One Wish

Chapter 37

Footfalls stomped and hands caught her outstretched hand, stopping her with a dangling jerk.

Daniel's gleeful laughs turned instantly to wrath. "What the bloody fuck are you doing?" He demanded.

She looked up at the balcony, seeing Daniel lunge for Father Yoongi, still holding Gahyeon to the balcony with his other hand.

Yoongi yelled as Daniel drew his arm back and thrust the knife into him. His grip loosened in Yoobin's and she grabbed the balcony with her other hand.

He let go of her and she flailed in pure terror with the other hand for the top of the balcony, pulling herself up like a pull-up with several yells of exertion.

Yoongi cowered against the railings as Daniel continued to wildly slice at him, still holding Gahyeon.

Without a thought, Yoobin grabbed the hand holding Gahyeon and let go of the balcony.

Predictably, Daniel released Gahyeon and fell back against the balcony heavily, tilting over it precariously, the knife still held limply in his other hand. Something popped in his shoulder.

"You crazy bitch! What are you doing?" His eyes widened and she lifted her leg to kick off the balcony to propel them both into mid-air with mingled screams.

"Yoobin!" Yoohyeon wailed. Yoongi embraced the dazed Gahyeon as he watched them fall, no longer able to do anything to save her.

The moment didn't slow like films did, and the two of them plummeted to the ground, falling towards the stone path.

The impact reverbed violently through her body and shook her brain into unconsciousness.

***

Four hurt people. Three operations. Four hospital beds. Two in the ICU. Two in the normal unit.

"I hereby sentence Lee Jinki, guilty on all counts, to 49 years in prison with a ten year career suspension after completing his sentence. The court is now adjourned."

Jinki rose furiously out of his seat, but was instantly manhandled by two police officers who pulled him out of the court.

Jimin slumped back in his seat as the rest of the public began to slowly exit like trickling treacle. "We did it."

Minji smiled widely with tears in her eyes that she quickly wiped away  as she looked at Jimin. To her shock, he wept heavy tears into his hands, the drops spilling onto his lap.

"Bora..." He weeped.

***

"Are you Yoobin's friends?" Yoohyeon asked the four people outside of the hospital's front doors.

"We are." Jin confirmed. The other three; Jimin, Minji and Handong nodded grimly. "Can you tell us what's going on?"
 
"Can you tell us what's going on? We only vaguely knew what happened because Handong saw it on the CCTV." Minji begged.

"Yoobin is in the ICU with Daniel. They both fell off the balcony."

"How high was the balcony?" Jimin asked.

"Second floor."

They paled. Falling three floors was pretty serious.

"Father Yoongi is in the normal ward and suffered a stab as well as multiple slice wounds from Daniel. And my sister is thankfully mostly fine and is in the bed next to Father Yoongi."

"That's great for you. But we're all obviously worried about Yoobin. Do you know if we can see her?" Jin inquired.

"Yes." She checked her watch. "The visiting hours are right now, so go on up. I just came out for some fresh air."