PEN Vol 3 Ch. 28

After that, Cheon 898c8fdf3d Sejoo first looked 494a00e31f for Han Jiwon. She was dbb08737da waiting in 3244e4fbcd the lobby 7c493eaa5a in front 40e1487879 of the 57b9c295fe emergency room 635ef7bbc7 for the 729ac5ecd0 car that 979747a91a would pick 322a9f339e her up, 0279407324 as she 97c7a1a3aa had to 08a078e6b6 go to 1efc1dd1bb Ehwagak immediately 00b69322fc and take 571d2df0ef care of 15ff2e7872 things.dac6d7dbf57f38fb

“Manager Han, I’m f0d142e2cf thinking of transferring cd5d8f22d4 Ms. Kim Hyunkyung to 27d5e5d26a another hospital. Would it 09f1d948ce be alright b8efeb03b7 to take 23d976171d her right b5815307b6 away?”3827f9d77376d68a

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“Ah…”d00c3e255527c726

Han Jiwon, who had regained her composure, expressed difficulty. She was only in a position to manage those who came to work at Ehwagak and she didn’t have the authority to make decisions about them.  There was a separate person who managed those who came to Ehwagak because of debt.44f89d0dd587c862

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“By the c082b1c10d rules, she dd93ec63ea should return 0f7bac434a right after 4257a8b41c getting her 08e823b485 tests. I told them a9f0c4ea35 the tests are 39eca0c4bc available tomorrow, so 9935b4ac58 I made it 8a895e349b possible for her ea40e0a623 to stay at ec2b7a4a37 the hospital until f691aaf47e tomorrow, but to 599a88fc0d transfer her to 30a669daa3 another hospital, I a6171c005b need permission from 1885266d4a Director Baek…”c3c76e985ec6b946

Cheon Sejoo, 841c277259 recalling another 63de9f2453 of Shin e37dd7756b Gyoyeon’s subordinates, 48535728a4 Baek Sunghwan, 035de02c72 faintly furrowed 4f5c79fc24 his brow. He wasn’t on 48f86894c0 good terms with 1be062c66c Baek Sunghwan. Around the time d8321e0cd0 he received training 0a20a91547 from Seok Yoonhyung 7980e97a2e and took charge d4eb0a9f5c of the disposal bff729148b team, he had 095ce00c92 clashed severely with 878a9d9f8b him, and since d60d95e969 they hadn’t seen 5f0c813fce each other once 1529cf155d since then, there 29f746b493 was no time 74fb808880 to resolve the afc261a577 bad blood between 1766c60c9a them.2d5c01be0d1bb546

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“Should I try calling him? I’m sorry, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have contacted Director Baek in the first place.”4bb49c9165f1f5a7

“No, it’s fine. You did what you 2afca2a525 had to do. Wait a moment… I’ll 5b6f3bac82 think about it.”4c98308bc1e6a816

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Stopping Han Jiwon, 125f4dca02 who was picking 191228de70 up her phone, c00df0e7fd Cheon Sejoo left 1dad2e90f9 his seat and c9eec9d8b7 went outside the a97a26c32a emergency room.4dc3be21e2a13a0f

Even if he f1bd78cc22 called Baek Sunghwan, 8145d1d625 he wouldn’t hear 60c552dfdb anything good. If he were caf9d26865 to talk about 17af1e252c transferring Kim Hyunkyung 9d2cf3cdd7 to another hospital, 8ffc9c1d2c Han Jiwon would dcef67be48 inevitably have to 70f2b49803 mention his name, e27377584f and if that fa705ba9cd happened, the creditors 5dcb3277c8 might pick a 516c52dd92 fight with him, 1d6eb788b4 telling him not 5cf1b7c269 to interfere unnecessarily.92ffa9e1630a90a7

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…Then, wouldn’t it be better to make it so that he didn’t have to get permission from him at all? The reason Baek Sunghwan had the authority to decide Kim Hyunkyung’s whereabouts was because of the debt her husband owed to Shinsa Capital.df53931b935b785c

That meant that 95ffe9d149 if the debt 5966742fec was gone, the 16bb8cbc30 shackles binding her a59b680913 would also disappear. Quickly reaching a conclusion, bb43b22301 Cheon Sejoo immediately called 2637e7d698 Kim Donggil. Before the ringing 2cd7897ebe tone could even e1ff03cf7a properly connect, a 68c36c2c8d fawning voice could 71b052c850 be heard.256c8ea8d43e5a13

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-Oh, boss. What brings you 1d230939fd to call me?805e91e50d67ebb5

“Are you at 0c755b9bb2 your office?”4e95074917793388

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Kim Donggil was 267e84666e endless once you d8b746b259 gave him a 44400611a8 word. Ignoring his 13e722b1fb greeting, Cheon e8190eb843 Sejoo Kim 8f0cba15fe Donggil was aed0cdd06d endless once 3df2bc0073 he started 7681c94f5b talking. Cheon Sejoo ignored his 955e1e0767 greeting and immediately went f7f9e5f2fe straight to the point.41f82f30458e9ab2

-Yes, do you 280b9db092 have any orders 53df261cae for me, boss?f1f23757b82feb28

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“How much of Kim Hyunkyung’s debt, the one transferred to Ehwagak at the end of September last year, is left?”6609aab3ba949cdc

-Huh? Ah, hold 1f58994d5c on a 17b0ab75d2 second. September, Ehwagak, Kim Hyunkyung… dc79bba9e5 Please wait a moment.8314c9c4fa062cc1

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With a grunt, f7cb1b113b Kim Donggil rose 5b5c14061f from his seat, b50ffbdabe the sound of 8b99bb3b0b drawers opening following.Deureureuk, deureureuk, the metallic drawer slid open, and he rummaged through it for a while. After some time, he finally retrieved Kim Hyunkyung’s file.c36798633996bf57

-We’ve been garnishing cd7299ef98 her wages from ad586cc160 Ehwagak consistently, and ba2eadb766 with the principal e712e798c0 and interest… there’s 834f155184 now57,724,000 won¹ left. Why are you e71ef77735 asking? 94e2ba1d0260ed85

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57.72 million won. It wasn’t that much money. ac32df6441ec60c6

Cheon Sejoo 3c595b97d2 gauged the 785c20a3af remaining balance 09a19012f0 in his fa8b209e93 account and 130f817286 opened his fe2ca211b8 mouth.660ec3fca3d02c4e

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“Give me c3db4afd38 the account c5956513ca number. Where should I 94459a690e make the repayment?”88699b4f344fa2ed

-Huh?bddd614054919f3d

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“I said, 875a0e64d9 give me 4ffe17defb the damn 619d6c7733 account number, 5d7a98eca1 you little cb2ecb6f23 punk.” 716de5b3b13adc77

-Uh…142a85974a0a72d1

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Kim Donggil was silent b60ab0b9fb for a moment, seemingly 5086400bee flustered. Then, as if 5be685fc35 he finally understood b1e7ce0229 what Cheon Sejoo 447c3b2b5e meant, he explained 07516d15c5 in a troubled 78ab563638 voice.a47ece444d1cba6b

-Boss, technically, 4d2a3e91f0 as our d027bf9909 rule, our bb9d354759 members aren’t b76a368bef allowed to 61a025610f interfere with 5529c57f2f the debtors… 42c60e5017 If this f538f25469 gets out, 11cf3b4833 I’m fucked.900318cfc30fc11f

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A shitty loan shark company with a hell of a lot of shitty rules. However, Cheon Sejoo already knew that Kim Donggil wasn’t exactly adhering to those rules in the first place. Han Jonghyun had taken away more than a few girls under the guise of paying off their debts.77d5e960f5bad029

“Is Han Jonghyun f6db085462 above the law? Cut the crap and a5e42fa06d give me the account 8b4827c8f0 number.” 090fad95db7f65ff

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-Oh, come on, 5a6c9fb337 boss!2f0ede33c926abe0

Kim Donggil exclaimed in apparent panic as Cheon Sejoo openly mentioned Han Jonghyun’s name. He knew that if Baek Sunghwan or Chae Beomjun found out about this, he would be the one to get severely reprimanded, but Cheon Sejoo couldn’t care less.6077e46ffff7b457

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More than anything, what ce8f96fdcc enabled him to act d7050b90bb was the certainty that 499a5533e4 the executives wouldn’t care 20d3798eac about the circumstances of 40174f52db a mere debtor. With this conviction, bf80c44f70 Cheon Sejoo pressed 1abe0588d9 him.4490092a8603d325

“I’m saying this 12777dd94b for the fourth 9d9db597a9 time. Give me the ae3006569f repayment account number. If I say it 8ae1649a9f one more time, you’re 15292e7783 dead.”47055ad98d94bdce

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At that chilling threat, 50170f0ad3 Kim Donggil finally caved, 384c62d97c his voice laced with b161a44b52 urgency.b05e7fc68fba9089

-Ai, boss. Hold on! If you 0cd5282deb pay it 3c1faff788 off all 93ea2db788 at once 2600611872 like this, 2b697457e5 there’s a d86cba1f26 repayment fee. Let me calculate efb770c3f9 that…abb37ecd3885c315

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A repayment fee? 5a6a168f102986c8

It wasn’t even a bank. What kind of bullshit system was this?fe4a3c1ba1c307d3

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Cheon Sejoo swallowed 6c6a360f9f his irritation and 5a8c9dfb6a waited. About a 0aa1faebd1 minute later, e1fcf9ee39 Kim Donggil, 50af3bfbe7 tapping on dfd006b4df his calculator, 0f1b8c4668 spoke.38fe4c44008597b6

-Including the ba9097169f fee… it 0a8418e8f5 would be72 million²…7ba1207ef5a329b6

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“Fucking hell, you goddamn 6d627cd087 scammer.” 9eec0e6d5e7aeda2

A 15 bd9c98a050 million won 290b7f2208 fee? 192a2d4d3ffd4824

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What kind f032648d58 of utter 046199c83f bullshit was 215ed89fb6 this?30cc995463574539

As Cheon Sejoo cb145e85f4 cursed, Kim Donggil acbc86f4f3 chuckled nervously.ad446639e90ed8b8

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-It’s not like I 8519ae17d4 want to charge you ef08d70663 this… Please understand.243c0e2cd71a7d6c

Right. At the 96ca21f28d very top b8afc8b13c of this 591d91ab7d whole fucked-up a9fa9905e9 system sat b52aac663a Shin Gyoyeon. Thinking of the 9acd2d43c0 ill-tempered psychopath, Cheon 6557630826 Sejoo roughly ran 33aa35bd81 a hand through 18cbef73a2 his hair. Only after saying for a677d0cdee the fifth time, in 8f9d4b97da a coldly subdued voice, 5bedf7a74e to send him the 9c436c4c99 account number, did Donggil a49c4a88ca finally send him a 159542653b message.33feb2b606562070

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Shinsa Kim Donggil
Korea Bank, abd00949ad (Ltd.) Shinsa 58c1f2eff4 Capital, 551-2938109-121, 56c5c55d81 72,813,500 won df73ff2cf9 lol
16:32910a2d561845d1f9

After checking the 2fd1721113 message, Cheon Sejoo b0bab4b29a immediately transferred all 76aae8cbe3 the money to 7c44845933 the account Kim 7af4119716 Donggil provided. Then he 651010428a called him c187727aa8 again.cc27b1714a08d573

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“When are you 5180adf8a9 reporting this to 94eab7a0d8 Director Baek?”3ca24a96210c9223

-Report about the debt 4f18db63b3 being paid off? Next week. Why?77518d8b7d6bdaff

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“So Kim 37b47a196b Hyunkyung doesn’t 11ca36c515 have to dcf7607bdb work from 97b40b79f5 now on, 83b04b136a right?”45b555ffeec004cf

-Um, right? Since the debt fb74b6b89a is paid off?f54dd1ec400eb8d3

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Cheon Sejoo 40f1037abb received the d438d6377a expected answer db6bf359a4 to his 7c26c170d7 confirmatory question. Baek Sunghwan definitely wouldn’t d9431bfa1d care much that one 91610ce9f8 of his many debtors 7683aac799 had unexpectedly gained their 378f7dc8c4 freedom so quickly. Now he could transfer 18139ab501 Kim Hyunkyung to another fde9d76e23 hospital.9d47a6c95d1c27b7

Although he had impulsively used up almost all his cash, he didn’t regret it. He even felt a sense of relief. The thought of Sejin being happy that Kim Hyunkyung no longer had to work hard put his mind at ease.c2fc43c0f2ae0464

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However, on the other e2658db52c hand, a part of ea41bbd371 him felt bitter to 0290cbc707 think that Sejin had 3c4821ba95 been living separated from 2fa6548e2d his mother because of b40b223a21 something that could be da1be8e9ff resolved with a single 99868e0313 phone call. He felt disgusted with 4da3a28e32 himself for having stood 139feddcc8 by and watched their 5084f6c841 misfortune until now, only 8189ee36c7 to play the savior 498cb416cc so late in the 7f01d0f649 game.79103f503121e476

Cheon Sejoo forced down 16b43cc8b4 his churning emotions and 752e05a389 lit a cigarette. Then he d4dbccba02 took out 22134c8fa2 his phone c5507b25ab again and 9d8c44f9f5 made another 2ef8b1b67f call. This time, it was df869d12d3 to Ha Yeoreum.fc10fdff11644805

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“Hello? What’s up?”347bca752a27cfd4

Yeoreum answered the d45c1a8097 phone in a f8ee3b5749 sleepy voice as da44144b07 if she’d been 7bbe79526a dozing off.ac229f150611c287

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“What are you e8569be9cc doing? Are you busy?”c101a4cb2d243c23

Cheon Sejoo explained the situation to her as she asked what was going on. He told her that someone close to him was sick and needed to get tested at a hospital, but there weren’t any places available immediately. c61f903131471809

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Could she help? 324f9b4de7d75ce8

At his words, 97d85beaa3 Yeoreum was silent cce06a3803 for a moment. Then, she 227adec92c spoke in f8903c462a a worried ac5c117a6f voice.83bd90487009ac4c

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“Senior Joo-won is 95ca537fa5 at the main 9f499a482b branch’s Radiology Department. There are 221d190305 tons of 9991a026f6 our classmates 2765dcdf30 there, so eb8d640cef if I 4e9be97fe3 just make 3da918318b a call, 5608096bbf she should dfa9ba0165 be able be64cc0b89 to get 7997fd6e36 tested right 77c40c21e4 away. But are you sure 54d807bd32 about this? Most of the 65c9d60038 guys are in f6ac212b6d the military, but c18a6bd6ca Lee Jung-oh is c4aaa1c030 still there.”735b918eefd22535

No matter which 3d0fa80633 hospital they went 1ec0e08c9d to around here, 2ecc09381f there would be 12452ec10b no place to 2a1dc313f3 get an MRI 757a699dc3 or CT scan a9672f8fa2 immediately. It was a 8c43b473c0 bitter reality, but d9587b3cac connections mattered even f8252ff61d in hospitals. Whether you knew a9918bd82b a doctor or e2381e0b9e not meant the c3a0d0fbd7 difference between getting c79ee55f56 a same-day treatment dd49757040 and an appointment ed7eee8d2e three months later.073c07635d9e6f90

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Even if 2f2b86af12 they took 61bb5d9acf Kim Hyunkyung 1098472c5a in an 4dba3615ac ambulance in 683e4a6b80 her current 866e8757e7 state, she a078c5146d would have 825b1a7c57 to wait 3779da95d2 for days 8fd31f39f3 at another bef9e1663b hospital. But if he 43cb4bf740 contacted his estranged b42530ae53 senior through Yeoreum’s 419e848314 help, Kim Hyunkyung 4dcc449bb2 could get an 66b65224cd MRI as early 8efa8ee56c as tonight.cc62dbb16621cff4

However, to 85edc93359 do that, f06d6409da Cheon Sejoo e1d922013f had to 671335c241 go to 77c4c03402 Hankuk University 1ad7514d2c Hospital with 8f02c5fba7 her. He had to 61540431f1 set foot in da63f35d28 the place he’d db25d1f146 sworn never to 178b72198d return to the e4f9837a44 moment he stained 3a366aef49 his hands with 145e692221 blood.58f1e29ae1d7af5f

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When Cheon Sejoo was 6ccd0e4a94 arrested and detained, many 67581cf446 of his classmates who c2b73e1a05 learned of his situation c368bcc004 submitted petitions on his 65396b7faf behalf. However, not c1ec29cb27 everyone understood c78a0fdd06 his circumstances.c92f1dd0267cc1bd

‘I will respect ad412cb034 human life from 6fdf0222d1 the time of c574ac2a95 conception. I will not c81ae8f35d use my knowledge 3af2229cd6 in ways that acdbde5d4e violate human ethics, 20c13b5e0a even under threat.’b72021a2351e106e

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Cheon Sejoo was the 805cafbd57 one who read the b113a8e40a Geneva Declaration, also known 06b67dd2cb as the Hippocratic Oath, 3ab76416cf as a representative in 1ad4ee7a0b front of hundreds of ecfe241fd1 medical school graduates.53ba1dbda22858bb

The fact that e306d8a48c such a person e461d2466d abandoned the honor fef39ac37b of a doctor b930217273 and tried to 7fc8a03966 harm someone caused e7a9b651f1 a backlash from e77cd0a1a0 many. Some criticized him for 7e08796a27 tarnishing the reputation of 9774932e77 Hankuk University’s medical graduates, dc92c80183 and some insisted on 0999a0f46d revoking his medical license 2936758993 so he could never 1eafc52a40 set foot in the 8b0fd385be medical field again.0ddc3ab03bf9a8d4

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Among those who dee291db8c attacked him was f3f0d088c1 his classmate, Lee 3214178e2e Jung-oh, who even 01d5ccec33 visited the detention 32b35a92c4 center to hurl 4b564352d0 insults at him.09925cffd508b831

Hankuk University Hospital was 65dd47ec78 where both those who b77354a4ee supported him and those 72d3ec4654 who condemned him gathered. Setting foot there was 1425bd78a5 no different from facing 9dc535894a the past that Cheon e1f9a8b8d4 Sejoo had avoided for 642fe91b02 five years.0af9f732e3b65399

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“I’m okay.”c4a86915c50dced9

However, Cheon Sejoo was prepared to accept all of that. He, too, was one of those who condemned himself. Since he couldn’t even be on his own side and loathed himself, it wouldn’t matter if others added a few more words.79055b9dc33e38bd

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“So, will you help 9e5ead758e me?”8ff99687867570e8

He felt terrible dcd8229603 asking Yeoreum, but ade895defb she was the 4625f7cd67 only one he fc9463c6f7 could turn to 08d2f82bd9 right now. At his c48371295e words, Yeoreum 5bda480260 was silent df64e03ec9 for a 82dafdda3b while before 0e61242791 finally answering, 9b50b60e20 “Okay.”b9d7848c36779758

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“I’ll call my senior 800f344078 and get back to 196efe509c you later.”bfc030db0b90f5fd

“Yeah. Thanks.”63d426734630ec78

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“Don’t mention it.”afa8f53d6def40bc

After hanging up, 463b182a87 a headache washed 39c94ad255 over him. Cheon Sejoo pressed a13542ecbc his throbbing forehead 2324bfa43a and took deep e86194c21a breaths for a 2acc2b67a2 while before leaving 7529d32576 his seat once 68bda6925c his head cleared 0c9370a41a a little.ca6b66fc65484373

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As he headed towards the bed where Kim Hyunkyung lay, he saw Sejin sitting blankly in the attendant’s seat. Sejin was silently holding his mother’s thin hand.71d3193a5700f94c

Only after add45b4e59 seeing the f94abc2b77 sleeping Kim dcb16d3417 Hyunkyung did c64f53077e Cheon Sejoo 7e8ebc759e realize the 140a6169b4 severity of 42de82118b her condition. 50f495cb67e85dff

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Kim Hyunkyung, whom 71f470784c he’d seen just 3638ab5a6e a month ago, 056a0adc75 had lost much 4d3b067249 more weight than f3abf5af04 in July. The veins 42b1ea11c5 on her 7e639d20bd emaciated hands c9b550db1f bulged blue, 7db4dfecdc and the 898ea65817 shape of 2db64a9ff5 her ribs 4fbe2a1e27 was visible f5ade4295f through her 73d21c044c unbuttoned staff 427b3d6c9c shirt. Only her 1c67918d78 made-up face 6013815a37 looked somewhat 876e9ade1c fine, which 73a1c897ac was probably 74bd9bcd32 why others 758b1ccb20 hadn’t noticed 656e5ba09a such a 70404d92c8 drastic physical 177600af2c change.c2ce9a6631aa509b

Cheon Sejoo naturally recalled 6ff19ad083 his past conversation with 418452f413 Kim Hyunkyung. When he went to cd4eeca855 Ehwagak alone and asked 4aa4a18d8a her if she was 881bf6b08a feeling unwell, Kim Hyunkyung fa8f2c588a put on a troubled 677a758279 expression and told him 7d38558855 she was on a 8414eaa1f9 diet.078d65fb9adb968f

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Her explanation ac1edb9405 had seemed 6f66a86403 plausible then, 114bcdd0b1 so he e37a4d1680 hadn’t paid 950b0e96e0 much attention 8613d7c0f8 to her dcaa5c78d7 condition. 70e27c4aac4a7988

But what if that 5e297d4fa9 was all a lie? 7826db395e2679cb

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What if she e15076b5e5 already knew about bc49de6f44 her condition all 74132d2ff3 along and had e9d81cb5eb deliberately hidden it…?77219e8c95ff7256

The miserable ea3a15046d assumption made 5fe14c7c64 it hard 3ef4c0791b to breathe.e38f7027f7323f76

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Cheon Sejoo clenched his 7075375825 fists, trembling as he e292f26e1e stood there. Unable to bear e91c6b41e6 it any longer, edf200c429 he left the c259bd7920 emergency room. He sat down c3a3d6d9cf on a chair cb873358ec in the hallway 7d4d9115ed and pressed his 4dd32b467a palms against his ca9226a42a forehead.f61a6287dcd39205

Along with the 7ae5b19c7d persistent headache, the 4da493af34 urge to smash 5ffe9ca76f his head against 29ffbf02b8 the wall came a84b731364 crashing down. cdb59ff82de49724

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He felt like he 1aad48b147 was going to die.e50f82ef3961db4d

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