Chapter 19 - 18. Between A Rock And A High Place
Shit! Shit-shit-shit!
Sarah didn't even have a leeway to look back. Just the rumbling sounds of the truck already told her she was within a grinding distance from it. She had run through a path too narrow and too uneven for a vehicle, yet the truck still found her when she exited the street.
Damn it--that was why people shouldn't fight on someone else's turf!
But how, oh, how did she come into this predicament? Well...it began with her grand entrance into her homeland, taking over the family car and swerving to her beloved bar--which had strangely turned into her comfort place.
"I'm here to see the Little Bird."
"So soon after coming back?" Lee Sol pursed his lips in disagreement. "Can't you loosen up and have some drinks first?"
"I quit drinking," Sarah muttered, before glancing at the manager sharply. "The Little Bird."
Lee Sol sighed and raised his palms in defeat. "Alright, alright--so impatient..."
The grumbling manager brought Sarah deeper into the hive of Helios, right beneath the golden dome. A whole floor had been dedicated to one person, filled with the smell of coolant and the buzzing of a running engine. At the center of it all, was a crouching figure surrounded by comfortable living space and cute animal plushies.
This was where Lee Sol got information about Helios's customers. More than that, however, it was the core and the nest of Song Yonghwa's global information network, managed by one little bird. Presently, the second generation.
"She's inside, as usual..." Lee Sol pursed his lips, staring at the screen near the 'gate' separating the living area and the server. There was a face with squinting eyes on the screen that told him he wasn't allowed to go further. "You can go by yourself, right?"