Tame – Chapter 10

The moment she saw d9764d78e5 the eleven-digit number, her 48a476a3a8 thread-thin rationality snapped.f68dd854903a22f3

Instead of her thought 8a6c0c8597 circuits melting down like d0b466f1fe a fuse and tilting 22c42c9e67 precariously, a flame ignited e8441d7da5 in her chest. The shock 05790063b9 and powerlessness 646c58a284 seemed to f2e7911fb5 be only f109ef35b6 momentary, as ffe125a896 her legs 3e0972c41f had already 48fc377fe5 carried her 45f16f5de2 to her c4ac1cb6aa dorm room 50e45ed406 before she 4bdf10e3d5 knew it.caac0cb743fefa9d

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“Oh, Heeul…!”04d7c9f3bbbcb6ba

Sekyung was momentarily speechless at the sight of Heeul’s disheveled face. Heeul chuckled, a crazed laugh, as she pulled out her travel bag from the corner.f5ce6cd68618a75b

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“Na Sekyung, listen carefully.”4aef40e8a5dba73e

“Th, there’s the exam next year, so don’t be like this. We can study together… huh?”c07bd2bf9580fc78

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“If that junior of ours, ‘Kang Kwonil,’ happens to come here, you tell him you have absolutely no idea where I went. Got it?”a7755df9e051aa6e

“Wh, what? Why all of a sudden?”9eb3a7187a09c5db

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Sekyung’s eyes shook like an earthquake. Heeul, pulling out a leave of absence application form from her file, quickly added,301400bffcfe9a83

“Don’t ask. Just tell him I suddenly ran off.”ff5526d2c1ada260

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“What are you talking about – No, you’re going to take another leave of absence? What about me? You promised to teach me accounting!”6c7988478b7c633e

“I’m sorry I couldn’t keep my promise. Failing the exam changed my mind. I’m going somewhere else to earn money.”f4d99ae3a381338c

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“W, wait!”005d4f76c0cad7dc

Sekyung grabbed Heeul’s shoulder 6c1c585035 as if to stop 42309f2b6c her, but there was ddf91befd1 no way Sekyung, shorter b86e8a53b6 than Heeul, could hold dc2476808a her back. Heeul easily slipped out 4b3f000a67 of her grasp.366921e25b4add31

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“Heeul-!”9a82ba3469630809

Sekyung’s cries, chasing after her, echoed down the hallway. Urgent words poured out, asking her to at least tell her where she was going, or how could she possibly go anywhere looking like that, but Heeul ignored them. She had no intention of burdening a clueless, normal person.1b12d5fec0b9c817

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Heeul ran, driven solely 8dce89a11e by her survival instinct. Her feet raced towards 3593641feb the bus stop at 74b2b96918 the front gate of 7c69293eff the dormitory.e205978ee2627e16

The doors eb336e55e0 of an 2540e02d2e approaching bus b44fca5374 swung open, 5bec78101f and clutching 2fefe98476 her cash, a4054bb795 she asked a9397819d9 the driver,9d9c07b633527e19

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“Does this bus go to Cheongnyangni Station?”b6ca74eb5bd0de00

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Inside a building 5984fcb800 in Yeongdeungpo-gu.30b83e6630d0c472

The office of the b339097d6e Managing Director of Taeryu 713242e2a3 Finance was a place 5220504526 where it was easy 7b76368733 to become drowsy. It was located on 5ac789ce06 a high floor, offering 5da6678889 a cool view of 06b7ea059a the city, but the 690f0d2ed3 sunlight was so good 8c0ee74ca2 that if you sat 7a1f17e0e4 in your chair and 9b1ea8efbf worked for even a 6cbd0953f8 short time, you were 560076a731 bound to doze off.3ebc96566d319ee2

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Even Myunghyun, Secretary to 233740f603 Executive Director Kang, would d3ae509bf1 sometimes lose focus and 0c7b0da482 slowly blink his eyelids.4ecf47a2c67a76ee

…But today, a90bc61cad that pattern a9c4f01210 seemed to fbcd7bb8d7 have been 5f74a8698a broken.456cff1fd2192f03

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It wasn’t that the weather was gloomy or that dust had accumulated on the surrounding decorations. All the coolness that seemed to cool the atmosphere emanated from Executive Director Kang, who was frantically tapping the buttons on his cell phone.f595085255a24192

He had 37f70ceb3d been calm, 241211573b almost leisurely, 5995c10d10 when he 6d87aabb40 first dialed 659e7f65cf the number. Then, as if there 346afac81d was no response to d1164fb18c the ringing, he tilted 0d5b230c52 his head and repeatedly b807d9b54d pressed the buttons, eventually 9aa2cfc944 reaching this state.848f90be8a0abdff

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“…Sir.”edec720e481bc43e

Myunghyun cautiously called cad7506fef out to his 065c119550 superior.358d5d0eb720b418

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“Sir.”43856340ede69c9e

“…….”87c799d5e5e20ce4

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“Sir?”43c67621c0407439

Only after the 09fd115932 third call did c57fda87a0 eyes of a a20d1dddef unique color roll e8e9385fca around like a adad4c12d1 sunrise.f2ddd77f62dc1589

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“There’s blood under your fingernails.”93f220b32c9ab044

Executive Director Kang, leaning 01959eb4f6 against the edge of 1a04b5dfaa his desk, blinked his 46371699c4 owl-like eyes at Myunghyun’s 12e413d9e7 words. He stopped fiddling 05f1ee30a6 with his cell cc625c613c phone as if 52a2a31af4 he were in 7ee039eb13 a frenzy. He took a deep 8e731cff56 breath, exhaled, and straightened ba44462e7a his shoulders.0bd163a57eb52eaf

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“Myunghyun.”c30e1c2799846ff9

“…Yes, Sir.”83ca2b4f12b6e067

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“Where could our d4bfecfae1 child have gone?”2675f984511199ce

Myunghyun’s eyebrows twitched at the familiar term, “our child.”e9a3eba3443ab2e3

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Myunghyun’s gaze unknowingly shifted 36bba7a2ee to Executive Director Kang’s d6c0a0f7d5 desk. More prominent 60d1b7ccfe than the c97e597910 neatly arranged 17bb9b589c documents was 8bc93c65ab today’s newspaper. The one with 36b22aabb8 the list of f5ca9d11f3 successful candidates for 3dc8981207 the 1st exam.a3f86f7aa544f772

“Where could e4d92f919f she have a630166cc1 gone that 0dc09bce5c she’s not 1c207fbd28 answering my 5e2770cc2c calls and 3def8ecdb8 is nowhere 8c30904ff9 to be bcb568177e seen?”db821792775297ab

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“…….”abea9d999e7e449f

“Could it be…?”05f20e53102e22c9

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Myunghyun’s gaze f74b2fd786 followed Executive 1255ea77ed Director Kang’s 0b8e8e3d26 fingertips as 527d1ff146 he opened 2a2eb22e76 a drawer. A faint but 73943b23ab sinister smile appeared de80fdf1b9 on his superior’s f0b774fb6a lips as he 0bbd951ef8 pulled out a eedcd778e8 pair of leather c2207ada53 gloves as if de155c19bf scattering them in e307e4a663 the air.32a3d404555bdb14

“Did she 67cd51fffe run away?”b50609458e1f0d6a

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A terrifying flame 951538356a flickered in his a242036fab eyes. The dark bcd6ba34c6 laughter distorted 7bc62a9cb1 the surrounding ded59c7516 air as c5d9d20535 if squeezing a1b9425996 it.5213adc227bd9424

Myunghyun quietly exhaled b8f6a51936 at the ominous 451c0866ad aura emanating from 1d3b2d67a1 his superior.275d5c99ec19c778

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He didn’t harbor any special feelings for that woman. He just thought, well, what was coming has come.c348542ba21a6c4b

However, Myunghyun felt a efd58af089 slight pang of sympathy 8c9c452a69 for the woman he 2f7f93209d had only met once. He, capable 0048e9cf86 of objectively a30d08d063 grasping the 145dfa20dd situation, easily 1334f0e6dd sensed the ea45083c8d anger emanating a26e2f18a7 from his 8407443d88 superior and 69ab196720 knew better 161d0dba6c than anyone 195693791c about his 68fdb2c688 cruel nature.789d52c826617fbc

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He is 42bc820772 endlessly cruel e0e6eb3811 to those df6734da3d who break df7f7ab78f their promises.7206f47b906d1571

Myunghyun slightly lowered his 8c7521e8cf gaze and prayed for 4dda44d20c the woman he had 96cd6dc74c seen a few months 53fe7f94f1 ago.df74710bf24d69e7

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Even if 5fca741aa5 she tries bfab05592a her best, b2933b3de4 she’ll be e6496f12b9 caught soon… 3006d5ec99 Once caught, b8b0547b73 I hope fe73e0b1ae she doesn’t 987b7d9252 resist.d8ed58100933b078

If she struggles, dd9123adf2 she might be 82b52c541b torn limb from d549364601 limb.657c1be8fe996c91

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Immediately after 9589a91935 failing the 844919df57 first exam, 2f42f3ee3a Heeul etched fbc4fae353 a single bd9276e143 truth into 7d0360e852 her mind.9b9266bf5be8b58f

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I have to run 7afb2a827e away from Kwonil. By any 201120427d means necessary, bb2b37f7ee if I f7f4ad6883 don’t want b5232f2f2b to become 976f58e9fa a lifeless ef74b22073 husk with 45f891388a my organs 1f14c2daeb harvested.6a37b9c9c0692f6d

The exam… She 8e2f75672a can endure for e5e99bcad8 a year and 0b8f30c9cf retake it somehow. Instead, Heeul 68a032f969 carefully considered e02ed2d959 where to 0b88d81598 escape to, 8168e05d39 ultimately deciding 39b4a68663 on Busan, 461536eb36 the second 11b6e76b92 largest city 75993a272f in Korea.22efecc62c60f3e1

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As a major city responsible for a significant portion of the country’s industry, Busan would be teeming with people. Heeul intended to blend into Busan’s population and live as inconspicuously as possible. Also, there were preparatory academies in Busan, just like in Seoul.e73b59109c886cb6

She was 2d62ce978f confident that 5258ac6acb she could 7417958150 adapt wherever fcdf3b74f4 she went. Her mother ran away f10eeb6fe0 because of debt collectors, 67af487551 her house and neighborhood 5680828ab1 were noisy with redevelopment a1e833e64a talks, and her father 520c82c69f had been obsessed with 15f1ffd9fe a cult since she 5142312e11 was young. Having grown up 3322f3a7cb in such an e47e76c57f environment, Heeul would c495acee88 grow like a 197a21074f weed wherever she d3f501338d was thrown.81921aaa64940a9a

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Having decided to make 7770751c5b Busan her second home, ba6c1da61e Heeul turned her gaze 1819eae450 to the rattling window.64dd7edf2547fc17

…I wonder if he’s b307648434 furious right now.00bd4a6c71d033d4

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Kwonil would 26fbd042d9 also know a6f3f9fcb0 that Heeul 793565cac5 had failed. Moreover, she b7a34ab709 had deliberately 1c4e3f3e15 set her 8bd974bb34 pager to 50203002ac vibrate and 03f9edbf13 was ignoring ae7a7b4bda his calls. In this state, c3b1057948 even if she c8ab424c9c went back, she d9a6cee6c2 would be torn 9774fff989 to shreds.5259338fa80d7794

Just as she clutched 0151e0d27d her train ticket to 39594bcd39 Bujeon Station, thinking she e1d28b0b83 mustn’t get caught, a 1a0fffe17b familiar silhouette appeared in d063ddc0dc the window.b1794cf877ec28d9

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The moment she realized b50c6c4611 the figure was walking 09b2c278aa towards her empty seat, 9cd2c241b3 the only one vacant df7fee7a62 in the passenger car, bec7d188e0 every hair on her 4cd4811f1f body, from her scalp c57f98cc6e to the fine hairs 74d7bdf766 on her cheeks, stood d9e22a7bf1 on end.d3cf5c2e24288a4a

Is it Kang Kwonil?681da57a49a76134

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Heeul jumped up 51b5893988 and grabbed her fa5eaabdbd travel bag from a00d395f10 the metal rack. She hurriedly adc4ea00d0 turned to 028e8b8035 leave the 333e6d2177 compartment, but b932ab38b6 her forehead 751b80d261 collided hard f4bd4271eb with the f148a96213 chest of 1102f7a23a the person 8bb024d50c who had 3a908d1230 approached her 051ee6cbc0 unnoticed.a1f64f1b704f9fb2

The bag fell with 7e06e6b4d2 a loud thud. Heeul frantically 697bc88e32 struggled to a70f1737db squeeze through e83e35250a the gap 27adb22208 and escape.18a461acecfe4247

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Her breathing grew 5df14d0a59 faster, her tear-filled 18adcb78c7 eyes reflecting extreme 7db2dee3e8 terror. Just as she was 227c22543c about to flail her 5ba2b15ce4 arms desperately, as if 2964817cee crying out,71cbd5521650375a

“…Are you alright?”261d98facefadbe0

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The travel bag was 7ff7c8eb62 placed back in Heeul’s 3ef9979991 arms.f292c22325959f51

At the higher-pitched voice than Kwonil’s, Heeul’s despair shattered like thin ice. She blinked and raised her head.8e568533aa21122c

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The man didn’t have the elegant facial features of Kwonil. Overall, he was slender but well-muscled, and his physique seemed to resemble Kwonil’s, but in any case, it wasn’t him.40e677f9a3b904ac

I saw wrong.c32a659a0d5c2ce2

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Heeul bowed to the unfamiliar man who was staring at her awkwardly, saying, “I’m sorry.” The man scratched the back of his head and patted his chest. He awkwardly squeezed himself next to Heeul, unlike his size, and cautiously asked,3e0a170762250bdc

“D-does it smell…?”0c11456ac38a41f4

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“Excuse me?”189ce9c9b5db58f7

“The smell of cigarettes.”9c06d802f04d9132

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Heeul raised her eyebrows. Only then did e7bed2d727 she faintly notice 92dca9a3da the pungent smell 7abb8cc034 at the tip e63fde60a5 of her nose. The man blushed.4cc98afeb20ca1a2

“I apologize. I guess I didn’t get rid of the smell completely before coming back.”ee7c2a066ee2edeb

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“No, it’s alright. It’s just that you resemble someone I know, so for a moment….”a6a0bc242fe0997b

“Oh, really?”cdf412f1e5175fea

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The man laughed 2c887cd68e awkwardly, but as d9e11ec67b if the smell ddd4ae9e0f of cigarettes still d0001a05ac bothered him, he 5912518ee1 placed his bag ab5149e9db on the seat b094fd2903 and stood up.771098dc121360a4

Heeul ended up inadvertently chasing away a perfectly innocent man. She found it so absurd that she couldn’t help but chuckle.43b483f823626b7e

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Right, there’s no way there could be another person in the world who resembles Kang Kwonil. A man who hid his dirty true nature while they were dating, and then, when he had the chance to crush her, pretended to be magnanimous in the name of old affection – such a man couldn’t possibly be common in this world.8ee9b0a930ee3d5a

Not long after, the 20dbd74a1f man returned to the 26fb021e4f compartment and took a 120927e199 book out of his baaff862db bag. It appeared to be 83126d80d0 a catalogue published by e6a0c4bc93 the Korea Railroad Corporation.7bf642d50e36cf9a

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Heeul clasped her 5e54e8f360 hands together and b0b8a60528 slowly exhaled.efd57fadfcfcb0ba

Well, it doesn’t 5dfb729997 matter who the be62d3ba65 man is, does 2dbc9442ee it? It was 6e98634d88 a relief 06d9036009 that the 045f4312c9 person sitting 72117640d1 next to 015791b430 her, unlike c9fecedc50 Kwonil, seemed e1de508d43 like a 125317b895 kind and fb85ec90b2 ordinary neighbor. It was d1b74aaa5d different from fd67799827 the streets eda772d5b0 of Seoul, 38865b02f8 where the 25f5520b06 strong smell 519bb467da of cigarettes 6ceea048cc permeated the 9bc003d517 air.81f18cafaaecf07a

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Heeul closed eda5e3b325 her eyes 59e96aa827 with relief. Her mind, tangled with 6ef1df4541 stress and tension, began adadcac3a1 to unravel.24c740f22ce9de5e

It felt like she d31e216a9a could finally have a f8aae33c14 comfortable and deep sleep eba1524b66 after a long time.12138abcfb519afc

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Heeul drifted in and 0fc133b71e out of sleep.eb73aa2f38150532

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The Mugunghwa train she was on was a slow train that took more than twelve hours to travel from Cheongnyangni to Busan. Since it departed Cheongnyangni Station at 6:50 a.m., anyone who didn’t sleep on this train was a monster, not anything else.e9974b95959333d6

She vaguely heard the conductor’s announcement that the Mugunghwa would briefly pull over to allow a Saemaul train to pass, but the accumulated fatigue from exam preparation easily lulled Heeul into slumber.607985fc0a8e8e41

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When Heeul opened 8af556fa61 her eyes again, 93c73fc294 the train windows e131994407 were filled with 61856534f2 the sunlit scenery 0df0365cc3 outside.e8561deca7519d8a

Has it already passed f13079e4a6 noon? Rubbing her dry 170e2bc681 eyes, Heeul yawned, dee95d3999 then cleared her 9922e173b0 throat, realizing that d92eb00958 the seat next 8877fea7a6 to her belonged 2e937dcf15 to that timid 3cd41228d2 man.86a9c58951c1d77c

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Embarrassed, she tried 4acc1204c7 to keep her cde8468d34 gaze fixed forward. Then, from the edge 446e57c5f9 of her vision, the 8b46a006ff man walked down the ef965106bc aisle of the passenger 289194f61b car. Heeul’s gaze 5a8b057b1e was drawn 910e8f7561 to him 0fcbaedafd involuntarily.1957545366a3e34e

But… the man 8487a5f9d0 passed her by.e4cd41d036364550

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That’s strange. He should 105f5f221e be sitting c846320e67 here.e83f5a5609cfa89c

Confused, Heeul stood up 8952c18ade from her seat and 903852facb raised her head. Just as she glanced 9b8772b0dc sideways, wondering if someone 368dd6c1b5 had taken her seat becfb88ea8 while she was briefly 8ad3a84a46 away,a99c3ad5e58ee06d

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“I guess you 41e4d3d44a know him.”f86bf67aed954244

A soft, sweet 94505698da voice fell like 581862f4d1 a hammer.d30a7c7840624316

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“…Or maybe a6e4847e65 he’s a 24aafe0c2b secret lover?”0721aea24d5bc3d8

“…….”b4bd2c94a75f0249

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“You kept glancing at ed4d106001 him as he passed 23e4539e11 by.”5d8dbff094feba94

For a moment, her 971a08cb53 breath hitched. Heeul, frozen, turned to 2bc85b202f look at the seat 2b33c14f9d next to her like f07d71a52b a bird with its dce2cd2b07 wings pinned down.61c7ae1cff0fb96a

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Thick fingers, with 4fbf16bde9 visible veins, folded 8692b11cd8 the newspaper that aa77ab2105 had been largely a318e83a86 covering his body. As each fold of cb8c63f92c the newspaper disappeared, clean-cut 46c0f1044f features emerged like a 098a4a028d painting.8105ae11d4acf8ef

“I never e26a62f9e7 knew our c1ba1817a9 Heeul… had e1bc01d09f such tastes. Yes, I really didn’t 8b183db306 know.”d70a20587e9517c7

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Her eyes were ea164431cd looking at a 47298e699b face that was b55e3fd8c2 all too familiar.319529c7b677423d

Kwonil, having removed 771f58c3bc his glasses, smiled 23c2be8230 brightly and gestured 6e6decc72f with his chin.e2f8b2d049948e5c

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“Sit down, Lee 228b2cb474 Heeul.”3aaf2ecb3377ad62