Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Oh right. We’re still in the village. Someone might hear us. “Can you tell me your plan, then?” The fact that Federick was helping them made her feel more confident about escaping.

“Not yet. The fact you saw through my disguise is already making my work hard.” Enna didn’t think Yelena would ruin her plan, but she wouldn’t tell anyone top-secret information.

Yelena understood that, so she said nothing.

A while later, Federick came in. When he noticed their smiles, he thought it was weird.

“She knows I’m a cop, comrade.”

Federick wasn’t surprised. “She has always been smart. That’s not surprising.”

Yelena thought that sounded eerie. “What do you mean? Do you know me?”

Federick gave Enna a look, and she went back to her room, leaving him and Yelena alone. “You don’t remember me?” He studied her expression, trying to see if she remembered him, but she showed no signs of it even after a while, much to his disappointment.

“Should I know you from somewhere? Tell me your name. Maybe that’ll jog my memory.” Yelena smiled awkwardly. “It’s been a while, so I don’t remember.”

Federick quickly composed himself. “I’m Federick Seanzy.”

He only looked cute back then, but now he was handsome. They barely spoke to each other back then, so Yelena slowly forgot about him. “So, it’s you. You’re a village officer

her coolly. “Didn’t think you’d

her head proudly. “I have

you get kidnapped?” Good thing she ran into me, or she would have been

was hanging around the lake with my friend and boyfriend. I went

face fell. “You have

by the second. “So, what’s your plan?

“None of your business. Just know that we’ll bust you out of here.” He went back to his study after that, refusing

did he get mad all of a sudden? Weird. It’s just like how

…

noticed a lot of weird obstacles

over it. “Probably set up by the villagers to prevent anyone from going in or

make big strides. They could only drive slowly just

and more worried. “She must’ve been taken into the village. If we don’t speed up, who knows what might

solemn. “She might have

trust her.” Elspeth took a deep breath to calm

the worst-case scenario. About four hours later, they finally got out of the meandering mountain path and entered a village in the mountain depths. In case anyone saw their car, they parked it in the woods