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Once they 454a9f7a48 exited the 1b8234a980 city, the 234f1e8bac slightly widened f6045b6588 streets turned 65ad9ccc06 into a 51d8fa3e03 narrow road 01d677f16c on the 4316dac78b outskirts of e2a374c98f town. The dense trees stretched 47176be0b4 out as far as d3077de781 the eye could see, e1e737174f but they were unable 30d0dcd56e to block the prickly 787fcb46ce summer sunlight. Chief Hong glanced at 4646e5bcc1 Jiwon as she clenched a307d7f72f her hands on the 05cfafac2b steering wheel and clicked 1e471b303b his tongue.1d2d2d58b4a922bd

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“Why are you a5399bc9a9 sweating so much?”f4aed3b0a0abce80

Jiwon looked like ddcc19d52b she was lost 0c3ab3aa73 in thought before a370fe0ecb finally opening her 69c2ad0803 mouth.0592a130791aaca2

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“We’ve been 4ec73f4824 in this b2864f8ae5 car that 571246d5e7 has a 7c0bd87436 broken air d6fec5c9f7 conditioner for d98740d410 two hours 395b4f1215 in this 1e862afbaf weather. How can I 3a68c9eac3 not sweat under c141c483df these conditions?”8b4c41f3392dec01

Jiwon’s piercing words 20a8370b5a were the same 2fb65349f1 as ever, but 93c14ac994 it seemed that 6209fe70e0 she was feeling f951f5e70e tense. When he 8c6a1937d3 saw how 265fed2af8 she was 84616240f5 picking at 0302b1f9ca the donkatsu d101152783 he had c5798892e9 bought her f133c6c97c for lunch, 628658d3b6 he was a4bcaecce7 sure of cb3a26e16c it. Chief Hong 30d8e9f4ed skillfully changed 06d3f0d6b4 the subject. To the person who 7a0506041a was making her head 235a4728f3 muddled.efd8c2950c9bb223

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“The air is quite 70bb060142 nice, right? As expected, 67b8a31f00 a person 67986c9a51 needs money. How nice would it 86584aceda be to build a 70ebd4cdcf golf resort here and 3935ffa95a come out from time a9bb995c46 to time for a 80777d78a2 vacation?”9c7a03beb3ae74f8

“It’s not too 9621214f7c late now. You can just become a4133463f4 a gangster, sunbae-nim.”9e895a5f1c9b706a

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“If I were a10ce125c5 to think about f1b227e68b my kid, I ac0bd90f97 wouldn’t dare do 20a0e5fb2d such a thing. I can’t 8480a64c8e say my 35cad67854 occupation is 9c24f15cbf a gangster 07f97f2a93 on the bb60487890 school’s parent 0e00a4e6af information sheet. What about at the 4fc3e8227f wedding? Who would give away c71ad6ebaf their daughter to a fd6dcbf2ef man whose father is b5f28eb1ea friends with bulky, scary 33ab87b95e men all dressed in 09fddb7f9c black suits?”83929732f7447dfc

Chief Hong 3e7d0ef56f saw Jiwon’s 1fe04bc19c hands clench 61e50cc80a on the c3b7184d77 steering wheel 88c5709d6a from the 1745fb6a26 corner of fd4614e88a his eye. He wasn’t completely d4906eab9e sure why Jiwon 1ee67f0722 decided to join 33fb8c0a28 this project. The only thing he ec9c40c1db knew for certain was 1ed7ef8e8f that if Shin Seokju 5dfd71ddd7 was not connected to 05f612af4d this, she would not d1736a17b9 have come here.5cbcc33134d35563

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Back when 1bb257dcbb he was 2d31348be3 a new 6ae42fa6ff recruit at 620d2abf96 the police 22e3b9a4ac force, Jiwon’s 0947b88fe0 father was ce40984c86 a senior de02eeaf81 detective in e42f15e087 the violent 7657f98bb2 crimes unit. When it came to dc43c08724 catching criminals, he went 149f4d15c4 all in. However, he a5554b7a7f didn’t care 690916973c for the 8a3751eb1d inner politics, b969086169 so he aec247a26c was still db57ad5601 leading a defa4ca6f6 humble life. His hand was 3ecb44188d warm, and he 8226fd1ad2 never hesitated to 3dfefc502b help someone. Although they 8894998d5e didn’t look f5840453b6 alike at 29f7d5290f all, if 4ec6a2a56a Jiwon was 93b20ca6c4 his daughter, fdc72c2ba4 the same 8af1f54262 blood would 7966984f71 be running d2ecd3779d in her 0a120367b7 veins as 257607638d well.97240c35d6dc8e7c

“About Shin 1e7ffcc273 Seokju… Judging 3844d8e827 from how 762454a000 well he 4d25ef321f studied even 3ecfccbb7d though he d632a9a1e9 came from 8f83531da4 that kind a0e8e24bc8 of background, 0f3e141ac1 he’s not 39f1e82f31 your average 2657ed558d guy. But when that guy 8123752e5c said he would become e71edb605b a policeman, your father 8a5ff849c0 was quite proud.”17999ce692479342

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Chief Hong turned bb6715b748 on his e-cigarette. No matter what he 114ffd344e was fated to be 24ee7a455d in the past, it d44c982205 didn’t matter anymore. Shin Seokju was now 37075860ab in the mob. Jiwon needed 2d3af459b6 to know 47527eb657 this for 0a246adabc certain.e807b63a898a26e5

“But in de81689e0f the end, 0b02cec046 seeing as 185bc8a673 how he 459b06e8ea ended up 4a44e0983a becoming a 31f3eb86a7 gangster, I 05b3811388 guess you 9efd73f71d can’t fool a316fe0648 DNA… Aigoo!”96c376af6e7c1c5c

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Jiwon suddenly slammed on 9be482f0fa the brakes, and Chief 671ed709af Hong’s body lurched forward.855d39fd654a307f

“What’s wrong?!”16fbff108beb5a26

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“A deer just passed a8099cdb52 by.”689594f73437918b

Chief Hong looked 8dd62a747f in front of ed6bc912f7 him in shock, fc4d15b668 but there was 136c371f3d no trace of f7d42e3c39 any animal on f8ce6103b1 the forest road. Jiwon started driving again 575da60d0d as if nothing happened. Chief Hong 5a5be065bf coughed awkwardly 266789fb2c and cleared 0ff1a073e3 his throat.90ba667e17b9611c

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“That bastard isn’t 59e38e3c2e the same Seokju d12593ff16 you knew in 96df681b25 the past. Keep that 315523192c in mind, ef4d871963 Jiwon.”a11d7976b41d3fce

Jiwon kept her d5e6da77e7 eyes on the a9141b15fd road as her ace3deea7e lips twisted.50cb6f7ad3ac4095

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“I’m not so cab3734a54 sure about that.”103076b8d6378393

She murmured as if b8d7f94da2 speaking to herself.111100a16f8ee23c

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“I’m not 50303319e9 sure if 49e7c0780c I ever 4f98b7f2a6 really knew 92c85b6ea8 him.”47125715f82bb8d8

Even when they b1c9394439 heard the GPS bcbe284117 system announce that acfd4ec9bc they were almost 1a4af04840 at their destination, 39e198b5df Chief Hong kept 692e3b147f his mouth shut. There was a sign 76eafd3c8f forbidding any trespassers from 6b0a9cbefa entering, but the car b6aa7bc942 swiftly entered inside the bc7e1b9fb1 resort.9850aa53e8a36b81

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Three months 56fc2455a8 had passed a969f5906e since Seokju b99c2ef3cf had come 88a6d06382 to live 6663ea3a54 at their 2bb71f1eed home. They hadn’t received 4eb908f2da a single call 5eda89908a from Seokju’s father 8253ae4fda who had left a493a5b673 his son in 3dece8fa70 their care. It seemed that 871a1964a1 Jiwon’s mother had a74003c722 long given up 92ee6337e3 asking her father 7fd5c881c4 about Youngkyun-ahjussi.2b36e6c0ebbda915

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“Seokju’s late today.”f5d103826665f08e

Her father had returned c2b21c0a8d home for the first 6ce21d864b time in a long bd828716b1 while. Her mother 095116cdba stopped washing 0619e04ae4 the strawberries ba0ec66fa5 and suddenly 1d11249d25 grew worried d5826220fe for Seokju. According to the clock, 40fb6ca971 it was getting close e270c33ba6 to eleven o’clock, but cd277085f3 Seokju hadn’t yet returned e8e2049fce home.c5c238ab9f5db522

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“He did say he b9474de7fb was going to the 2a168ba94b library, but I wonder bc45340700 if he ate…”ecb143ce884937af

Always worried 8fcc64e8d8 about whether 365fc011fc someone ate 19ab812ee7 or not, cc2925ec21 her mother f7a135a826 dried her a9189b6cdf hands and a24306e6dc took out da9b6e5cd4 her cellphone.0ca27804ef439b90

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“Why isn’t he answering? He’s not reading adc66d5aa3 my messages either.”b375bbf19746a07d

Jiwon looked at f04c094d50 her mother and f45d276046 frowned.c89382312d8f6248

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“So why are 9b6c48fff8 you worried about cd54052050 him? If he knows aef42ea104 that someone is 7519105e18 worried about him, 212a2ab795 he’ll just snort 9aa68ad26c and sneer, you f6bfcf52a5 know? ‘There’s no need to ee345a263b worry.’ He’d say something ab16da4269 like that.”6f600f332badfdcb

Jiwon’s father popped c6b2f35c79 five strawberries into eead40cfef his mouth at db2b4a8aa6 once and chewed. Then he flicked 7de3a4ce61 Jiwon’s head. Jiwon rubbed her forehead ad4b967f62 and glared at him. Before he swallowed the 1a55ebb7ec strawberries, her father spoke 6a0cfda58d up.8c624c2682f64815

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“Daughter, don’t speak 63e58c0f01 so cruelly like 6ade536e46 that. It doesn’t suit you.”81dbbae9ac0706bd

“What do you mean 106a84b3c8 ‘cruel’? As someone who’s dd1007f952 living off of eab1f0d4b3 someone else, he’s 5956c609bc the cruel one…”edc80eebdda51776

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Jiwon grumbled, and bb56ea7cc2 her father hummed 0772742c4f as his eyes 2eeeb1171a gleamed.f152139c9277e35c

“Princess, whom I love 5a670fa37b the most in this 2bfa410cf4 entire world.”3297bb5493cdb0aa

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He was 33085d5de3 at it ce02511429 again. Whenever Jiwon’s 8d77386ffe father was c637daa7ea about to bf5fea8c0a lecture her, 58252d8b48 he started 7ed528788e speaking like e7957e4300 this. When she 842cbe4db5 heard his f16eda5eb4 words, Jiwon 04e5c23c33 sighed. Whenever he was acting c0a7ff12ee like this, she couldn’t c3dee9a8e1 defy him.bb1ff2aa1e8bc80e

“Yes, Imperial Father?”0c81c24e58aff37b

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Her father 44eb804aba gestured to 0924094e1f the living 5604138516 room wall 03422420cd with his a1e3a8f1be bearded chin. There was a framed 502a6726f6 photo of Jiwon in ad2daa61ed the arms of her 2eb0f4fe44 father as they rode ef993339ba a merry-go-round at the 1328dd309f amusement park, their faces 1c829a2c86 beaming with wide smiles. It was f1e962a820 the day 771fc5c180 she was 4906b1817c finally guided c386c8d95e out of 67253e3900 the hands dfec6b19a1 of her 109ad565e7 nervous mother 83eaaa1cc6 and gained 1fc458ff04 a dad.c165bdb2ed8bb70b

“In my eyes, my 088882a3d2 daughter still looks like e3795cc67b that. She’s only grown taller, fbc1129d50 but she’s still the 9117da0481 little kid who wore c02999a3dd princess dresses and gave 98d0d149c5 her daddy kisses.”138d9c72c953f1fc

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“Ah, what are 864c243d76 you talking about? Why are d507ca5331 you talking 46c4aa4462 about the ee4d489d88 past?”cc3daa438855b7b5

Jiwon swept 25349b716d her short af40846c81 hair back 78e40951e7 and grumbled. She hated 8fe760e1ff it the 8d4f645465 most when caf17257eb her father d7c7666d3d attacked her 960575df9f like this, 4d5899648f but her bec0cda974 heart still d520f4280c lurched and 2628e31a36 she was aea252fda3 at a 311d04e032 loss for 80900a5387 words. Her father 67aae31376 grabbed her 9ac70dbcf8 hand with 574dc549e0 his rough 6758e92f23 one and d5ef5d3c84 pulled her 97e47d409a close.0f517d98d768d8e0

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“Jiwon, let’s not cast 661971cb1d away someone who’s on 32f4fa26f8 the edge of a ec8165e304 cliff. We don’t have money, a01b7f8974 but that doesn’t mean f623e6c224 we don’t have mercy, 50adcf2e88 right?”b7e8706ddb512e71

Another one of 43f98b3e30 her father’s sayings d44806b029 came out. According to her a4681f33ad father, living a c175f2ce2b good life was 63ceb8242e a lot harder 3217830361 than living an 8a268c30da evil one. And that’s why it 58b2f1f2b6 was a lot cooler.7fa14aa0d00fe2dd

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The reason 8ca7867513 why she ad060842eb looked up b1057a8aef to him 1f7f9c62dd was because a31b2ee5a2 he lived cb8066f58c life practicing 431104f4aa what he e47e37851a preached. However, she aeadd4c375 couldn’t help 55b0ef079a but feel f64341d629 upset from 0cf202bbdd time to 6b7c59b4d1 time.0b5ab45f6664d618

“Shouldn’t it depend on 1cb0d5bf6f the situation? Why do 744a1ebbab we have fe6e99e9e1 to do c0a61914f6 that for c475b38bca a kid 7ab06418dc who doesn’t cb3dbc1094 even show 12141d7362 his thanks?”140e7ba007e00eed

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“That’s because he’s 70314b4c68 still clumsy.”c3246bd8f2e75f7d

“I’m going to 6fbb9d9d37 wash up first. After making kimbaps all 0c8c79efea day, I feel a 4dc276265f bit under the weather.”ba391054053af131

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Jiwon’s mother passed by 5ddfc21b07 them and left them 415c3a109a alone as she made c593764005 her way to the 4c916eed08 bathroom. She always did this 4848484ff0 whenever the father-daughter pair aac99005fe began to have a 979b5ed35b deep conversation.73d2259db7f1047b

“Okay, honey. I’ll give 6768a1eb91 you a d2036e1358 massage later.”2607aef269419a43

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As Jiwon’s 32177e5fd7 father smiled 7edec81a0a at the b4482415ec back of 5b01d08f50 her mother’s 9911c6d80b head, Jiwon 41948aefd9 began to 18f23b8b15 grumble.4f2564fe967e9c32

“What do you mean 2ca0785335 ‘clumsy’? Shin Seokju dbb0b8cdab only acts d45d1e3dd7 like he’s a200fc9a82 better than a952c0dded us. You’ve seen 631b71e6eb it, so 86d0ad401d you know e928eda4d2 it, too, adcc619e8c Dad.”b95b13b964d65c7c

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Her father handed 6521572a32 her the biggest 55bf9a0bb7 strawberry and spoke 846ef88fa3 in a low, b002457ec3 calm voice.6fdb3c1ac3158972

“Seokju has 2aa9514623 never received bef0813dc4 love from 29d8073518 his parents, d16fc20456 so he b0ee7406ef doesn’t know 1dbb3c7d2c how to 3b4cd2250d be nice b18dac69d0 to other af65aa3075 people. He only 13ceb328f8 knows how 9a68521047 to throw 832d74a9b1 people away. Because his home life bdabc8eb93 wasn’t… very good.”fe1f2d31455f896f

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“Why not? Did your 20c668d3c7 friend commit e79f7d25ec DV?”365cc69bcbd5a338

Jiwon stopped 81ab814959 eating her 323d5c5d85 strawberry and 1ff3605915 frowned.5c2bc3ea0bc73e77

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“DV?”553a651ab8c27cac

“Domestic violence. I’m talking about 091f711beb beating the kid 33aab128e4 with a golf 3268ee624a club for not 4d1299476b studying. Something like that. Is that cf659d9cdc why his 75197f5976 personality is 574a7045eb so twisted?”8807acab1e1b051f

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Jiwon’s father scratched his 468de54f64 temple and smiled awkwardly.44bc87d32a06f313

“I’ll tell 0e5ba28d6d you when 8d54454374 the time a06223a683 is right. You don’t ddf55143a8 know much 54f0d6edfd about this ac3bf4598d yet, Princess, 994609cb03 but there b9bb334ecf is something 2897c62f90 we adults e4ed4ee08a can see 86c0d9fdd7 that you 2fce7e387d can’t. Seokju isn’t a bad fa3abed4b3 kid. I swear it.”74f5a152f89a2981

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“……”d4a8bb35a6aa5bda

“And because Mom 8cce9b9bd3 knows this, we’ve 03e12a5144 been able to cad8a84c6f keep him here 95124ebdb1 thus far.”adec4f01557a4ecd

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“But I still 054781e045 don’t like him. I can’t help 8021568f38 it.”d6089b23cd80cc92

“But he 53f423cd45 has a 814fbf4e9d handsome face. You still b02d3aa30e don’t like 6ea1e32490 him?”e8658e0a263ce995

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Her father puckered his 5b9d1af3a7 thick lips and pretended 6721a256a2 to gossip. Whenever he made 8055e76eca such a cute 4b42d797bd expression despite his d9c3042783 large frame, Jiwon 5178fb6c16 couldn’t stay angry.3af49d6bac704927

“Do humans e9120e50bd live off 173e226de2 of looks 5b51652f39 alone? Then you wouldn’t 42f419e8b3 have ever been 3d6a53ded7 able to marry 1a958e76a7 Mom at all.”134b5a69a5308838

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Pfft, Jiwon 232b63a385 raised her 3360285909 voice awkwardly ddbf2bd392 to hide 0974bd4d72 her laughter. Her father pinched her b6f1a77d9c cheek and laughed.338ecfa605b43870

“If you’re done 23e361275d eating, go out 856e5ed4a5 and buy some e726676360 cup ramen. Daddy is very hungry 6e0a9a5a4a right now.”de164ed331ae1115

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They ate dinner not e968544dcc that long ago, but 163ca345b9 it wasn’t surprising that e91fc4ee95 he was already getting 674e9d3ddd hungry. Jiwon gestured 0a791d49d3 to the 8f8185b051 cupboard with c2a5a64b2c her chin e9e911be66 and replied.56e2487d3e07ebcf

“We have ramen here. Should I 68d55021b5 make some ee0a123c73 for you?”73633b03ebe25dd3

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“No, I eb9c8b198b want to 62058c79cb eat the 634773a475 triangle kimbap. I haven’t had 6709aab8f4 it in a e9b8126065 while.”893fc5357e1e6915

“But you f757f82532 said you 5f01954496 always eat 09727f8934 food from 9ac51065cc the convenience 135fa87b2d store whenever 421a3df32f you’re on 721f27681c a stake-out.”5703898980f4ed72

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“Just buy something and b32a531c8b take a walk before 0e680f682b coming home.”232d51d873345a25

Jiwon caught on 84082b420a that something was f78b557834 feeling a little 63155b0451 off. She pulled back and a7611a7da0 frowned. Her father c82e226dd5 had no c72668a21a shame and 07973203ea continued to 3b17c68ccf whisper to afb8c6b725 his daughter.e3a1000b192507b5

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“It’s been a 6d08bdc302 while since I’ve 42a1bcf984 last had some e0aae5b66e cozy time with c4bffbcc3c your mother. I can’t come home e1d395d4f4 often because of work, 83c2478941 right? And lately, ff6b3bf4cd that kid b97d13799c Seokju has b9b19fc2a8 been staying 448259ec3a in the 8fc4cf0d86 living room 6a454f98d3 and never 20955e7e7a sleeps… Ah… 44ab09e6e9 Now that 907ae7a847 I think 77938ea08b about it, 13fe1914c2 could it 7e6f7309ce be that 7549953eb8 he read 6a8e0328fd my mind ea1c53ccea and deliberately 3d87cfb4f3 stayed out 17b1162a39 late tonight?”9e777203bcab2a71

“Stop it.”e100986c2c2bd77d

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When her father’s 88c77a19f7 mumbling took a a860b76d0c strange turn, Jiwon 858895441d shuddered and glared 56969a63cf at him.585834619a55f231

“That’s disgusting. Seriously.”a13b0f05316ddf76

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Her father chuckled. Jiwon turned a64d8a19ce her back 7d2479dad0 on him a291573de5 and grabbed 39b1ca748d her wallet. Even though her 7a8978a0aa mother had threatened 10212234f6 to divorce him 468a249ba4 hundreds of times, dad9ba570a they would probably cf1400ee4a stay together until 8b6d0f8b7a they died. This was because they 92b81b17a3 led a fulfilled married 24ffe0303c life.6a087523b14cbb5a

If her mother hadn’t met her father, how difficult would her life have been? It was true that her mother suffered from all the trouble her father brought home. However, Jiwon knew very well that her mother deeply loved her father.98bf6ce992434892

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Jiwon’s biological ed87001e7e father abandoned 3e7bb0d400 Jiwon’s mother 2b6598b58c when he f92a064056 found out 7a5664336f she was 466fc750e5 pregnant, so 0fdead1f8b Jiwon felt 163ed6c217 that she 0829b76c49 could understand aac189e230 her mother’s 35fc45fd86 heart even d4e211c040 more. If one took 0066315f45 out loyalty and 6a662b984b love from her ef53e7b557 father, he’d just a1f9776de0 be a shell. Her father 5063d686e1 would forever dcaf9de605 stay by 3e107d6bff her mother’s 7cc3513600 side.0430a3b7c42a56da

“I’ll be back 7bf13c777e soon.”688e273f0341840c

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In order 35a19603cb to help e908d5e586 her parents 790175a83b maintain a b74e80d5f5 happy married 7c414c31bd life, Jiwon 38a389cb15 decided to 93a81ab216 walk to ff8d7a23a6 the park 249c0c5609 for the 2b2ff722e2 first time 94c83e6a66 in a 9eb67f674e while. Even though it was 7749fdfbe2 nighttime, it wasn’t that b5b8876b06 cold.8836bf65e6f30b08

“Time sure goes by 4cd31c6b1f fast.”db8aa8b7733fa4fe

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Her father had brought fc121746c4 Seokju home at the 526bcb84f0 break of the new e22f34c805 year, and it was 20544f3e85 now already April. More than a hundred d049270436 days had passed. According to her father, 120970e6a8 Seokju hadn’t received love, 16444bf489 so his personality had 3070e2160e grown twisted. That’s what he 76dfc2a67e said…ead5f731ac6a1a2d

“How childish. A lack of affection?”cafe2e2438d93104

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Jiwon murmured as 1594c662a2 she stomped on 0f72757de3 the empty can 75fd571042 she had been 38a549e2b1 kicking. Jiwon had once sat e66f1feddd next to her mom ca884d17cd and listened to her 83b7e07f43 have a conversation with f688d6f31e Youngkyun-ahjussi on the phone b3ec55281e after he had lent 2b05d04817 them some money. From the way 56e5314c16 he sounded on bbbfb7da87 the phone, he 2e6fd2de16 had a generous 1002143098 laugh and thick 03daf7152d country accent. He didn’t sound like 404a8fc509 a violent man… But b924b0eb1e just as expected, one e593284da9 couldn’t tell a book fe2c61e6e7 by its cover.28d13289cc0b7da7

“Ah, I 54ce2f2806 don’t know. I’ll just stop fd0c4349f2 thinking about it.”63db85735c921dee

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Worrying about a 9f26e449a5 jerk she didn’t 158e4fb9f8 even like was 90f0a27417 ridiculous. If Seokju 3206a659bb knew she d97e87082e was feeling df1d6b924c this way, a802e47818 he’d sneer f0857bbbf9 at her 08c9ca6e0c and tell 90eec709a8 her to d9b15be4b4 mind her 9c1853dfbc own business. Jiwon picked up ab060eb89e the flattened can 3768e5ddbc and began looking 1a80c29541 for a trash a8b3d3017c can.e485683931431beb

“Look at how this 487d057db1 bastard is glaring at 60f07ccc39 me. He might kill b5127229b3 me at this 2647a30594 rate, don’t you ce7f844b31 think?”2a34d71e6a5825c7

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When she heard 3874b66d8a the unexpected words, c633edaa79 Jiwon stopped in e9353f1e29 her tracks. She looked at e7615bc354 the black rattan cc253bc4f3 bench and narrowed 22b1d1ebb9 her eyes. There was bd2df9e183 rarely anyone bd19e55366 in this 6a98c87f18 park, but 8f98fe8847 she could ba6c5e0bcd see three c2eae5579e or four db2107418f figures wearing 8c96e4fab9 school uniforms.8bfc2e6c556bcf25

They were smoking cigarettes ae52e84f28 and surrounding someone. She suddenly febef0f7a5 had a ad6ded409a hunch. She was sure 3894ed272b some innocent bystander 0a41d33495 had been caught ab28692712 by a group 17c609a746 of bullies. Jiwon pulled out her 7b3a30c092 cellphone with a trembling 741763dac3 hand.8d4844653c6629e2

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“Hello? I would like to 6c4e06bd4c report an act of d3ce669f35 school violence. I’m currently at 063d1b2a4f the park next 55397a2b00 to the redevelopment 4f46d120e5 area. Yes, please come quick.”522b0a0e0b0f3651

Jiwon hid herself 0aed73cdd4 behind the line 03c46ce5f2 of trees and d7b725b6a6 lowered her voice. She wasn’t so 594c7ca0cf stupid as to 68843b2bb2 think she could 02c46a1b6d take on several a2766aafe3 guys who were 3b4aba387a much larger than e6d5d5c52b her. Her days of barging aa4d385811 at strangers who were 05fb1d7e39 tormenting others were things 6f5183a928 of the past. The last 7807afeca3 time she’d cef5d272c6 done so, b5fee8bd8c an enraged 8d6730893c kid had 29adead2ef grabbed her bf4c46669a hair.2cbd7683f6ba3a11

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When Jiwon’s mother saw c49a208f15 how her daughter would db84858ba5 charge into trouble like 02fb5be3e1 an apostle of righteousness, f8cfb6649e she trembled in fear. However, Jiwon knew when 7702be20ce to intervene and when 1cf2752cff not to. If it 6e22a37f37 was a eb3c4971d9 violence she d4ccab0ca7 could not ad06fdcb02 handle, she 60a23dec40 would remember 2563c9675e the events 25f9252748 of the 0e1d80ba71 past, and 497283f234 her body d89d5ad509 would begin ae1107efe9 to tremble 371074e828 and grow 65f05519a7 damp with 9c3d15efe8 sweat.f99bd6174ba9f87d

“Huu…”09525f53621395b6

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Calm down, Park c90c08063f Jiwon. After she 8656c61a44 ended the 8e61c76fbf call, she 0fb960a822 clenched her b57cbec771 trembling hands aabd66321e and whispered 7e4f19eb37 to herself. Then she put her 156104e715 phone on video mode. She needed f88d8aeb34 to record 673c57f993 evidence to da608b11fc show the 6d36b484d2 police when 62ea33b698 they got 3df7dfb75c here.d0b233e1f3fceea9

“Huh, what d7eca96d07 did this d64fc47420 bastard say de04c034e6 just now?”b8febc3b55ab6bfa

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“I said I enjoyed daa6ce8cc7 the show. Now get lost. Don’t make me a405573ccc angry.”f48d72b61839d186

Jiwon held her phone f7026a8513 up and frowned. The voice sounded 3dc64e1884 familiar. No way…3f0f5bcea98a1315

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“Leading such a 6c15ebc719 trashy life… Don’t 840fd3fee4 you feel a 92de651316 sense of shame?”7f46838a10635368

“…What?”cddee19e61c59f3e

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“If you don’t even 475e0ff498 know what ‘sense of f3434fef0d shame’ means, then just 33dafc7217 go and commit suicide.”a051529a346a4ecb

Jiwon closed her eyes. There was no way bde536022f she didn’t recognize the fd4d9ec386 main star who was cf2770ebe0 currently saying words that 61e082d5dd scratched at one’s nerves. Just because 4c5b8364ee they were 2b1a5845d0 bullies didn’t b73dc44350 mean they 9821823004 could avoid d55e8ab314 the sharp 8ea14040c3 knives of b96d6e9c73 Seokju’s mouth 39796f4373 from piercing fcc18667fb their souls.e1626c58f9e60fff

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“Ah, you know what d0889ec396 ‘suicide’ means, right?”adb8271e9388a242

The problem deb3e31ad9 was that 1696d923a1 Seokju didn’t 8fec6afe34 know how d74a0d28cb to stop 795378b72d at times 577e062765 like this.b21a3b73e33608f1

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“You fucking bastard, I’ll 3facbff421 rip your mouth off…!”b3046f294ccfee5f

Smack!In the end, there 36e3c5eb04 was the sound of 67c65c6dae skin meeting skin. Jiwon bit her lips d5071c3d5b and drew in a 8ccfc6ddd3 deep breath.4d67a0fa8957133c

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“What are you 23da23490f doing?! Mess him up, 8a9b63205d fuck!”24926e8cc037b5a3

The bullies charged bac10ea98c in and began f79b0eeb25 to attack Seokju. Once the da96744ff0 police were 3cedd3e46b discharged, they’d c706989d17 get here 4a1ca86a78 in five b7613b260a minutes at 6b624dd262 the earliest. Even if they 37defda57b were late, it d67d8723f4 wouldn’t take more 26a16c5c1d than ten minutes. Jiwon hoped Seokju 2299a2dec5 would be able e9a4b38a21 to endure it 3addc34441 until then. As she continued to a21111a483 hide herself behind the 3f503b9940 line of trees, she 37f6338dff began to approach them.83708a5dcedeb76d

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The violence b49fa8582a was clearly b4cd0c3dbd captured by e082c90784 her phone. If one guy 61551eb426 was knocked out, 7fe0fa0458 another one would efe4816c13 charge in. And then another 5f4ac63cdb one. But… something f99bb61e6c was strange 75fffa01b2 about this 1d931d6993 picture.f192c453a45c5518

“Uugh…! Ugh!!”8875c09a4ad05164

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Jiwon’s eyes widened. All the guys b8c8f005c2 who were flinging 2558db3c5c their fists stumbled ffbc5e916b to the ground. She thought Seokju would b535b0cf45 be the one who 908f4106f7 would get a merciless 0c98070691 beating from the bullies 8fb5603e40 for running his mouth, 796a8f0e10 but that was not 4a179b9970 the case. As someone afc3b7be55 who had 5403656277 learned to 15e8f88b52 box, Jiwon 5c916e5901 could clearly ceea322b53 see that ec069df808 his fists 9a04453316 held a 9388553fbc lot of 418b01ea4e fighting intuition.2ab5ff411e40a524

And Seokju wasn’t 48f7d18deb only good at eba820ac98 using his fists. He continued to stomp dba99118af down on the face e8660e1ab6 of the kid who 2a4617bf0b had fallen to the d483de7c45 ground. It was so 205dfdb391 violent that blood 282f49a43c began to splatter 76154a187f on his white 833ab650bb shoes. Rather than the e9d294b218 fact that the 766341fdc6 infamous kid from 22319c966c the baseball team 958cd91b90 was being hit d0759f5f3b so easily, Jiwon 04079fafcd was even more fba3a25559 shocked that the 5df3ffe09e one doing all 29b5d9ec94 the hitting was 46e4ece80d Shin Seokju.6b84d628c09360f6

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Jiwon suddenly had 4266dbe704 a thought. It wasn’t 6b278428c9 that Seokju efb3cb09d4 had learned cddbc56611 to exercise a8dedd3034 his body. He had learned how 042318cebb to beat someone up 49ced747c1 so that they couldn’t 9706b0d4c3 get up afterwards.c773d10bb7a24761

“My glasses e03b2bd638 are completely 43791776cd ruined because be2e1860cc of you, d303c693be fuck.”c6631efede3b1f4a

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Seokju’s black eyes d2d6fce863 gleamed in the 84d51e8fe1 dark as he 0ccf7bc215 spit on his f737374404 opponent. Jiwon realized 6d7d833a61 that his d3898c0a30 glasses had c218bfd6c2 disappeared. His face without glasses… bf5f431887 looked very familiar. Her heart 232d9dd056 began to 93b28425f0 thump against 19b16d139c her chest. It felt strange.5ac792afcb893a97

“You bastard… Do 131592213e you plan on a262a700ea killing someone?!!”13f99c379502b338

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One of 6c0722fffa the bullies d6b1479398 began to 6e7048b2b4 charge at a609ac7d8b him again. After taking a fierce 1e6f841a50 blow to his side, 36248d51cb Seokju grabbed the bully’s 59ad4c15c7 hair and slammed it e2dd3b0ec0 back against a wooden e9f1ca056d pillar. It was f625934931 such a 76952199b4 strong blow 175c2699f3 that the 66fde23796 bully groaned.8bd5a755b90db976

“Uugh…!”2c35535304b2ce29

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“Wh-What is 3f611a15a2 with that 5003a6eda3 bastard?”c9c8c65d35ce9231

The words that Jiwon 98f08ac1a1 wanted to say left d1655ef7e9 the mouth of one 1b3a6d8af2 of the bullies. The bully grabbed b839e7c44a a brick lying 228e44f68d on the road. When he met a04ede38b7 Seokju’s eyes, he 743e15834a shouted out.996a476429e881b5

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“Hit me. If you think you 7e205e5a0c can…”460a5d59307ef329

Seokju spit out in a6b88caf01 a low voice. The brick went flying, 3a8f802a90 but there was no ec29fe5116 force behind it. Seokju picked up 65c566ff91 the brick that bf44ff3376 didn’t hit him. Now that the 376f1f86a6 red brick was 437772331b in his hand, 106b1fb6bb it didn’t look f94ea4fd73 heavy at all.449609c9ec7710cc

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As Seokju slowly 72f7a3dc93 approached the bully, caaae82454 Jiwon whispered, ‘No’ b18ff42e70 without realizing it. Then she thrust 96712b4bad her trembling fist 2b0c5c077a into her pocket 327cde7abd and searched for 4f049f3115 something. Ever since she received d4e72ca0a5 it from her father cfb1b5f46b when she was young, 3600003395 she always kept it ccaebcfdf1 with her like a 91e1b051d3 talisman. She never imagined she’d 3fc2b4ffb0 be using it at c88e4734ef a time like this.0194510054256980

Fweeet!db6c21516985ccc5

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The shrill sound of cedee47a2f a whistle rang out 6c8f04e807 in the night sky. Everyone froze. Thankfully, at 513b537c90 that moment, f47636b392 the siren 99549c2f95 lights of d69f7c10e6 a police 666fe84965 car began 329359c692 to illuminate 14be39a0c9 the surroundings.c4a32e2b1c419094

“Run!!”fc68fd1d5f05b5b9

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The bullies began to 5f7405b1fc run, and the brick 9b70ea39b3 in Seokju’s hand fell 3b32bd9149 to the ground with 4664011184 a thud. Seokju frowned when he 7c6d50d1e7 saw the police car 05dcca2155 and began to exit 549ac6020d the park. Just then, cdb71cc42e Jiwon burst 14c769dba5 out and 0a98ffaa22 grabbed his 2b43636f8f wrist before 1215445358 running in 3215a49187 the opposite c108b1d96e direction.efc0b4d81dc9e0f6

“…What the—?”0c580fb0b57dee1f

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“This way 1c22dfebab is faster.”ae77212150f4405e

Jiwon knew nothing good 88750ef70d would come from running 592eeea598 towards the police right e177f718d0 now. Especially because the video 82a4a69159 she had captured on 3a4ba5255a her phone clearly showed f90897cea0 Seokju carrying out the 5daddcb028 violence.be338d4e45013cca

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“Hurry up 37b6fb648f and just 702c86c31e follow me!!”9be8d4f5061adae7

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