-5 years ago-

It was midnight when flight 2071 landed quietly at Jolly Grant Airport. People started pouring out, creating a sudden buzz in the once-silent space.

Among them was a young girl who took an Uber, plugged in her air pods, and dozed off to the rhythm of her music, oblivious to what was about to unfold.

Suddenly, the car screeched to a stop. Startled, she woke up with a jolt when the driver slammed the brakes. The driver explained to her about the accident up ahead.

She looked through the windshield and saw a car upside down.

Ignoring his warnings, she got out and saw a wrecked car, shards of glass, and a man inside, hurt, and unconscious.

Without thinking twice, she called for help, but the driver, nervous, left her alone with the injured man. The paramedics arrived 20 minutes later, and she jumped in with her suitcase. The injured man, battered and broken, was rushed to the hospital.

The young man, maybe in his early twenties, was on the stretcher, looking really hurt. His forehead had a deep cut, and his left cheek had a big bruise. His right arm was broken and twisted in a strange way, and his hand was all swollen and purple.

His chest had a lot of scratches and scrapes, some bleeding a lot. It seemed like he went through something tough. His legs were also in bad shape, with lots of breaks and puncture wounds.

He was out cold, but just by looking at him, you could tell he went through something hard. The marks on his body told a story of how tough life can be sometimes.

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At the hospital, two doctors rushed him to the emergency room.

She was anxiously waiting outside the operation theatre, when her father arrived, hugged her, and a police officer started questioning her. Her father pleaded for her to be spared, and they tried to leave.

Just then, the doctors emerged, revealing the man would survive, thanking her for her brave actions.

Relieved, she sighed as her father insisted on leaving the hospital. The night had taken an unexpected turn, and the echoes of her courageous act lingered in the quiet corridors of the hospital.

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The sight of the horrifying incident that she had to witness today was etched in her memory. On reaching home, at her father's word, she went up to her room to freshen up, but the image of the incident lingered in her mind.

As she stepped into the bathroom to take a shower and began to undress, something fell from her clothes. She quickly bent down to pick it up and saw that it was a bracelet with an 'S' initial.

Her heart raced as she recognized the piece of jewelry - it belonged to the man she had just saved. How did she end up with his belongings, and why was he wearing it?

Little did she know, this seemingly ordinary bracelet and this chance encounter at the scene of the accident was just the beginning of a tangled web of secrets that would change the course of both their lives.