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[24 | 02 | 23 , 9:32am]

"Lord, in your mercy... all hear our prayers- that this day may be holy, good and joyful: All we pray to you, O Lord. That we may offer to you our worships and work: All we pray to you, O Lord. That we may strive for the wellbeing of all creation: All we pray to you, O Lord. That in the pleasures and pains of life, we may know the love of Christ and be thankful: All we pray to you, O Lord. That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit, in communion with all your saints; entrusting one and another and all our life to Christ: All we pray to you, O Lord... Let us commend ourselves and all for whom we pray, to the mercy and protection of God."

Silence as the devoted Catholics in the church continued with their prayers. All heads bowed and eyes closed as every person went through the same prayers they did every Sunday.

Jiu's eyes flickered open, landing on the grand altar at the front. The stained glass behind it, depicted the picture of Virgin Mary dressed in her humble blue robes holding Christ in her arms. The spews of different shades of blue, green, violent and gold reflected onto the magnificent golden cross in the middle of it all.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins my Mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of the word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

"Amen."

[12:07pm]

"So why did you want to meet?" Yeram asked, moving to the side of the curb to avoid a puddle.

Jungwon stuffed his hand into his puffer jacket pockets, trying to act nonchalant about the whole situation. "This might be a bit... unexpected," he began. "But I've decided to support your idea of your whole 'investigation'."

Yeram's face immediately whipped over to his side. "Are you serious?"

He was dead-serious. "Mhm."

"I-I mean that's great and everything," Yeram nodded. "But why all of a sudden?"

"With everything that's been happening recently.. Especially Dana, I want to catch this killer and put them behind bars for good," Jungwon shrugged, as though he was speaking about casual matters. But he hesitated for a second, like he wanted to say more.

"And?"

Jungwon looked at her in the eyes, "I don't want to lose another one of us."

A hushed moment as the two turned round the bend and into a main street.

"I'm concerned, really worried. About each and every single one of us. So far the two killings that have been made, link directly to us. Dana literally being one of us, and Ayeong being Jake's girlfriend."

"We can't say the two are linked, Jungwon. There's no proof," Yeram tried to reason but Jungwon seemed to be set on his thinking.

"No, but there is. You know when Dana was found, one of her fingers was missing. And then with Ayeong, one of the officers at the scene told me Ayeong.. had a missing hand. It's not exactly the same thing, but it looks like the killer likes to keep souvenirs of their killings in the shape of a body part."

"That is so disgusting," Yeram grimaced.

"Yeah, we obviously still need proper proof but I thought that was interesting."