"You!"
Troy stares at her angrily, then he nods, "OK!"
Then he goes.
The marriage is meaningless, so he will do some sacrifice.
When he goes back to his office, Robert rushes into there. He says, "Mr. Troy, we have good news."
"What good news?" Troy asks him.
"We checked the boat as you ask, and we found something new. Now I have a target and we will find
the truth soon."
"Awesome!"
Troy is glad. He has waited today for a long time.
"Continue to follow the target. This time we can’t fail since it’s urgent. We must win."
"Sure."
"By the way, please reserve two tickets to Paris for me." Troy says.
"Are you going to Paris?"
"Yes, Mia wants to take wedding pictures there."
Robert can tell how reluctant he is.
"We will get the truth soon. You can say no to her."
"No, I can’t be careless now. I have gone through too many failures these years."
"I see."
Robert sighs as he swears that he will complete the mission. If Troy loses this time, he will lose his life,
so he can’t lose.
"Wait a second."
"Don’t let Karin know that I will go to Paris," Troy adds.
"I see."
Troy doesn’t intend to lie to Karin. Actually, there is no need to lie. But if she knows he is going to Paris
with Mia, she will be upset.
But Karin hears the news in the afternoon when Troy takes Mia to Paris.
That afternoon, while she is planting snapdragons in the garden, Milan comes to visit her. In fact, she is
showing off rather than visiting her.
She, who has tiny waist, wears high-heeled shoes and a red frilly cap, and walks into the living room
like a swan.
"Yuma, Yuma…" She calls Yuma loudly.
Yuma comes. She asks, "What can I do for you, my lady?"
"Clean up here right now and clear up all the flowers in the garden."
"Why?" Yuma is puzzled.
"Because Troy’s wedding is coming. I plan to decorate this house for him to live with his wife. Get it?"
Milan speaks more loudly. She knows Karin is in the garden, so she wants Karin can hear her.
"I have to give him a call and ask him."
"You don’t need to call him. He is not in Zurich. He takes his fiancée to Paris in the morning to take
wedding pictures, so he won’t be back in two days."
Karin is shocked by her words, and she stops working. But neither does she turn around or ask Milan.
She stops working for a moment and then go on to work as if she hears nothing.
"Follow me."
Milan knows that Karin hears what she says. Then, she goes to the garden and points at the sunflower,
saying, "Clear up these flowers and those."
What she points at are all planted by Karin.
"You know my mom’s favorite flower was wisteria when you took care of her? How can you let other
flowers pollutes the environment?"
Milan stamps her foot in anger and then leaves. The garden is quiet, but Karin bursts into tears.
She doesn’t want to cry, but she can’t help crying.
She knows that she has to be strong and brave to love Troy.
Her tears drop on the ground and make the grass wet. Next years here might probably grow miserable
memories.
"Miss Karin, are you alright?"
Yuma tries to comfort her but Yuma doesn’t know what she should say.
"I am fine."
Karin gives Yuma the shovel. She says, "Please plant the rest flowers. I am going to see a movie."
Karin gives a phone call to the chauffeur, who arrives ten minutes later.
"Take me to the cinema."
She doesn’t know why she wants to see a movie. But she thinks she must have something to do.
The movie is sad. Most audience cries, but she laughs.
She thinks, if she meets people who sat next to her last time, they might assume she is crazy, because
she laughs when watching a tragedy and she cries when watching a comedy. Only schizoid will do so.
After watching the movie, she feels much better. Even though others may think she is crazy, she
doesn’t care for she never cares how others think of her.
On the way home, the chauffeur chooses a shortcut. When they are in a remote alley, some people are
fighting there.
"What happen?"
"They might be fighting."
The chauffeur guesses. And he tries to keep a distance from those people.
Karin opens the window. She sees a man’s head is bleeding when others around him still beat him with
sticks.
Suddenly, she recalls that the three years ago, Troy asked her help. She feels sorry for the injured
man, so she asks the chauffeur to park.
"What’s the matter, Miss Karin?"
"I want to see what is happening."
The chauffeur is stunned. He tries to stop her and he says, "No. These guys are dangerous. We’d
better leave them alone."
"I can’t. I must help the man. You can stay in the car. Let me get out of the car."
The chauffeur knows that he can’t change her mind, so he parks the car. But he won’t stay in the car
since he has to protect Karin.
"Stop!"
Karin is yelling. Then those people who hold sticks turn around to watch her. One of them asks,
"What?"
"Do you want to kill him?"
"It is none of your business."
Another man walks to her and asks, "Generally speaking, a hero likes helping a beauty. So, do you
want to act as a hero?"
"Beauty, but the man who is lying on the ground isn’t a hero. He’s a petty man."
Then, they are laughing.
They are noisy. Karin frowns and asks them, "Can you let him go?"
"Really? You want to save him?"
Several men approach her and look at her. They say, "Sweet girl, how about having fun with us? If you
satisfy us, we will let him go right now. What do you think?"
She takes a step back. "Get away," she says in disgust.
Then the chauffeur Sam punches them and defeats them easily, which surprises Karin. She doesn’t
know Sam is so good at fighting.
"Wow!"
"Are you surprised?" Sam says, "The chauffeur who is hire by Mr. Troy must be able to protect you. I
never show anyone that I am good at fighting."
"Let’s go." Sam continues.
"Take him with us."
Karin walks to the injured man whose head is full of blood. She notices that he is about 20 years old.
"It is not our business. We must go now."
"No. If we don’t take him, he will be killed by them."
Sam looks at the dying man and sighs. He says, "He might be dead."
"Not yet, he’s breathing."
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