The Korean Word For Butterfly by Zerndt James

Author:Zerndt, James [Zerndt, James]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-03-26T23:00:00+00:00

Yun-ji

The soldiers did it on purpose. They even backed up so they could run over the bodies again to make sure they were dead. That’s what Yun-ji read on the internet anyway. She tried calling Soo, but there was no answer.

Which was probably for the best.

She put on her favorite pair of jeans. They would be ruined, but she needed something comfortable if she was going to go through with this. And they were baggy enough to allow for the extra padding.

She tried Soo again.

No answer. Fine.

But she still needed to go through with it.

Otherwise it was goodbye college.

Goodbye women-only internet café.

Goodbye parents.

Just the thought of her mother finding out sent a shiver through Yun-ji.

No. This was what she needed to do.

She left a note on the table.

Went to park. Back by 7. Love, Yun-ji.

She didn’t take her normal, leisurely walk around the lake. She went straight for the bungee jump. She knew if she gave herself enough time, she’d lose her nerve.

Luckily, the park was busy. She wanted it that way. She wanted to be one of many, just another anonymous body falling from the sky. And there was one other person in front of her. A young male. Somebody she might have known back in high school. But he was already on the platform, already strapped in, ready to go.

Yun-ji looked over the release form as she listened to the lady at the front desk. There was a section called Covenant Not To Sue.

Covenant.

The word was biblical. She recognized it from her Bible study days. It reminded her of nuns. The thought made her wince. Below the word “covenant” was a list of things she wasn’t supposed to be under treatment for: -high blood pressure: no

-history of psychological disorders

or mental illness: no (not yet anyway)

-pregnancy: no

Yun-ji filled the forms out hastily, signed her name four different times, then paid in cash. Surprisingly cheap, she couldn’t help but think, for the service they were about to provide.

After everything was set, Yun-ji rode the elevator up with the man who would be her jump master. He was handsome. Fit. Healthy. A nice smile. All the girls probably swooned over him. He reminded Yun-ji of pictures she’d seen of her father as a young man. Before...

She was told that she could change her mind at any time, but that she wouldn’t receive her money back. There was also a time-limit set. If they didn’t do that, the man explained, people would keep them up there all day before they got the nerve to jump.

She had ten minutes.

After that, they’d take her down again. Simple as that.

“No,” Yun-ji told him. “That won’t be a problem.”

“That’s good. You don’t seem nervous. Most girls are all giggles their first time.”

“No. I want to do this.”

She caught him watching her, studying her. Did she say something wrong? Maybe he’d guessed what she was up to.

“Do you know how you want to jump?”

Yun-ji didn’t understand what he meant. “Downwards?”

The man looked like he was about to laugh, but when he realized Yun-ji was serious he stopped himself.

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