shined across the table. I walked toward the main desktop, which is connected to all cameras and my fingers flew across the keys.
I rewind from the moment of the class and after class,but surprisingly so many files were edited and missing.
Moments from the classroom and Moments from the exact hours things had gone wrong.
and then On the oldest un-erased one, a tall figure entered the classroom. A tall guy wearing a face cap, head lowered. His build was familiar but blur to identify.
I tried zooming in but then a footstep was heard outside,Someone was coming,i immediately shut down the system, slipped off the chair, and rushed out of the room, my heart pounding and Thank goodness no one saw me.
i ran up the stairs and was just a few steps from my room…
"Jina?
Jan stood in the corridor.
"Jan, I breathed out, trying to hide the fright in my voice. I haven't seen you all day . Are you okay?
"Yes, yes," she said quickly. "Sorry, I was stuck with so many things. Goodnight, okay?
She brushed past me and rushed to her room,I tried looking at her wrist and I could see some blood stains on her hands or maybe I am imagining things,When she disappeared around the corner, I entered my room and locked the door.
Then I ran straight to my supposed roommate cupboard “ yen”,
I tore through her things,her notebooks, I found an album buried deep beneath the cupboard.
Photos.Yen smiling,another one she took with her classmates,I could see one with Minho and Jan,I was too engrossed on the photos and just then..
…
BANG!!!
My window exploded And glasses shattered everywhere and tiny glass filled across my bed, desk, floor.
My heart nearly stopped.
After several long seconds, forcing courage into my shaking legs,I crawled toward the window and couldn't find any one just darkness everywhere…
But on the floor, among broken glass, was a stone wrapped in paper.
My hands shook violently as I unwrapped it.
A shaggy handwriting written with blood..
“Stay off jina,don’t wake what you can’t handle…ask well before you enter.
My breath suddenly increase,perhaps someone knew I had gone looking at the security room,or perhaps someone wants to shut me up…
I rushed out of my room, shutting the door behind me, running through the corridor barefoot.
I didn't care who saw me,all I needed now is someone to stay with,
I stopped in front of the room I saw Jan enter earlier and knocked heavily.The door opened immediately.
Jina? Jan asked, her eyes widening. Are you okay?
Someone broke my window, I gasped. Jan I'm scared. I can't sleep in my room tonight.
Her face softened.
Jina… you have to report to security.
Not now. Please. At least not tonight.
She nodded and pulled me inside gently.
"Lucky you, she said as she handed me a blanket. "My roommates went for night reading. They won't be back till morning.
I climbed onto one of the empty beds, held the blanket tightly, my heart still shaking.
"Thank you,I whispered.
I lay awake for a long time, staring at the ceiling,
The next morning,I left Jan room before she could woke..Getting to my room,i rushed to have a quick shower...
Yen's cupboard felt like the last clue I needed... I had checked through it before, but today I wanted to be thorough. If someone had left a clue. The cupboard was mostly books,
At the back, beneath a row of physics texts, I found a small bundle wrapped in nylon.I unwrapped it on the floor. Inside was just one notebook.i flipped through the pages. Then, near the end, a single line in heavier, bolder handwriting:
"Eunwoo was blackmailed by someone in higher rank that he trusted."
Eunwoo. The name pushed into my. I knew this name from somewhere
I packed the other books back into the cupboard, leaving the notebook open on my knees so the sentence glared up at me. For a moment I imagined Raven's face when I told him. He had asked me earlier if I have ever heard of Eunwoo from my father, and his expression is not clear…
I shut the cupboard and closed my door,I searched of Raven but as usual
He is no where to be found…
No one could tell me where he lived in the hostel. Students said he'd been in the library in the morning. Others swore they hadn't seen him at all.
By six the evening bell rang I was halfway through reheating my coffee when a heavy knock banged on my door..
"Who is it?" I called before I could stop myself, trying to keep my voice low.
A small, rough voice replied, "Open the door, please. Jina."
