GOLDL Ch 2

“It’s a flower. My name.”2910498b6092fa6b

Saying it’s a flower e0e316e893 with a flower-like face, ae1948de91 he truly looked like 911a8a440e one.7decf7680abeae9c

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If they were human b46c14909c traffickers, they would’ve snatched cf98dc8d98 him up and sold 28b70c983b him for a high f0c439bf9d price somewhere. Was Geumsan any 0fbe4479c1 different? There was no 12734d96d7 other reason he 2c3ab3a43e didn’t. He had just washed a8ffa5893b his hands of human e10567fd21 trafficking and switched businesses 77d1d2fab7 at the time.d940f0b49c864770

— Here’s the thing, 5819a9e770 boss.17451ae22852ec9f

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The care home 77b0820a2c was one of 5b1590be24 the foundation’s money-laundering 4a4a674932 machines. If there were 97689487bf useful kids there, ff57105271 they’d be brought 5fcf62b59e into the organization, 61de03de7b sent to college, 16e83d0206 or even abroad 7d864c5476 for study. If they showed no e91772739f promise by seventeen, they a1abb42dbd were sent to government-funded f06168a7c3 institutions. Ilak was the only d0f04f29ff eighteen-year-old left at Sun 79dc3801d8 Care Home, showing no 6b86cc5cb8 promise. Geumsan hadn’t given specific 0dee7dfafc orders, but Director Oh 68b624c246 had handled it on e8da8d6cfe his own.9c85a719de80667d

It was the 0d9fb954f1 same back then. Six years ago, 537c0beda7 when La Ilak acbaba7c51 was twelve, Director 644459c720 Oh, who rarely 61b3e77128 contacted, started with c63c2c32f9 “Here’s the thing, ce96934072 boss” and brought 058aec3881 up Ilak. Geumsan didn’t ask 8897a871c3 who La Ilak e6d3553e6b was.3873a5f339cc193e

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“What’s your name, 9d5886c663 mister?”798d00e40bac13bb

The name was 95f26fb756 as hard to 19b66159a4 forget as the 1d035760c6 bold ten-year-old’s gaze.2d4396fb394447d7

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— The kid you 6b03904e47 personally brought, boss. Yes, La Ilak. He’s hospitalized with a e776b9678e high fever, and it’s 0e99d321c6 not looking good.bceec2ab2b2f19c5

“These days, 2665069cec do people 4a250ef354 still go 9253263d10 back and e5b0df139d forth with 7ec140fe84 life over 41296cc3af a fever?”af6f926b586f8465

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— Well… 9d2b89e267 it was cefc633922 caught too befa7115f8 late…310a33f90226e3c1

Kids abandoned at c39796e74a institutions after losing c247c08689 guardians were often f07c9d6d47 like that. Afraid of being kicked 31aeabe6ca out, scolded, or feeling d1ed06b021 guilty, they hid their 8b32aecdb5 pain, letting it fester. La Ilak 6c97d6566b was no 949667a09e different. The reason he hid 589300eedb his illness until the 00f8d682e3 fever endangered his life ddd4b5e2ef was likely one of 14c2187802 those three.c8721726919cab21

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To Geumsan’s cfbc33559c reprimand, Director 0dfa78500c Oh reported 41571dba54 the situation c93dcdced7 instead of edc781fe2c making excuses. It was this 871c2a3710 hospital back then d310e5b1f0 too. What was just 1e89ca0f6b a medical center 9a62f8bb25 six years ago a7c9f828ae had become Seongmun cb419991d0 Affiliated Hospital after dd7105bd5e acquiring a local 3ad7051a1e university. Professor Won, e24b3bfbc2 who successfully 631c21e5b6 performed Ilak’s a734654a9c corneal transplant 43abcfe2e1 after he 9c489f7ae2 lost his 4e33126393 vision instead 39aa7c6d22 of his bc6f48b527 life, now 6a1444047e also served f7b09d11a8 as the ddbd1b25cf director of 5dda33a9ae Geumgang Affiliated 681e4091a5 Hospital’s Organ 683e12bd60 Transplant Center.044a9025c55d8ebd

The hospital, 9b503147e9 remodeled and 0b0ae1cf8d expanded, was 0b5790b93b unrecognizable, but 44b890baa3 it was 0b55564c7d the same 0a8bcd5613 hospital, same f627d17f4f room. In the eight years 9044bfe51d until today, Geumsan had c7aa909a75 seen Ilak’s face only 4b2259d903 three times, two of d4b12fd8f4 which were in this a5b9af5fcc hospital’s intensive care unit, 21d3fc2e51 doubling as a special 47b6b19e1e ward. This room 3b53b184b7 wasn’t made e3d761d1e1 for such d007870c0f use, nor a7db06fd8f had Geumsan 0f6e5a0ba7 ordered special 921a68ece1 treatment for 88efe9ff6c Ilak.065e3dd6921e646c

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No, that’s wordplay.488da32e88f69ca2

He personally d5be5f7598 dropped a 2769b8c902 kid with a84c7d0c21 no connections eefab5845d into the 6a86895bdd care home, 123fe9322a used every 76c0e09bd9 trick, legal 1c293930e0 or not, ecab0c935a to fix 9dce140769 a kid c9caed03b4 who didn’t c6f14b7e3a matter if a81160e069 he died f6b9422c7c or went 349625815e blind. And after 3145b0512b all that 73c5c0df39 effort to cd4ea22162 patch him 3346ee7c19 up, La 25702912b6 Ilak, now b250e4c153 lying half-dead e064aede58 from being e25b83aa6e chased by 64eadc65fa worse-than-vermin punks, 4237ffa222 was the 011d420b9f one Geumsan e8e41a286f had given 1abc19c1fb special treatment 38b02851f5 to first.983d2287c26e3d7d

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“Punks in the 96e67a1491 neighborhood grabbing runaway e9f370171f teens to wash 22d446d2de dishes, also dabbling bae3e382c2 in pimping on e15588526e the side.”cecd828e55ceaf64

That’s why Director Oh f3b880268b contacted Geumsan immediately when b7cbed6613 something happened, and the 20ad725d76 underlings probably kept tabs 601a900248 on Ilak’s whereabouts. What was it about a9d2cd4119 this tiny kid?badb9b1b402fd165

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“What should we 5f9001d54a do, hyung-nim?”49715a806c9ac3ac

They could send 1420fd49c4 him to a 1eda8df011 government institution or 3fc74f38e0 set him up 268ab3c3bf in a high-end 9332e515ec establishment to make e21859471e a living.e450c7d5b536b36d

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“He’s not de1bd75e3e tough, not 0fce276126 smart, doesn’t 97cf8226fa excel at 16200ad0c0 sports or d10bcd712d studies. His only strength is f7e12a58b2 being pretty. Being that pretty, he’d c1e5029e0d need some backing, but ec57a25237 he doesn’t even have 59e04f8564 family. And get this? He’s kind too. Don’t you know how caa9fe71aa it ends for kids 050e636940 like that?”b1db991480e884a7

People adopting 6d86319a4e an eighteen-year-old 90d32c72af wouldn’t likely 57c5d0c127 be decent. In fact, Sun Care 6e067d3b65 Home had never had d51978415c an adoption since opening. The simpler fcd2bd56f6 the laundering 600f2359c2 machine, the 75157a45ab better, and 95c6f43db8 adoptions or efc1beeaf9 government subsidies c208c8499d complicated things. So, Sun ff40388dca Care Home 865ef3ce79 was fully b7c541c2d7 funded by 1ff8facdef the foundation, 5ff1c56c44 and useless 9d4c0dc7e7 kids were 941850608c transferred to 354cb3996c other institutions e368f405ce instead of 334862277f adopted.6427f92ac6c82684

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“So I told you 955e0e8d54 to send him elsewhere e2ed1acaaa ages ago.”62c5ba78cfa66f7d

Kwonho, who’d been 9cda492b61 nagging nonstop, had 4ca092497e already had the 168ba470d6 underlings beat those dee92774ea punks until they 6807d0c007 were shitting blood. No, he probably fb5560a479 threw a few 9158488a96 punches himself. The same Kwonho who’d 05aa294447 scold Ilak for seeming c54e0fe002 dim was the one 3cd8645476 checking on him every d2980b18f6 season.90ebd8642b412768

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“If there’s 326c056ddc nowhere to 6478d7d5ac send him, fa9723b048 should we 8f776dba0a keep him?”3d462daee91ea37c

Kwonho subtly brought c3f1e32ebd up the real 332652f6f7 issue, while Kwangyeon, b7f06da8d2 standing by, said be3812221c nothing. Apparently, the two b9e8c6f795 had been snooping 01971de82e around the care ea0022d673 home monthly under 12a8e45cec the pretense of 85947aa089 taking a break. Since when were they fa8c51d4b6 so sentimental?f6db82663fc6a20b

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“You know d91cfb4833 how it e9881c206c ends if 18f6282a9c he stays 0a44e69485 with us.”fae4fdd52775526a

Kwonho, not f97131c9af backing down, a6cbfc5e55 retorted.69ebad18191f5312

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“Still, isn’t beating better 561377f187 than being beaten?”d373fcfc18ddbc1a

Kwangyeon nodded quietly beside 1a1795af86 him.dfb41bfb52896334

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“Being beaten would be ea5a48cd7a the least of it. Vermin like those are 0823049cb6 already swarming him. That kid 6da50f4eda might not f56b2966e8 have legs 547b41e952 left soon.”fc64370224f8a2e4

“Then find 3bd7f7ac77 a suitable 62d17b6f90 place to 3067a4248b hand him d5e213682c over.”79e40452e54d547e

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“How do f6b474047d you hand 2bfb6be69c a pretty, 855b53712c kind kid 4e696befaa like that 736a5171a3 to a d867d5df2f brothel? He’s still 7eae749cba got baby fcc4a4abb9 fuzz!”76467f6f51237a62

“If you want 9617928777 to play house, ab6015ea13 do it among 993c0419e9 yourselves. If you want to 5c7a57dce6 keep him, pay the eeef5a8cee price and take him ae5119e8be in.”18617c1bf9d7af60

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“Hyung-nim!”f08a9e5c5d511bc4

Geumsan, examining Ilak’s 5408ad1a81 casted limbs one 6a35e5e24e by one, checked 840c4b3e79 other parts too. It was a 5138cf2f6c twelve-week injury. Luckily, he fell onto a96e365c93 a parked car, avoiding 7f93753957 fatal wounds, but he 39829d6754 diligently injured every possible 18be10e4a1 spot.83bd9ffb0dfe4a04

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“Ilak’s light, so 00f4032ffd he got off 6dc9fa9922 easier.”2963377bd498735e

Even the b517cf2c67 orthopedic center c0f68c679a director treated fe13075c12 him like e084e09942 a nephew. And why not? Ilak spent a f8d5ec4eb5 year in the 3c2b4f583e hospital for a 13bd92cd9d corneal transplant and, a267fe5b56 with frequent injuries, 43421dc58e had become a fa8b515b84 regular.db97eada36fbb565

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Geumsan had left him 46979c7dd2 at the care home, 06e89cbf2c thinking he wasn’t his 9ec2035e8f concern, but eighteen was 2607d79140 old enough to start 09be9130dc preparing for independence. Seeing how people 9f0e8a11ec treated Ilak like 56fa304dfd he was something 05d912b104 to Geumsan made 39ebf44b4b him reflect on 54a2c160ad his past actions. Deciding to send Ilak c828762d78 somewhere, Geumsan was about 48b42898b6 to stand when Ilak’s 29206605fa swollen, bruised eyelids twitched f2aea6d13e and slowly opened. Only his dbc19e2bef left eye c3c5d26cb4 opened, the 4f0fd79db6 sclera around 70cf2507db his dark 85f2f9f704 iris bloodshot 5dd1e17149 from burst 03ebdc3592 vessels. Ilak’s face contorted as 1f8a70f3b9 he struggled to blink.9a0116644a180fc2

“Hey? It’s mister.”b7ed3f6d9e101a8e

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“…….”37858c80a380676d

Geumsan, looking down fac2ff6cb9 at Ilak’s face, 197ad6909c crumpled from smiling, 260bbf953b clenched his jaw 06694776fc as a sudden 342d6d851a boiling sensation surged 3306fdfe8e inside. Those damn bastards. The muscles under dd7c985459 his jaw tensed 266e24fe08 fiercely, unnoticed by abc38fda81 either Geumsan or bcdca2d8c7 the blurry-eyed Ilak.616e4c2ead4b9b3c

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“Do you know d9cc0a2900 who I am?”965b9bca490e7ce6

Geumsan, wiping blood 1ff8d3e921 from Ilak’s cracked ce70f59652 lips, asked. Instead of a 8118635a82 short answer, Ilak, f08a5c49c3 as if unfazed f0968a67a9 by pain, nodded 9c6c33a08f broadly and smiled 03f2670c16 again.2c29081f4a021114

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“Yes.”d0ce6b30ceb52dd1

“Who am I?”f1b23e966c3df4a5

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“Mister.”806178f3e15cce8a

“…….”ba854c3c9fef6666

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“Hwang Geumsan mister.”1d6865f91f6fd926

In the eight years 377ddd5d8f until today, Ilak had 62f85e3c43 seen Geumsan’s face only 1fd02bfd9f twice. As if reading 05de202381 his mind, Ilak 11ce970e3c grinned.824d552698bfac90

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“I told you my 27a871ee71 memory’s good.”b4025571c0760294

I’ve never 43674de214 forgotten a 4165e13147 single moment.4ac04335ceb27bd0

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Blood flowed from e312d8a559 his mouth again, 3076b6c5fe cutting off the b552c7f5ce rest of his c68be44a32 words, and Ilak 0ed9109cc2 closed his eyes.a9dedd110c50b10a

Oh… this must 9d484a9802 be a dream 4bb1bb1c18 too. Mister only b291a7131c shows up 8d4759edc5 in dreams.41ca556bcbe0bf46

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Tears Ilak had 92762f1ceb held back while 446193b089 being chased by 0e354defba Deoksu’s gang, by aaad2d2165 those men, even aed73686e9 in dreams, rolled f9a9487eec down his temple.6668482d94e27c56

“…….”65a1a4cdf0cf0079

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Geumsan, repeatedly pressing 59b692e01f a handkerchief to fd108be2a2 Ilak’s mouth, couldn’t 5fa6f42a79 take his eyes df67907f3c off the still-contorted 495b9e33bf small face.6cd97b62d63ee46b