The Last Wish

Mirae sat across Hyun Jung at a table next to KJ's bed.

"When did this happen?" she demanded.

"Just last night," Hyun Jung said in a grave tone. He had arrived that morning to give Mirae some bad news: the head surgeon who tried to kill KJ, committed suicide by intaking cyanide.

"Where was the cyanide hidden?" Mirae questioned him.

"One of his eyes was operated upon a long time ago," Hyun Jung informed her. "It was replaced with a glass eye. He hid a small but fatal dosage of cyanide inside the eyeball and swallowed it when we left him alone in the cell."

Mirae let out a series of curses.

"He was a lead for us," she said, running a hand through her hair. She got up and paced back and forth the room. "He knew the leader of the Cartel!"