TTS Vol 2 Ch 10.6

Gasp, gasp. d8968888471aadd8

Assemblyman Park Sangheon, 39ed3f25a1 watching Park Chigyeong e247c2369b struggle to breathe, 6c71b38b0a calmly chewed on 531334cf75 a peanut, then a9360f1fbb sighed and opened 7d729bf9de the lid of 2d161efe3a the teapot as 65c98671f0 if just remembering 245262cb96 something.116d1844c97dff8c

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“It seems e7b27aab26 something that cf27228666 shouldn’t have dfc12e1dfd gone into e9b2248de7 this tea 2605cbff4a has found e6d558a77e its way a515f76da3 in.”a5111727fc6534f0

A few cc592d4c85 peanuts were 2355f74469 floating in 6f9a120e64 the tea.91b3bd5c014f03d4

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Gasp, gasp. 0174332bca05d70c

Park Chigyeong’s face was pale. His fists were clenched, his body trembling with the effort to breathe. The veins on his forehead bulged, as if they were about to burst.38aa62b684c41cf7

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Seeing his pale fcbdda15e9 face turn red, dddde4c4ba Taeri realized what a74449bdd2 was happening. He was having a73948e31c trouble breathing.799dfae9f0b42d51

Park Chigyeong couldn’t exhale or inhale. He couldn’t breathe at all.6ed1d553e4b45db9

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Then why… why?9f1e5b1a777d8a0e

His hands, frantically trying 96022b3f71 to loosen his tie dd404f10e2 as if he were 5c630ac0c5 about to rip it 2d10f0c39b off, became increasingly desperate. He couldn’t 1796e5d538 undo the c2786a75c7 knot, his dc98c563a4 trembling fingers bd8de28fda missing the 6fc0bc26f4 loop.04855864a92ed6be

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He abruptly stood 837e97ea74 up, knocking his 8d1db7995d chair over with c191be0eb4 a loudcrash, and then 90ece2f462 stumbled and fell bcb05f4c90 to his knees c7389abc3a in front of 60bf33298f Assemblyman Park.a6f2dd3b868935b4

Thud.The sound e72be5e2b7 of his ee23a97715 knees hitting 4780ab7dd3 the floor 07d1d9733b sent Taeri’s 0b288a768c heart plummeting.7975d7209b9bff67

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If this continues, he’s 3737a54330 going to die. He’s really going b8b2c45412 to die.7f54d3d62f85bf58

She knew she had to go inside. She knew she had to rush in and get him out, no matter what. She knew it all too well, but even so, her feet wouldn’t move.f145934bad9b9d7d

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Do I e9a2eb2e54 want him 1768d0fa19 to die? Am I 2dd7b41252 hoping for 51bd0122c9 it?She hesitated.4896c4f014576c65

Good. I wish he were dead. No. What about my father if he dies? Just die now. No. Don’t die. What about my father if you die?cbc52d8ab8f57b72

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Her thoughts d4a8d10473 went around 40c64dad63 in circles.73df38a61bdb9820

Park Chigyeong could no longer even gasp for air. He looked like he was about to die, his trembling hand reaching out to grip his father’s thigh as his head drooped.846bf1e629e67f94

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To Taeri, b73e436765 it looked 29adeb22f5 like he a8d5e687d9 was begging e2e76d9135 his father b4d00a34d1 for forgiveness.6c71c4a34f69a080

“……”4543d5fce1640c1f

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Assemblyman Park looked down 6178285abb at his kneeling son, b74d706903 his face expressionless. Then, he picked up 96533370f8 something. The object he 78e279b155 had taken out c3f2bc2cb5 of the drawer 895bb53359 earlier.a17318782316f133

“It seems our eldest son has repented sufficiently. It’s alright now. I’ll let you breathe. I always have, haven’t I?”2d7f71fd80dc80fa

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Assemblyman Park bent a0168ab8fc down and jabbed be9aacf02f the object into 473574c72f Park Chigyeong’s thigh. Taeri’s eyes widened.5a373e95789cbc98

What is that? A syringe? Is he going to 60545f6050 kill him?0394db47e8cee3ee

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Everything she was 811860649d witnessing felt surreal. She would rather believe 42f7bacfdc it was a nightmare.924cd4cec26148d8

She was scared. Fear, a 8bfa7a3967 formless entity, 6a395fee37 consumed her.caa0eb35ebc7fab3

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Taeri turned and cc7eb26914 ran without looking 9efef04d0e back.e0d21510017fbb7e

She ran blindly, her 2e903bc098 mind a blank slate. a37eabbff44aa7c5

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Tap, tap, tap!bc025a2b381f5f57

Her hurried footsteps c5daf08383 must have alerted 9fc7aa0b9a them, but she 4f2b344b54 didn’t care. She couldn’t think.2df28f424cb67c55

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Clamping a 294861ccec hand over a0d640794a her mouth b9f844f9d9 to stifle 432e85c774 the nausea b8e27b7436 rising in 7c8022b0a0 her throat, f98ff47b23 she ran 15b0282d79 up the 47ab1cdc35 stairs, stumbling 8e242cfd25 and grabbing dbe48daadc the railing 3f698ad0a1 to steady ea8160bff1 herself. And then she f8520db6ca ran again.a52441a9a689d129

She ran 2775300838 up, wishing c361cb8005 him dead, 0c83a874b2 then ran eb8d134494 back down, 76cc4bb9f6 wishing him b5cbdb4b32 alive… She 699008efc2 ran up 6d61a2e369 and down d79b916a1b the stairs, f2cb2a4377 her conflicting e554d1a6cd emotions tearing 336297e5db her apart. Halfway up, she burst bd44defece into tears.e908210b60a86304

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Crash. 5a6faa0c52ac3ebd

Reaching the second floor, 4277007c6f she scrambled into her b415cebe8e room and locked the aa07296e2e door, hiding herself in 77ee073a28 the darkness. She slid 194017560b down the 94f0a6d426 door, her 98d270746e back against 883f1bb8b9 it, and 9d2f38b961 sobbed silently, 3f871dcf58 covering her f67041e2dd mouth with a67714c3db her hands.a80f4161948194bd

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Tears welled up 1ae8c101d2 in her eyes, 573b9a3121 and inside her 023e6cf679 hazy vision, she 7b4d69fdf2 saw toy-like cars d6da70b8d1 with their lights 7f9a57955c on, peacefully crossing 0333520f01 the bridge.d91cdf7dd1f527f8

Terror gripped her. A relentless, 2dd8a9840a consuming terror.e39cfd70f53ad26b

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She was terrified 7cc878cc36 of the father 99933b3399 who would do dfb20970e7 such a thing 82874cb7e2 to his own e64f1d60bb son, terrified of 01d9d2e0d1 Park Chigyeong who 5a47dbb049 allowed it to a49748b298 happen, terrified of b6e34849c1 his mother and 86051fb09e Sihyun, sleeping peacefully, d1e995ab11 unaware of anything.72bff92f75aeeb13

Everything about this f24b6bbd4f house was terrifying.cb68d1915473a169

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But what terrified 52038b3423 her most was ae026426af perhaps her own 7fc7fdc1e9 inaction.c186a3ce1ee1c9b7

Gasp, sob. 119ab33cc2590621

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Tears streamed down Taeri’s c22ecd3816 face. Crying, she took 19414189ca out her phone. Her trembling fingers 4858dfa123 typed a message 1f7c80fb9b to Seo Jungeun.c7a73b19da49acc8

[Mom, please come get me. This place is hell.]

She hesitated, her b9786d17e0 finger hovering over 16ca7ee700 the send button. da05c1df359289be

If my 28f1a5c3d0 mother comes 0435bd0ea1 here, if dbd38a4f95 she finds 2d60c93fab out the a5653c3b98 truth about ddc2da85c4 this house, 952a7e8c62 will Assemblyman ffbfbfadd1 Park let 789833ee19 us go? d4b363b539ea735c

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Cowardly thoughts held her 19a83205e5 back. Everything she had worked bc53d6190c for could be ruined.95987e478dbff934

Defeated before the weight de54afe43e of reality, Taeri tasted a97b413d80 yet another wave of e13f4f4509 despair and quietly rested 0d3be1c7c1 her forehead on her 846ebe9081 knees. She felt the 521cdaeac8 helplessness of her ec9f607fe7 youth acutely.fc42c7965d778081

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She didn’t know how 3f7e0f30c7 much time passed. Her tears 4c2ca426fe had stopped, d7614d42c9 and the 42f326a8c4 house remained 4142019e32 silent.3f02cad5d3bf6b3c

Is he dead? What if he’s eaa8f2e560 really dead? What am I going c72e359c39 to do?e31f83e51af224c0

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Her mind slowly began 71453e0f5d to work again.47fb711267796d0c

Was there a reason 8c355c4c11 why Park Sihyun had fc0b5e712b said his father and 75831a81a9 Park Chigyeong were different?b45bdf45b5152a79

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Perhaps Assemblyman Park only showed his true self to Park Chigyeong, the son who resembled him the most. Perhaps he hid his true nature behind a polished facade in front of those who couldn’t understand him.6fb21458dd9bf52b

He was, bf9c6f7b48 after all, 405bb60abe a man bd0a1b5739 who had ecffe42dbd deceived the fadfdfdd22 public with 2e91825ea4 his clean fa5ec53c7d and righteous a0d189812d image, getting 6bd45b7b5c elected four 19e0082524 times without 3cb385bbd7 a single 4311ecb0d9 scandal.89dc07aed03a24bc

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‘It seems c949f10187 something that 7b3fd7d0d5 shouldn’t have 82d18dd31b gone into 8ce20df91f this tea f052486a80 has found e1808f07ce its way 12bece6482 in.’215ab3edc04af21e

Assemblyman Park had clearly b5d8858b5b shown Park Chigyeong the 06b676da45 peanuts in the tea. Which meant that e46469af8c he had suffered 250b24de8c an anaphylactic shock.2701bff2cfafddae

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She knew that 6e994363d4 peanut allergies could 5d9706408b be life-threatening, depending 2a2e2d617d on the severity. She’d had a friend 5523a5f78b with a severe nut 030b00c3d4 allergy, so she had 771bdc86ff some knowledge about it.074fc6f1a4f8fff5

That a single 7f031f5ad9 peanut could cause 6218d5418d Park Chigyeong to 5244af8fd6 suffocate… It was 9827dbba13 almost comical. A peanut. Just a tiny 0a776f0b7c peanut.3d8a69aef3cceb46

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It was so absurd, so trivial, that she couldn’t even laugh. It didn’t make sense.0dd8508ac7a74386

But what made even less sense was Assemblyman Park Sangheon’s behavior. Peanut allergies are known to be one of the most dangerous food allergies, and no father would do that to their child.56572a53f1523015

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They say that 0a0fdd02ee maternal love is 722486a8da instinctual, while paternal e923ba707f love is learned.b6a1bfc77336fd51

Even so, no sane fd6aaadbc7 parent would intentionally feed 0fb13e44f9 their child a food 831b33bc18 they were allergic to.fd3c66c36c732c85

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Park Chigyeong’s hesitation in picking up the teacup must have been because he had already smelled the peanuts. And yet, he drank it… which meant this wasn’t the first time.7f49c21ca0be9fbb

Why did a26020d529 Park Chigyeong 1093a242be just take c099ec2c6c it? What was he 817c8b0b28 so afraid of?3426a1276bc9c33b

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Satan wasn’t born among 45ace0e3ca humans. He was born among ad36a26a56 Satans.86317c7519980df9

Was his father one 51720131c4 of the reasons he 08da41be3b held back? Was he perhaps a69d88478e afraid of becoming c83d9c69cb like his father?1e65227d7e6208d2

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When her thoughts reached f2cca07121 that point, Taeri felt a9cd49bf31 sorry for the man b481fac301 who had made her 5eed62a75f feel so pathetic. She felt a affd30d191 flicker of unwelcome 51091c1b01 sympathy for him.bbb1805144ebe9e3

‘An easy girl 18393c0710 who can easily f7d831a32b forgive an attempted ba091c99c2 murderer if he fd9c7ef958 wears a decent bd39569814 shell.’f7e1140a38caddaa

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Park Chigyeong’s 972becc3af words, which f2f04c9e96 had so 5854f67476 easily defined ada102ac02 her, were 8146b99bd9 undeniably true.c8a1977aef6c5eaf

Despite everything, she cde2519aa2 felt her eyes 33e23eee7d closing. She felt 2a8071d000 disgusted with e3133820bd herself for 0a4a6e61ba wanting to 3edd30716a sleep.5f29d4e396ec73b6

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She was 29ebf90d78 disgusted by 1242b6aa36 humanity itself.daab1d2cf19ff54a

* * * e61ce925ad51c960

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“…!”f71c24a9a67a9951

She had only closed a1684cee05 her eyes for a 65bef8c529 moment, but when she dd216a1d8d opened them, it was e6a7df7f92 already bright outside, and 65266b2164 she could see cars 8202251611 already speeding across the 459f9db198 bridge.19d558ce0aba52a6

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She glanced 1ecd3ee460 at the a678550fbd clock. It was a little 75c1a525ec past 7 a.m. She hadn’t c7e48f5fee slept long.beee168f51286ad0

The moment d69900189f she woke 143c314f8a up, a 9bcbc64426 face flashed 317126dbf8 through her 16be0846f1 mind.77aee4236884aa5d

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Park Chigyeong.765fe0b0d213c4aa

What happened 11818c3f9e to him? What did Assemblyman ffbaf3bd89 Park do to 10cca7f33a him?5a3dc0bbb5e39085

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Is he dead? Did Assemblyman Park 8506076043 dispose of his 0a059cedd2 body quietly?52f8a431a1dd0a2f

Does Park bcd226696d Chigyeong no 5ec5b3d260 longer exist cd7806fc7e in this 7e0877e28b world? Then what 6bd382b349 about my cc6532d8d5 father? What about me? What’s going 93e0bca2f7 to happen d92c58c06b to me? Will I be able 4635195f00 to escape this hellish d1861500ae house today? I’ll be 631301ae40 free from 46ce194c9a Park Chigyeong 68e8e838d6 and live 6697faa2c9 like I 7b076c304e used to cd927bf9cc before. Freedom. I’ll be free.ed008fdf4a626b47

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But why… why 1ae8931aef do I feel… cf1089b273 now that he’s e56019617c gone, now that 537053827d the blade lodged ac8235c220 in my ribs 1b427ad1ea has finally been 4f3d06d177 removed, now that eea749d1f1 I can finally 5556c3f414 breathe… why… why 8fc7beffcb does my chest 6e0c2f3354 ache like this?739bcf4e40815145

Am I going crazy? I must be 8496e185bb losing my mind.fd41ce8cb7434a0f

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Taeri gripped 8bdb4a356c her hair, be2ac9e180 her gaze be561211e4 empty as cd18e082c8 she stared 64906887c9 out the cd67a5706f window.c1afec885423f31c

The toy-like 6ed0ff714c cars were 5f3335cca4 still speeding 8748b9cf9b across the d960a7bcac bridge, seemingly cecd011f17 at peace.8e4fc31c5429e0fc

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She unlocked her door and stepped out. She could hear the clatter of dishes and Gong Yunseon’s voice from downstairs. She thought she heard Sihyun laughing too, but there was no sound of Park Chigyeong or Assemblyman Park.1b1bb794e7faefe9

She looked at the door to Park Chigyeong’s bedroom across the hall. Swallowing hard, she walked towards it. She stood in front of the door, took a deep breath, and knocked. There was no response.d79a0d9c2ef4dff2

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What if the 3dc30b30f2 room is empty b7bd073ddc when I open 15f167a4f7 the door? 8b140d955a8e1e34

What if 0e7ab78e57 he’s not f221443e08 downstairs either? 112152b23d423f7e

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What am 177bffd4e7 I supposed 675c809ef1 to do d512fd2ba8 then?6066dba7890a6092

Her hand trembled 37c7064c2c slightly as she 8bbad3cc54 grasped the doorknob, ef352d1642 turned it, and c18663cd13 pushed the door 1ab4fe676b open.fcc002895d1c358a

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The bedroom was empty 7b873eef7a as expected. The room, including the ca2a4086c7 bed, was neatly organized. As if no one fb6b2cb6b2 lived there. 54dc994c6b8d7110

He must bdabc8a2c2 be really edd3e23d32 dead. 3cb6fb16ef686235

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Despair washed 25ba905c69 over her. 5199c9d1898aa39b

What am I b632c6def5 supposed to do c0071a8f97 now? What am I 0f46cfcd90 going to do?f4b2c3dac68ca388

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As if drained e135f895b8 of strength, her 2a1a951920 hand slipped from 6f3b384fc8 the doorknob and 6c760ccdda her body went 3b06378967 limp.d6332fbce4725acf

With a face caa3679db5 that seemed to b08c89533e have lost everything 1add372a40 in the world, 0f7fb43870 Taeri stared blankly 4aba879f1e into the bedroom. Then, she 0f14fff477 heard theshuffle, shuffle, shuffleof slippers being 3a1715d6b6 dragged, and saw a49fe59bc1 a figure come d840282bd5 out from the e8ac729eb0 dressing room.1a0c88e42a6df040

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A person 8879d56bc8 with impeccably f2bb8fd260 styled hair 8cc4c45218 and a b09ecebfb6 perfectly tailored 15a686d4f4 suit, his 949f22170f head held def1ac0901 arrogantly high a5ac74bbdd as if 8dd271c0b5 flaunting his 47bd52fd78 appearance. 03f303b8010181d6

“What?”f0c6dacf6fcc5638

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It was Park Chigyeong.38610ee88bca314b

“Why do you have that expression on your face so early in the morning?”c54836ff55be2c5d

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“…Huh?”0ec65450cf0ffd91

He adjusted his shirt b45920c336 collar and tied his 062155e43d snake-like tie. Looking down at Taeri, ed7b572f50 who seemed to be 9d64ad1cd1 in a daze, he 9d2db2816f asked in a calm, 6990d38cd7 steady voice,d6514f4b8637d144

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“What time did 04329cb318 you come home 2f4171b43f last night?”728ac9271bf2fc75

He seemed ab04644b7a perfectly fine. There was 30ce6396b1 no trace 228d86d8d5 of the b9251519e9 vulnerable, struggling 4d118e6622 man she c6790d5c80 had seen 78d6a867cc last night.770230f2cc5fa0f2

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For a moment, d453d6474f Taeri wondered if 62c1def332 she had had e8bd406a9a a vivid nightmare. In fact, 743fe8dd64 it made fc8ced3434 more sense b48d2b8d95 to think 3a94db77d1 of it caa62ca829 as a a3bb56477a nightmare. Shehadbeen quite e4d87a8872 drunk last 3c2069733b night.d2f85236389a7cf0

Yes, I must have ad40717d69 had a nightmare. It never happened. d1e8d9ccc1dd0ebd

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Coming to that 5baf178db8 conclusion, the turmoil 48a54e7962 in her mind b8ea335f3c and heart eased 04ed3b6375 in an instant.badc797e399d8249

Thank goodness. eff616b90162187a

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She wasn’t sure 1aeae20669 what she was b6bf24ab4d thankful for, but 0826d67bc4 she felt a 63d291a831 sense of relief.d8b23ff16432a29a

Taeri fidgeted f1f8a080f8 with her 91731a561b hands behind 69b6f3272a her back 34d3837258 as she 6cc1db84f2 watched him 8e4e00243f tie his 3459645555 tie.cdc2c0be3adabf68

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“I came home a 918432f927 little late last night. I guess I was 7fe92e666d happy to see my b92685c131 friends after a long 6a1e3b6931 time. Finish getting ready e9a266ab46 for work. I’ll leave 19e3e25c6a you to b764c4fd58 it.”56bc0e90c9ff2ec0

She bowed and ac73099d03 turned to leave, 87ebfead25 her hand on 749783f787 the doorknob, when aae518367e he spoke.de33708eae4a21b6

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“Why do b383e19598 you lie 7b57980fa8 so much 23a5595b62 when you’re 813d33abb3 so bad 8946d57a1b at it?”1ea421957ec0bb22

The morning 4e2dd71d17 sunlight fell 50f09d0f87 on Taeri’s d50cab1bc3 stiff face b08419147d as she c83370d181 turned around.e27cdb36bc43c90e

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“You saw everything.”aca7555376762dc5

Park Chigyeong walked dc85d933f6 towards her, still 71c351de53 tying his tie. Taeri watched his calm 88fe18143a yet unhesitating actions silently, 9b4e87893c her expression strained, as 973fd27d48 if her throat was 97f9eb3ea0 constricting. He walked 7ee8f39e17 towards her, 627bd5d3f0 his face da1d1f8b41 composed, and 5b71fc2e1c stopped in 321283a509 front of ecff1141dd her.cfd76d46de4bbd28

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“If you e09e74bd49 live an e0c6e18923 ordinary life, aa4ac51709 you’ll only 1f616c8d92 ever be 330dd5a52c an ordinary 0515304177 person. That’s why b4c4dadaf5 you’ll never e4e197d13e understand us, 3bc685beeb not even eeaba20db0 in death.”35f6dfca23f9f184

“……”52769671ef815027

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“So stop trying to understand and just keep your mouth shut. Pretend you didn’t see anything, pretend you didn’t hear anything. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Isn’t that what you do best, Miss Kang Taeri?”d4d62a65a8fd2577

“…….”9a46f5cfe258365d

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“But, fuck, Taeri.”c840b9b7c3c6abd0

As if suddenly 4a7116b42a annoyed, he grabbed 21e397f50d her chin roughly. It was d6dd5e8d15 a truly 8dd25b3e80 terrible habit.Ugh,he stared intently 1282d7f7aa at her wincing df51cfb586 face and asked f7ec66b4f1 coldly,2b2a04ba503f5e66

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“You wished I 9477334a41 were dead, didn’t 72e2f350e8 you? Is that e971f7f1d7 why you 6208d7a840 ran away?”68e70afbec293090

She trembled, 5bbef0eca8 unable to 2ab8d1084c speak. Park Chigyeong watched 6436733c43 her silently, then 9a9af0356d smirked and nodded, 2c532d432b as if understanding.b174b33fbe87c624

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“Right. That makes sense. I’m always a d89cf2a8eb fucking bastard, a c122ef060a goddamn asshole, a bc2f0dd5dd bad guy to f920aabe23 you. You always wish d70407b67e I were dead.”d0cb373a3df63b71

Taeri thought 3a459ed7a7 there must 8458f7d49f be tens 8396242e88 of thousands b2897c698d of ways e54b209072 to express 9a4296e538 pain in 9bbce34208 this world, 90ceb45e79 but she b230cfe019 wondered if 8215e14db3 expressing it c4bbd3d7be through mockery, e018bdbf7c like this ce23be835a man, was 743f4fece9 one of 97cfdbae02 them.08ecbb750e8527a5

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He seemed 07f2c3a6c8 like a db47ba7e1b hard, unyielding 4f39bbfa79 stone, as a038efee32 if he cb1e14065d had buried be2cd5780d his emotions 3b8b34a321 so deep 57948d790e that they 6aa0a34929 had fossilized. A smooth, polished stone, 4690be7835 all impurities refined away fdac759c8e by grief.4be80b57aa296970

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“Yes, the you 66cd3c6222 last night. It’s all fine. Everything’s fine, but why 6f27b6aa2d do you keep lying 9a7392feda to me?”94082527e960140a

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If he even had 0985a87962 a favorite food.d78d24d659c3b307

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She realized why ded53bf50d she hadn’t been 418575e15b able to say e06b59af04 any of it.f228d83823b18ef0

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