'Golden Mary'

Part 9

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Seohyun opened the closet and glanced around. It was clear.

Stepping out she looked behind her to see the mass hall occupied no one before running toward the front doors which had been left wide open. Perhaps everyone had gone outside. At least she could only hope so. When she reached the opened doors, voices neared from her opposite. Holding her breath she dashed into the darkness of the bushes thankful that there was no light shining in those areas. She cursed Gi Su for being so stupid, but on the other hand she was lucky.

Seohyun quickly traced her steps in the darkness and through the bushes to where they'd infiltrated from. Hoisting herself up she jumped over the ledge to hear a voice call after her.

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"Go that way, you and the others go search in the house," Siwon pointed before pressing a button on the walkie-talkie, "how is it over there."

"Nothing over here," a voice relayed the message.

Siwon turned to his left to see a trail of bushes and trees before noticing a shadow jump over the high wall. He narrowed his eyes.

"Keep searching," Siwon said before sticking the walkie-talkie into his pocket before running toward the ledge.

He jumped over the ledge landing onto the street. He hadn't noticed how dark the streets were when he turned around before catching site of the perpetrator. Siwon dashed down the street after the person.

"Who are you!? Freeze!" Siwon shouted as loud as he could.

He followed the shadow around the bend and down the lit street. A few night cars passed by almost blinding him with their lights, but he had to keep going. If he didn't catch the perpetrator, he'd escape. They passed a few closing shops and some drunk people, but the stranger hadn't paused even a second. A mysterious wind swept by brushing a few droplets of sweat off his face before his eyes totally focused themselves onto the figure of the stranger running from him.

The way the hips swayed, the way the perpetrator's legs thinned from the thighs down, and finally Siwon's eyes rested upon the neat bun on the back of the person's head. It was a woman, not a man. A woman had broken into Gi Su's manor. What for? Why? Why a woman? What would a woman want that would be in Gi Su's home?

Questions wavered inside Siwon's mind as he became determined to find out her identity. It'd be a shame for him to let her run him out. Siwon quickened his steps, the echo of his feet pounding against the sidewalk becoming louder in the woman's ears. He watched as she accelerated in speed. Running like that suddenly brought back memories of running in a track competition back in school. It was a good workout, no doubt. A sudden flashback of the girl, Seohyun, who he'd met a while back appeared in his mind before he quickly shook the thought away. It was really an inappropriate time to be thinking about a girl.

A car turning into the intersection a feet ahead honked its horn deafening Siwon's ears. With no choice, he quickly skidded to a stop turning his head away, eyes shutting for a point second before he turned to see that the woman had totally jumped the car. Damn the person was fast, even he was starting to run out of breath. Siwon was forced to come to a stop before he'd lose his catch of oxygen and watched as the shadow disappeared into an alley.

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"You, hurry and search that way," an officer ordered before turning away to give out other orders.

Donghae groaned wondering why the hell he was even doing this. It wasn't really his job or place to be. Honestly, he should be in another home stealing his way through the darkness like a cat and taking what mattered to him. Not being here searching someone else's home for a who they believed to be a thief. Why hadn't the FBI just come if this important person, Gi Su, had such an amazing silent alarm?