Chapter 45

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No Plagiarism!F0vz6Aa8kzfY6YUNYR6Oposted on PＥNAＮＡ The telephone rang in the dead of night.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxVXDswEvs 維尼

‘Hello?’ Sah took her hand out of heaps of blankets and grabbed her phone on the bedside. Her thumb drifted across the screen instinctively. She didn’t even need to open her eyes to take the call.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoUpO1BWED 維尼

‘Sah! We got something over here. At the hillside. West Town Hill’, Wan cried out, barely covering the sound of the pouring rain.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IlShoeY9Z 維尼

‘Is Mr. Dong not there?’ Sah patted her forehead, wanting to get rid of the headache from her hangover.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKEI2SLH3k 維尼

‘He’s working in the south of the city and can’t leave.’ Wan noticed that her voice was nasal, so he could tell that she had been crying.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8jcIpJ2q7 維尼

‘Mmhm. I’ll come then.’ No matter how reluctant Sah was, she still had to leave her bed, as well as her unfinished, sweet dream.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFizZczzX6 維尼

‘I’m sorry, Sah…’ Wan kept on apologising. He knew how important this day was to Sah. Despite being a workaholic, she took the day off and stayed at home all day. She didn’t want to see anybody. She didn’t want to see people who knew her under those pitying gazes of theirs. She didn’t want to talk about how great her day was.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡOl3JjAO9lY 維尼

‘Don’t be silly! You’re not the one who made me upset!’ Sah deeply knew that as a leader of the team, she couldn’t act on impulse.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL0xmzRLTq 維尼

Having written down the address, Sah hung up. Five minutes later, she took a taxi and went to the hill at the west of the city. 8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAT622Ulu4 維尼

Outside the car window, droplets of rain slowly grew out of their needle-like nature and into pea-shaped. With the roaring wind and the crackling thunder, the sky was split by fitful gleams. It was like a scene from a nightmare.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡUv6W9mYUXO 維尼

People always said, ‘You are what you think.’ It suddenly struck Sah. Would the scene also change along with my emotions?8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7CSKbJCFd 維尼

It was Sah and Zhun Kit’s wedding day one year ago today. The patch of grass behind the church glistened in the sun.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E0qpN1qEW 維尼

Sah called Zhun Kit, who said he was on the way to the church and told her not to worry about him. Before he hung up, he didn’t forget to charm her with the cheesy line that only belonged to the two of them. ‘The grass grows as far as our love goes. ’8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡph6YLkLQKP 維尼

A few simple words were enough to describe the scene the two had met beside a river in a foreign land, the countless letters they had been exchanging to lay their hearts bare for each other, the romance in the air on their dates, the endless streams of emotions that drove them both to unfold the next stage of life…8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75AziCnjVR 維尼

Two hours passed, yet there was still no sight of Zhun Kit. Instead, her mother whisked her way here in a panic while lending an arm to Sah’s father, whose face was covered in blood. ‘We saw Zhun Kit and Man Ling messing around at the parking lane behind the hill! We caught them red-handed! They hit Dad and then ran off with their car!’8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIqnpn8nr8 維尼

‘Zhun Kit and Man Ling? No, it couldn’t be… It couldn’t be!’ Sah, who was usually reserved and calm, was now yelling and darting towards the path. She didn’t want to grab hold of what they just said, but rather any clues that will prove her parents wrong. Maybe they had mistaken them as another couple. Or perhaps Zhun Kit and Man Ling wanted to surprise her. Or maybe…8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFFXLjs2ld 維尼

‘Maybes’ didn’t exist in the real world. They were narcotics specially for those who escaped from reality.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIEizEuNdb 維尼

The pool of blood on the ground shook her rational side awake. The area of the bloodstains showed the brutality of the assailant. The footprints of large pointed-toe shoes and middle-sized high heels revealed how frantic they were when they were scrambling away. The short, dark tyre tracks indicated how the anxious driver had been as he immediately tread onto the pedal after just having started the car. The buttons of a man’s shirt and the pearls of a necklace scattered on the ground unveiled the chaos that had been unleashed upon this ground…8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡidct8b8fx5 維尼

‘Sah!’ Wan and Mr. Dong followed behind her quickly. They were worried that she might do something outrageous again. She was one elite member of the police force, not someone who could be easily held down by young hooligans or fat, slow old men. 8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7t5TARGoi9 維尼

Sah gave no answer. She hung her head low and stared at the ground blankly.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡr127LFCWbf 維尼

‘Sah Sah!’ Her parents went after her, with her fellow bridesmaids propping them up.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQVxG3sUo2 維尼

‘This is the third time.’ A sense of despair crept upon her calm voice.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiVcSP8c5w 維尼

There was certainly no need for an explanation. Everyone knew what she was referring to. The first time was when her then boyfriend, Zhi Wai, flitted away to avoid paying his debts. The second time was her ex, Ka Heng, who had met his one true love while travelling alone, and had explained all of this with only a few words written on a postcard. This was the third time; Zhun Kit was two-timing with her childhood friend Man Ling.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN1rHFp7HO 維尼

Everybody wanted to comfort her, yet not a word came out of them.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23NqUZEAbh 維尼

An unforeseen, violent storm turned up in the cloudless sky, followed by the howling wind and showers of rain, which instantly washed away the wet bloodstains, as if nothing had happened in the first place. The path was still as quiet as it had been all long, and Sah was still the one who was left behind.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQLQGj0eYG 維尼

She got out of her car after reaching the foot of the hill.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4YuKLhe7I 維尼

Sah was listening to Wan’s briefing of the case while putting on a raincoat within the police line.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaehqXM215 維尼

‘Around nine at night, a male resident who lived by was walking his dog. The dog suddenly went off leash and went missing after it had run up the hill. At nine thirty, the male resident contacted two of his friends to look for the dog. At eleven thirty, one of his friends found the dog, which was holding a decomposed finger in its mouth. They rang the police after then.’ Wan didn’t take his eyes off her face, and deduced how she felt by judging her expression.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMj2FLyoMJ 維尼

‘Where’s the body?’ Sah pretended to concentrate on putting her gloves on, turning a blind eye to Wan’s odd look.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVv2Fq4kvS 維尼

‘Right up front. A member of the searching team found it. They’re still digging up the body as it’s buried deep under.’ Wan knew what her temper was like and quick-wittedly led the way.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGPEc7FxdV 維尼

The scene was closely surrounded by tall trees, so it was difficult to set up large excavators and lighting equipment. The rain slowed down the digging even more.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡgveI46WxDk 維尼

Sah took a glimpse of the arms and sleeves of the body dug up, and shivers went down her spines.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6mWHY056k 維尼

It couldn’t be! It couldn’t be!8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GOpjlPXnf 維尼

Her mind was desperately trying to run away, but her body leaned forward to take a good look at it.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL8uLpMxMD 維尼

The royal-blue-coloured long-sleeved floral shirt, the rose-gold cufflinks mounted in obsidian, the four violet eyelets on the sleeves which she picked out…8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyv5S1YFqG 維尼

Millions of thoughts flooded her mind all at once.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡshTGwfzOxa 維尼

‘Zhun Kit!’ Sah lost control of herself and pounced forward. Spreading her fingers, she desperately started to dig away the piles of soil that was covering the body.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgxcQfmNaP 維尼

‘Sah! Stop her! Quick!’ Wan and two other colleagues dragged her away.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLJ2DDX3Qr 維尼

‘Zhun Kit’s still alive! I have to save him! I have to save him!’ Sah wrenched herself free from the grips of the three strong men, plunged forward, and continued digging. 8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnh2PYZIel 維尼

The three tried to stop her again and pressed her down on the ground with great force, all while letting her wail as she broke down.8964 copyright protection153ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0NY8VsBEC 維尼

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