Chapter 152 - Slipping Away 2

Ye Rim also wondered why she was more disgusted than afraid of that grotesque thing and whose face vaguely resembled Yuna. It was like a c.o.c.kroach. Something hateful, but you couldn't really be afraid. Ye Rim knew that the creature could not attack her or do any kind of harm. She thought about speaking the words louder and more clearly, and maybe even going up to the sink to get closer to the creature. Shouldn't the Sun Serpent Prayer work?

However, the door behind her suddenly opened, hitting her in the back. It threw Ye Rim forward, and the woman who had opened the door apologized, embarrassed and distressed. Ye Rim still felt the painful impact on her lower back, when the creature took the moment to escape like a gecko. The thing ran across the wall and ran through the top of the open door in that liquid, terrifying way that she had seen once.

The human, of course, saw nothing, and still apologized effusively, asking if she had hurt Ye Rim. 

Ye Rim controlled her frustration and even the pain, and left the bathroom after losing her supernatural 'prey'. The singer looked around and saw she didn't see the creature anymore, in the midst of the noisy crowd.

"I finally found you," Kim Jun Hyeon stopped beside her. He didn't have a cheerful expression, however,

"You seem in pain, what is it?"

"A girl slammed the bathroom door on me, unintentionally. I'm okay."

After making sure she really wasn't hurt, Dr. Kim said,

"Ye Rim, I spoke to the owner of the house. We'd better talk to him. I think we have to do something about Yuna Zhang. She is up to something, which may happen tonight."

"I also have something to tell you, Oppa. Something incredible just happened!" Right now, Ye Rim just wanted to tell immediately about the shadow and her attempt of 'exorcism'. Yuna was free from the thing, and maybe everything would be resolved now. But then Jun Hyeon drew her attention to a small group near the entrance,

"Look, how convenient for us! Yuna is with your friend and the owner of the house! Perhaps it is the right time to act!"

Ye Rim nodded, looking at where Eun Ha was, with Shin Hye Seong and Yuna Zhang. And intimately she loved Jun Hyeon's attitude! Sensible but assertive!

They headed for the group, while Ye Rim thought better about how to tell the things that happened to them. Would they believe her?

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"Yuna-ssi!" Stylist Jung exclaimed as if she hadn't realized that the woman was clearly in poor health. She knew that Yuna had serious addictions, and that she was being blackmailed because of them. She was being forced to cause an accident that could kill her own father. While Eun Ha  felt sorry for this woman, she also disliked Yuna. But she also didn't want to cause any scandal at her own fashion show, did she? Yuna was in complete disarray, with bulging eyes and a sweaty skin. The Hunter also could not took the magic monocle and examine the woman in front of everyone. But it wasn't necessary. They both knew that she was in an advanced stage of wraith parasite due to her depression and addictions. A wraith were not the cause, but it worsened her condition, and made her more susceptible.

"Is this your cell phone, Yuna-ssi?" Eun Ha asked innocently, taking her hand down for a moment. Her wand was in the same hand as her cell phone, and she expertly placed both of them in the pocket of her clothing.

"Yes, Mrs. Jung, I dropped it and was looking for it!" Yuna said with shaky and pitchy voice, a mix of anger and fear.

"How lucky that the owner of the house just found him!" Eun Ha said with a smile.

"Were you trying to call with my phone?"

"The phone rang as soon as I took it," Eun Ha handed the phone back, without further questioning. What Yuna wouldn't know, of course, is that it wasn't the real phone. 

"You…!"

"But when I answered, the person hung up!" the fairy wanted to see Yuna's reaction. Designer Zhang's daughter visibly trembled, but thanked her with a yellow smile, seeming not to trust Eun Ha's words entirely,

"Right. Thanks. I am in debt. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I have to go," she froze when she saw Ye Rim join the group, next to Dr. Flamingo. This intrigued the fairy, but she realized that the couple also was acting strangely. The woman, contrary to expectations on social occasions turned on her heels and hurriedly left them. The doctor turned to go after her, but Hunter Shin stopped him,

"Dr. Kim. We better get this out of here. I don't want to spoil Miss Jung's reception."

"But what happened here?" asked Ye Rim, "Ah, before that, I can finally introduce you personally," and she introduced Dr. Flamingo by his real name. 

Eun Ha couldn't even narrow her eyes as she wanted, if it was another occasion. But she had promised that she would no longer pursue the Man in Pink, so she smiled. 'You are still under observation, you pink wading bird! One misstep and you're done! ' she thought with conviction. The doctor, on the other hand, smiled with all his teeth showing at Eun Ha. 'Ah, up close he is even more handsome! This is worse than I thought!'

"I suggest we follow Ms. Zhang and her father on the way home, and hand the phone over to the police after that," he said. Eun ha looked away from her friend, just to see her eyes sparkle with emotion at all that Dr. Flamingo's facade attitude. Eun Ha sighed, turning to the person who would certainly solve everything. The brave and effective Hunter Shin!

He held out his hand for Eun Ha to hand him the real cell phone. Of course, her maneuver had not escaped his eyes. He mumbled,

"Your talkative friend Baek is coming, Miss Jung," and turning to Dr. kim, he spoke more audibly, "If Dr. Kim is a good driver, I will accept a ride to do exactly what you said."

'Uhm? What a traitor! How is he going to call Dr. Flamingo to help him?!' Eun Ha felt jealous. Ye Rim at their side, however, encouraged them,

"Please be cautious. This woman is in serious trouble. I don't know how to explain it right now, but I just know that she is very upset."

"It will be good to have a doctor by my side, in case something happens along the way with one of them," explained the Hunter. But the conversation couldn't continue as, as predicted, Woo Geun reached out to them, asking Eun Ha and Ye Rim to circulate with him for a while to greet more people.

Eun Ha saw the two men leaving together, with a tightness in the chest.

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"There they are!" said Mr. Shin. And Jun Hyeon looked immediately at the courtyard where the valet was holding the door for Yuna Zhang to place her father into the car. Alexander Zhang staggered in the passenger seat of her car.

"I think we can reach them. I was late, so my car must be closer," he said. And he was right. Jun Hyeon has always been a great driver, so I had no trouble reaching Yuna's car out of the neighborhood.

"Don't you think it's strange that she came with a car without a driver?"

"I think it has a purpose. She doesn't want witnesses ..."

"Or she wants to cause an accident. Her father's chances of surviving would be severely diminished if he were unconscious or semi-unconscious," said Kim, although his mind also wandered to cases where a person could die of intoxication and, if he suffered a violent accident, the fact would be easily covered up. While he remained in Yuna's track, he noticed that the man beside him had put on a strange blue monocle.

"Your accessory ... Does it have a purpose?" he asked, curious.

"Yes," replied Miss. Jung's French teacher.

"And what is it?" He thought it unnecessary to ask, but he had already realized that Mr. Shin was as eccentric as Ye Rim's unnie. And they were a very peculiar couple.

"Look cool while we do this," was the unexpected response he received from Mr. Shin. Jun Hyeon laughed. This guy was cool. Maybe I didn't even need the monocle.

"If this woman tries to throw that car against a pole, we're going to have problems. I think we better call the police."

"Yes. Because, I'm sure she'll do it," said the mysterious man. 'Why does it look like he is seeing things that I am not seeing?' Jun Hyeon wondered. But he pressed the dashboard of the car and called the police, denouncing driving under the influence of alcohol and telling them where they were. 

Yuna was going to the bridge over the Han River.

"Why do I think this woman wants to do something even more crazy and horrible?" he exposed his most pessimistic thoughts. He was afraid that the woman was so desperate that she planned to commit suicide while her poor father was unconscious in the car. Yuna was acting as a suicide, before leaving the mansion.

"I think we better try to make it pull over," said Shin. Can you get close to them?"

"Maybe she speeds up if I do it."

"Then, we must take a drastic measure," the monocle guy said, and Jun Hyeon thought he was quite bold for a French teacher. 'What this guy really is?'

"What do you intend to do?" Kim asked, as he sped up to do what was necessary.

"She's in the right lane. Come closer. We have to do this just before it reaches dangerous terrain or the bridge. Then you will hit her car behind the rear wheel with the side of that car."

Kim Jun Hyeon acknowledged the police maneuver. If done in adverse conditions or on a dangerous road, it could make the car go flying, and it might be lethal. So it had to be now.

He turned the wheel, taking a deep breath, and muttering under his breath,

"And here we go!"