The next three days passed quickly, but one thing didn’t change:
Yoonho… didn’t leave Nora alone for even a second.
He didn’t talk to her much, but he always showed up wherever she was, as if he was watching every step she took.
Sometimes it made her feel safe…
And sometimes it completely threw her off.
On Monday morning, while Nora was putting her books in her locker, Yoonho suddenly appeared behind her.
She flinched and said:
– “Please stop appearing out of nowhere!
You’re scaring me!”
He looked at her calmly:
– “I’d rather you be scared of me… than something worse happen to you.”
She looked up slowly…
He looked like he was hiding a lot of things.
She said with a boldness she wasn’t used to:
– “Yoonho… You know something.
Don’t you?”
He didn’t answer.
But his eyes said everything.
She was about to ask him again…
When the door suddenly burst open and Sina came in panting.
– “Nora!
The principal wants you right now, she said it’s very important.”
Nora exchanged looks with Yoonho.
His face became even more tense.
– “Go.” He said in a low voice.
– “But be careful… please.”
💠 In the Principal’s Office
Nora sat there, confused.
The principal was looking at her with a strange look… A look of pity and fear at the same time.
The principal said slowly:
– “Nora… We received a report today from the central office.”
– “A report?
About what?”
The principal put an envelope on the table.
It was sealed with an official logo she had never seen before.
The principal opened the paper and said:
– “Your name… has been on a secret list for years.”
Nora felt dizzy.
– “A list?
Why?”
The principal hesitated for a moment then said:
– “Because your father… wasn’t an ordinary man.
And he didn’t die in an accident.”
Nora froze.
She felt like the air had disappeared from the room.
– “What?
But my aunt said—”
The principal cut her off:
– “Your aunt was trying to protect you.
Your father was working on a very important project… and dangerous groups tried to get the information from him.”
The principal put her hand on Nora’s:
– “And they… are watching you now.”
Nora’s eyes widen