Dream Love : Dream Land - Chapter 140

“Hey, I’m going out now.”

Melanie in rush telling Beom-Soo that, in the early morning. She got some urgent work to do and need to move herself in fast.

“What about breakfast? I have already made your portion.” Beom-Soo said there hoping that the woman will change her mind.

After thinking a few times, Melanie gave up on her original plan and her legs started walking towards the kitchen. Her work is actually flexible, but she just too used in following timetable. Work habit like most of people said.

As she is quite busy with the meteor rainbow and Jieun, she finally takes unpaid leave for a year as a lecturer in the medical college. Of course, Jieun feel sad after knowing her decision, but she can’t do a lot of things at one time.

But her place is now replaced by Professor Do-Yun, her own superior who is already retired, but because he is on board in whatever Melanie is doing he steps up to help. Because he is also famous for his research and so on, Jieun is also excited to be able to study with him.  Thankfully.  And it save Melanie from ‘the sulking girl’.

“Are you going to stake out at Sarah’s house again? You didn’t get anything this past few weeks.” Beom-Soo asked there. He actually doesn’t agree with the woman doing the dangerous job alone, but he also can’t tag with her each time she wants to do it as he also has his own life priority.

Yes. After an accident that happened to her and she gradually recovered, Melanie always watched the movements of Sarah, her flower shop also her house. But, nothing happened. Even Martin’s shadow is completely invisible. It seems like the man knows that he is being watched. Martin is a sly person anyway.  A smart one at that.  Makes Melanie hating him more.

She also hired someone to pick up and send Jieun to college. Someone that can be trusted. Someone that good at martial arts. Jieun used to asking about why she suddenly got a personal driver, but Melanie just created a sad story saying that her friend which is the driver is losing his job due to something unfair and she just provide a temporary job for him to keep on living. And as Jieun has been naive as ever she just took the story completely without any doubt.

“Not today.” Melanie said while sipping her hot latte there. “Actually, I didn’t go there for about three days now.”

Beom-Soo was a little surprised at that time because everyday Melanie still came home a bit late. If she didn’t do the stake out, what else she’s doing?

“So what are you doing exactly? Can you tell me about that?”

“Nothing new. It just I received a tip from London saying that someone has been tested with the rainbow meteor since a month old.  A girl at that.”

Beom-Soo is a little surprised to hear that. Who dared to do a lab test on a baby?

“And what happen to the baby?” Beom-Soo getting serious so suddenly. Feeling concern about someone that he never know.

“That was exactly my reaction the first time I heard about that. I thought it was a joke at first, but with further investigation, it turns out that it’s all true. She is still survived till now, but I didn’t know her real condition is. She is an orphan, being left after her teenage mother gave birth and doesn’t want to take care of her as her so called boyfriend is a jerk and doesn’t want to be responsible. But the place that manages orphan infant apparently sells babies in silence and I don’t know what to say whether she is lucky or not.  Lucky because she wasn’t sold for another evil purpose, but unlucky for being a lab test. ”

Beom-Soo sigh hard there.  Can’t believe that this world is so cruel.  No.  People is the one that doesn’t have heart and make this world seems so cruel.

“What a tough life she got. How old is she now? ”

“25. What shocked me the most is that she is being injected by all the 7 rainbow meteors liquid.”

“But she still survives…”

Melanie nodded.

“So now I and some other my professor friends are fighting to get custody of the girl. To save her, but the lab is famous for producing medicines and vaccine  for around the world. We are tight in our hands, but our priority is just to save the girl. ”

“Are you saying you and your friends are threatening them?” Beom-Soo raised his  eyes there.

Melanie shrugs a little.

“A life is at risk.”

Beom-Soo massages his face there to calm himself.

“As I can’t find Martin yet, I think I need to ask Sarah directly and probably its already time to tell Byung-Hun about him. For safety.”

“And you just think to tell him now?” Beom-Soo scoffs there.

“Hey, I don’t need you too nagging me too. He will talk non-stop if I told him sooner. And I didn’t want to get grounded in this age.” Melanie playfully makes a joke.  But she actually didn’t have any doubt that Byung-Hun can do that to her.  If he decide to become bull headed of course.

Then… Silent come forward to them. Things are getting a bit awkward now plus what happened between them last night. Luckily Melanie was able to stop their very hot kisses before they went any further.

“About last night… I’m sorry. I just caught up in the moment. I shouldn’t have been kissing you.” Melanie started.

Beom-Soo look like trying hard not to get nervous about what happen but still he get shy remember about that.

“Things happen when we can’t control our emotions well. I’m also guilty of not push you away from the very beginning. But I guess I also caught on the moment at the time.”

Melanie smiles there.

“Let’s hope nothing like this happen again. We deal it like an adult and let the things past okay.” Melanie started to get up from her seat after already finishing her breakfast.

“Something I wonder if you are really an adult. Your age might be but your mind…” Beom-Soo teased while shaking his head.

“Tch,” Melanie isn’t saying anything back and just came out of the house, leaving her dirty plate behind as a punishment for the man who always find something to  teased her.

While driving, on the way to her friend’s lab to discuss their new finding, her phone started to be ringing.  Seeing the name on the screen, Melanie in fast push the received button.

“Yes, Professor Do-Yun. May I help you?”

Melanie’s suspicion was that her superior wanted to ask about material learning as he took over her work but turn out that her suspicion was wrong.

“Hey Melanie. I called because of one of your students that you ask me to pay attention to due to her relationship with that person,”

“Yes, Sarah. What about her?” Melanie pressed the emergency lights on her car and started stopping at the side of the road to focussing on the conversation better.

“She didn’t come to college in three days. Also today, she didn’t attend. Jieun try to call her phone this few days after I ask her but the call is not connected. More precisely, her phone is off. Jieun never went to her house so she didn’t know where to find her and I also know for sure you guys will never let her go there herself. But as I know what are you doing this past few weeks so I called, just to let you know. In case something happen to her. ”

Melanie began to feel uncomfortable there. Sarah stopped coming to college just right after she stopped stalking her. It can’t be a coincidence isn’t it?

“Melanie?” Seeing Melanie didn’t say anything back Do-Yun called her back.

“Ah, Professor. I’m still here. Thank you for telling me this.” Melanie said.

“Called me if anything.” He said.

“I will.”

With that, Melanie turned the steering wheel of her car, going in the opposite direction. Went to the Sarah house while praying that nothing is happening to the girl.

In the meantime, she started dialing Sarah’s phone number that she already saved, but as Professor Do-Yun said no one can reach her.There’s no ringtone there at all and continued to be disconnected just like that.

Then, she contacted the flower shop that the girl owned. Also, she found out about that because of her stake out. Just in case, she gets the business number of the place from one of Sarah’s employees when Sarah is not around. So, she called on that number now.

“The Roses flower shop. May I help you?” A voice is heard there and its not Sarah.

“Hello, sorry to bother, but my name is Professor Melanie. I am a lecturer who teaches Sarah on campus, but I can’t reach her cell phone. Can I talk to her?”

“Oh, I’m sorry professor, but she didn’t come to work for 3 days now and today also it looks like she didn’t come judging from the time. We also can’t reach her. Is there something wrong?” The worker’s voice sounded a little worried.

“No… Its okay. I’ll just go to her house now. Thank you.” Melanie disconnected the line with a feeling of fear mixed with worry there.. Without care about the speed limit anymore, Melanie drives her car very fast now.