Bedevilled 2016 -

Hae-won looked at the phone on her table. The battery was dead. She’d been lying to herself, telling herself she’d recharge it tomorrow.

She looked at the phone. 12%. She could call. She could run to the dock, take the fishing boat, and be on the mainland by dawn. bedevilled 2016

“Tomorrow,” Hae-won said. “I’ll go to the mainland tomorrow. I’ll make a report.” Hae-won looked at the phone on her table

Hae-won didn’t finish the thought. She watched Bok-nam’s silhouette disappear into the screaming rain. Then she looked at the phone again. take the fishing boat

“Don’t,” Bok-nam said softly. “You had all day. You had three thousand days before today. Everyone on this island knew. Everyone said nothing. You are all the same.”