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Chapter 6 - CHAPTER 6 — Like A Whip That Hits Hard In Winter

TIIIIIINNNN... BRAAAAKKK!!!

A New Santa Fe car in glacier white metallic color complete with premium features and attractive aesthetics, reportedly spun and bounced as far as ten meters from its initial position. It is said that at the time of the accident, the slippery road surface conditions due to a pile of ice and puddles of rain that covered part of the road eventually made the husband and wife's car skid violently there.

A small number of vehicles that were passing around the scene and saw this incident immediately reduce the speed of their vehicles, while several other vehicles chose to pull over and stop on the side of the road. The drivers who were at the location seemed to shudder in horror when they saw the car in which the husband and wife were traveling was destroyed.

Not only that, but the victim, who is a married couple from different countries, even bounced out of their car, covered in blood all over their bodies. So the situation at the crash site looks even more depressing. Especially when it snowed heavily at the same time it seemed as if this couple froze in the middle of the road with their really pathetic condition.

The husband and wife's eyes were tightly closed. Their breathing and heartbeat are unstable. In addition, it was clear that there was thick red blood constantly pouring out of their heads. This couple looks like they are no longer alive. But deep in their subconscious, this husband and wife can still feel the giddy voices coming from the people around them. This is evidenced by their tears flowing from the corners of their eyes.

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The winter days went well until thunder and flashes of lightning when the rains of the third week of winter came crashing down on Dalmi and her three siblings. Not until noon, they received bad news that left sadness and deep wounds in their hearts.

Without thinking, Dalmi immediately grabbed her car keys from the nightstand beside the entrance to her apartment and walked out of her apartment with hasty steps towards the elevator that would take her to the underground parking lot. Once there, the elevator door opened and Dalmi quickened her pace after getting out of the elevator.

The woman wearing a light brown coat wasn't satisfied with just accelerating her pace. So she ran with all her might as she headed for her car which was parked in the underground vehicle parking area. After finding her car, she rushed into her car and started the engine.

After the car engine started, Dalmi immediately left the underground vehicle parking area in her apartment quickly. Dalmi's car drove at full speed as it broke through the pouring snow and crossed the slippery roads, although she was driving accompanied by worries that filled her heart.

During the trip, Dalmi's mind was in a mess and her eyes looked teary. The image of how her parents were when and after experiencing a tragic accident at that time, constantly flashed through Dalmi's mind. "Even though I hid my father's car keys last night," said Dalmi.

Exactly right! Last night, after Dalmi told Gyungsoo that she saw a dark shadow behind her parents and saw how her parents would die, they came up with a plan. Dalmi had to take and hide her parents' car keys so they couldn't go to work using their private car. And that night, Dalmi managed to do it.

Dalmi took the car keys that Jingmi and Yoora usually used to go to the office, and put them in a box in her room. But that doesn't mean everything is fine. Because in the morning, when Jingmi and Yoora couldn't find their car keys, they decided to go to the office with Yoora's sister's car which was entrusted to them while he was in America for a while.

"How could I forget that at this time uncle's car is being left with us!" Dalmi gripped the steering wheel tightly. She looked annoyed and again blamed herself for feeling careless when she devised a plan to save her parents from harm. "Aishh!!" Dalmi then cursed angrily while wiping her tears roughly.

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Kriiinggg...

After Dalmi wiped her tears, suddenly Dalmi's cell phone rang. This is a sign that there is an incoming call on Dalmi's cell phone. Dalmi who was driving, realized that her cell phone was ringing. Therefore, immediately, she received the incoming call through the head unit of the car which was directly connected to her cell phone.

"Hello Noona! Where are you now?! Have you heard about that?!" Yinjun asked with an impatient voice.

"Hmm.." replied Dalmi. "Right now, I'm on the way to the accident site to see Mom and Dad's condition there," Dalmi said in her trembling voice to Yinjun.

"What should Changyi and I do now, Noona?!" asked Yinjun who was at his school at that time. He looked confused, worried, and sad when he called Dalmi.

"You accompany Changyi, and stay at school until Zhuyang Oppa comes to pick you two up," Dalmi ordered. "I think Zhuyang Oppa is on his way to your school right now," Dalmi said firmly. Although sad, Dalmi must be smart and creative in managing her emotions. This is done by Dalmi as a way to protect the hearts of his younger siblings.

From his seat, Yinjun nodded her head weakly as tears rolled down her face. "Okay! I'll do it," Yinjun replied with tears.

TUUUTT...

Yinjun finished talking to Dalmi and put the cell phone in his hand into his school uniform's trouser pocket. After that, Yinjun tidied his textbooks and writing equipment that were on the table in front of him into his school bag.

As soon as all the books and writing utensils were neatly arranged in his bag, Yinjun immediately ran from hir chair and class quickly to meet his youngest brother, Changyi, who was in his class.

Luckily, it was a break time for all the students at Daehan Senior High School. So Yinjun was able to meet Changyi without having to wait until the study was over.

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While Yinjun meets Changyi in his class, Dalmi has just arrived at the Insadong Ssamjil-Gil area where her parents' accident happened. There, Dalmi was silent for a moment. She looks like a woman who is poor in language when she sees her parents lying helpless and badly injured.

"Mom... Dad..." Dalmi shouted loudly after being stunned for a while. Not only screaming for her parents, but also Dalmi crying hysterically alone there. The events that had befallen her parents were like a whip that hit her heart hard. This was the heaviest and most painful blow that Dalmi had to receive for the third time.

"Mom, Dad, Please hold on!" Dalmi said in tears before the ambulance came to pick up her parents. Dalmi's eyes and facial lines show how scared and worried about the serious injuries that Jingmi and Yoora had at that time.

"Soon an ambulance will come to take Mom and Dad to the hospital. So, please hold on a little longer. I'm right here with you." Dalmi held her mom and dad's hands which were covered in blood.

Sure enough! After a few minutes, the sirens of two ambulances were heard shouting at each other as they were on their way to the crash site. Before long, the two ambulances stopped right in front of Dalmi and her parents. Next, remove the paramedics from each ambulance while carrying an ambulance stretcher or patient transfer bed.

When the ambulance stretcher had been removed from inside the ambulance, immediately, the paramedics moved Jingmi and Yoora onto it and then placed them in their respective ambulances. After Yoora and Jingmi were in the ambulance, the paramedics rushed them to the hospital.

Now, what remains at the accident site at that time is the carcass of the car driven by Jingmi, and then several police officers who are responsible for handling the accident that befell Dalmi's parents, Dalmi, and the people around the location.

This sad moment made the people around the location dissolve into the sadness that Dalmi felt. Not a few of them cried along with Dalmi. However, there were also countless people who gave Dalmi strength.

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"How did this accident happen, Sir?" Dalmi asked one of the men who was a police officer who was still at the location of the accident, while the others moved the carcass of the car that Jingmi was driving to a storage area as evidence.

"Based on the information we received from motorists passing through this road, your parents' car was traveling at the proper speed. Unfortunately, the road conditions were slippery due to puddles of rain accompanied by a pile of ice at some points, caused the car your parents were driving to skid and spin so hard that they ended up bouncing 10 meters from their starting position," the man said clearly.

"But we will continue to carry out further investigations regarding the accident that happened to your parents. We will be checking out some video footage from surveillance cameras on car dashboards and surveillance cameras along this road," said this man further.

Dalmi sighed which felt so heavy and long after hearing an explanation from one of the police officers who was at the accident site at that time. This is done by Dalmi to overcome the tightness in her chest as well as to rearrange the feelings and emotions in her heart.

"Okay, Sir. Thank you," Dalmi replied while looking at the male policeman.

"You don't have to worry because all the information that we will get, we will convey to you immediately," said this male police officer.

Dalmi then nodded her head quickly. After that, the male policeman walked past Dalmi. He drove his police car to the police station where he was assigned, while Dalmi went to Jingsan Hospital by car to meet her parents.

"God, I am so tired, and You know it. You know everything in my heart and how anxious I feel right now. God, I need Your help. We are weak, and You are strong. Please come to be the strength I need, and do whatever I could never do alone," Dalmi said from inside her heart as she headed for the hospital.

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