INSIDE MONSTER. THE FUGITIVE.

CHAPTER 18: RUNNING AWAY FROM YOURSELF

When the elevator doors opened, Mi Hi jumped out of it and ran as fast as she could toward her apartment. Because of her quickened pace and the high-heeled shoes she wore at that moment, the hall resounded so powerfully. Mi Hi even seemed so confident while heading there. Yet, all this was a simple mask she wore because she was simply shaking inside while heading toward her apartment. Even her hands started to shake badly when she formed the door code. Because of this, she put the wrong code two or three times, looking around and seeming so scared because she thought that someone could have followed her there.

Not seeing anybody there, Mi Hi calmed down a little and formed the right code. Then, entering the apartment, she slammed the door behind her. When she entered, Mi Hi didn't even look around but rushed to close the door. Her mistake because, the moment she turned her back to the place where she came from, Mi Hi didn't see the young man about twenty, who had spied her from behind a pylon. Who was Mi Hi's stalker? No one other than the young man known by Ha Rin as Jackal.

Who was Jackal? Only a few people knew that. Yet, none of those who knew him got to know who he really was, and it was also true about Ha Rin and Mi Hi. They only knew that he was someone who owed his life to Ha Rin. Yet, all this wasn't trust insurance: neither for them nor for Jackal. That's why they just used each other in those cases they needed someone to help them with something. Because of this, none of them knew that Jackal was a slippery fellow, in fact, who worked only for himself and for his ambitions. Even so, being a pro, Jackal hadn't ever let anybody know or suspect about his dark aims. Not even his direct boss, about whom both Ha Rin and Mi Hi had no idea, probably knew which the young man's real intentions were.

Nevertheless, not knowing much about each other didn't impede any of them from having that perfect symbiosis. Thus, each time they needed to use the other one to reach some goals, they managed to do that perfectly. A symbiosis that worked for years, and which would have probably worked forever if Mi Hi hadn't broken her word that night, doing things behind others'backs. Thus, the doctor made things worse and forced Jackal to do something he didn't plan to do, at least not that night. And, to let them know that they couldn't control him, Jackal ruined their plan by causing that accident when the plan was only to help SolHi and Ha Rin escape from the hospital.

After the accident, Jackal waited for Mi Hi in front of her apartment, aware that she'd stop by there to take her things. A right thought this one because, at dawn, Kuk Mi Hi appeared in front of the building. And, judging by her behavior and that she seemed scared, Jackal understood that she not only did things at her will, but she also intended to get rid of SolHi and Ha Rin that night. Yet, by failing in her plan, she decided to run away. Something Jackal intended to impede at any cost. That's why he followed her to the sixth floor where the doctor was living. Yet, he didn't approach her but let Mi Hi enter the apartment, and Jackal did that, planning to get rid of her without witnesses.

Minutes after Mi Hi entered the apartment, Jackal did the same. Not to be taken by surprise but to make sure he'd have this effect on Mi Hi, the young man carefully closed the door behind him. Then, he folded his arms over his chest and looked at Mi Hi, who was gathering her things in a rush and who seemed damn scared at that moment. Yet, thinking that she was safe in her apartment, Mi Hi didn't look back, something that seemed to amuse Jackal. Then, tired of waiting for her to see him, Jackal approached her on the sly, making Mi Hi wince when she felt the coldness of the sharp blade of his dagger touching her throat. After that, Jackal grabbed Mi Hi by the hair and pulled her head back, delicately whispering into her ear, „Did you think that I won't ever find you, bitch? That's why you tried to hide?"

„No," Mi Hi rushed to say. She was shaking with all her body at that moment while her hands grabbed the man's arm, desperately clinging to life. „Just... the things got out of control. Yet, I didn't want this to end like that."