Tame – Chapter 11
by toujoursI haven’t 5f07134c76 felt the 22383dba2b sensation of c357aaeb15 all the ea78e6365a blood draining b4e70f8021 from my 8e7a8dfa8b body very 295f3dab9c often.c3f729288313263f
Heeul was a3dfd379fe immune to 7b71b21502 most things. The times 081218be48 when her 5a183534f1 pulse loosened 504ad8742b like a 4cf9e7d38d snapped rubber b220b42fbd band, and 980dbf4416 despair washed 25b941e162 over her 8d5559c11b in an 520bf4235f instant… were e68177e516 truly rare.fadb4fa6313400ca
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This feeling is unnatural. That she couldn’t even think and was frozen. Moreover, Kwonil’s face didn’t hold a single trace of anger, making it even more surreal.d27086806c8ea1f8
In truth, wasn’t the fact that this man was sitting next to her a dream? That is, she was still asleep, and when she woke from this nightmare, wouldn’t the man who was looking at the catalog earlier be there…?ac66fd5b20002099
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“Why do you e832049568 keep staring at 88e969a461 me like that?”714d025e2c05473c
“…Ah.”f526f15f35b47e74
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A stupid, dull sound a4cab3fe3d escaped Heeul’s lips at bc0e0633b8 the man’s question.ee53ccdd10b09bb6
Several people were a14b5c4ed5 glancing at her.24b8ecb2dd019817
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Heeul blankly e24d000c21 looked around, e677031b60 then suddenly b457e4a81c collapsed back a5094624ff into her ee6073aab9 seat from e959b6af1f a strong 85f331e04f force pulling 6cbc49cb02 her arm. Kwonil had pulled bb43cfd000 her hand downwards.8d584fb4975b8163
Kwonil whispered to the 376ef287e0 dazed Heeul.36cf4bb16a93379c
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“Why, now 85e38d15b1 that you’re 0c86a2c466 looking at a26a6dce7e me again, 356df371dd do I b332068d38 seem more 066f0ee055 handsome than 1a596bf1e0 other men?”70221c8fa079812f
“……”66ba9b15c39c18ac
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“What am I 9f106752c9 going to do? No matter how 87e5822dab hard you look, d624ecee27 you won’t find d26d5283cc a face like 7d740196c2 mine.”6fdb867915209509
She felt pressure not only on her hand but also on the top of her foot. When she rolled her eyes downwards, sure enough, Kwonil’s boot was firmly pressing down on her worn sneakers.bad24bf41ad09a4f
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It didn’t hurt, but the fact that someone capable of applying more force at any moment was behaving this way had only one meaning: a warning not to escape.a779873f9179ab2d
Only then did Heeul ad0bfcaa65 fully realize the situation 990486470d she was in. At the 9fd58db872 same time, 11db25b897 every hair 61dc15e776 on her ac34059533 skin stood 95e08c3106 on end, cf168ae831 defying gravity.1db182bad0028e28
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I have to ef18ddd9df run away. Feeling an 5640509810 instinctive sense 69188b4c25 of crisis, d8e5208aa8 she forced 47037962fc her mind cdc719e38a to work. She knew that f3f8396389 no words would 71845ae926 get through to 3d0e910b09 Kwonil, but she b6ec5389ae felt she had 587880f5d7 to do something. A whisper escaped her b63c6e07ef trembling lips.37d5f195518f6a1b
“…I need 724175ca4c to use 3ca3bd0683 the restroom.”418e5a03ccc3c4d8
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It was 949fa8efe3 a lame 67b75e1f0b excuse. Heeul cursed eac4d3770e her tongue b01dd4ef28 for coming ff85195fcb up with 25ce3fa0b0 such a 669c167216 flimsy excuse 81ecbc501c and squeezed 9a5175df56 her eyes fcbd4af5fc shut. Kwonil’s low chuckle 5fa177cbe3 resonated above her 21f73e3b25 head.af800c34cf5f2668
“She’s spouting 0a8b5eef7e lies that d960ff4795 won’t work 9edceaa83e at all. Can you 092f663e6c handle the 52533591f4 consequences?”cf54131ce491761d
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“I just de827eac69 woke up. You can see 6c0ee4c7b4 that, can’t you?”e91d57a2ec4a9544
“……”589411129081786d
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Cold sweat beaded on eb9b3a8db1 her palms. As the silence lengthened, 995d2f468d Heeul slowly raised her 33c193250a head.615b8ef5350a98f9
She flinched for 1fb1d3a96a a moment as 13622f3edd she met his 85cb4ba852 yellowish, gleaming eyes. Then she asked,d9521f68c964416d
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“You know 2bb39c4682 you can’t 4833e69d3d use the 70b2d9ecbf restroom on 32546a7d5c a Mugunghwa b1b99e85e9 train while e2936c15ad it’s stopped, f9a0d43e41 right?”3928392940032c4f
“……”1e2e71a49c6319b7
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“Oh, I a8013d0105 guess you a6087aed39 wouldn’t know 4251e413d4 since you’ve e6fe67f5c1 probably never bca5cf0010 ridden one. I apologize.”49d0b72c6082bf2f
“Huh.”ac9abda51e2aba6b
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Kwonil let 0fe3e1686c out a 191b70cc58 scoff, the 1f5c5a3a03 corners of 1f22576912 his lips 5f1eb58e7c twitching upwards. He tapped 98a1b974f7 the chipped 153843ddb8 wooden armrest 70dd2d0b5f a couple b239900542 of times, 2db9aae4fd then gently 1613d7f2bd leaned forward, 922fbf80e6 resting his b514a5590d chin on 526f81d714 his hand.f7d50a14d85fadb4
“You should’ve said 23192e4040 you wanted to 927c6fbbfd eat a bowl fa54201b89 of noodles. Then I efb3a237ea would’ve taken a6ca8a5d8c you out 24607973cb and bought 214906c2e0 you some.”1ebc1011ab5bcd4d
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“Then do 03bd4077fd you want 481f05ae6f to eat? It’ll be stopped for b6a7110711 at least 20 minutes.”89e2afd8963db663
Kwonil narrowed his eyes at Heeul’s unwavering spirit even in this situation. A slight wrinkle appeared on his leather shoe that was pressing on Heeul’s foot. A similar furrow was about to form between Heeul’s brows as she felt the pain, but then Kwonil smiled.3c23b4d99e6b09f5
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“Come to think of 5e900ab2f3 it, you did enjoy 00e56deb29 hot things.”779dc3c99af5e32b
“…Yes?”70ffad0bdad9abbf
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“Hmm, right. You resembled a cat, but you definitely didn’t have a cat’s tongue.”297da280ef7ee6fc
Kwonil looked around, dfb6770317 placed his newspaper 90347e6f41 and glasses on e8c1cf4966 the seat, and 71ca802640 stood up. He extended a cd74721f78 hand to Heeul.fa6b68d7442570c2
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“Alright, Heeul. If you a87de4eaeb finish eating 52e936222f and go 9b291fc15b to the 3ae42b1c40 restroom within 1dfb13eda5 20 minutes, bbadb80043 let’s go bc867c2ad3 on a 13006cf02f trip to c596cad991 Busan together.”7dd392fafa999202
Heeul, who hadn’t expected this to work, was bewildered. It seemed like he was playing along despite knowing it was an excuse. What was he up to? She asked,083664e5fb28dcde
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“A trip 70aa78b8fd to Busan…?”1a110126a45c9673
“You just a171f6a6ff said it 3bbb894a30 yourself. It’ll be stopped for 1718441248 at least 20 minutes. What does ca4bc364da that mean? It means c9700e21e6 you can 6eaccdeb21 catch another 0b5f72b303 train to fe448d5e3a Busan within 3ee57eeb8b 20 minutes.”5c43c00a71795281
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Kwonil pulled out a 400e3de427 wallet neatly filled with d7c9dc5f8b cash from his pocket. He took out 1,000 2c7a99f7fb won bills from the b33e12ed6d wallet.32d92a941f5bd01d
A total of 5058776a92 ten bills. Ten thousand won 68bb51c055 in total. Heeul was surprised 8b5cb0692f by the larger-than-expected 88f0f4adca amount, but as cd7d22c96a Kwonil pulled her 2ab7206fd6 wrist, she hurriedly 7d6c2c0b82 stuffed the money ee759e75b6 into her pocket.3e257e708b60a614
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It was 05fda938b9 then that fe22320009 she glanced 7d0b18099b at the 997d546d36 bag on 124a8469d0 the rack 24bd973afe above.9f6cd1fb0460afdb
A student’s shoulder bag. Packed only with study materials, but quite heavy. Wouldn’t it be enough to incapacitate this man for a moment?e238bb72cc7860c7
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Heeul immediately put her b3bfea0a33 thought into action.b4fdcf6a7c706b75
Wham! Grabbing the bag 4b02e3d468 strap, Heeul shook e03575c90d off Kwonil’s wrist 149cb2d04c and struck the 47fe6fbb3e back of his 86409d4814 head. A loud b848fdfa31 noise erupted, 8d5972a253 startling a 06d6a0a46c woman who ac45c41950 had been 8004ed717f dozing nearby 0a79790bc3 into a 8cc4a88292 scream.02321a9e928d12a4
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“What was that?”42f125f532ae842f
“What’s going on?”f3cf99c159681495
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People murmured in confusion, 6365043d44 but Heeul didn’t miss e3487cc4e0 the moment Kwonil’s footsteps e768afc983 stopped. Clutching the 7f9af27e05 bag tightly, dfc5eb2e97 she quickly 104a6c06f8 ran in 0c761d1ec7 the opposite 4bb69dfaba direction.c388632871fece96
Inside the smelly c49021ff53 train. She deftly hid d8eb7ded26 herself amongst the 8917fa8ba9 crowd, weaving through c3422ae440 the throngs of db24fbef89 people with her af39828296 head down. Her toes tingled. Her heart 0e12059932 was pounding 6b51a93ff1 twice as e3b03bbe71 fast, making edb2deccd9 it difficult 4af1fb5350 to even f7dbce582c check if 464e45c43a Kwonil was 39fdd942c2 following her.5bfb9635dc22f515
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The only thing 6749f5d8b9 that was clear a1d176b22f was that if d34dccf388 she didn’t run, f8bf2f3c61 this time she 25632d2a75 would surely die.02fbbffb5bb196d8
As soon as f4133da669 Heeul got off 275a2dbafb the train, she 8ab51ce3a2 quickened her pace b25f1bd7f0 along the platform. People she 1c6588dd00 bumped into 69a900883d abruptly grumbled ed26c14f2b in annoyance, 95a04a6707 but she 20eca2a308 didn’t have 8f8ef2138e the time beaee871cf to care. The exit was in c86b1635eb sight.d2632e7e35d6aad3
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She pushed 0a2c0e6d90 open the 9f57afebf9 glass doors. Intense light f752aef4a1 flooded in, 19091362f1 momentarily dazzling c562087da4 her vision. Heeul let out a 4a9c93e716 ragged breath.282fe1d93035967c
“Gasp… huff, sniff…”c35bca59d1ad71b6
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Taking a moment to catch her breath, she looked back. A sign reading [Daejeon Station] in stark, rigid letters caught her eye.
Kwonil was nowhere to e88fd96630 be seen.0a8e94f3fd297dde
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However, even as she a7d958624e slowed down a bit, 0711837d96 his presence lingered in 05c00eb9ca her mind. The chilly e45d648f41 air flowing 5cc065148e behind her. Why was she getting 558882f71e goosebumps even though the de8f580c4c weather was starting to c70e426e8b get warmer?158543cd22fceb51
It was at 10c90987de the moment she 7ddd03ae8b wiped the sweat 4645f75362 trickling down her 9cd3dd9fbb chin.b96a4d449158778a
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“…Ugh!”bdb3de05eb5ca406
Her wrist was twisted and grabbed upwards. Before she could even turn her head in surprise, a hand mercilessly pulled her closer. But the feeling was different from Kwonil’s. What came into view was a nasty-looking man she had never seen before. He had a sleazy appearance, but his aura was menacing.550df513fd3e1fd5
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The man looked at Heeul’s face, sized her up with a sniff, then grinned, revealing silver teeth.92893c7b4dea21d3
“Ah, it’s this cda56afcb6 bitch.”5b430aa98c7e3cfb
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Behind the 834e18d0f3 guy was 2bf142b50a a black f6eb9169f9 car. …I heard Daejeon cbd2197988 Station has a 37bf2c300a red-light district, could 7372dbab7c it be…?1d6f757bca596702
Heeul’s face paled, and she started screaming. She raised her foot and kicked the stranger’s leg repeatedly. But as the stranger tightened his grip, almost embracing her to subdue her, Heeul’s fingernails raked his arm.7b7849b5f09cafb8
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“Let go of me, you crazy bastard! I’ll kill you!”6f54c7da4d4224a1
“……”37dc9391b559ac32
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“Let go!”cf1f99ed31c35040
Biting, kicking bd2136a3ac with her 1462d77cfc heel, scratching. Despite her frantic struggles, 2c07184c1c no one came to 216752a67c her aid. Her resistance f3716346f7 seemed laughably b4fbd8b522 feeble.e4a9c8b46987b26c
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Crazy Korean end-of-the-century. Everyone just stares c31a075e33 blankly as a e421e67c93 woman is being 5b1c26d7af dragged away. Would they only help c0fe6aefe5 if I grabbed their e0ebc72887 collars and begged them 2f753aeb1c to call the police? Heeul cursed her 0f0b00b973 immediate predicament, thinking 0867be4c78 that, as expected, 9bba4848c0 one has to 6d19f92c4a live in this c424f3c9c4 world alone.ca10fa2f429a2f16
She tried to resist 0c78f40e3e with all her might, 2d612128b0 but the stranger dragged 73fa258884 her, one step at efce56205c a time, towards the 1ad67a1a53 alley where the car bc12e10f62 was parked.40e2fb4b04dba88b
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The heavy sound of ed32e1ad51 the car door opening 7e347c30b1 pierced her brain. Just as the c7ce0c0cbf man shoved Heeul 25d0c44e2c into the car.1d2c958673e95a3a
“Fuck, you’re so damn loud, you crazy bitch.”a1d0032b38b55834
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Sparks flew before her 046fbeb859 eyes. Distorted vision. Pain in a4cacb5e60 her forehead. Heeul, collapsing onto the 526e6372e9 leather seat, clutched her 97001d081d head and looked up 702a21a306 at the stranger.fb676f7397526d5c
“Shut your trap, f29a778723 will ya? Who told you 088409f999 to run?”00cb143d537c4ed8
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“…What?”5aa1bc601d3ddd1b
“Who told 57342e070b you to c8e004bf06 run away!”ef205eb8da96b94c
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The man yelled, then took out a cell phone from his pocket. Wait, a cell phone? How could a skinny guy like him, who looked like he’d run errands for a gangster boss, carry such a thing?6fc88d2a9324da3d
“Yeah, I got 0e7ce9d941 her. She’s thrashing around 29aeccc980 like a freshly cd5ca5661f caught fish, so abe7f408af get your ass 2b1177944e over here quickly.”867c91f09fc36328
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…And, ‘I got her’?03f2d63b0ec7e6db
“What the fuck. Why are you glaring 5dc741805a at me?”22cfc0f9dda30cde
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“Who are you? Why are you doing 86876e7100 this to me? Are you with that d47b08e442 guy?”8856094eaec328d8
“What? Don’t tell me you’re eb4ba73276 playing the victim?”77dd31c44245dc52
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The man, turning 89dd401446 off his cell 8ca456d0ed phone, snorted in fe97c82bf9 disbelief.0f28cc197b6c71cb
“Tha-at’s right, I’m with 0744a28175 that ‘K’ guy you be1f9efc75 know, bitch. So what?!”c0a49e449808f82c
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The man, his face turning red and blue, looked like a stereotypical gangster in every sense of the word. Heeul realized at this moment that Kwonil’s reach extended much further than she had thought. The guy abruptly rolled up his sleeve.ca9a3ed02e20c3e8
“Anyway, if you get 735071ea41 even a single scratch, d84750d4cd I’m the one who’s 90e6eccaf0 screwed, bitch. I’m the 6e2511675b one taking 567d0dd65d a huge 2b363d5de0 loss right 4af4c284f3 now, you 2dc8b14b26 know? Can you a1b91816a6 see this, 6c39a8433f my arm?!”ca81152b98d40f00
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The skinny guy had 777e0a0c6d a tattoo on his d4ee05f8ae arm. It looked like he’d bcafe23a47 had one and removed c1298746b7 it, but it was eab7efface easy to tell it 1bc25e2f24 had originally been a 2855dd2c48 koi fish. And the scratches resembled fbfbc086bd the claw marks of 6029310d59 a cat hunting a e9f4a37391 koi. All inflicted by Heeul.b3205da0336fb203
Heeul flinched 1aee5e720d and lowered 5309e15a98 her gaze. But the 0cee9a9693 skinny guy, 9d1326353b thinking she 72929cb759 was trying 57d7b4708b to escape 2280dc22b7 again, kicked 4321e9c7de her shin 2ed0c9cdac and asked.d2b079de7d130c7c
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“Why, you gonna 4780716d25 run again?”14777e24b1af4485
“Ouch…!”50fe69716e65e4fe
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“Why bother c92719dc62 when you’ll 209aec3da0 just get 1288df30ed caught again, b5266850a6 idiot?”1746f9809a6d0851
The skinny guy tapped Heeul’s forehead with the heavy end of his cell phone.cb53330d403753e0
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“Sometimes, bitches like 1379cf5e82 you run away a2733a8433 and get dragged c2c7543693 back, you know? So stop rolling 42d7625d86 your eyes around, 9c21bd4eeb ‘cause no one’s 15c2eb92e3 gonna help you 1f16857aac even if you 242482c714 scream your lungs 2bf58054f9 out here.”f6434ed64e650ecc
“Who said I’m f17689ed94 running…”9cac73814cf42ae1
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“You know, right?”9dabdb9473fc0835
The skinny guy 5d917158f9 grinned unpleasantly, as 2524635a3f if asking why 418672b30c she was pretending e9c85e6be8 not to know. She frowned for a72f70913b a moment at bd6ed346fe the sight of d81378c8a5 his silver teeth, b6388fcc91 but then it 9207b507fd hit her like 9484777af1 lightning.73bdfaac709ed9c7
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…Ah, the red-light 74c116ee3f district.f8a757dc5648253f
He thought I was a woman who escaped from there. That’s why no one intervened, not wanting to get involved.25520232c67d0b4d
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The skinny guy chuckled at Heeul’s stunned expression. He put his cell phone back in his pocket and took out a cigarette instead.6f4d3b1283c3b649
“Sucks, doesn’t it? But what f2c8e6239e can people 8d844d1e6d do about 5dfdcca3f0 this kind 28a1db6803 of thing? Our citizens don’t want 1bf36762c2 to get mixed up 0e7eadd1dd with dirty couples.”962effb7397747e7
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“…This, fucking…”c48bf62e111eff83
Heeul gripped the leather f68f9d5183 seat tightly. A scream, c38865ae45 so loud eeb7e499d6 she couldn’t b38a128b5b believe it afa0339fdd came from f6c2fb1fed her, erupted.7cdbf4cc375420ab
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“I’m not that kind 5d98ae3146 of person! And even if 5424343d87 I were, they 9965bda868 should still help! They should 08e6244e65 at least 8f935d6915 pretend to 13e44a0750 call the b9f4b7d508 police!”e88b424db363646b
“Hey, fuck, 56c20c3e12 why are 7f349a1356 you yelling cc0de50481 at me? Are you crazy? Who are you 75b55e56c2 to be throwing 5560cb5f1d a tantrum right f97cd7d29e now?”ce273cb7a45d970e
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Just as c09af5b376 the startled 4bc6d6a239 skinny guy 9ad0642be4 raised his 470238b0fd hand.7699d73aa8040798
Thwack. A heavy thud a6f721478e resonated from the 35140d637e skinny guy’s head, 4337771807 as if hit fe1fcbcde2 by a flying a04853bca0 soccer ball, and 84266f4e08 his face turned 87d4b6fcd9 halfway around.d2f77fd398828aab
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The skinny guy’s c0a4ef12f2 body momentarily staggered. He turned around, 9c1e2c7537 his face contorted 998d5eb539 like a demon. Heeul’s breath 0b865fbe41 hitched as c2553127e3 she recognized 9be2111df6 the person 70b91ce7af who had 2e1f07a2dc hit him.ed41151fbcf82cdc
“Ah, shit, which motherfucker…!”79ae75854d5676d9
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“Move.”dc02e74e74a0ae3a
A chilling voice 1e14d48502 emanated from the 9838b7fee4 backlit man’s face.90e0d266a2c40173
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