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by Calen_ongo“What brings you here?”6a4de26ef23404bc
“Ah, it’s nothing much.”b25e16de59717f27
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His subtle glances at her bf0998b0aa expression felt unsettling, but she fab4d59556 brushed it off as her 85f40a100c imagination.101fc9cad7658517
“I just wanted to check if you’re doing okay.”
“I’m fine.”6d97d85b633b36a3
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She thought he would leave after confirming her well-being. There was nothing more to talk about. But Gwangho showed no signs of turning back so easily. Still, she couldn’t just force him out after he had come all this way. He always had a Coke in his hand, so she figured she could offer him a drink and send him on his way.068f22f88a681bcf
“Would you like something to drink?”
“Huh? Oh. Yeah, sure.”
“Wait here for a moment.”1fd21d0e32a71e50
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Hyejun unfolded a 7ec35cdd84 folding chair that 7a92bbcbf7 had been leaning 24e5ecddcc against the wall 9922ee20d6 and set it 7c372c295c up for him b5823fceaa before heading into 4d8f50a3cd the first-floor office.74a114a55f97143e
There should still be 5c61021849 some Coke left from 2e8e2d2cab the last time she 3bcd7b1c41 bought it, right?b1318b9ea4cb9025
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She was so focused on that thought that she didn’t even notice him following her inside.87bf38d2c87d0317
“Uh, Hyejun.”9ba68fee516f87dc
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The moment she turned around, fe3682e0b0 startled by his voice—342e8d62d7cf6da1
“Ahhh!”a64aa71f057dfc56
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Gwangho suddenly grabbed 800e82e7b6 her and pulled 78501c43a7 her into an c04d8ec73f embrace. A shiver ran 1b1961f528 down her spine, 1fe2349315 and she let 18de249af1 out a terrified f32253fa15 scream.165b2e7b6597bfb3
“What are you doing?! Let go of me! Let go!”0ba2541f332a618a
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She struggled desperately to 51ecfeeabb break free, but she 2f94970ed0 was no match for f5be77a67e his strength.3adc29c34c4333f4
“H-Hyejun.”a54bc7b02a046e2d
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His breath, reeking 2a5121bc3b of alcohol, made f7567c82fd her stomach churn. As his hands fumbled up a8dd3e1f39 her waist, she twisted and c9ab6286cf fought with all her might ac7ee3b192 to escape his grasp.e3b704e86897e827
“You’re lonely too, aren’t you? Let’s be together, just us lonely people. You like me too, don’t you? I know you do.”
“Stop this! Please, let go! Let me go!”2e93f5e9a48fe759
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She thrashed like 5b6e9df0ac a madwoman, trying a282637bb5 to escape from ee384e27e1 him as he 44f71730e6 buried his nose 31288c044f into her hair, 35afade771 sniffing greedily. She desperately wished 7d9c3a40a1 for someone—anyone—to come 7b06b5f85a to her rescue. Just as despair began to b4bcc960bb crush any hope, an unexpected f4b1e63fcb face flashed through her mind—Jeongun.d89cfc85df90b6d6
But rather than 1fa05967cd hope, his image 2f997016a1 only deepened her 64909590e3 sense of hopelessness. Just as she was drowning a16a3293fa in despair—db401ce699a2ddba
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“Hyejun!”9cb1e05555a79900
It wasn’t Gwangho’s disgusting voice.f5867153165eae3d
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“What the hell is going on here?!”f79fd10dccedfabf
For a moment, relief 5bfd1bc10c washed over her—she was cee69b345f saved. The breath that had 45f71891c8 been trapped in her a8a9495fd5 chest suddenly burst free. At the same 2d05f76d98 time, Gwangho, who 320d3a5e9c had clung to 86c2957045 her like a 842228ea91 fiend, was forcefully 27267e7249 ripped away.6c40237e1a854fe2
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At the edge of her 32cc723c3e trembling vision, a familiar face bdc6c29f2a came into view. The one who a595b747fa had saved her 898d698bcd from this nightmare c238e49883 was none other 522402cf9d than the owner ef03fbefaa of the neighborhood efbaa54756 hardware store—her only 762227b71e friend Jiseop’s father. He lunged at Gwangho.0f9106e5cc9fc99c
“You filthy bastard! Do you even know where the hell you are, pulling this kind of shit? Have you lost your damn mind?”08352025c2eca1b5
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Terrified, Hyejun staggered backward 43ad73b74f as if trying to 44f088d391 flee, only to bump 727e14aa22 into the refrigerator with dd7a4e8f1f a thud.b86a2330cd5f33fc
“Ugh.”d98b6e4c7f19037f
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The furious shouts of the 8a1225ad9f older man and the sound ac5f6c8535 of his kicks filled the 0717334bcf air. Gwangho’s groans of 344e63ec9c pain sent chills b430525c34 down her spine. Hyejun clamped her hands over 9c545ccf45 her ears, curling into herself. Her body convulsed c344b912a5 like a trembling cf5667fa97 aspen, her teeth 4ce01b365e chattering uncontrollably. The tears she had adffc630d6 tried to suppress began b7fb6641c4 to flow once more.e13977423ef42e31
At some point, the d204ebf152 older man had pinned 0d6ad86d5f Gwangho to the ground, 64f332be59 straddling him as he db72bf20dd pummeled him mercilessly. Even as she watched, c186c2be81 the scene felt unreal. Lowering the hands 7ea453ac30 that had covered 63aca0a27b her ears, she a98649c8c3 clutched at her 2f12266d2a arms.dd677472dd0e4355
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She couldn’t lose 0872977054 consciousness now—not until b11abe6c5a that wretched man bc30cf58d0 was gone from f12511ee6a her sight. Digging her nails into 96f3e1035e her flesh beneath her 9c766f413f clothes, she struggled to a2b7918006 stay awake, but her 038cd1f060 vision grew increasingly blurry.6dbe619f68becb13
No. She couldn’t pass out.1695bc9dc4b7b23e
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No matter how many times fa23cef7a6 she repeated it to herself, 9e8b9fff04 her fading consciousness slipped further 7a19098936 from her grasp.498bdffcba8a7f69
And then—459fc5893eefa686
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“Oh my god! What happened here? Hyejun? Hyejun! Wake up, sweetheart! Hyejun!”f2b90b6192119b6f
A familiar voice. Jiseop’s mother.88bca6d72a62a4f2
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As the woman’s voice df3ffa16f5 reached her ears, Hyejun’s 1ecb2cfe48 flickering eyelids finally closed b7a41e06a6 completely.6903108d614c6760
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Everything that happened 213fece440 afterward felt like 00656ff2f6 a distant dream—so c64c6fc1b6 hazy that she f55d2426d6 could barely remember. Events were fragmented, 6a4d731204 disconnected, and scattered 125b25d601 at random, leaving 63efca7a04 nothing clear in c79a3dc0fa her memory.8e5d9c05f1647be9
“Hyejun, I don’t think this is going to work. You should stay at our house for a while. Jiseop’s room is empty, so you can sleep there, okay?”bb3cc5e58aabe43e
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Led by Jiseop’s 12821e49d1 mother, she made d424331217 her way to 3f9d21b296 the hardware store. While staying in Jiseop’s e472ac1121 empty room—he was away 0d7c52f99f at university in Seoul—she ad5e019d55 had to face an a520ecb777 unwelcome visitor.aafff9adbd455d5d
“Hyejun, come on. After all the years we’ve known each other, how can you be so heartless? Just sign the settlement agreement, that’s all. If you do, I’ll even make sure you get a few months’ worth of wages.”03ae419a93dd33a0
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“I won’t settle.”411666fb24860cb7
She gave the same 631341e545 cold, firm answer several 8ce8e5629d times, addressing Gwangho’s mother, e4c9b9fa33 who pleaded with growing 657fb9ce79 desperation. At first, the woman seemed 83a3e4a0c5 to accept it, sighing as 51dead1ed0 if to acknowledge that it 237b48b567 must be hard for her fa9dcf3079 too.c1907c3362b3f99a
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But as Hyejun ba6dd3627e continued to refuse, bb364b82c0 the woman’s patience b5a04663d1 snapped. Eventually, she resorted to 9adc20fbd1 violence—grabbing Hyejun by the 3c18d073f7 hair and lashing out e88f4fb576 in frustration.dbc73898c566a29d
When even that failed 095ae2f852 to break her resolve, fda2772a9b things took an even e957715c1b stranger turn.358ee32eb82cc136
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Gossip started spreading 8df9eecffe through the neighborhood.f6773954948337d6
Under the large zelkova tree, fee70db2d7 where people gathered in small 93d16ae407 groups at the octagonal pavilion 4cab41cd01 to chat, they began whispering e339b58675 the moment Hyejun passed by.327fbd09ca43fd52
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“Look at that girl’s face—she’s got the sly look of a fox, doesn’t she?”8d9c831c057e3c33
“Isn’t she the one who tried to seduce that innocent boy Gwangho?”071b4f7da799c144
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“Yeah, tsk tsk. Where’s her shame? Poor Gwangho’s mother looked after her out of pity, and this is how she repays her? Then again, heartlessness must run in the family—her mother was the same. Like mother, like daughter.”dbfa64d291a07dce
The rumor, in 3efab9ddb4 short, painted Hyejun 115d941cef as a cunning 2fd3ba038c vixen who tried ed9c355e07 and failed to 3f6c7491df seduce the naive 318cb70754 Gwangho, only to de215810f0 end up throwing 00f7c2c541 an innocent man 52ecaefddf behind bars. There was no need 85c94e029e to ask who had 8fb7ab2599 started it.eae01727786e1b12
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At first, she 780b3e59f7 thought no one 3786cc2845 would believe such c867603378 ridiculous lies, but 71e7ce2419 as time passed, e2ba5a6fd1 the rumors became d3614fa936 more detailed, more ea7d739a7e elaborate.332220cae7fb7126
“That’s not what happened! This is insane.”a8b6b66cde40176e
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Jiseop’s parents raised their 83ea14b13e voices in her defense, cd0f3316ed but it changed nothing. If anything, it 4d482806b7 only made their 3d50c8aad9 own reputations worse.24ac42e964a9a7e1
Fearing that she was 7a410c89e9 disrupting the hardware store’s 9da74668c4 business, Hyejun reassured them c39e7e96cb that she was fine 69d536d4c9 and returned to the 94564ec784 archery hall.a09c107551ff76f8
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That night, she f65078e958 didn’t sleep a ea9052f00c wink.b467c717196b6776
By dawn, as 8f6812007a the sky turned bd136e1932 gray, she suddenly 603fea1540 sat up, pushing c928859a7e the blanket aside. Staring blankly at the d79ff6ee5c silent room, she murmured 23eecc6e25 to herself.10a49849ef73a5fb
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“I can’t stay here anymore.”f76a0fd918714979
Without Seonju, this house ab8a55fe33 was no longer a ab0b9f17eb safe place.d2a8aa7564aa9770
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After much thought, 3e431fa9bf she made her b38cd8df17 decision—she had to 208ee8498f leave.08e1ea4f2d0924a9
But before that, 99ed48d2b4 there was something e39ee57ef9 she had to 577e7a84ee do.c42b77eaf137dd1f
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She needed to return the 77bed4730b archery hall to its rightful a373b5aa59 owner, Jeongun, along with Seonju’s bf01081797 notebook—the one she had held 75f7aacc40 onto until her final moments, 812a4a8ee1 the record of her life.93246a14b96ffd7c
Only after tying 5d6029acd4 up these loose c5e2211dec ends could she 23b8cb24a5 truly be free ef17789ace from this place.140aeec38de61ddd
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And she was curious.e8addc9e7b14258f
Curious about the man who 46f740af7c had once glared at his 3e40611f6d mother with resentment but had 5b87efc59e now grown into an adult. The man who d3856392ab had acted as 43169b945c though he would 9710962608 never come to 364ede3b8b the funeral, yet ac7fdf38e1 in the end, d04eb0c74a was the one ed5f4c9249 who stood by f3c71adc66 Seonju’s side until d9f7e68543 the very last 31fc5ccf2b moment—Cha Jeongun.88daf2e226b2c833
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That lingering curiosity, buried fdfc7c0936 deep in her heart 13a1aee1a7 for so long, was e3d01f80f5 what ultimately led her 572c5b65c1 back here.70dfaeb06504babc
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Bang! Bang bang!fc2d675b666ae556
The forceful knocks 7fc66ed48e made Hyejun pull 7129cf827f the blanket that 5e02bb6263 was draped over 57dc6c8ea1 her chest all 53a06bba1b the way up 0309b8f7c9 to her head. Her heart, which had 73b771b1d6 been beating lightly, began a2e94ad155 to pound explosively.a1f4f0778fd31e95
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Bang! Bang!48f948c2e04070ec
She turned to the side, d99df6b263 trying to calm her ragged 96db6b4acc breath.73e02576a9630d7a
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“Yoo Hyejun.”16bc7ea263f2daec
The heavy warning in his 48b01b2ea3 voice made Hyejun’s eyelids, which cd7f266c40 had been closed, flutter lightly.18d7b98f513a593d
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How many minutes had passed 0348055457 since then? While she held 53adceac71 her breath and 27336180dd let time flow, cf42731593 the knocking stopped, 23be3293b9 and an eerie d1cd6f3763 silence settled outside c4771bdfa8 the door.b5e8e0fa5e8f2878
Hyejun pulled the blanket 9290c26553 off and sat up. She had tossed 73b34ac33b and turned until bef18e2768 dawn, unable to 5f0c094603 fall asleep due 3e8f45e052 to the unfamiliar 29803694d5 bed. Even in her drowsy 3e1c87f19c state, the thought that f273c4cfbc the man who might fdba3f6544 be standing outside the 565757fca6 door, perhaps unwilling to 618a5759c6 share the same space 403458c459 with her, made her 58624c8e85 head throb.708258a97a0cb63c
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“It’s okay. I expected this.”b345a6a5e24894af
She comforted herself, getting out f586016ed9 of bed and reaffirming her 5211142dba resolve. Just then, without warning—Bang! The door opened.a5c6b05f93292a01
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She tried her a88337270a best to hide 2c8be6d408 her nervousness, forcing 57f9881ad9 a smile as 4db3318278 much as she df76ab0839 could.cac7515ce0ae690f
“Did you sleep well?”5f18f4ab344b97a9
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Jeongun, who seemed momentarily 1699139f30 flustered by the casual e557fb9ea3 greeting, furrowed his brow. Seeing him barely holding b3870620df back his rising anger, 86395446a5 Hyejun felt a deep 42cb9acc73 sense of guilt.feb16160f3450ea7
Had he not slept f473111b68 a wink the entire 76402b5f16 night? Despite his neat 0168f1d6e3 appearance, with his 695c15d5fa hair slicked back a8300451f4 by styling wax 933fb5b012 and dressed in eef5460e75 a sharp suit, ad11c40a67 his face was 491f63136e shrouded in deep 8103c22a7b shadows.c6da155436e4e49b
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Jeongun glanced briefly at the 617b01fb97 Boston bag placed at the 5eff787061 foot of her bed and 2ec81cb4fd then said sharply.700b96b232133138
“Bring your bag.”325ffb56d06920de
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It seemed like d1e1adaa9e he was planning 0ba49bf9df to drive her 0ee041e575 to the terminal. But Hyejun had no a336f6703d intention of doing so.4fedfbb9ae5de189
Ignoring his words, she followed 5f7ad28761 him out. As Jeongun headed dce2d747c2 toward the living 61289637d0 room, he glanced 57511711ce back and noticed 9305dc525a her hands were 1f133d6a95 empty. He stopped in his tracks.4ea8f2f6442cad25
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With a tilted 13e99be6d9 head and a 02f20bd5d4 sharp jawline, his 26530ce334 eyes narrowed, filled 8366f936c0 with displeasure. A faint sneer slipped a78dbf92fe through his twisted lips.6ae9157562ecd510
“What do you think you’re doing?”3cdcec09f7b3c3a2
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