CHAPTER 12
“Bul! Bul!” Woong thrashed his limbs around wildly.
“What’s he saying?” Nick asked.
“Fire.” Kennedy squatted down by the couch. “The fire’s out,” she told him. “You’re safe now. Safe.” She repeated the word in Korean, but it did nothing to calm him down or keep him from kicking her in the chin. “Ow!”
Nick knelt down beside her and grabbed Woong by the shoulders. “It’s ok. You’re at my house. Remember me, buddy? It’s Nick. I work with your daddy.”
Woong flung himself forward. Nick moved in time for Woong’s forehead to hit him in the cheek instead of the nose.
“Calm down,” Kennedy told him in Korean, using as authoritative a voice as she could. She positioned her face so she’d be in his field of vision, but she was ready to move out of his way if he decided to try for anothe
