The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

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"And you are? You said you've already called the police, right? It's been quite a while, so why hasn't anyone arrived yet? Should I make a call instead? Maybe I can also request the surveillance footage," Dan said.

"No, forget it! I'll just chalk it down to me being unlucky!"

With that, the man turned and walked away.

Dan didn't stop him. Instead, he took out his phone and snapped a photo of the man's license plate. Then, he turned to Noelle and asked, "Ms. Swanson, are you alright? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?"

"No, thank you," Noelle replied, then walked away without another word.

the pain in her calf persisted, she didn't stop. She simply limped out of sight. When she reached a quiet spot, she went into

a tetanus shot," the store clerk said, eyeing the wound on her

now I'll go to the hospital to get the shot later."

had been standing, as if worried Noelle might have

the moment she stepped out of the pharmacy, she froze, her

ahead.

was standing not

its rays filtering through

as striking as ever. In the golden light, he looked like a character straight out of a comic book. The slight curve of his lips was still familiar to Noelle. After all, she had drawn it countless times before-so much so that the male leads in her comics always carried a

But only Noelle knew it was a habit she couldn't shake. She also knew how disheveled she must have looked right

and he were the male lead, she might have felt embarrassed or awkward. After all, she could tolerate anyone seeing

that way. In fact, the only thing she felt at

two seconds, she looked away as if nothing

cut through the air. "Where do you live? I'll take you

Noelle paused.

and the noise of the traffic, his voice was crystal clear and