Blaze

The Chances of Comfort

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"You've been here three years?" Suho repeated.

The young girl with sleek long hair in front of him nodded. She was a pretty thing with a sharp nose and high cheekbones. When she smiled two dimples would appear on both sides of her face making her look essentially cute. From the five minute long conversation they'd been having, he found out she had been in a dance school before she was forced to drop out due to tuition expenses. Her father shortly ran away with all their money and their family soon split apart in which she ended up at the brothel. Suho found it a shame she was in such a place, but in all she really seemed like a down to earth honest girl.

"It's not bad here, really," the girl emphasized, "there's some competition amongst some of the girls, but everything's relatively calm here."

"Can I ask if there's been anything you would consider suspicious?" Suho asked.

The girl looked around before slightly whispering, "I heard a few of the girls on probation had to clean up in room 214. There are some rumors that the room was kept empty for a few nights, but when I walked passed it once, I heard some little girls talking inside."

"Little girls?" Suho raised his eyebrow in surprise.

The girl nodded, "I'm sure they were voices belonging to little girls, but I don't know what happened to them. I know it was given to some girl yesterday, but it's empty again today."

"No one's in there right now?" Suho questioned.

The girl shook her head. "That's all I know."

Suho put her words into thought before asking, "What about your headmistress? What kind of person is she?"

"I've only ever seen her twice," the girl explained, "when I came here and once when I was downstairs."

"Do you know if anyone has come to see her? Particularly, a man," Suho said.

He watched her eyelashes blink before she told him, "I know she has had a few meetings with the same person a few times, but I'm not sure who he is."

Suho nodded putting her words into memory then smiled, "Alright, thank you. I'm going to get going now since my partner seems to have left. I hope you can find somewhere else to go. It'd be nice to have a fresh start."

The girl sweetly smiled, "Thank you. I wish I would have met someone like you earlier. You're such a great person."

He awkwardly laughed, "Ah...thanks."

Suho nodded at her and watched her head off before he turned away. It was back to business for him. So little girls had indeed been kept in the brothel for whatever reason there was, but it didn't seem like any harm had been done to them. It was a little suspicious to start with. Why had they been brought there?

Pausing in front of room 214 Suho stared at the tan door as if he could see what was inside. Pushing the door open he stepped in and closed it behind him. Running his eyes over the walls and the floor he then turned to the little table against the wall. A diamond paper weight was sitting atop the table and he grabbed it out of curiosity. He assumed it was what had caused the cut on the side of Namjoo's head before setting it back down.

Namjoo had spoken about Han Dan Bi's initials covered by a poster. At the turn of his head he spotted the poster on the wall and walked toward it. It hadn't yet been repasted back to the wall. Pulling the little flap aside he stared at the faded initials and stared. If Namjoo had found the initials and had discovered the note in this particular room, would there be other clues hidden in it? There must be...but where?