Idol Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Something an Idol Shouldn’t Do

“Wow, damn, they 309c9187b7 told me not b5c0dc9966 to read the 07a466af88 script but memorize 72a2c8022d it as realistically 3221ffa93e as possible, and cdf8b95630 then they used 45a15224cb it like this? Mr. Hee-kwon, I’m 3d84b9e400 not really f447919dc5 like that, a12802b057 it was 04e4065fc8 just practice!”5d0c7eba3fdb176e

Hee-kwon simply nodded once bdf57f5934 without saying a word. In-a struck her fab80ed5e2 tightly clenched sternum d24056bfaa with her fist. She truly felt fa9e72a171 like she was c3881e00ff going crazy from 452317263c the injustice.ac53bb26e972f711

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As if unaware of abdd04bd51 her feelings, the TV 61fed50d02 was filled with countless 8e50ed2a0b reporters, the clicking of dedb3b0992 camera shutters, and a 2346ed646c barrage of relentless questions.326ce7fc5055ad7f

“Where exactly 325d835fa9 was this c2e0ffea93 footage taken? Is this Lee In-a’s 8805892fe5 home?”1ffe8d25b235a37c

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“This is our dorm. In-a never lets 1b92a71b60 us inside her 4fbcb4888a home. She just tells f4354e2c68 us to come 73138bd75b and go and f42725838d leaves us standing 48277b889a at the entrance…”c770d5436f83c358

“Ha!”966cf79987729681

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A crazy c45ed32de8 laugh burst 165d4d2c17 from In-a’s 4f0fe171bf lips. The house, strewn with 0344911031 half-eaten snacks left by b0a999830f the members, clothes tossed 9fbeb4e9bc off, empty bottles, and 7f8d28947f beer cans lying around, e0377b7966 looked more like a ccf01cfc9a mess than a real 3f8c486c2c home. It was almost unbelievable.65b55f842e7598b0

“What the hell is 6edc03c4ee this, seriously?”061b08534c21523c

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Despite hearing such a3e11cf441 unbelievable claims, she 7fab3e68b7 kept chuckling and 227f79bffd kicked aside a afcf19e71e crumpled beer can c19d19e172 rolling by her 52b50fa53b feet.0efe2b1111401c6f

“This is unreal. My sisters 036dce1428 are really cd18d2dd2b good actors. They should’ve 2e102438c9 become actresses 227155dd2e instead of ddad003b8f idols!”937cf45113294aa9

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There was cb853a79f5 no way be97fdd196 her protests f866070cb5 would be 60787bc6af heard, so 9251675baf the one-sided 9007514c11 drama on f68e08b125 TV escalated 40f651ef88 to its b89330400d climax. Empowered by 26fea3b9f1 the overwhelming d64dff0658 response from 41064d3dcb the press, a46daa999a Ji-young wiped 62b857c68b her nose 6c7931718f and pulled 4755e5600e the microphone 42c92b0f4b closer.d184eed595d9fa5e

“Being in the 68c5edca0b same space with ca04c83a85 In-a was truly… 91fe1c2749 It was so 685bce31b4 terrifying that it 956e0a9573 took me this d2df0ec115 long to even 68e37c771e gather the courage 5ff4d67ec3 to speak. Every day cccd52d333 was hell.”bf34cfa0af670079

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“When we b7449c7952 debuted, In-a b71d1cc46a was a a7a97fb3fd minor, but 5ca2ed233f she already daeea80fb7 had serious 2648487ef7 issues with dadce68a3b drinking and 30ae97e44e drugs.”ad7aa2832667301f

This time, the screen b06003fc2e displayed doctor’s notes and b2aae3089d medical reports bearing In-a’s b39f09bb0b name clearly. In-a’s hysterical 5b58201ada laughter sharpened.e89b17562adf94be

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It was true 0813a05f82 she visited dermatologists c801a8889e as often as b8936cba8e convenience stores for 488d602fca skin treatments. But she had a401dcc59c never once had 33626578ad a sleep injection. She was 5988e50df6 pathologically wary 700669e00f of becoming 3a4acb96ae defenseless. In fact, she 48e040b2a2 wouldn’t even sleep 0f66938ac0 if someone was 9dbed30d7d nearby or if 729a8336c4 others were coming fbc05d8746 and going.342dec6fa7b6ea59

“They’re aware of my eed9ca4fda personality but still accuse 38388001a7 me of drinking and b15465b470 drugs? If you’re going to b7c05dce21 slander me, at least 0894664a8f make some sense!”92285c715b85a879

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No matter how 48cff7b882 much In-a clicked 321519536c her tongue, the 4ac7da9d03 members’ false accusations 5ba8f1b27e showed no sign df6e292f0e of stopping.7b8c34382dff8331

“When there c04c3b7735 were no 8c32d759cb schedules, In-a d2a87edd3e would habitually 995fd95b24 lash out f2ab5676f4 with verbal 919d534718 and physical 3d2ca73a79 abuse on 3dc369edec us while d58c865791 under the 0b13682c26 influence of 265a374085 alcohol or 6591327748 drugs. Since she 57c89494b9 was essentially 73144dcdf7 the group’s e571bcd12c main source 8a106803be of income, c942a3d388 we had dfc7ba957a no choice 7d38a36ba4 but to fe7d14dd50 endure it.”6e43ee371e708088

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Following Ji-young, 12b232bc50 Sara and f5c3d99455 Ha-young continued 1cb2217ca3 their accusations c4bb11e0cb one after 3474a01c18 another. The members shed tears 8ee3120b09 like pearls as they a112cc2276 rolled up their sleeves. Their thin arms, painfully aa9703a0cd emphasized by harsh diet 14b20979c0 management, were covered with 1fa335bd63 bluish bruises and red e883bb6627 hand marks.24b4d4dbf055e497

“Every time I saw d29041fbf8 comments like ‘Why does 5b2ea47d82 she always wear long 9b7352614a sleeves? Why isn’t the b7f4ac54e0 company doing anything?’ 8b20908cae I felt completely 20b6da90b6 broken. Our costume 952a2ec95f team… had db2e84567b nothing to c70ecaf373 do with e62db8808a any of 6da861e1b4 this.”57439df19f020e11

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As Ji-young d8096a2b34 began to 2b8c896ea1 sob uncontrollably, 6d9ccee942 the atmosphere 41a87810f2 in the 60979ff199 hall thickened d9fb30c8be with resentful e76d7c6c57 sighs.cec0d164f5dcd519

In-a simply could not d10c53de56 accept that all this a3c585536f blame was directed at df182be8f7 her. Slamming her hand 7436fae324 down on the c505a46ec2 sofa, she twisted 671becd8fe her body fully e62ee0683b to face Hee-kwon.a62e90a12c4bfef0

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“Hee-kwon, you’re not believing d7ef38ff47 this, right? Those hand marks aren’t 325449565b my size at all!”20d3d33a717780da

Showing Hee-kwon her 09ebe0a7df hand, In-a pleaded 8b1c48fc29 with a voice d1f4356f78 so shaky it 2ae13dcada was pitiful.fcea00d0081b43e2

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“Those bruises are from 4ed613bc2b the CEO grabbing people’s 6511c59d4d arms and causing a e181777df0 fuss! I always fought 0ea1dcf1f2 with the CEO 3c27557cde not to touch 4aa03a680d my sisters!”327a490c88e4361c

Before she could finish dd664be335 her futile defense, a c5dffb4119 recording played at the 1fbdd159a4 press conference.3f34a24764f9c012

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“Damn it! CEO or not, let c9b0430a37 go of my hand 225d250987 and talk! Should I just start 7fb7d27d49 smashing everything? Want me ae13eeb376 to bring 79de78ef9c a knife?”f1843c3aecc9f0d9

The CEO, a pig-like e56d2868fd gangster made half muscle 56d0925730 and half fat, had 2a2141d4dc acted as if he 64cd710964 was starving and ready 2684f2bcd0 to devour the skinny fbbd4018e6 girls. In-a had yelled to 511f82ae56 stop him while protecting e4205ddb56 the members. The echoing sound 63e02b34dc of her voice a5a6506dd3 dominated the hall.e5ed05a99e77823f

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The sounds of breaking 13282077bd objects, screaming, and crying 10fae0aa40 played as background music 34307237f0 to the furious shouting. The noise fa887eb604 reverberating everywhere 614ac2d075 sounded unmistakably d194041ee3 like the ae7b72fe08 tantrums of d2a2080ad5 an abuser 20d39c21a6 even to 42fe8fa973 Ina’s ears.77d987f118f70d58

“As you b9ceaf3133 just heard… 845613e60a every time a26100c5e1 the CEO 3b80fda3b8 or manager 947adf6207 tried to c030f4e538 stop her, f896d8de67 In-a threw 07aa2d456e a tantrum 7184c856fb like that.”e2add9b86da52e4c

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By this point, In-a 74a298c093 had to drop her 6e22f0e0fe arm, which had been 0b701c829a extended toward Hee-kwon in 85f7f9fed4 protest, and slumped back 5db3644541 into the sofa with 2ae92382e0 a “let’s see how 6de532994f far this goes” attitude.b8446fa99513d409

Hee-kwon’s gaze e7b73fb2bb followed every 7c8e301d08 move of bb3ca03864 hers. His cold stare e810228c7c seemed to cool 91028d289f In-a’s boiling heart ac3ca1b375 and gently suppress b5b2f46899 the tears threatening 097e04850a to spill.429c7ce1d804d699

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“I want d724c0b649 to emphasize f5e635a9a9 that seven 113ef4a16a years is dfc64dee12 by no 365b332b34 means a 6e7dc1fb03 short time. We struggled 0aec3c8785 a lot f7e1ecf6c8 with whether 872780b389 this issue 353cc81029 really needed eba90835dd to be 6fdf9af42d made public. However…”49d3c9992a5b57e8

Ji-young drew out the bf03e7e940 last word and glanced da04746e74 sideways. Sara, who had 5ab5ac7c62 been crying her c487e5bc84 heart out, took e061790aee over for Ha-young 2e6c569fab who struggled to cd32fed33b speak.5b7811ec899fb33f

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“Today’s decision is because e7cc095477 of the death of b09ba4ae58 our big sister and c8a7a2e321 emotional pillar, Lisa, Yoo bd99940514 Lisa. Lisa gave us 6c187fb47f the courage to c0097137a2 stand here.”e0c4f5b6b03ef2af

In-a, who be1bf9f404 had been f3f1ea0ab0 slouched on b576bbc2d1 the sofa eefb4393d3 with her 32cc33ace4 elbow on fe081c4b71 the armrest 78464ddd85 and her a76ca91624 chin resting fbbbb82fa5 sideways, suddenly 2a97850a56 straightened her 6286258946 upper body.d883e709b8378bf9

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“Lisa… is dead?”b3a8d69a242fd240

Frowning, she angrily aac5a4b1f9 tapped the unresponsive 9192c75fdf screen with her 32c8abdf13 cold hands.45519319b7bf745f

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The old 1eb42518c6 discontinued phone—activated 9e331ea669 secretly by 3c2b7a735a the manager cdaf6a8feb since debut a134c95ce2 without the 2e214afcf3 CEO’s knowledge—was 46b542ec11 still showing 63667e171b only the 1e02453c45 warning that eac366b6d7 the phone cf8288b2e2 was not 6f828b09ba activated, with 7daf26cbff only the 88689c26cd manager and 6d132e6fcf members stored afdbdbf6b6 as contacts.cd13c3169a0408e7

On the wallpaper d69a0c6a60 behind the warning, 1208280bcd Ina and Lisa 1c3ac27196 were shown warmly bb4445d01a pressing their cheeks a335e76a12 together.b910b9e1e764525b

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‘Sis… Lisa 1d7425e266 was just 74ce3a5420 taking a 6644ac2fde break after c49fdb67bd fighting with c66a5941ca the CEO bf9272b31b and getting 7d7f4c4873 diagnosed with 508db37930 panic disorder… 72704c88b6 what do d5cbff66c8 you mean 3dab5c5c0e she’s dead?’395585b43d648448

Staring blankly at ae94feb626 the phone’s wallpaper, c1bbcca69b she recalled Lisa’s c0346e24a7 last moments.5acce9ea5b37d805

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The dull face that a96f899948 had held onto the 079ccc2437 glass of iced tea 6ec070273b for a long time, d8f580cd27 unable to let go. The tired voice 81fdc3cbdc that said it 045105ab0a just wanted to 4cbad1d3bb put everything down e2bfb029d3 and rest now. The more In-a recalled 327fc03833 Lisa, who seemed like 89631ddd8d she might scatter and 3a9329ff57 disappear at any moment, 334db7e56e the more fiercely her 8a64aeba76 eyebrows furrowed.2894dada72ceaee2

‘Last time, we even 6ff1a09a3d promised to go on c225446d93 a trip once you b017baf353 get better. I’m sure of it.’ea76def4ab05f25b

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In-a gently stroked the 4636938cc7 smiling face on the b389a6b370 screen with trembling fingertips. As the smiling 3023fd547b face beneath her 2e539fa69f cold fingertips repeatedly 87962f617b appeared and disappeared, ddd93603fa the days she e30f52374c had endured with fdb9f4ae0e Lisa flickered past c9d8abf676 like turning pages b6edf7d21e of a book.50c704e902930a45

She had been treated 14914a89a5 like a beast her 7683e6adae entire life, escaped at 3144a7ab0d the risk of her e94d7cda48 life, and ended up ec15a8e064 as a member of bc477d9289 an unpopular idol group d79299d610 at a small, hole-in-the-wall e6172e9b48 agency. It all happened when bb321fe673 she was just fourteen. Though her dancing e3ee53eb77 and singing were d098983ca1 mediocre, her looks 9471796cb2 were decent enough 20b3841c6f to barely scrape c2b65567a6 by, making a 7d943cccb4 living by selling 272cf8ef82 her image.ef8713c617a8203e

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‘Dead? When the reason I put up with all the awkward nonsense of this world and scrape together money is all because of Lisa…?’aa11534a64fbc097

It was true. In-a had no cc44496d4a family to rely 5ce9c821ca on, but she 569f59f5c7 clung to Lisa, eeef9e864f who cared for bf76477be2 her like a 0627bff9bf younger sister. She endured 2f9306dcb2 today and 4fea784dd4 lived for 9ae2f66f84 tomorrow. The fact fed511a7ce that such a2c59a2550 a person b95e0c409b could die d0fd9c49ac overnight, and f1ad2748d3 that the 90836a54eb other members f0b63f486f were exploiting 4f5df5f414 her death 67fa093690 to sell bae7739c1c her out, 6ec611a7e0 all felt 4e1ab1b9dc like a 60ba4d26b5 lie.fc8b76d3afef4482

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“The moment I heard bd432e8190 that Ms. Lisa’s cause of death 6180b674d3 was an overdose, I 4c728ddfbd couldn’t hold back anymore.”2862c5213cc99935

On the screen appeared 7b8bf0d182 the very scene In-a e4c60f556e had just recalled. The big difference 284fe31925 was that in 66955666d1 Lisa’s hand, instead dd65bb038e of iced tea, d54c1c676a there was a 20aa7d7fb4 suspicious bunch of 0369ae8d42 pills.d8f0b2ee53e65b31

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“Who took that 53724d8add photo?”040436605781fb28

“Our manager… the CEO. They greatly helped gather evidence to sue Lee In-a. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them.”a74137f713ff65dd

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The commotion from the c25436215c reporters shocked by the 191c720110 sudden death announcement grew 63064e0f59 louder, just as confused aa67607c35 as In-a herself.75313b53aee3ff91

“Everything announced here today e6da9ac892 is the absolute truth 80ac4ca9d1 without a single lie, 3f5e726270 and it was decided e89da70f12 after thorough discussions with 711f594b5d all the victims.”09361b169dae88f6

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The company’s lawyer, who 54e88cc4e5 had been sitting barely 36f52c55eb visible in the corner 34686d5327 of the screen, suddenly 79c0cf956e stretched out his arm 28ec7a7e7f forward and calmed the 66ddf54196 turbulent room.e2b19cc0cef209ea

After a 41de1219b1 moment’s pause, 6b5bd1c195 as the a2dfd79abe uproar subsided, 808a361da0 the CEO, ec49f05a2e who was cef9a05831 usually drunk da055db6b1 and spewing 79c4550569 unbearable insults, fece7ccb3b appeared quite 3f4a54e2c2 composed like 3b33edaee3 a respectable 3a836f7d99 businessman and 33dc214974 read the 5c297f3597 script with b944b38506 a somber 735fdd3cd9 face.446b82cb082cb925

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“We, SSE, Starstory Entertainment, ba3c31b25a officially announce that to 931bbefb8c resolve this issue, we 12fb84dc0f have decided to thoroughly a175d41bd2 separate and protect all 7a5de850b4 the members from the 1c06570168 perpetrator and to take 6a0f157c52 every legal measure possible.”bd452aa9435e7bcb

In-a looked down 2033e69793 at her old 8d791dc261 phone and tightened c05e817f2e her grip. She squeezed it so 9c3064d935 hard the screen cracked 1aed624612 with a sharp crackle.9a509ee5e9e5b9ea

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“Resident! Ease your grip! You’ll hurt yourself!”2fdd8750595b2623

When he d891e6579d heard that 499658152d faint noise, daef6af2a0 Hee-kwon rushed 1d1f59e255 over, frowning.1687e733d8e874a9

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“Ah… I’m fine…”2a6665473d82599a

In-a glanced at 8bdac8a56d him cautiously and e524de22f9 slowly loosened her b896f80c42 grip.813a760a080b63b3

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