6: 08 am The ticking sound of the wall clock now irritates her to the edge as her anxiety reaches the seventh sky. Continuously tapped her feet on the white tiles, nails digging on either side of her crossed arms. Aerum glancing at the clock from time to time.
Practically she was sitting outside the operating room, Mark hasn't arrived yet. She has made a few calls to him but kept on voicemails. Which annoys her even more.
She hasn't taken a single min sleep which explains her headache and distorted self. Red puffy eyes with dark bags underneath them. Hairs pulled up in a messy bun.
Aerum sat on the bench and leaned her head on the wall behind her, eyes closed. the light glow of the still-rising sun illuminates the room but is somehow hidden by the curtain guiding the view.
Aerum let out a heavy sigh and pushed herself off the bench and walked to the OR. "Miss aerum ?" a manly deep voice caught her attention as she turned to them. "Yes".
" Detective Kun " the male showed his identity as followed by two others who say " detective Lucas" and "detective taeil ". She nodded understanding the assignment. " I assumed you're the one who called us and informed us about the situation " his deep Chinese accent sent chills as she breathed out. " Yes, it was me, and I-" she trailed off as she glance at the wall clock that ticked half past six.
"Don't you think you're a bit late? I called you at what half past 9? Officer ." Her dark brown orbs stare at the blond hair man that looks away with distress on his face. " It's been 9 hours Officers! Nine hours are enough for the culprit to make a plan, hire a plane and leave the country, you got no clue against him " aerum sternly exclaimed, glaring at the males.
" I'm sorry ma'am we apologize for our mistake, actually, there was an accident with a police car that occurs on our way and it took too long to settle things up and reach here !" aerum huffed the air. She wanted to argue but decided to go against it.
Aerum sat on the bench, hands on her lap, fiddling with each other as a sign of nervousness. The older seated beside her with a maximum gap, Lucas leaned against the wall as they began the investigation, while Kun stood in front of them with a notepad in his hand, staring at his senior. "Please tell us what happened. Be as specific as possible"
" Renjun. That is his name. The one who is responsible for my brother " she begins, turning toward the OR room. Where surgeons are proceeding with the operation.
The males share a look, knowing where it was all going, that was going unnoticed by aerum. "Where did it happen?" Taeil asked.
" This is the place, I found this in jinwoo's swimming bag" she unzips her small bag, taking out the piece of paper that has the address of the old boxing club, she visited before. Kun took the paper from her hand and read the letters with a knitted brow.
" What happened? Provide as many details as you can." it was Lucas this time as he spoke. Aerum recalled the event, it was horrible. She darted her gazes at the white marble floor recollecting as much information as she could before letting out a sigh.
" Jinwoo- lee Jinwoo is my cousin along with Mark lee. I'm his legal Guardian in Korea because Aunt bami - Mrs lee is in Canada. we came back to Korea a few months ago to continue my studies, jinwoo wanted to come too so I took him with me. Yesterday he did not come home after his classes were over and neither did he go to his swimming classes. I called him multiple times but he never picked up. he never switched off his phone but it was out of coverage. I even called his closest friends but none of them knew about him." she blabbers without taking a break, tears spilling from her eyes.
Recalling the event that she will never forget. " Relax ms lee, calm down " the blonde hair male put a hand on her shoulder to calm her but she shook her head, containing. " I was worried, so worried. I did not call Mark because he was out of the city to drive his girlfriend to her hometown. Then I decided to check his things. While searching for something useful I found this address and decided to go there, alone."
Aerum took a break waiting for their response. " What did you witness there? Did you see the culprit's face?" they asked. Their anticipating eyes waiting for her answer. But to their surprise, she nodded. " I did. When I arrived there, it was an old building but the internal interior was modern, I did not pay much attention to the detail but there was a boxing ring. He was beating my brother, mercilessly. To my surprise, there wasn't any protective equipment on him except for gloves. " she scoffed at the end.
" Jinwoo was not mouth guarded, and Renjun threw punches at him for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring." The male noted as they waited for her to continue but she did not.
Aerum was staring at the floor, forgetting that she was being investigated and lost in her thoughts. " Do you have physical evidence of the incident you can share?" taeil questioned. " Huh? Physical evidence? isn't my brother's limp body enough? He was in the operating room because of some illegal business and you're asking me for physical evidence ?" aerum snapped, hand clenched in a fist that turned white out of rage.
"I'm sorry ms lee but it's part of our job. please cooperate" Lucas apologized, running a hand through his blond locks that look ethereal on him. "Do you know why the incident occurred?"
"I don't know " they all nodded. "Did you tell anyone else other than the police about the incident? And Who?". "Mark -Jinwoo's older brother"
"Okay, Is there anything else you want to tell me that I haven't asked you?"
"No, there's nothing else I want to say" aerum stood up, blinking away the tears and turning toward them, lightly bowing. Taeil stood up as well, Lucas also pushing himself off the wall. " we'll leave now ".
"oh right miss...." taeil turn to leave before something hit him. " I would like you to give us your passport for information purpose." he explains. "may I know what kind of information?" knitted brow as she give them a look.
" Ma'am we know you are in the awful situation right now and I'll be very grateful if you cooperate..." kun stated.
Looking directly into their eyes searching for something but find nothing as she heave a sigh and started to search for her passport.
"Here...." she handed them. "we will let you know...thanks for your corporations " she nod as they left.
____________________________ To be continued.....!
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