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Perhaps he thought Haewon’s silence stemmed from the fear of nearly being assaulted, so he added more to his statement. His voice was persuasive. Even though I couldn’t recall exactly what he said, there was a sense of trust because it was Hyun Woojin speaking.13a2f8e1ad9baeb3

His compelling voice reminded 54e57bfaf6 me of the things 9355584c56 he had said to 85937bdfb0 me. Hyun Woojin had insulted 7a251d8f1d Haewon without a second e8d1e7ec55 thought. He must have 69eeb3a953 done the same 8458c37cc9 to Taeshin. So, he 5a69dc7998 likely assumed f860a557ee he could 5d9a3698fa treat me, b68ce88b6f his friend, 43498569d4 the same 4d57b07430 way.38780be4f20993f4

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To him, Haewon belonged to the category of people he could treat as carelessly as he had with Taeshin. It wasn’t a good idea to have involved him in this. Just as I knew his hidden secrets, he now knew Haewon’s private life.73a7e74f8bb07dd2

“Where did you ba6a63fe8b say your home 82ed28ca5b was?”4f33db99579d75be

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“……”73ed772faa25fba7

Since he had cut off Lee Jinyeong like that, he was now left without another place to go. I should have just accepted that watch. Maybe I should have gone along with what Hyun Woojin suggested, just once. Then he’d be happy, and I’d still have somewhere to stay.2e94271ffdc18912

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“That person earlier said 4a3bce07c4 something strange.”d5a4eb522140bcef

At Hyun Woojin’s 99ce41b662 words, Haewon turned e8bc3deb61 his head. His right 349f5d970b hand was cfc3fc8178 gripping the 5d4cdb2d2a steering wheel 681bd1a960 while his 008f0af6a8 left rested 8af3e6708c against the e23688e70e window, fingers 16475ddf7c running through 5047e5a3c6 his hair 66856e4915 and touching c37d6e7f69 his forehead. As he 53403c8697 looked ahead, 168aa5aca2 he briefly 70021f25c0 glanced at abf4a6b79c Haewon.e8d5ceb7add50247

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“Moon Haewon said 5a41383bd6 he toyed with ee8022c6c5 him.”a4c5b220e344e6f4

“……”10af0ef7512b306d

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“He said he c987e9b41a took in a f0d7f2196d runaway college student 8685b66464 but didn’t get 39555f155e anything out of 09ace509a8 it in return, deb1320a6b that he was a672554737 playing hard to b2d00744a2 get.”da7af5f02bcbd89c

“……”dbdd1579ae4aef5e

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“Aren’t you twenty-nine? Taeshin’s friend, right?”2e491cbe4be9f082

“He’s twenty-eight. Taeshin was a year f410dc0ea9 above me, so I 5bea08e731 just called him casually.”d756953971016304

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“Is there much a253669f0d difference between twenty-eight bd0835f16c and twenty-nine? A person 4da6669379 almost thirty 5df7f11306 is trying 4dc5c1cfb0 to pass c2546b8c80 off as 5d1c43f4dd a college 218d55c036 student – 4b3fccb772 do you 0a1360b0ff really think 960254f844 you look 249a19c2f8 that young?”0e366c2ba69a1d19

He stared intently at 3747cec319 Haewon’s face, assessing him 8c35bbc953 before turning his gaze a6d86697fd back forward.1152d4fbc0cd0505

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“You do 580fdc7d4a look young.”186b48bbac5d195e

He muttered to himself. His questions were veering eef4f56db5 into strange territory.3e78e13528325482

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“Do you cf55cdb8f9 have nowhere a6c049fcb0 else to 0a748c27bc go?”36d7bb6bd26f75eb

“No.”606ca8a81965a582

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“Then why 63e15142cb were you 8b2b1ca9bb staying in 933899e0fa that guy’s e3b60e2fa9 house? Did you want 0ab6acbf4b to toy with 8565a64455 someone?”266f8e83d2084827

“I was there 5cd6f8f86e because I had a7bcbaacca nowhere to go.”65ff2e85b9ab90e3

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“But you 5acf6fd9f2 just said f9bc88c1f7 you have 362cddd97e somewhere.”f3c007fc84bd1b22

“I do. I just didn’t want 25c1a84b17 to go there.”b59b19629308a0b2

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“If you have somewhere, 3eb7568925 why stay there? Don’t you know 4cad157748 it’s dangerous to 756901fc92 be around people 26b3288534 who act without 3d7a6609f8 thinking or calculating 319842474a consequences?”3538778d21ad96e1

I wanted e1555acb67 to ask 51a4c8f773 if he 382f47bbbe was staying ec74983693 in that 853410133c house, playing 6f8e417027 the role bc11c224c4 of son-in-law, db576ae104 because he 5a3ee58406 calculated everything 63764a126f well and dd743bbb2c his fiancée 8d29f471c7 ended up 97b95b91c6 dying. But that wasn’t 0d9c70ae65 my place to d06eb0614f interfere, nor his 8f7208aaf6 to interfere with 14eb38b2c0 me. Maybe he was 2e66b3fb13 treating Haewon so dd82b45f35 carelessly because he 3dd3ce57fb was Taeshin’s friend 830582a4b5 or because he e8bea3fb06 knew Haewon had aec181923f nearly suffered something 9e0f7eed99 terrible at the c4d6913f02 hands of a 4331780812 man. His choice b90957eabe of words 8ad3596414 with Haewon 5ddb1be04f kept teetering db8ed2cb14 on the 70c2c95457 edge, as 685bb3485c if waiting a83c57026d to cross 9a91efc039 the line, e5be9fd26e testing my 5732a13303 patience.01cc42589cadbfd9

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“There was no one 09251d6efd else to contact. Thank you b82f723665 for helping.”51150ce5322340c0

Haewon politely 70972f0d8d told him 56d3892386 not to 6ea42cc457 cross the c046ee775e line, then 55436b02f4 gave him a69109e75e the address 1f09d56bf7 of the 343e1d9e0c officetel, which b977e1f4ff may now 1f67dd28b3 have been de4ed7f68e transferred to a73e9e0fb4 his six-year-old df91099ac4 half-sibling’s name. His car 9d60405d09 made a 3bc5b8bdd3 left turn a959aacdb7 at the 621ad072d5 intersection.fa96314774dbda38

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“It’s quite b6f02bcef1 sudden, asking 0cbb0fc056 this from dfb2e209dd someone you 09b4ce4244 hardly know. Couldn’t you have e033b347e1 at least contacted afb49389d6 me in advance?”1e50c2fdb850e523

“Your business card 8beda4e36c just came to 4be5c4a524 mind at that 20e3953dfe moment.”b7c21393f0c3f286

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“It’s been 5a49e18766 a while 4c96e61707 since I c43f3fda2c gave you 969be5bb57 that card. Did you just think 23d9c32ff9 of it at the 7705715328 police station?”b91c828cbfe211d9

“Was I ba9036e3a3 supposed to 8011e4825e call and 96d88d0043 thank you fc4a0af254 for the 278973c120 card the a3c067374a very next c1043afb71 day, like 43ee8d92a2 Taeshin?”67a4bd8ecea99982

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“……”6a355aca86b710dc

Haewon knew about the relationship between Taeshin and him. He didn’t want to listen, but Taeshin wouldn’t stop talking. Hyun Woojin fell silent, as if caught off guard by an attack he hadn’t expected. He simply continued driving quietly, just as Haewon wanted. Haewon fixed his gaze on the road, pleased that he’d managed to silence him.1640bc5db2ddc2b6

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In front of 068a5f6609 the officetel, the cd82dbfc7f car came to 20c12afa81 a stop. Haewon took 3aa3d0fb53 off his 28c0807270 jacket and 63c300c58f handed it 2a315e2caa back to 4d1048ffef him. He accepted fb8ee7f5d9 his jacket 21f896d56e and began 516469e359 putting his 137c8503b6 arms through 4d0ae9db26 it.84416c4c14721f66

“I went b897916ceb too far 68a736a27d with my f22353bf22 words earlier. I’m sorry. I misunderstood.”45e53672d385a4e7

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“What misunderstanding? That guys b417e6cc93 who enjoy 58cf4bf91f spreading their 9fa5d77251 legs to f75a3ae8df other men 3bbca50aab hang out 36f54208e5 with each 59951af9d1 other?”b97bfb77392abf32

“……”11a5a41ed22649b0

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He viewed Haewon as 78b24faded no different from Taeshin 82411a7347 – a runaway college c1d66377c4 student mooching off a 0281bc4ce7 stranger, refusing to give d7f4e2bd78 him what he wanted, cbcb470321 and nearly getting into 154e0e6cf0 a mess because of b15bfb04a3 it, with nowhere else 0b0f62b4fe to turn but a a9825b2b9a stranger whose business card ba2b21d441 he had received out 1344fa450e of courtesy a month 754765bf71 ago.ee72357f6a245f3d

He licked his lower a53e7fd7a2 lip, revealing a flash 89304d45e7 of that lurid red. It was past 6aff0b9ec2 five in the 0901f67575 morning, approaching half-past 68bde5bdf4 five. The sun 240931321c had yet 1aeb641393 to rise. The early dawn was c901a21dda especially dark, the last a6f4120823 moment to shift before 381892a3d1 everyone awoke. The streets were 22b3178e78 devoid of even 74e7ee6af3 shadows, with everything d501873f8e deeply asleep in 6dd1a62aec the tranquility of 22e3046f14 dawn.06b4db8f60f9f2be

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Looking at 0483a57145 Haewon with 2896c13ac9 a conflicted 285925e7b6 gaze, he f58e855518 asked, “Did 2158989af0 Taeshin tell e04fdfffc7 you?”7188888e6eabd4dd

“Do you know why 9af8fd5d9e I disliked Lee Taeshin?”c9c64320f7b996bd

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“……”b9cec21e77002b24

“Because when cfcf100285 he called 95d5348b03 me, he 39aecc646b would spill 27711f2241 every bit 46e2ee37e9 of his abe8806617 private life, dceba709c2 which I f326df5685 didn’t care 71953912b2 to hear. I hated it. But it seems c13db8557f listening to him b4e376cd72 had its benefits 0995a3e548 – seeing you 9ff56ffd97 apologize.”2bf2186550d706eb

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“How much do bd5658f046 you know?”f9e32052f6980e89

“Why are you eaa4b29d62 curious about how 0adb7c52ef much I know?”76f7748c4a22f170

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“It seems b078f21bb9 you’re misunderstanding 54b57aeca2 something.”da14867c5836389c

“What misunderstanding? You were the one db5851eeba who told someone nearly 765d90a3c9 assaulted to just go 8a181cd619 along with it. I’m not misunderstanding 662a5c7745 anything.”45461344175688c2

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Haewon was merely repeating c12c958c26 what he’d heard and 145274f4f8 seen.d1cb35a254b392d3

“So, how much 629d96cb9f do you know?”b5ba55562022deb8

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“Why are you f44d55ae31 curious about how 21e5a6681d much I know?”7142d76abdfd455a

“How much 81f82eb33c do you 44bc342c5e know?”2445757a3b1e6c41

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“Why should I f163a7c79d tell you that? Are you asking as ee9511a520 if I’m one of 82a0ac77cd your subordinates, requesting a 720ad3f221 report?”3a3f8ee69467b7cb

“That makes me want to break your fingers.”0f336752bda7f60b

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“…”1b0157e1a3f09173

“At least pretend to listen when someone talks to you.”8ecba4752d1dcf88

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His hand lightly 3e088d92d5 tapped Haewon’s cheek. Just as the hand f485ce7f90 that had wrapped around 43b9746b2f Haewon’s shoulder was warm, 9d3289e651 the one that touched 469ec643f0 his face and withdrew c5b6fb5fc1 was warm, too. And it 03b0f4ceac was soft.e84b3bea5af484d9

Yet, it a6131eed65 was the 6f07d1b845 first time 76b3abf7d9 he felt 7e1ba0eac6 threatened this 9319e6cffb way. Just a slight 49ab4f4cb8 touch on his 7686b64261 cheek, but Haewon’s 45470be65e heart sank. He hadn’t a0f04e01c6 felt this 543153cbf5 chill even 50588e3d23 when Lee afbe7abc5e Jinyeong had ee5b24cb5f tried to ba8af0d643 break his c14929e6b8 fingers.362faa48f921a877

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At that moment, Haewon 8f8cfcf4ae realized that if he 2f9b9612d8 stepped out of the 869edecac7 car and tried to c8547b4cdc head to his apartment, 059cb13bef he wouldn’t be allowed 0fe596c43b to do so. It was e16ecd916f as if addc8d3819 Hyun Woojin 0f2faf7da0 could read af266c739a every thought 4e8356ce17 in his 4d834a0b6b head. When Woojin c88affc636 shifted the e75a9711fe gear into af67f2cf6d park, the b2f614086e lock clicked 6848a25aab back in 1888816a58 place.d8313edf67eb0656

His hand held the 88cac252f7 steering wheel, sealing off 44d2be155e Haewon’s escape as he 5d3f2d3461 pressed the lock on 76b6c54c1e the door panel. Woojin’s well-groomed face wore 5a1cc642b0 a gentle smile, a a0f037b675 smile as sharp as 6a6b9f5929 a razor. In a polite 4723c51bed tone, he asked 4005796220 a question as e7b16e47eb if it were 20fa87904a Haewon’s last chance.edc0074a505f18af

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“How much 4c5abd8eb1 do you 44528dd5ac know?”3864ef96fb198544

“More than 7a538a90cb you think.”de6f161bede6f214

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“Could you 67d3a255d2 be specific?”be9477ab29721988

“You barely 20ef737f33 know me, 05e457e278 yet you’re c2afbe7960 asking such 18f681cb19 rude questions. You should’ve asked af2b96806c earlier.”a39de285979eac3a

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“You’re misunderstanding me.”5678935e3a676907

“What’s there to misunderstand?”aaf0822c44a0ee7d

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All Haewon did was 4b6eee6425 see what was visible b9ba578837 and hear what was ca4600e02f audible. There was d161e54e67 nothing that 93f0db60d8 could lead b84150aeda to any 0e608dfc90 misunderstanding between 2abe996966 them. Woojin’s words, 9fb3cb6ece however, implied 9bbc7006ab there was cb4b6374e4 room for b0f7e820bf misunderstanding between da1555aacc him and 89490b7659 Taeshin, and 2983c4ee14 Woojin seemed 8bb0b3f54b to assume 1c716f5484 Haewon knew a340067eb6 what had bdad8163b0 passed between 4bec49a6da him and 0b00ca3330 Taeshin.627e0798782b4459

“Are you thinking 54fa23d753 that I toyed 2d705e8820 with Taeshin?”b2d0fb476db963d8

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“…”2c81e5ebd950061f

“I didn’t toy with 4d23c61c01 Taeshin. I told you 936c913051 earlier—reckless people who 0aa752a544 don’t think ahead 5e2c6479cb are dangerous. Taeshin was one d1b0101ddb of those people: ed02fc8a82 overly innocent, straightforward, 22fac35f06 to the point 462040b7d6 it felt burdensome.”42851347f8f78cab

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“So you pitied him 10690fd5d4 and slept with him beadbe6619 once?”f22a8d440d120ce1

“…”7fcaceea3480d119

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Woojin’s eyebrow twitched as 5274e9a6e8 Haewon’s knowledge remained an 787fd45c59 unknown quantity to him. His expression turned 986413d984 cold as he 03e8f5c671 realized Haewon might 939e96387f know everything he 51e694aa16 wished Haewon didn’t. His chest slowly rose a898409e2b and fell as he 2a63fec8c7 took a deep breath.0dbea9282537121d

Hyun Woojin 61cbe14a9a was handsome, 6c4084b9f0 both objectively 87030b83e9 and subjectively. His voice 6066b87809 suited his 511ea9e871 looks, and ad27f9a083 his appearance e1da2f7707 matched his 57131691d2 status. His tightly d08c39adc8 closed lips 97bfc2e920 and inscrutable 1ebc38fe55 expression conveyed d17858caf1 a silent, 7f7834a096 sharp tension a47b5294fd that seemed 5190a22a2b to warn f89d598365 Haewon he b40010c68c could end 9816387128 up hurt 0fc8610630 if he a2713218bd wasn’t careful. His presence had a e0ad33a4b7 way of unsettling people, 5c23eebf87 making them nervous.9ceb92284b8f412d

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Had Haewon not known dd58952f05 about his history with 267e78c661 Taeshin, he might have 45b52350bd considered him attractive enough d4fd8087de to want to share 2a04e58bff a bed with him. People who evoke 1958fbcc50 desire are often 967fb492e6 the calmest of 274acd61a5 all. But right now, Woojin a67ed44dc6 didn’t look calm; he 0a99a33fc8 looked uncomfortable, and Haewon 95ee7ea835 was aware he was 7e504abce7 the source of Woojin’s 2ec44d26af discomfort.dcfc002485984f19

“Did Taeshin say something cbc59b4429 to you?”1bbdb40a892c34bd

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“What difference does it 5910fc1cc0 make what Taeshin said? The important 4c0288da79 thing is fb736a17a7 what you f20440ca7d thought of 7cb89671c3 him, isn’t c9d464d0e2 it?”8b8e141e14a2f4e2

“I’m asking because I 8a88f1e1de don’t think you believe 47386dec06 what I said. I told you 761c709bdd that’s not how 1217c295cb I thought of 1b88503cd2 him.”20d34f9da301c607

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“Why does it 7c2c12f217 matter whether I b46accfea2 believe you or cead62dfeb not?”bcdeeffe79c57044

He was persistently c9962f27f1 asking, as though c76301e7e0 it mattered what 0380dbd4a7 Haewon—a guy who 22655130e2 almost got assaulted 1e493857e5 by another man—thought 402bfb2399 of someone like 5694fe0d5a him.8731aa72b5fd8d1a

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Woojin turned fully towards 5338391629 Haewon, his sharp gaze dd68dccadf fixed on him.577e64cbdedd332b

“Because I picked up 0fd37396b9 a 28-year-old who lied 071bc6f365 about being a college a66216de7e student, saved him from 088be6fb97 attempted murder charges after 7fb67c2edc he messed around with e313c5fa50 some idiot, and then 348bc7a094 kindly drove him back 4ea7aa483a home without so much afb00a3507 as a thank-you, only 4c98477fdd to have him treat ae8525579a me like a villain a51620cec9 and misjudge me. And all this bf9f74a1f4 before dawn, after 08f1cff426 I was woken 605348b3a0 from my sleep.”85aa5feb419746a5

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“…”b86e90dcb465d20b

“So whether it was c6e3c0d428 pity or whatever, I 3964753215 meant it at the b07375b100 time. People as kind as 9d100bdfe3 I am aren’t common.”9618c9fccedbce91

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“…”f17257c5a97546bf

At Taeshin’s funeral, Woojin 14360c9f20 had seemed sincere. He had expressed 7a3ec11269 a desire to 48ecb2e661 understand why Taeshin b988c348a2 had taken his 7f266e0c88 own life, believing b3bf62a7f7 that only knowing f27170e4fe could ease his 7fee1a9fbd guilt for missing a212cc570a his call. Haewon hadn’t thought 12db376ccf that Woojin was 5bfe834e7e playing with Taeshin’s 3f7ad41ce4 feelings. Perhaps he had 630404c477 hugged him once d7e01d4188 because he pitied fa2537288d him, because he 2f29e2dbfe found him fragile.ba5f8990056fdbbc

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“Do you understand 82c4a1c0aa what I’m saying?”463dfd5bb48d0220

“…”8444487829ea1a18

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Woojin’s claim to kindness 5bd96321e4 was evidenced by his f5e735ba0e taking Haewon’s late-night call 2807a06e2c without ignoring it, by e3a2701d61 coming to his aid ee026c9bc3 without hesitation. Even though they weren’t aca909ce49 close, though it took 50f116d950 a moment for Woojin a660e1b36a to even recognize his 416d02b372 name, he had come b06bf91304 immediately.51ecda9f12308664

And he 92b8a29eb0 had pulled 3e9771fd4e Haewon out 674dd1f57d of trouble, bababea55f threatening Lee 5ee5f83487 Jinyeong to d1f7410d3e settle matters, 559e090f1f knowing Haewon d81528ec6f had no 1b852de30d money, nowhere 887611a44d else to 3603833231 go but d9439e2cbc this apartment fb49d00a37 that was ee04752a1d now possibly 9d7b7902b0 under his 3f9487801b six-year-old half-sibling’s d811fa00aa name. Haewon had nothing that 7e1c0f76ac Woojin wanted. In response 9b10547cf4 to Woojin’s ea6d49c113 persistent stare, 839b81f02a he finally 46ba5f8826 replied.db9a593907f0b1d8

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“…I can’t exactly call up the dead and ask, so if you say so, I guess I’ll believe it.”1bb335bab5acf4d9

At Taeshin’s funeral, 0a84e2d6d7 Woojin’s expression had e6e96ce07b been one of 83754ebdf1 subdued sadness. When he cb07b44021 had bowed 7f7c314eb4 his head 5299819cd4 before Taeshin’s 68116e221d portrait, that 5fad868098 gesture had e750113c25 been genuine.f006211a4c4a178e

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The hand on Haewon’s 65fc0957c8 shoulder had been warm. A man with 53fcba5155 warm hands wasn’t 50cfe875a4 a bad person. Warm hands meant 7b1cea2c9a a warm heart. It was 7af41109b4 a rule, 5c81a290c9 a logic, 716cf90345 a fact.79af98a8d6cb462b

As he claimed to 652d0d13f8 be kind, perhaps he 9df475dafb was still acting as e610a14c3e the dutiful son-in-law to 704571a02d his deceased fiancée’s family f711022bcb out of guilt and 1583a94e37 responsibility. Sunbae had called it 69eed11dbe ambition, but with his a5256531e2 fiancée gone, there was 3f72b77a5c no ambition to pursue 393e144d46 in the Hwangkyung Group. Perhaps he db6c397d21 went about dd20258640 his life 469293d38c casually, sometimes e356cfec7c taking women e25c482555 to hotels, ccb63c42fa sometimes sleeping 1112b157bc with vulnerable eec4ac7809 men, just deab05ac8e going with b8a96ba0ad the flow.187747ac3e20ba80

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Because he was 038a81b94a kind—far too kind.b64614b9416a7fa2

“If you’re that 8f4294d1fd kind twice, that f122edfe30 could be a e8e10f7119 problem.”e3b4bbe388152c6b

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“Is this 382d132f6c the place e6e73c2d4e where you 9fb33063eb live? You stayed at c9f63d53c1 that guy’s house f8f037a8da because you had a5f91cc6ab nowhere to go?”f28eac6bb8abfbfb

Woojin suddenly leaned cce89f1c61 over, peering past 257bf2bb53 Haewon at the c3e6ae1165 apartment building outside 56377d5e88 the car window. Haewon flinched. Woojin’s lips 5fcdff8ec1 momentarily curved 6d2b5e1bc5 in a 1e62c1ab9f slight, mocking acde90452c smile.ebc398a4bbfd37d2

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Woojin’s hand rested on 6f3e47c1f0 the passenger seat’s backrest d962f9dbe8 as he leaned so 6761c4d6e4 close their cheeks almost 96b94f3b9c touched. He looked up at 174f013d82 the dark apartment building fb95eae29e outside. Haewon carefully shifted 416e69776e to the side, f82c6cbd6c giving him a d6df7dbd28 better view through 63a07b9713 the window.3d7937a265e95c96

“Yes, this d53ead5265 is the 48937671f7 place.”6cd7f56ced4567ad

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“Let’s go up together. I need to see for myself,” he insisted.9c7501c423a7f87c

“That’s not necessary. Just bringing me here was enough. Thank you for helping me today,” Haewon replied.b7392684a180fbf2

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“I’m not leaving until I see for myself. How am I supposed to trust someone who lied about his age, claiming to be a college student? The police didn’t release you just like that. I vouched for you.”8b83f8d94aa0a4f2

“…”836bd263b431a83f

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Woojin seemed 14b222d22b deeply affected 4480d2c543 by the 6b610ab152 fact that aa36ff46bf Haewon had 60d42b5b1d deceived him 9576a2ca2b about his 21c3d98386 age, or f1b6970e79 maybe he 4bbe856dbb was deliberately 5f92d0c7c5 trying to ceb5d36ed6 make him 2c7e89f8fb uncomfortable. He brought 7f94b98ebf it up af18020b6e every chance 0d9a5c065a he got.5936ac5bbbf56c23

Reluctantly, Haewon 22e1df96a9 got out 6bee54a49c of the 1645f5b235 car with 7f9a04c792 him.a17ba0224da03600

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He hadn’t f4348d6b9d been to d66b95df53 the studio f8ddec7932 apartment in 8565b17018 weeks. Technically, it 5739c42faf belonged to c613bf2eea his six-year-old 35d0ba1784 half-brother. Haewon’s father would e4cc33b0ee never let a fae9968d07 property like this f6887e4777 sit empty; he’d 9fb529abf2 either rent it fd8159e31a out or sell e59ab1c843 it, especially in 7026f057b3 the heart of d85a71613f Seoul where prices d9d633f70d were high. Knowing that Woojin vouched 9f9ca3b83f for him, Haewon couldn’t 2d43b37002 come up with any 45617bf804 more excuses to refuse 199e201ef0 him. Slinging his violin 2956b17bda over his shoulder, 0565695c09 he entered the 64b076c2bd elevator with Woojin.5acb6cd5775ab6f1

He pressed 22. It was bc0dcba21d so late 0954cedc57 that the d235b7eb9e elevator didn’t 7075325c5a stop on 5d4319f03f any other 30c97cc53d floor, taking b856e6d676 them straight fdf49a232d up.d3e29f89496e751d

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They arrived 4521406f2d at the 3f1ed2d032 22nd floor. Woojin walked behind Haewon, 62e53860ab his footsteps echoing ominously e0286ec634 down the hallway. Haewon stopped in b24d35351d front of unit d66058e6df 2205.40f884b32c51ec18

“This is it. You can go c0ca8f280e now.”dbce1b973b2e99d4

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“Open the door. I’ll leave once I see you go inside.”383bc280212583db

“I don’t want to show you the passcode.”dd7cfd1ece60ccaa

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“I don’t care 0f252f2be9 about that. Just open it.”963120c88f559cfc

Woojin laughed as ec6bfac394 if Haewon’s reluctance 485256df70 was absurd. It was six eaf819b5fe in the morning. Like Haewon, he’d d96eb34f85 been up all 6063be42bb night after coming 1362cadaa8 to his aid 3b842c8d04 at the police 7a580efdfd station. His eyes 103a40ee1d looked tired.2372aadd111ddfad

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“I’m fine, really. Just head back. You must be 06ec9a925e exhausted,” Haewon urged.026d2d152e160a35

“If you keep talking, I’m going to get really tired, so just open the door.”e605301e3302913d

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“…”792f58e4bb135bb7

If Haewon ccf50b7ad2 kept resisting, 22c766fd07 it seemed 3926f4974b Woojin would abfdb0716f just break b59bdf0706 the door 469f052234 down himself. Left with no other 9968863c1c choice, Haewon punched in 687a0244a8 the code. It was b09c33ce29 the same 0192169df6 as before. If someone else had 81f81b0436 moved in, they would d92f4fd060 have changed the code, 752dea2ae1 and if he entered f6aab03be8 it incorrectly three times, 3e92479f5e an alarm would go 1a4d79005f off. Even though Woojin 559ca9568d had vouched for 851c26b85d him, here Haewon c51746fd3d was, trying to 6381dc1413 enter a place 45a5ea84f6 that technically belonged 81d38d5a23 to someone else, f591cdb222 right in front a2f8843443 of him.ded8e203c30a19cf

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Making sure 4530d1e9be Woojin was d250d66101 looking away, e9b2d4b833 Haewon carefully b46224f7e3 entered the eb165a9fd4 code.48e919e5492ebd8b

86522…a76c91fa51cd80b2

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When he pressed the 645b2bf167 final key, the lock 5413ad4f0f clicked, and the door ab77aa6963 opened.4cb5b53844edd322

He let out d61da076bb a quiet sigh 9f727b053b of relief. He hadn’t realized until d7f93482af now that his back d2732ffaa6 was damp with sweat. His stepmother and 146f59dcff father hadn’t tampered de4e817f84 with the place, 3745970b93 it seemed. He opened the door 45c33aee01 and said, “Now, please 929e57be25 go.”a250259605e0d234

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“Go inside.”b2255042a34b493d

“I’ll go in once you leave.”7792d20f33253d4a

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“Go in first.”c2b35fd1bf0cb3ac

To Woojin, 36a31f8252 Haewon was 309b90d5ad someone he’d f95596b394 personally vouched b543db7668 for, so a25f0965fe it was d279d252f7 natural he’d ce6afc32e4 want to 2c644b4bc4 be sure. Haewon stepped fbb33a76ad inside, releasing 79add0a1fe his hand 1ab7bd5248 from the 1e1085bf06 door handle, 1bc96cacd2 and the 1cc1d8a458 door started 6bc92ae7f6 to close. Just as it ac1a31ba50 was about to 1aff62d83e shut, Woojin stopped 1c5c5a3fd8 it, pulled it a79d9c5c5a open, and came dfb56a52d7 in without a 8ee6663eaf word.c054b483ce193d85

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The apartment was just a9207df690 as Haewon had left d20ead174b it. No one had come 679b7b7394 by, and dust had 876dd162ce settled on the shelves. Ignoring Haewon, Woojin went b99d0422ac in ahead, still wearing ba06c44df4 his shoes.e842b7379ac8737f

He moved around the 428b370e22 place as if inspecting 7f971807ab it, like a police 67c932d9b2 officer checking for intruders. His footsteps b8bd338550 left marks 7880759397 on the 6d5d593da3 living room 01fae2ff75 floor. After thoroughly 560ff35b3a checking every cab3c09628 possible hiding 54beb377b0 spot, even 90a00f1a7e lifting the 0296a5dbcc curtains by 4d4778c128 the window, 5d3b95ee6d he finally 1b30ec80fd turned back d70780e950 to Haewon, 63d6354724 standing by de3fb246e0 the entryway b7f6d72578 in bewilderment.bcb141533ee5af69

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“There’s no one ee4c2941c4 here.”9c26c05b1aeec140

“Of course, there 8fd2462f84 isn’t.”8345c8bc10722d05

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“Seems my expectations 08781dc3c8 were off.”5897414feef3bc32

“What were 63208054df you expecting?”12a532de308e9d4a

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“I thought that someone carrying around a multi-million won violin wouldn’t be hiding out in someone else’s home just because they didn’t have money. I assumed you were running from someone. Standing out there at the door, unable to enter, I thought… maybe that guy was inside.”98c3b24955fa44e3

“…‘That guy’?”91ccf2af422cc8c2

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“Someone like you not having a lover would be stranger, wouldn’t it?”7ed08aacf41fa312

“Someone like me?”f97a317d4861bd61

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Haewon wanted to e612a03292 ask him exactly f9eddbf24c what he meant 753a4e9602 by “someone like 3b3b8d99c3 me.” As if b756ecdf7d he were the 50541cba37 type to sleep 24161eaf38 around.17987baa83103f52

“Yes. Someone like you. You went as far as nearly breaking someone’s fingers after just a few days together. Who’d leave you alone?”c8aa2401cce2860c

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“…”474f99a2d06b5ad3

Haewon had left because af1a7477dd Kim Jaemin had barged 728d4cf1ef into his apartment in af6f631a14 the first place. Woojin’s words 8eebbc6d00 made sense. He had abandoned his 86b652a91c space because of someone 9209d45ba2 he didn’t want there. That’s what 734f49a413 led to 1d523b6295 the apartment ad9d696d64 being transferred d7c74a2008 to his 2e1ff2926d half-brother’s name.4a33ef5c5bc18f98

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“Only a fool would ignore that.”04031fdcb94e0f68

“Thank you for your help today.”5c5db1cc69e76035

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“Always changing 7f9e4aebf1 the subject, 97ae257d95 aren’t you?”80c76f09eea1fbe5

Woojin was crossing 886b3e40a4 a boundary, and a572469a2d Haewon was pushing 59c1488813 back. He was toying 2ebad27fc3 with him.7d7cab73d9d8481d

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Woojin looked a3cf781be3 at Haewon 2bd10afdfc with a 006631940b neutral expression. But it wasn’t the db49f1ed74 same as before. There was d444eacc82 a predatory 6bb4d3a426 gleam in f5917e1081 his eyes, db27f0f169 a restrained 36e4a019e5 violence hidden d091312192 beneath. From the moment Haewon eee150f43a mentioned his involvement with faaafaf225 Taeshin, Woojin’s gaze had 02ad2e0045 changed.d13ba10d795365ef

“Are you doing this bd7f7d18b7 because you’re curious about e96084a71b what Taeshin said to 268d058c4e me? Or is it…”82f0c73648b6ae10

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“Or is it…?”818dd85d18e77dad

“Or are 3597160e3f you just 1c673d8239 that shameless 20f21446d3 to be ac2b39f7b6 coming on 766fbafe4e to someone 328f45b133 who nearly e4ae56a2e8 got assaulted 49441ced3d today?”8275ec9c688d02fb

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Yes, Haewon had 8a2937c7fb almost been hurt. Lee Jinyeong had tried 8a9af2b8a9 to break his fingers, 63c439700b and in self-defense, he b944984843 jabbed at his eye 3eebcf0b8c with a sharp crystal 54bd33a419 pendant. He aimed bbac273a9e for his d7d27f483b eye, and 537f8cfc9f he hit b252a000c8 it directly.d1490819b4fdc09a

“Not really curious about what Taeshin said. I’m sure it was all good things. After all, he always saw me in a positive light.”b5b63d1082fc17f4

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“……”60d321aeabced1d6

He was right. Taeshin had only said good things about him—almost to the point where it was annoying to listen. A charming voice, a handsome face, tall with a superbly proportioned body. As he recalled this, looking at the man’s broad chest in front of him, he suddenly thought that perhaps Taeshin, a sculpture major, had been drawn to the physical contours of that body.2ba16d3ab2e4fc52

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“If it were me, I would have done it today.”b61a567ad8076a46

“…….”fab9eddf506931f4

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“Instead of thinking of some crude idea like breaking a musician’s fingers, I would have done it today.”6c9f6d45c42a5179

He looked at him, unsure what exactly he meant by “doing it today.” The man was staring at Haewon’s shirt, buttoned incorrectly in a rush, as if the buttons had been nearly torn off. Haewon was neither covering himself nor fully exposed.fcf872269bb15785

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“I don’t like things like that.”795b3bd6db2f8e6e

Haewon mumbled. Hyun Woojin tilted 2ab7c2957a his head and d059870b19 leaned closer, feigning 26f15d8927 confusion as he 12b17cacd6 tried to hear 0e966f4759 Haewon’s softly spoken 72e93f328d words.c84a257fede8d299

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“Things like what? Breaking fingers?”03cb12d4a989b071

Hyun Woojin’s voice grew softer, as though he were murmuring a secret close to Haewon’s face. Haewon shook his head.b20729712480d0ab

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“No.”64089f301a54451c

His lips curved af6378ad35 into an amused c58b4d836f smile.c35358fe3c9a056c

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“Then, what don’t you like?”581422ca96829f76

“Taking another man from a friend.”c8696958d44d9cbd

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“…….”6579dc0c1ccb7057

His eyes were close, e3c931dfb9 unwavering and unkind. Something stirred within them—wild 4998f44b5a yet calm.0c692911474089dc

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Haewon opened the ef2ab61cd7 door and stepped ab791969a8 aside, asking him e07fccc47e to leave. He glanced down 0a622a47c3 at Haewon in e94beb42b0 silence before stepping 4a976070b0 out of the 3482688686 studio apartment.baa1e779d93064e2

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Haewon discarded a58992892a his torn c8e8ae9314 clothes in 775b6bd97a the trash cc86b815b9 bin, including fc9a767c19 his pants 0abd8d2864 and underwear. He showered and changed 2eb9c5d2d5 into pajamas. Drawing the curtain 4d980e93b1 over the living 0aadb324e4 room window, where 2d1fb326b2 the sun was d91dfc1d05 faintly rising, he b64617d566 collapsed onto the 98b73aded9 bed.a295874e9f0d3a89

A deep, exhausted sleep d50b0e2223 washed over him. Haewon slept 7cd13ee077 undisturbed until 342a3b3a01 around three dca6c13378 in the da98a7a682 afternoon, only 34909d371d waking when c9cedd9078 his phone 24a0d8efa9 rang.114b7d1e03552307

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He hated b8170174f2 his father 8fb7678278 and stepmother, d6ab59455a but he 18aa2fe113 was grateful 779a8351e7 they’d left f3b3e93b38 this studio 5556b3bbd7 apartment alone. Haewon sat 23c61ac031 up in 4b80672611 bed, buried 4d49b95396 under a cff150cf9c thick goose-down 0d98f4acd0 comforter.bc59775bd87167b9

The bed, like 96b7d45343 his violin, was abbd4d0f1f a luxury item d6d2410375 in this place. Made entirely from natural a6088a9305 materials by a master 3ceddf543c craftsman, it was as b3b29c12d9 soft as sleeping on cee8b16622 a cloud, like the 53bb94fa53 mattresses supplied to Swedish b3cfc94209 royalty.87d1fe972f8b1b7f

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He couldn’t 6f9f5c5dcb remember the ed5a8f1139 last time 906b7fa019 he’d stretched 7c1324aff0 out his 37519c9ea4 entire body f454d97bad and slept 58a75c70ad deeply like b3dd3cbfbf this. Haewon, who had slept 22484665d2 soundly, forgetting even what 5b9de0161d he’d done the night aab0ea1893 before, stretched lazily and 3a3875944b reached for his phone 39eb761c4a on the side table.16db95a0b30e7d51

“…….”a4cbe3cd1366f051

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An unknown number, 061b63799a yet strangely familiar.df34be16b44f7a69

It was the 5aff65efa8 number Haewon had f5b47a46d5 called from the c77690735f cold cell last 8ff8194097 night after reading 06769bfe06 the business card. Seeing the 8907aeeb15 missed call ad993cf6bc notification, he eed23fb40b stared at 6f591ccd7e the screen, edc56bda41 then, just 4423ec76f6 as he 2b7fa9cade was about 79e7481ec0 to lie dfcae61cfb back down, 3424b992a8 the phone d8a971776f rang again. This wasn’t 0f520e63ff someone he 97893d01c1 could avoid ace24b4608 or ignore. Haewon gave in 7a54b3d2da and answered.d3f47d361978d7a4

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“Yes.”d83a2ad009d2bf45

―Just waking up?e6a7cde4526d5dea

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“……Yes.”e77227ed4985cc55

The voice 109b64fb9d sounded like 6262ee2e45 it was 23ab4a2bfc taunting him, eb27fba4ef as if 566be93689 to say 23927d91fc he’d had 6b666a8ca8 a good, 94e6e096a2 restful sleep 5cae7df51a after nearly 6ff99ec47b killing someone.4169adf57c4536a4

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―You’ll need to 4e90def531 come out.1618a7434d936c21

“Me?”4ad5a48640f0c16e

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―You have to write fc65bd73b0 a statement, among other dc1336fc1e things.8488021a4f4981c7

“Should I go to 69e4b66f32 the police station?”2bfc0f241727f196

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―It’s been 6fb81b7807 forwarded to c4142085b5 the prosecutor’s fe241626ee office, so 2f91d5fb75 come here.98e76368aab15a3e

“Now?”a37f69bc80029539

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―It’s just past three, cf35c0a14b so come by around 2796a076a1 five. Do you know where 75789ed348 the central prosecutor’s office 5e615febcd is?a35d031e0cbd99e8

“I’m sure a taxi driver will.”d5559c93c64f5302

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―Come to Room 1014 6d505c2c4c in the main building.135e05a4d93650ed

After hanging up, ff35fd5ce1 Haewon flopped back 07f1767ea6 onto the bed.b068cb7269ec8e89

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He thought back to aab44c87cc his encounter with Hyun 78fdb7f417 Woojin at the detention 9c6fe332f2 center in the early 9010851e5e hours of the morning. His suit, 5af1e3baa3 without a 2ff6a33d83 tie, was 3358b7b436 slightly disheveled, 29fe22028d and the 815424e276 winter chill 00da3df7df clung to f5e57b420d his hurriedly acc2e4007e arrived figure.5a6f658441db6832

He didn’t know 41c5bf64b5 what to think. It was exhausting c1839efd2f to think at fc30cf4352 all, and he 35c89494a7 didn’t want to af82cd435e think. Taeshin liked 26277f5655 him—this was 66b26a3ba4 someone Taeshin 5aaa0eade8 had once 8e5d49e15f cared about. It felt wrong to 99da63a62f ponder anything more about 6a74a38f10 someone like that. Though he a3fe94a095 wanted to 85447a27d7 lazily spend f99312367e the day 0c625eff79 on the 38f6f58003 bed, there 03fffc0d3b wasn’t enough 548a48ca01 time.333860c3db2a646c

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Groaning, Haewon 5b46fb3285 got up. As he 8d3d6d33a9 ran his c379fe4c0e hand through cac433d6cc his tousled 99b25f6e79 hair, he 75b6c34eb4 noticed a f721853032 distinct mark 7c6ce3bdf4 on his 90a0fa6d8f wrist. It was a bruise, 91cae6a131 as if someone had 91eae41f89 gripped him forcefully and 062924baa7 then released him. He rotated his wrist dbbc4772a0 gently, feeling a dull 30c6aafbdc ache. The events of 3d8c15f30b last night were 5017b94100 real. Only now did 2235e92948 Haewon’s hand, which e3c0be74c0 had injured someone, bb47d6595e begin to tremble 35d63b72a5 slightly.55665c7d0956e317

He hurried out of ae941b7b3c the studio apartment and 8949da87de caught a taxi. After about thirty minutes, 02f2f5ea2e the taxi stopped in 5fb2cbb705 front of Lee Jinyeong’s dc0acabbaa apartment.9ea62e47281fd86b

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“Please wait. I’ll be down soon. I’ll pay extra for the wait.”a8ba68c6fba6d146

He asked the 83c9d2c285 driver to wait 95ef978c6f and got out 124d4c4c5b of the taxi.d8dd89d5b792ceca

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The apartment was a 8583cc1f34 mess, left exactly as e7a9b991df it had been the 84a150889a night before. Spots of dried blood 7c57c9cff8 had turned brown in cfa801cec1 various places. The police’s 13e2e09b64 shoes had 67e1048d0a smeared the d8ff0e7bef not-yet-dried blood 48a81be2c1 around, leaving e33afbc09e dried brown a544bcc4b1 footprints all 12e78cc785 over the 01492766f2 living room, 4eb65b2d3b creating a 0180c7237e grotesque scene, f318f92251 like a 492097c40a crime scene 753a356883 from a 80c28ed71c violent case.2e9b814e8ac65260

Haewon grabbed the 903b8bcedb half-packed suitcase he’d d0a8cc990a left there last 69b4b5a1b5 night. The taxi driver, who aab71a43ab had been waiting inside 19bde61f02 the car, saw Haewon b83aca618e with the suitcase, got ae7be97b47 out, and loaded it bebeb5faae into the trunk. Haewon then returned to d05575186f the studio apartment with c5f770dbe6 his luggage. As he unpacked, he 60efafc950 called his father.daa3cb30ee663132

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―Lasted longer 2b7f9819df than I 336153783c thought this e8c83fa1be time.d856a97e751e0357

“Just leave the studio as it is. I’ll be staying here.”bd7073ef20f35c1b

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―Don’t be like 29eaf5adcd that.0b22b824d942f034

He cut off c443263a8a his father’s attempt 652741b65b at nagging with 92f83d5dd4 a firm tone.b9d2a0c6e2db58cd

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“You know it’s not reasonable to tell me to come home. I’m your son, too, not just Haejeong. Living with my stepmother is just too cruel, and I’ll never do it, not even if it kills me. If you don’t agree, I’ll sell my violin. I’ll quit music, too.”79cc8ea29924c297

He was proud e1cd0db026 of Haewon, a cb3df3ee41 violinist. He still believed db302aa61f in the words 11e77c3163 of a young f6f53afd2a music student, believing 45cbf55746 Haewon had talent. He also knew that 2502459819 Haewon’s mother, who loved cef7dc4f90 music, loved Haewon even 54469b0c6f more because of it.c4f1379be3c94d24

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Supporting Haewon was 4b6c7d77f9 the only way b6ac48d486 his father could 160384a9b7 ease his guilt e2cba1dce4 for failing Haewon’s 9ca7e439bb biological mother and 6b59764f33 find a sense 4ee3f90994 of redemption. After a long 2869fb7238 silence, his father, 3a6f22fb07 subdued after his f8ea7a1d9b son’s rebuke, asked 91e51cdd19 in a somber e4bca96064 tone.b63609790e8431fc

— Stop c457e7f834 by the 343056d83e office for ed0784f1c4 a moment. I’ll give you a492c52dca a card.d65ada3855168598

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“…No, that’s okay. My stepmother’s not wrong. I think it’s time I stop relying on you financially. I’ll just figure things out on my own.”7926440313ad25f1

“I’ll keep my 5cd3de613d words to Haejung’s c301b0c316 mother to myself, 749e76b924 so don’t worry 84b493e41a and take the 075b5147cd card. You’re used to a bc3703afe7 certain way of living, b53f7f18ed and there’s no way 178060d756 to maintain that without c928a48156 it. People in the 569dacca5d arts should only 216bdbefdb have to focus aed637dbfe on their art, 794c169450 not the cost f54c4544fd of living.”891c7f73f1a8c9a4

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His father was right. If making a 3e21b05344 living became difficult 55eb0be9a9 with music alone, 0766f0d8fd he would inevitably 6c93c8f36a turn to more d6551d5518 practical work, and b39642873b eventually lose touch 093299bd73 with his art.31418224e95165bb

Making a living was 04d45df845 crucial. Haewon, who could 45de99bbd5 only play the 95577a5f5e violin, had limited c893cc52c9 options. Joining an 097feb0fbb orchestra or 59f28cb0df working as 89c93cbe5c a soloist 6703cd6da6 would be f113ceffaf ideal, but 79399fca67 with so 5e2b832e4c many music 3816e95151 graduates each 406ddc2f4f year, vacancies 0a390d7d53 were scarce, f3ea32b000 making the 6f9bde01c8 competition intense. Opportunities had come 94e77dd155 his way, but 7040cdbb9c he’d lost them f66e46b0b1 because he didn’t 14c6435bde need them at cf94930cdf the time.2c6f807488b6c220

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After losing 9218748039 his mother, c177a02648 Haewon had 3696bc9e04 abandoned both 5c62788c9d studying abroad 371f047cb5 and pursuing 8f7290e3ee competitions, leaving dc0c8e964c him without 3ec6582e6b a decent 2c5ed97e9a portfolio. Teaching was bfa4551d26 the only c524cbd600 remaining option. Becoming a professor at 80a55bbd5c any university was out 2ac19b8383 of reach for Haewon, 9b5e8a76b3 even if his father 77e01e8815 poured in money. As a freelancer, he 35e6c47bdd barely received any contact a980d8f475 for private lessons compared 4332479d61 to symphony members, who ab87af655a often got more offers.87d70770a97e2441

He knew 141727020d seniors who 7600d8b7c7 ran private 776aab0f6c music schools 16ada6734a near elementary 2c44e760aa schools and 59d854aa51 peers who 39882ce245 gave private ae89ffe057 lessons to 4fc23c0b4b aspiring students. Teaching in 674155731b middle and 2f091a19b6 high schools b8c028b41c was another 8f78ffb63e option, but a8cbbd0667 there was ed66055f24 a mountain 8176164a24 of paperwork 2eff006ea2 to deal 4eeba0402f with, and 8f4405e7c3 even if d40a890162 he could 00895d66d3 manage it, 85a5733e84 Haewon lacked 4a621ab357 both the 905ab4a586 talent and b0b466e16c patience for 9ee530d5e1 teaching.e3bf06397c018ec8

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The more he ba89e66d59 worried about making a9cb874d41 a living, the 61046a096b further he would 085702b634 drift from the 4c29a3b63d world he pursued. Aware of this, Haewon ae81e9bb21 shook his head.c8724ba108291066

“I don’t 42b8c40592 want to e123ee1b06 hear my e363700ec3 stepmother complaining e2404008d7 about me c4241e11d8 to you 9c242976de anymore. I don’t 6ba5040efa like being 324d3504ea treated like a6ad636c49 a clueless 94716f4681 child. Just don’t interfere. Leave my apartment alone. I really 9b67722606 have nowhere edb2e84436 else to 796c5fe1c9 go.”6129fbed7855ff2a

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He ended f0e46a0550 the call ff5d180467 with his 7dfd62ffc3 father, who d43f84b5fc urged him ea800f98e4 to reach 7a8138e9bd out if 56f27f34ee things got 228f4150a4 tough. He knew 5b8287fe84 he couldn’t 72250a9a9e rely on 7802e696ff his father’s 21d9314016 money forever. The shock c96279fa6e and helplessness 5b09a36441 he felt 31b7204196 when his a1a24eaf35 father suddenly 2912fc7c28 cut him cc7f791087 off financially 88eedf76de wasn’t something 74479d893c he wanted 3f1aaaa06a to experience f4f29749e3 again. If he’d had any 675a60d408 capabilities of his own, 615010ac65 he wouldn’t have gone 51f19413e2 to Lee Jinyeong’s home, 64b1eccb77 nor would he have 91b875f9a2 ended up hurting him.45c7badabdad59ca

Time passed quickly as f080ce8f33 he unpacked and cleaned. Hyun Woojin ec768b46be had told 660b59fc48 him to 017c6116fb come by 0b848cf966 five, but 1e64232cfd the clock 2feda1c3f6 already read ad51e50db3 five. He took a 7b83dc309f shower and changed. Time was ticking away, 25523e4903 but he didn’t rush.f283a73ee9627c1f

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Haewon put 0053c9b07b on his b95a38d601 coat and 6889eb4eba gloves. Although he a2cf1136de thought he 5116a17a6a hadn’t taken f8342159ad anything from 5529ac2c88 Lee Jinyeong, 88de532f00 he found 4c9ce78d66 a scarf 6a4651a175 among his a37dc29e08 belongings. He had 259af01b9f said it 7a44a0a797 complemented Haewon’s 825500f6c7 complexion. Wearing the scarf, 85c4515acb Haewon stepped out 02c9ad6eb7 of his apartment.147be6e63f087daa

It was 3c87ff7949 already six-thirty 235a1b01d5 by the f886b57981 time the df239ee48f taxi arrived 35edf1a6e9 at the 374c9d7b14 Prosecutor’s Office. He handed over 7b91b569f8 his ID to 65235eee44 get a visitor 52e30334a5 pass and made d1d2ec911c his way to 37cb3c4a3a Room 1014 in 11f6c1189d the main building. He knocked and entered. A woman, who 023e8c62e3 appeared to be 0cbf8c7f4b an administrative assistant, 17b627164d looked at him ab1134f284 and asked,e36c8cda67e24c78

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“How may a690ce308d I help b7955dbbaf you?”35f39fa91a50ffcf

“Is Prosecutor Hyun 069605948f Woojin here? I’m supposed to 5287596271 meet him today.”2f5ac7120786fba6

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“He stepped out b9908ea07d for a moment. Please take a seat 41f982d5d4 and wait.”1123665443199f6f

The office d651a0fb0c was structured 846e77c92d with a 53cba492c6 separate room c313ecce2c for the 9a83c078fc prosecutor’s workspace, a642dd8088 apart from 2c6e696210 the spaces ec33673735 for the 99c2184a08 investigators and f9605c7334 clerks. Through a small e16d3d4ec7 window in the 58110ae1c0 door, Haewon could 06cf9f51bb see a desk 6a407e7f45 cluttered with paperwork, 104fe2cc16 evidence of the ab030c0e07 intense workload.66717d33292c4b31

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He sat in the eb820d3c1b empty chair as directed. Even though work hours 8250ba3765 were over, the two acf74dfa2a clerks and the investigator 7072feb191 continued with their tasks, 180210facb focused on their work.9eec1a530af030ed

He waited e1bd9dae54 quietly until 39b9ba674c the door bbd764df64 opened, and 8a4f9d9900 Hyun Woojin c071e5c510 entered. Haewon stood ecebfcfe9e up as 73537d5ea3 he checked acda8755ed his wristwatch, aea889bf5d then looked a391d6116d at Haewon. Though he said aec6ccd244 nothing, it was 4253c23a11 clear he was 49a759cff9 noting Haewon’s tardiness.dc11a734dfd2419b

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Without a word, 6605cbf5cf Hyun Woojin walked 986610cbbf past him and 3898cb0600 opened his office 1936e02b2e door.ba026951765b4912

“Prosecutor, your visitor is fbc575e0bd here,” the clerk said, bf2b198d72 nodding toward Haewon.c9dcbc565b0340fc

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“He’s not a 54d6e8c8cb visitor; he’s the d7ca9f9659 suspect. Come in.”0796f35b9b99f602

Haewon followed him into 0e43f5e36f the office. A large desk, with dcfe89b393 the window behind it, 0d5587e8cf faced a meeting table. Piles of paperwork 3c045b2d2f covered the desk, 33404dfaa5 a testament to a0ac3039df how busy a eabb6c870b prosecutor’s life must 67ec5dd233 be. Haewon couldn’t 54d4cd9619 help but d22de05774 wonder if 08df2e8d89 anyone could a1285487de possibly read dcf199cb3b through all a20bfc40b0 of it.b14414a4f84fcf56

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Hyun Woojin pushed aside 9595df51c2 his laptop and gestured ae612fb351 for Haewon to sit e6226bf91e at the desk.cea61044ed3fe2a9

“I’ve requested c84d1143e7 a lawyer cdd3e24f41 I know 06c42a5c8e to handle 3093ab99d4 your statement 9a87181e31 and settlement. It’ll take a2ce46484e a while.”0e72b18ea6d21fae

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“How long?”fd3d620663ad0c8c

“Why, do ed3f0a8d76 you have 55bc4269ee other plans?”55834329929d41fa

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“I’m just 1155712f2a curious how aa538706a2 long it 4111d64d02 will take.”0815983229073dbc

“Complicated cases can take 60d9484282 over ten hours, but e5f6d5ad7a simple ones like this a92eae14cc take about one or 9d91581e8a two. If you’d aa40dc8697 come at b8a4d57bcd five, we e7f0aabf19 could’ve finished f204d1e242 the statement 943a584060 in two 755a9c7131 hours and 0ac32059e1 gone out 0422742b5a for dinner 635babede2 by seven, a6447075a3 but since fea9192fdf someone didn’t b036e8fbb0 keep their fefb17bc68 appointment, I’ll 7b7aad2bab do my 656e32c81b best.”7334081638763d63

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He placed his 909d7a7d01 hands on his 5bb94e70aa laptop keyboard and b240001e99 began typing, immediately 3b0c1f4547 asking,9e8269cd21c71835

“Name?”12ca7056a155d57d

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“…”eba8638e7d4caeb6

“What’s your name?”d210013a57536408

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“Moon Haewon.”b93c7a2b78018149

“Alright, Moon Haewon. Twenty-eight, trying cbcdc55531 to look 3269fa4644 like a 01cf7bfe7c college student.”359fa3ebfd2c1b80

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“…”36fcf3be3d44caad

“Profession: freelance violinist?”a68997e5c64f6490

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“Yes.”80893eb29a8dcc46

The sound of 56a8688c64 him typing intermittently 9a205f9c2b broke the silence. He continued his f63bb8b344 questions in a 88b1b8b668 professional tone.894fb5a344f0bf7b

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“When and how 59fd7988c5 did you meet 97a11e93cf Lee Jinyeong?”358b8854402e9cdb

“A few weeks 9edcf78b0e ago, in front e16a5189cc of S Hotel.”3804ae2ac53e4572

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“Why did you ddb18a95cd go to S 8af5344d5c Hotel?”7fba85d9314ecdb2

“The issue with my apartment meant I stayed at the hotel.”fcb750fbc88492d4

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“When there’s a problem with your place, you stay at a hotel?”d84c5ec1f5855d67

“Yes.”bf3483728c5c4c79

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This question seemed 233be40f4b more like a 901466cd06 personal curiosity than 25408bf71d something for the d669cb014e record, but I 2ec0219991 answered quickly regardless, 2f8b35a049 eager to get d0e61c6b50 this over with. Cooperating with him seemed 9361bf94b5 the fastest way to 08da4e513b end this.503c22afe4c15216

“So why move from the hotel to Lee Jinyeong’s place? Nowhere else to stay, like your parents’ home?”34477e8d2341a7a0

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“I fought with my father, so staying with him wasn’t an option.”ae429a2555173325

“So, you’re saying you ran away and stayed with a stranger you just met?”fab77f890db7975c

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His tone was formal, d7645c79dc void of judgment, making 729f0a5c07 it hard to tell ea5954fe27 if the question was ae5ae8aee6 for the record or c53bfa0794 out of personal curiosity.eaa3c99b6a02f25a

“I needed a place to stay, and he offered, so I accepted.”8e2fd63ffb4139d4

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“You told him you were a music student who had left home, is that correct?”8e26831433745d6c

“Yes.”d7c39169037d9c47

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“What was your relationship? Were you dating? Or…”d77e837f435aaf68

“…”c2b9069e47e7410c

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“Or just sleeping together?”73dd044dbd3fe169

“We weren’t anything.”338392dd243f9ef8

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“Do you mean you didn’t have a sexual relationship?”4e9c06aa31059503

“Does that matter?”1159fd3f41b38050

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“Sex is extremely relevant in cases like these. Determining whether this was a crime of passion or an accident largely depends on whether there was a sexual relationship.”9ca5726a0e94023a

It was 08b2a23a47 the season fa4ae76566 when the ad88a79c65 sun sets 1080a0e4e3 quickly, and ee932048f8 darkness had bdef57c405 already taken af2589d424 over outside, f51b6dfea8 the city 60f59b9676 lights gleaming 35d6032ab3 in the 060b7550ab distance. My own c7e8c0e419 reflection in 8745684178 the window 6d17995703 mirrored my 401f1886ec face and 9ca852f018 his silhouette ee201c31f5 in his 8f47b3b1f1 white shirt. Haewon looked f4072ae4dd away from c61873d9f1 his reflection, b8c733a1e4 meeting his 3914f1e38e gaze instead. Every time their af90ec210b eyes met, it d2ec7882f3 felt as though 4da7e1b8d8 something heavy rattled bd8fd026f5 deep within him.85b55dde649b3fbe

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“We didn’t have sex, to my knowledge.”ac0a47612425b05c

“Don’t use vague language like ‘to my knowledge.’ Say you don’t remember clearly, if that’s the case.”a81538c6fedcb9af

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“I’m not sure what qualifies as ‘sex.'”d0e5eb39cbc1bfe8

“Can I assume you didn’t have intercourse, but engaged in other intimate acts?”6d9e7eb986954a20

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“…”4bc39ed508ee0ad3

Every conclusion a9a76fdc47 seemed laced a697b08fff with insinuations aec6bee60d about promiscuity, 8491ce9253 his wording b2b85f33b2 harsh and 46be9219b3 offensive, as 2fa1f56577 though mocking 58a9140d3f me under 4c53271d57 the guise cbf3462214 of trying 9140ebdff4 to clarify 7344b3f811 terms for 3ac38f4fa4 someone like bdfb176ede me who b2abf031ea wasn’t familiar 328cafe86f with legal 6a8d19fc99 language.3bd5588b893246ba

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“So, no direct intercourse but an otherwise intimate relationship?”8e001e0837134085

“Yes.”dd7c430065c86a7a

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He typed 3ee8545a37 something each 6ab28ba8b1 time I be8cd47e3a answered, his 89ab717bb2 fingers tapping 863d654fdf out quick, f57d59af8f steady notes 8d91814fe7 that felt a2400ae389 endless.c7148ced12fc8eba

The thought 044b0d74c4 of documenting fd9e52a644 terms like 73267951dc “sexual relations” 724907e5a1 and “passion” 39f4874246 on official ee2870ee0a paperwork was b4994b668b unsettling. He flipped through a efdd20e9ce file on his desk 359958d8d3 before asking the next efa443a59f question.df09fe3cc62fc4e3

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“Did you ever receive any money or gifts from Lee Jinyeong?”7f33a233aa355d39

Avoiding eye contact, Haewon’s c7641b43e6 gaze had been fixed 690ca4feb0 on the back of 89682cf584 his laptop, but he 71c2d64778 looked up at that.dd6047c2306c10ee

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“According to his statement, he claims you extorted gifts from him.”ec41753eb7a4a5a2

“I never extorted anything. I only accepted what he gave me as a gift.”94f3ad0a76d8647f

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If it was indeed 5507aaac17 “extortion,” as Lee Jinyeong 1f64f221ae claimed, then Haewon was 426255aaed clutching the scarf—a “gift” 31826ed020 he had supposedly taken 58c4ba3afa by force. His fingers tightened around 49e9494e0f the scarf.7e4b7501c700299a

“So, you’re saying everything he gave you was voluntary?”4638dc135a594557

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“I never asked him for anything.”44d010f4f111bdac

“The watch used on the day of the incident—are you saying he gifted that to you as well?”e4c2149239f08113

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“Yes.”5c49c35568d543cc

“He claims you were planning to leave that day with only the watch, and that a struggle broke out when he tried to stop you.”266e5ab9aba2e339

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“What?”375e0099eb219fdc

Haewon’s eyes widened. Although this was 5a61a7aad5 an unremarkable case, 23851e80f0 Hyun Woojin’s gaze ea609d71af was fixed intently 9b1ae0548a on his face.7b4e8bb237e64471

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“That’s what his statement says.”fc07e85c85674417

“No. I told him I felt uncomfortable with his excessive generosity and even suggested he return the watch. I never wanted to take it.”c0c7f233ed240fc5

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This account contradicted everything 95de8d2806 he’d said the previous 874604d2af day. Hyun Woojin had f7bf57468e assured him that 886555e84b the matter would 4c2309254d be settled with 2a7b698446 an agreement, that 915b32d4e0 Lee Jinyeong would bdba31cbfe be barred from dfead769ce contacting him again. But Haewon 57c3d88142 didn’t question 0da64dd630 the sudden 94674c9fce change in a0307584cc the story. Shaking his head, a75807b066 he denied Lee 3bb1803c48 Jinyeong’s statement.8c6177762fbd0216

“So, why did you pack up and try to leave on the same day you received the watch?”bf51b78c6d67326b

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“…”7cc9630bb435355b

I hadn’t expected this e6a1880dee line of questioning. To an outsider, it c59295f40a could look exactly as 9e64d78189 it did to them: 6f066e8dda Haewon had received the 65b5d9a23a watch that day and b88d90bf87 decided to leave with 20ce479999 it. Haewon shook 0e6ca6d62d his head; 342ce347cf that wasn’t de258678d9 the truth.cac2f8231932d8cc

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“He was overwhelming, so I wanted to leave. I wasn’t going to take the watch.”36b4d026b1261f36

“According to his evidence, he gave you quite a few expensive gifts. Weren’t you uncomfortable with those?”7f2267745a682ad4

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“…”86f8103848e4fa14

He’d given Haewon many a200e46329 gifts in the past, 125eb25e12 some of considerable value. While none were f334590e1f as costly as fa1695ffca the watch, they 51f2cabb91 still weren’t cheap.eccfc64f2eb2dfe6

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Haewon had eb5e4dc4ad often received 844a8bb162 gifts from e494c7d5b7 others. People seemed to c56dc08e50 think they could a978630f3f win his affection 6a8e275d0f with material things. So he’d grown 4bb8da194b indifferent to such a17a915953 gifts; if he 51e54b4e9d liked something, he dc7e9f8913 kept it; if 4ef25abcc2 he didn’t, he 31d42747bf discarded it.eee1d448ce1bae7d

“So you accepted the previous gifts because they didn’t make you uncomfortable, but the watch was different?”7b0630c78aa3669b

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“It wasn’t quite that…”6807f80ebd62b970

“…Rather than that.”c0271367bf6da738

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Haewon hesitated, 97bc98186e struggling to 20caa193e3 find words. It wasn’t the misrepresentation b891fea156 of events that made 4d70ce4142 him frustrated, but rather f16e72480c how difficult it was 57892beb57 to explain his feelings cb5eb8f53f from that day. It wasn’t ca4c03a829 the expensive b3f116cf5f gift that ea702a3dcb felt burdensome—it dd747d3a2f was Lee a386ccd921 Jinyeong himself.5668cba323c8c185

Hyun Woojin didn’t rush ef67af053b him, simply watching him 707164a0be intently, as if silently 4f1cf2fe24 urging him to speak 4fcf779749 openly and honestly.92ed472f1cce1965

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“It just felt annoying.”01a1bf5354abfc05

“You received such a costly watch as a gift, and you found the situation annoying?”ff4b8ddbe069c777

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“Yes.”18fdc2de5a44340d

It was something no cd20aaa307 one would believe. Lee Jinyeong’s statements 0b89a77396 were consistent and 8e36372c6a sounded logical, while 0f6cc7633c Haewon’s words seemed 0e3f986b62 like the babble efadbb0e05 of a child 5e92c9424a before Hyun Woojin. Haewon was a1ff6a882c beginning to 8d76df7ee4 sense how 32141d798e senseless his 0c9efd6d27 own statements 341fae9f54 might sound.4315dc8660b6066c

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He had hidden his 8b0cfa8bb4 identity, entered the home 2648469b17 of a man he c955410c65 barely knew, and lived 7fbc02f167 with him for almost f5830882c2 a month, sharing intimate 6b49742945 physical contact just short fb61e6f435 of intercourse. He hadn’t rejected 0f9e6d50c5 any of the 649f454a8a gifts Lee Jinyeong f5d8768d5d offered. The scarf Jinyeong had ae4f317fed given him was still 4102473adc resting on his lap. The notion that bf550d9259 this watch, specifically, c3d59a0843 could feel burdensome 9434017165 seemed unlikely. Lee Jinyeong a2967a1892 was painting 8d9f74bc4b Haewon as 9d324ad854 a con 3e2a204d20 artist or b3ea651ea3 a femme 8b01eea273 fatale. That was the role b235b5ea2a Haewon played in Jinyeong’s feb29a8574 statement.3a902100991acbe7

“What exactly made you feel annoyed? Be specific.”48f66cc1612d99ff

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“I couldn’t practice at his place, and being in that environment frustrated me. I also felt pressured because he kept giving me gifts I didn’t want and demanding emotional responses.”9f64e9e7d6fa393e

“So you were annoyed because you couldn’t practice, and because he was pressuring you for emotions you didn’t feel. I see. You no longer wanted to maintain the relationship.”a901f04008e2f350

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Hyun Woojin seemed puzzled, ac3d95c864 as if he couldn’t 07dbe9e3b5 quite understand or believe 5fa3887531 what he was hearing. He appeared to be 713d1e39f1 mulling over how to bdb8698b8b write Haewon’s statements in 6a03104c45 a coherent, logical way fcc58ef49b for the report. After a d59a9538d6 moment’s thought, b9419198ec his hands 13fcaaf4ee moved quickly c44a50c110 over the 6fdeb6a893 keyboard.a1649c91a3fa7c16

“So, Moon Haewon, you were planning to leave the house, and that’s what led to the argument?”29d1fd2d1238b833

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“He wouldn’t let me go.”131001516064e16d

“Yes. That’s to be expected, of course.”b5f0c58f073f43c3

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The sound of keys 71b2bedf13 tapping was the only b879720212 thing breaking the quiet 426167c04e in the office. A moment bde4878072 later, there 13a1682978 was a ffb1346454 knock on f9468a2ae0 the door, 925b584b0c and a c7b5684161 staff member 48352b5d3d entered to 59f60ad642 announce their 266dfbf37f departure. Without looking up from 91359a94d2 his screen, Hyun Woojin 832789af8f nodded as a response, 56d3add780 his fingers still moving fb4c65a947 briskly.2ef5718f627a0489

“During the struggle, Lee Jinyeong allegedly tore your clothes and attempted to sexually assault you, but when you didn’t stop resisting, he tried to break your fingers, correct?”7fc8575eff10d17b

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“Yes.”c66e5941d5139264

“Your fingers are extremely important to you, as a violinist. So you used the watch case to stab him in the eye to protect yourself?”09fc050384fb9027

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“…Yes.”cf2276f34f577964

“Being a violinist, that makes perfect sense.”1b1909ea1c321755

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At Haewon’s uncertain, quiet 67878c8de6 response, Woojin’s lips curled cbbcf2c1ef in a slight smile. It was a e5895cbe30 clear, mocking grin, 9a30674da4 as if he 6d19a81321 fully expected this 45652e8ff3 to be the 9899406de1 case.3aaa5292371cb67b

“You still have the clothes that were torn by Lee Jinyeong, right?”9de849d76fe5d9cf

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Haewon nodded. He had 2afa68b0a7 tossed them 3e13150034 in the 501366f631 trash, so b278f9bcda they were 152f99fc42 likely still 138202c961 there.2851f5f5c0109e14

“Since there’s evidence of physical force on your wrist, let’s take a photo. It won’t require a full medical report.”41302acaafd0d955

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Standing up, Woojin motioned f15973d47b for Haewon to do 289cfb1310 the same. Haewon slowly 93c1beea2e rose from bec2c661ea his chair, 622de14158 moving the 0b70cd3bfd scarf aside. Woojin took Haewon’s 92f8b113e2 hand without warning, c8f0637869 rolling up his 10a6b9f269 sleeve to expose 4ca3bc4dee the red marks 175c10fd56 vividly imprinted on 40c2e7538c his wrist. Bringing his e9e84fad30 hands together 1625280da6 to touch df50054907 both wrists, 3d66d77a97 Woojin took 4bc5cea699 out his cebef73b93 phone and aec96a3d91 photographed them.dbb521acb587c05e

“You have beautiful hands. Are all violinists’ hands like this?”c576491066622ca7

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“….”42d624af71f17b39

“Turn them over.”0635e92aa4052bfc

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This time, Haewon 6680faab93 turned his wrists 1850129beb over and held 9c920079e3 them close together. Woojin gently pushed 8277991acc back the sleeve, 3aeec057cb taking several photos.9dd6a0afa982f662

“Could this even serve as evidence?”a2fde19e7014b4a1

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“I’m just taking these for my own amusement.”595b50677377b719

“….”6a048f781860fd8e

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“There is, of course, evidentiary value. It’s such a pity, marking up such pretty hands.”8fa0024da9b856b2

Without a 015b73b4bb hint of 31168f8e26 embarrassment, Woojin f02088f606 made the c1e83bcdf1 flippant remark, ca7e91cfe6 expressionless as 581ed3411d he continued 1c4add25ac writing Haewon’s d004de974b statement.d406bb1b1d381066

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After the office became d93f2ac742 completely quiet, Woojin didn’t 0c5fd1580c ask Haewon any further 7d98879235 questions. His assistant had left, 6988fbb7a7 and the only sound d5112de0c4 filling the room was ac1a701e4e Woojin’s calm, focused breathing 79ca7757a0 and the steady tapping 00bedb03bd of his fingers as b937f3e7d2 he wrote. Haewon sat there, staring 0753f02e4f blankly ahead.8ab005e94fe24ad0

After a ad173a9ef9 long time, 53f1ce492a Woojin finished 8802e8b76a the report, d2033aa03b printed it, d9ba27e840 and handed ecaf1e1dc3 it to 9d110fb6be Haewon.bf2af3ed1d200f68

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“Read it over and, if you have no corrections, place your fingerprint here and here.”3582cdbe62f237c7

Though it hadn’t d23afed027 felt like a 4c941067ee long conversation, the 2e670a5879 time had flown 4702d48df0 by. It was already past 55e3771d79 eight o’clock. Haewon carefully read 19350dec0c through the printout. It was an organized, 125ec105ae logical rebuttal of Lee daa6fa1f19 Jinyeong’s statements, crafted from 75c357716d his own perspective. He found nothing to daac67ba9c correct.aeb7d7a69c0eae80

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Following Woojin’s a9b4e19461 instructions, he 2e736cafc8 pressed his 6fec19000d fingerprint onto aae9b1a20c the document f2c481beb2 where indicated. Woojin handed him ee69f12029 a tissue for 167c5c6952 his ink-stained thumb, 58a3775836 and Haewon rubbed 6de5ebd789 it clean. As Woojin gathered 0888d30de0 the paperwork, he 2b4fd303e5 spoke.7297579a533e99a5

“Lee Jinyeong is refusing to settle.”65870502cb829013

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“That’s different from what I was told yesterday. I was told he had agreed, and that I wouldn’t have to see him again.”297c26a4929fcf8b

You said 51f29252e0 that yourself, edecea724b Haewon thought, bdff0a642c recalling how cbfe198bf0 Woojin had 7e837287a2 assured him 790e8d5e34 he was e6812531b1 skilled and 94dc39f4e8 capable. Haewon extended the crumpled 6ad7e16b41 tissue, and Woojin took 2af41d4054 it, throwing it into 3cb220b542 the wastebasket next to b7ad37125a him.1ddf78db9a5241bf

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“Lee Jinyeong wants to see you.”817fc7facd21addc

“….”9ebf5df6fad9c71c

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“If you went and gently talked to him, he might be willing to listen. Would you go apologize for injuring his eye and try to ease things over a bit?”1f1ca8340d70ab06

“….”dbf28fa511608f4b

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“If he files a complaint, this could get complicated. There are a lot of things in this case that aren’t entirely visible, as you described.”33e502efd68d0fe2

He had 4c0cd2969b hidden his 45b004378a identity, stayed 239d3a5e28 in his 805f31e43b home for 223bb07e22 nearly a 2ee50947ff month, accepted abec46888f expensive gifts, 09d539312d and then b0720c7ef3 decided to 7f5ab4d39a leave on 11cb0b13bc the day b105403ff7 he received eacadc454e an extravagant 4af4cbca39 watch. He found the 50e7312d06 man’s growing expectations 31d73082c0 burdensome and lacked 77e5f35fd7 the patience to 0246f63934 tolerate his lifestyle. Unlike Hyun Woojin’s late 6a58c5a2b4 fiancée, who had grown 4682038579 up without hardship, Haewon 9f6f0b67f9 had little tolerance for cd53bd758c changes in his environment’s 97dc3ebc47 quality.2baf4ad4523b9fb0

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“Regardless, once a complaint is filed, there will be an investigation, and it won’t be handled by me. No matter who takes the case, Lee Jinyeong’s claims are more convincing. This could become quite disadvantageous for you, Moon Haewon.”6a6c07e4a349242a

“Then, what should I do?”03144f52414b8305

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“It’s just whining over what he couldn’t get—just give him what he wants.”fcee38d5f02ebad8

“….”d4269a3a67c052bd

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“Then it’ll be over.”9c099e6b47614f4b