Contents Prologue Good Kid Shadow of My Childhood Everything Started from Here End of Summer, Beginning of Solitude I Must Survive What to Look for When Lost The Things with Wings The Topmost Floor in the City The Most Beautiful Day of Our Lives After Returning from the Sea The Direction Where the Sun Rises Epilogue Nightmare 13 25 41 55 71 87 99 129 143 189 227Prologue Good KidSeokJin so october Year ® “pet's go, we have to get out of here!” I grabbed Ty friend, hand and ran to the rear door of our classroom, As | looked back while running down the hall, I saw the men spilling oy, of the classroom chasing us. “Stop! Stop right there!” Thei, voices seemed to seize us by the back of our necks, We frantically thought of where to go as we darted down, the stairs, The first destination that came to mind was the hill behind our school. We just needed to cross the playground and go out the school gate and we would hit the bottom of the hill. Although it wasn’t that high, it was pretty rocky and rugged, After running through the gate and rounding the comer at full speed, we ignored the walking trail and jumped right into the bushes. We waded through the dense limbs and kept running. We ran for what felt like forever, finally stopping when the footsteps behind us were gone. We collapsed on the ground covered with layers of dried leaves, sweat dripping from our faces. “They won't be able to wens here, fight?” My friend nodded, breathing heavily. friends fica 7 wipe our faces with the nem p bluish blake wi , a with sweat and tears. His — val “Dad hasn't ¢ ruises, The neck of his T-shirt mas ine crying. The dente home in over a week. Mom a on Sys that Dads cone lady and driver stopped coming: ai pany shut down, Those men came t0 8