Chapter 20: Blue, Old, New (3)
Episode 20. Blue, Old, New (3)
It felt like a splash of cold water had disrupted the previously amicable atmosphere. Something red splattered against the window. Blood. I instinctively knew. The fallen…
James Stranden rushed out in a panic, shouting, “Christine, don’t look!” But I knew it was too late. James Stranden’s fiancée was already staring out the window, her face as pale as a sheet, covering her mouth with her hand.
“I… I saw it. I saw… I saw it all.”
The woman’s face, muttering blankly, was stained with despair.
Liam and I simultaneously jumped up and rushed to the window. I looked down while Liam looked up. Seeing what was sticking out of the flower bed just outside the restaurant, I understood why Liam had been so reluctant to attend this wedding.
It was a person. A man, still barely alive and writhing, murmured something while waving his hand.
“Ugh… ni.”
What? What did he say?