Thinking back on it, she could hardly describe the degrading experience of apologizing to the sick elder's family after returning home.
Back then, she had endured so much verbal abuse and shoving and was almost beaten. She put up with all of it, but what was the result? The entire tourism industry used her as a cautionary tale. Not only did she lose her job, but she was also banned from the industry for three years.
And now, the person who had used her as a scapegoat wanted her to come back and be his workhorse? She was absolutely, completely against it. But what if going along with this arrangement triggered the event she was hoping for? Then again, it was also possible that nothing would happen at all. It all came down to luck.
'Go. Don't go. Go. Don't go.' She idly plucked the petals off a flower, childishly trying to make a decision this way.
"Don't go!" the last petal told her.
But then, she picked up her phone. "Mr. Ju, I accept."
