A local thief and outcasted police detective, Park Seonghwa, become unlikely partners in crime to solve a string of murders.
START: 3.31.2020
FINISH: 2.20.2021
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record 20...AUGUST 8
3:12 PM
LEVI IS JOLTED from her nap, nearly tumbling off of the living room sofa and to the carpet. She blinks away the last vestiges of sleep from her tired eyes, gaze darting around the trailer. Another set of strident knocks sound when she fails to answer quickly enough and finally, she pushes herself up onto wobbly feet.
She pulls the door open without looking, already knowing exactly who was coming over today.
"Hey Minni," she greets groggily, smoothing the wrinkles from her shirt. She squints in the afternoon light outside, eyes watering as she shields her eyes from the sunlight.
"Sleeping in again, huh?" Minni asks incredulously, a strange look in her eyes. Pity? Judgement? "It's three in the afternoon."
Levi rolls her eyes as she pushes out an exaggerated yawn, stepping to the side. "Yeah. Come in. I'll help you with that essay like I promised."
Levi used to write. She had been an overachiever and always had the best grades out of her small graduating class. Especially when it came to English courses. She used to love it, eat it up. She liked the idea of escaping her tiny town, her reality, and fleeing to some world constructed in her imagination. But after all of that was snatched from her, she just wanted her normal back. Wanted Maya back. Her mother back. Her aunt back.
She used to think that words on a page could express everything, they could live long on after she could. But no words could ever capture Maya's essence, her bright smile and optimism. The way she turned thunderstorms into rainbows. Words could only try and they fell short every damn time.
Minni makes no attempt to move, an eyebrow raised as she looks Levi up and down, noticing the bags lining her bloodshot eyes.
"Actually, I think you really need the sleep. I can figure it out."
"Hey, I'm fine," Levi insists unconvincingly. "You said that you needed to get the essay done. I can help."
Minni shakes her head, her choppy bangs hanging before her eyes. "You saw the news right? They caught that guy, the dentist." Her voice goes soft, hesitant. "I know how the killings were affecting you. Just rest up for a while, m'kay?"
Damn is she that obvious? She hasn't been getting much sleep over the last few days, even with the murderer arrested and peace restored to the cape. The jailing of Dr. Henry Wellston doesn't bring the girls back. It doesn't bring Maya back. It doesn't stop the images of their glassy, dead eyes staring at her from replaying every time she lays down to sleep.
Levi sighs. "Alright, but I'll make it up to you next time."
She wants Minni to succeed. The girl has a good head on her shoulders, smart and quiet. The cape is no place for a girl like her. It would eat her up and spit out her corpse without any remorse.
