Alexandra Verlino

Ep 28: Confabulation

We went straight to Jung Soo's ward after checking myself out from the ward. I open the door slowly, afraid if I'm disturbing his sleep. He is fully unconscious, but Yesung and Ryeowook are in the room, looking after him. They must have agreed to take turns to do it. They both see me coming in, and both stand up, almost in coordination with each other. I sign them to sit down. Ji Yong whispers to me that he'll get breakfast for us all, and he warns me to not leave the room without him. I nod in agreement. He then leaves me with them.

"How's he doing?" I ask.

"Just like that, since last night. Luckily he doesn't lose much blood. It could be fatal, but the most nerves wrecking moment is now over. We are glad he's fine," Yesung reports to me.

I look at his face deeply. His pure face is soundly asleep. I think back of my hasty decision yesterday. If only I went inside the building with him, none of us are going to be like this right now. I remember Jay Park by that time.

"Jay Park! How about him? Is he okay?"

"He's in the other room. He's fine. Actually he was the one who saved both of you," Ryeowook answered my question.

I raise my eyebrow. So he DID manage to get help! Thank God! I let go of a relief sigh. Yesung explains further that it was thanks to Ji Yong that the two guards went searching the area. I just realized the path to our date place somehow connected to the roadside where I left Jay Park before going back to save Jung Soo. Now it all makes sense.

"Ji Yong thought it was SM, but Mr. Jung said it was the mafia group, so we all are being very careful. Who would have thought it was someone else," Yesung ended his story.

SM, JYP, YG, and now even mafia groups. How are we even going to get out of this mess?

Ji Yong returns with some food. He buys quite a large amount. I pass the yogurt along with some kimbab to Yesung and Ryeowook. Those guys must be hungry as well. Then I pass the leftover to Ji Yong. He needs energy as well. He gives me my favorite, banana yogurt with mayonnaise tuna triangle kimbap. I smile at him. There are also some breads inside as well as other food. We can leave those to Jung Soo later. He does not seem to be waking up soon, so Ji Yong excuses himself and me, as he wants to make sure I get some rest at home. Yesung and Ryeowook bid us goodbye. They themselves will go home soon when other members come to take their place.

There is a lot that needs to be done. The situation we are all in, is nothing in favor of us. If anyone, at all, to be roamed around freely, it would have been me. And so the answer lies in the very top management of this barbaric system. To meet them, it seems that I would need some help from those who are the expert in slipping around the people. The only person that I can think of right now is YHS-YG, Soo Hyang-SM, and Jin Young-JYP. I have no other connections with the mafia group. They seem to not take any actions at all. I have doubts whether they really exist, or it was just another scary movie told by people all around as rumor.

I crack my head hard thinking of other possible ways. Can't I just...like...gather them all in one place and ask them what they want out of all this? I'm really exhausted. Every single plan that was carried out will have some other effects from the other side. If I could only gather them all together...

"I want you to stay with Mr. Jung for the time being. His house seems to be the safest for now. Next time, don't even think of rushing to save people without a plan or backup. Especially backup! That is really important!" he starts nagging at me.

"But I'm tired. I hate the feeling of nervousness when I find out someone, somewhere, at any moment, will be dead because of this system. You don't understand. It's...too complicated," I try to tell him wholeheartedly.