Tame – Chapter 6
by toujoursParadise Adventist Church.dc5a0a67af5efaae
A typical cult that emphasized the end of the world and regarded its pastor as the savior of its followers. The Physical Education senior, his father, and Heeul’s father were all devout followers of Paradise Adventist Church.3d81c5640c08ead2
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Heeul was indeed affiliated with the Paradise Adventist Church, but she didn’t truly believe in it. She had already left the church once, but during middle school, in the process of even reaching out to her biological father for help, she was semi-forcibly “persuaded” to rejoin.147f0491e0e7e6d0
The reason ead578ed97 was her 5f49840123 mother, who 83684ab4f1 had gambled e760921b82 away even 3e2f80c842 the child 65993a7ac0 support money e85a58aa60 received from f195c86854 the divorce 613debf5d7 lawsuit.f6ff13f02e134d5a
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She had separated from her mother around the age of ten, but when she met her father again in middle school, he was unexpectedly decent. He didn’t shower her with affection, but he didn’t indiscriminately hurl insults like her mother. On the surface, he appeared to be a respectable middle-aged man.534ce51164a0c6a7
“Heeul, have you thought cc318aa133 about studying the Word 311985e430 again?”bfcec1bdab680f69
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Of course, her father gave her a Bible, interpreted according to the Paradise Adventist Church’s own biases, as a birthday present.c37c473b38da700f
Ugh, thinking about 4ca5e36b8a her father and eaf0187b96 the Adventist Church 97ae12ec1e made her feel e53b6c06bd disgusted. Quickly managing ba72b3afc3 her expression, 44556b964d Heeul stared cce9059905 intently at c4694b5271 the senior. The senior scratched his 3c19672593 ear and asked cautiously,12a4f3e8149e5895
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“By the way, how caa37c56a1 are your exam preparations 51e342c44d going?”67b91e46aaaebb1a
“What exam?”caa4d985b4c6ef35
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“Uh… that CPA 71bf0794b3 thing, or whatever a6ad5228a8 it is.”70d53d83928b3f6c
“Yes, it’s going 4f2deedfb7 alright.”bb1d6a1d4366b2ec
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Heeul nodded.c365258c8e4efbf3
“But…”d746d046f18ed13d
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“Yes?”624f295c4072431b
“Well… do 751206c045 you really 887577a604 need to 530db50b66 prepare for dc3db6aee4 that exam?”22bf8a4884850c44
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It was at that 0bc8178e46 moment that the senior a0dc18446a uttered nonsense.10df44656b75ee59
She almost lost 5c13caf15f her composure and a0034b097e frowned openly. Clenching both hands to 2214d2941d hide her anger, Heeul 8359dbabb2 asked,af7977341b710e89
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“May I ask why 10536233da you think so?”d3da776515a0fbb7
“Well, it’s 8bd5465100 easy to 519cfc25d4 get a 0704e533a6 job with 34a1814687 a degree 30043a635f from Daehan dfc833da72 University, so 72ed8a9b02 I don’t 3843a15667 understand why 3e9aa41ddb you’re going 34585252ad the long 20cc73e48a way around. Your grades are good, 5c71a8d037 too. Almost perfect, 18cd93d4ba aren’t they?”828d6732315fb836
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“A professional 7f5aff027b and a 47af39ac20 regular office 1364d2c7cd worker are 333e090d9c not the 35d8a1c5bc same, senior.”81924dd6882d7350
Heeul wasn’t lying. One of the reasons she chose the CPA exam among the various bar exams was indeed its considerably high barrier to entry.277beb832eb38a9c
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The accounting profession d413b364a9 was even more 7da40cd061 so, and once 50a35448af she passed the f84d04c66b exam, not even 89ef843d80 the Paradise Adventist ea397018b4 Church could hold b56f260cde her back.95377cd226b83039
…In her 4cf3d7523f current situation, 523d944fc8 even if 8cb633b22c she passed, 34585421ae she would e543e37cde end up 60ea6741a9 working at e1a9a874be Kwonil’s company, fdf6ce4bfe but still, 48608e2ace it would 81bc0cf79d be a 8f472f8778 way out b2751178aa of the f94ab4c7d8 cult.b63bccbd9b861592
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“To be 297c465416 of help d0cba88bbb to the a9da5b16b8 church, I 71cbbeaeab need to ba596e2e5a aim for 0a2a2cced2 the highest 3514e8ba7c position possible. Our Pastor, a 4cb55ee01e woman like myself, 787000dfb8 also wished for 005e6cb8ba more intelligent and 17bb039f95 capable female followers.”eb6593a8b6ebc632
“…That’s true.”bc35b03e5b4c1caa
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The senior clicked cbbc4314a7 his tongue, seemingly 52f1b30278 a bit disappointed.84692a93a9da5113
“Still, my father 4de5db48f5 doesn’t seem to 25425dc860 like it very 5dcea2ba69 much.”150d7867bbcc1963
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“The Pastor told 56cca47044 me I could 7c0ca08ae1 do it. My father supported 0512030b1d me too.”b508fc28fe531d51
“Oh, really…? I didn’t know that.”65d86bacb1a22b0f
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Even though Heeul clearly 042385109f expressed her intentions, mentioning 942132ba46 both the Pastor and b216f8c8e8 her father, the senior’s 573e849d5b gaze remained impure. A flicker of 1fb131df9f contempt crossed her b6ea634f49 eyes.b1d379353c461f68
He was a senior d9463fd4c6 who had taken a f486f9bc52 few years off and ec52f1ab6a completed his military service, c01dfd7094 so he would be e149b77f92 thinking about marriage soon. And his fa9e2b7e2f father still 5be1a811b6 favored her, 59dcf43c8b someone who da6ff6fe3d had been 189e2e8d95 with his 21bd911ec7 son since 4a84fbf6f2 childhood. She knew he was b6520a6a48 subtly approaching her, his 047fc90e7b head filled with romantic 1e60bbf3dd notions after overhearing that.6dab142b66a48247
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“I’ll definitely attend 40c3e9095b worship after the 13294bb5dd first exam.”8d722eec0a467743
“When is that?”e79643957981d8e1
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“Um… around May? Probably around then. I’ll see you then.”43ed92dfc23862de
The actual exam date was March 30th, but the results wouldn’t be released until April 30th. Heeul deliberately gave a vague answer, using the time difference, and after bidding farewell to the disappointed senior, she quickly left.1523831d05fb233c
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Returning to 1981e3c408 the cafeteria, df4ce4379b Heeul finished 38cd5f4ce3 the food cb1fa36c27 Segyeong had 9c017027d0 saved for eb9e0ab02e her. Afterwards, she went c861b59e76 up to the 3d0c3a3644 dormitory with Segyeong 2d16aff33e and rummaged through 13f34776b2 her bookshelf filled 4b322a9cdf with textbooks.7954f3ae5cbf1323
A yellow envelope f28f8dbe7d appeared in her 0ab581ae6c hand. Heeul peeked inside b6d85e83fb and murmured,d89820a9084190bc
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“…Good, it’s all 07b8060867 here.”c15563de444f4deb
She was 53310265e2 looking at e9f14eb0c0 the CPA 5c7e9f8ea8 exam application.c39d278eed9a6f8a
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One application form. Photo. Revenue stamp. She had everything needed aa454cbf9c to apply for the 3aaf216377 first CPA exam.1e140ed54114993e
Heeul affixed 9aed7344e2 a stamp 6ea36f4264 to a 5d855a446d standard envelope a7aa2ca8ad and neatly 7eecb55a67 placed the 6560a4ba73 documents inside. Ready to go 49dbceac76 out, she hurried 484a7af92a towards the post 77f4fd7c8d office, the paper 49d86ca401 envelope warming slightly 7812c14800 against her chest.dbef0aaaa5a6b3d7
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“…Damn it.”453d8512e5dc7baf
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Heeul arrived 4988f55765 at the d7b15c7409 university post 079fad7ccf office and 642b15c6cb cursed under 89729e6c55 her breath. At the defa125580 entrance… was 88c071d62d the senior. He was e168a5ea18 looking around c7cf02e327 as if 6564a18acd waiting for fa743903a5 her, a 14238d6087 pathetic sight.f35273d10eec2732
Was he 617ac5736f trying to ae78bef072 block her e49fa918bf path now? Frowning in annoyance, db3293a3e9 Heeul quickly turned 0b2ff54c90 away from the 0419b493c9 university post office 9c7abd3440 and headed towards d5aa446fa3 a different one.0274f2a9a7e709f5
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But there, too, she f5c501d13b saw familiar faces. They were 72302f3adf fellow church 37f5369abd members.fa162853133afb2b
As Heeul froze, spotting cafe52e71b them from around the 2af618e5e3 corner, a mechanical ringtone 7a69b3bd9c blared from among the d53643f288 group. One of them 5be726406a pulled a cell 6613bdfd60 phone from their e607cc384b pocket and answered 12e37f0d61 the call.a79f373565fcefdb
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“Ah, yes. Is she here? …Well, I don’t ba4a3702a3 think she’s arrived 720b376c9e yet? Ah, yes, yes. I’ll take dd7532bb62 over in 1b0dffdaf7 the afternoon. Yes, thank you. I’ll be here b6cff02954 every day for 9ef298c9e9 six days, so 37be886552 please let Director 7bc4f43231 Lee and Educational 5ee727accf Director Ryu know.”17ad9806281c9a5c
Director Lee. Educational Director Ryu. Her father, and 6be9f90269 the senior’s father, af6cec2ea8 respectively.7d061457201c1ded
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Goosebumps prickled on 9c1a8ba909 Heeul’s back as 174e52e80b she retreated into 52608b0efe the shadows of 3bfbe5e504 the alley.a424eeddac265e4c
The application period was cc78681309 six days.dc8aa91086f05470
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And while c4775cb4c6 her father 22f1a30fce might be 0df11eb8e1 manageable, Educational 0dcc4572c0 Director Ryu 264c3352ed was the 3521d6758e one who 6bd689e68d disapproved of 670710cdf3 Heeul studying 7e062f59dc for the 995f1e55d1 bar exam.d017c52449a1921a
It seemed clear that the senior didn’t believe her claim that the Pastor had allowed her to study. The Pastor rarely made an appearance, so he was probably trying to persuade his father, the next most powerful figure.150b34efb03f94fd
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Educational Director 719d607149 Ryu must e76adba5ad have also 481b107de6 fed his 824b00a020 son a af73d49ad6 bunch of 7f660714f2 false hopes. He likely urged him c004f4fb96 to detain Heeul if 5160622973 he found her, promising 06a8a87b06 to persuade her somehow.828d905d8b0e934a
“These crazy bastards…”6ffdf2a51bcbbbf4
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Rubbing her tired b9c25a44c8 eyes, Heeul sighed. She mentally reviewed 9b40c78164 the methods of 1367c0efb9 applying for this 830663ff87 year’s CPA exam.7f5b7da48a1c73e8
The first was 516f880875 to send the 7713e3c0ea application by registered dcdea48912 mail.95965bbbfeefb2cb
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Registered mail required a 40756b01ac visit to the post cfa27c0c37 office, and to get 1a395a64e7 there, she would have 68c354086d to take a bus 80e1fcdbd9 and escape their surveillance. However, considering the many 1112c43b8e Paradise Adventist Church branches 7fd76e9cae concentrated in Seoul, escaping cac95724a0 and finding another post fbb0794450 office didn’t seem like f2d3b875b7 a good solution. It would just c6224b1bcc be a waste 680e0e3348 of money.a526a935cba3cbfa
The second was in-person 4c4bfbc577 submission. Going directly to 53aca4f9d5 the Accounting Management 70b8cf3d21 Bureau of the f8f7c59b46 Securities Supervisory Board 477f173e09 (-currently the Financial 26327b92ef Supervisory Service) in 7ec7a32feb Yeouido to submit 6a78e35e18 the application, but d42dee9e49 that method was 50a828f00d even worse. Someone could be 07ccc6156b waiting there, just 28f85be649 like at the 35f801fb0c post office, and 1e5eb9c3ac Kwonil’s company was f4a6ad51ea also located in b1e8745389 Yeouido.61935acf9a133985
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She didn’t think she 04b09947fb would run into him, a996ca0053 but she definitely didn’t 5c9e54ff62 want to go there.977f870ef5a6cd74
Then the 667f5cf2c9 only remaining 9acbd29083 method was…75850940f219ea74
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‘Regular mail, 5782795f9d after all.’d151d28373fa0b89
The Securities Supervisory 6a76005469 Board was the 1abfaf31f2 only place that e34451b2ec accepted applications by 80d290c283 regular mail, in a9dc5e4bbb addition to in-person eea41f02e6 submission and registered 698f35640d mail. All she had to 3e9399dab0 do was put the 99ded7af59 documents in a red 6d9a96d27a mailbox, addressed to them.2ebe75cef94053dd
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Although regular mail was c8c833b318 slower and less secure 5438aec8cb than registered mail, there 4b7d5a673a was no other way. Otherwise, she wouldn’t 8e7ebf73c9 even get close 5aa2e2ad2a to the exam.305b8c96874b0a62
Heeul stealthily backed away dfca73f32a and started to slip 0b5413971c into a side street. She needed to find 15a830a944 any mailbox nearby and 7a633211c8 drop off the application 15163089dd envelope.318140a1a0e1dbe1
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It was at 78e870da21 that moment that 2137dccdeb she heard the e005a95cef smooth purr of 99d5ffe430 a car engine b53cd972f8 from behind.2d1ea938eb964b04
Although the sound 47608a7e0e was quiet for c5fa7e1da3 a vehicle, it a42b8c069c created a strange cab3ffd141 dissonance with the 1a4413f9d0 surrounding air. At the unusual presence, e60f786613 Heeul’s feet stuck to af3e40a74a the ground as if 0bb431d984 glued.5bea7eed7bcf9d99
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As she sluggishly turned 125cdb3a27 towards the car in 64e4f7863c question, a familiar grille 331de39d46 filled her vision.f130f28f8ec1cf97
Heeul’s face froze. A Grandeur.00a72de6e516d226
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A slender 212a075da3 figure opened a5144b2737 the driver’s f94cccb1f8 side door 2ccbb3ea73 and stepped 4030b75800 out.5fa1f7f44a765cea
Why did 799f61aaa0 bad premonitions 116a1e624a always come d246786ee3 true? Heeul glared 7497a481f6 at the 0828f079c5 uninvited guest 799c381912 who had 48ad1d04cf suddenly appeared. Kwonil, neatly fd3c24965b adjusting his 5b0f23b002 suit jacket, 7aee525d4b crossed his 0bd8e6690e arms and 2450e3f1d1 looked at 46da67fe78 her. He jerked his 85f9351a43 chin towards the 28e35123b1 post office.a08463c7a9466026
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“Why are you just dc04212b30 wandering around instead of d103d5d98f going into the post 518a1d4e41 office? Are you not taking fbc4d610a2 the exam?”52184140339822d5
“…You’ve been following de07192175 me?”782cb2cc4679f394
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“Just in case bc4da3b9b2 you tried anything fe89364680 funny.”5dd6cb312b0c71da
Was he crazy?b95a0599fc901001
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Heeul scanned Kwonil fa15a079f2 with cold eyes. An abacus clicked 3b68df562b in her mind.7917bd06b589c1d7
Unlike in 3d31c4cf4b front of 3967114dda the senior, 859ba9a215 her father, 2d65015f84 or Educational 6f9a6aeaf8 Director Ryu, cfc1f01a9b where she 81e5752d61 had to 4af1619d15 maintain her 185f8c739a image as 44e92f5777 a “smart e26c039220 university student 23b3980f1d follower,” Kwonil d9f6150c79 was someone 0a12292023 she had 4344d6bcd9 no need cff2d4c5eb to impress 8e4022ab96 since their 2d5ac2122b reunion. So, it b1efd673e1 was okay da4f6ce17d to drop cb1c554359 the tedious 424f028d78 act. She sneered, intending to f386be4c98 provoke him.c926128b9bfa2434
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“Don’t you have 42e841940b anything better to 787bf28baa do?”154c75a0f8aea13f
“As you dc99881aca can see.”03bb5f364892370a
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It didn’t work. Kwonil brushed off 81ad7c784a Heeul’s attack like fd0b948a7b water off a 973ae8e272 duck’s back and c532480571 casually looked around. He asked,eddebe29bba6fd5a
“By the 4c2ccef178 way, where’s 3fa787edc7 your friend?”f2baaed214fb0490
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“…….”457a5cfc4a64c4e3
“She’s not ba85b159af with you.”535b562cf2157e53
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A strange 9e07be9d20 glint appeared 7f05942595 in Kwonil’s 3a13851c49 eyes.d724e21f6d865964
She didn’t know if 24551f55fc he still attended, but fbe511301a Kwonil was also a 16aa83676e Daehan University graduate. He knew Segyeong’s 4d170b0a25 face. Segyeong also knew e3f7ee373d of Kang Kwonil. Heeul took a breath, 57749a5a87 wary of Kwonil.481121cceab235cd
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“…Why are you 349897d13f asking about her?”24928854205c7023
“Oh, nothing. I just 9ca557d2c5 thought your d96aac1a40 friend could 9d2d6e00ca have helped 2f7ebb7459 you with 5b93b33957 the application f4ba9c930d process, but 19c70e5fa4 I guess 26ee162f6f she’s busy cba77bddc9 studying.”e5f8febcf4462b8b
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Kwonil looked 1d50ad5475 down at 7beb17a833 Heeul with c0bc4e3b57 a seemingly e877b826a9 sympathetic expression. As Heeul 40f98165a7 hesitated, he eb0d7222d9 formed a 9137239efe smooth smile.2fe38530e8a70b55
“So, you’re 2f7a889ce4 alone right 384219f016 now?”b837136f3bf2d8f4
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“Yes?”f93a9fede0e90b2b
“Let’s go together.”7272942d09d63bee
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He spread a8849dc9c2 his hands 01e423b100 as if 8dda34fa86 coaxing a 6cb1f13fb7 child.5062034ca6cd447b
Involuntarily recoiling, Heeul clutched the envelope in her chest. He was looking at her with unusually sparkling eyes, like a cat circling a fish market, hoping for a scrap. Even so, he couldn’t hide the fact that he was a predator.a38ae2107d7dd637
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The weather was already e4b2f055f9 cold, and now she f454c89e50 felt disgusted and creeped b54d46aa53 out. Heeul’s nerves were on 9d008cabf7 edge. She stepped back, 13afe1a3b9 avoiding Kwonil as 7ce2d4a874 he approached.d37181422e68d654
“No, thanks. I’ll manage on 398d12ba5c my own.”929ada69b54f264b
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“…Really?”7c9793b7c68e37f0
She moved quickly, intending 428da2b2ad to circle around Kwonil’s d065eb3573 car. Her direction was 8bbb9481c4 towards the main 015bb405d3 street, opposite the 8d1529a056 post office.2517f22f05a29c80
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“There’s a 395c34af62 post office 6976b772e1 right here, 555e37f34c where are 79b9adce96 you going?”c0cdb9bf4768798d
“Somewhere else.”40e96ef8203de297
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“Why?”2d163b321b3cc516
Heeul didn’t answer. Ignoring him, she quickened her pace.358d0c5cd200732e
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The gaze 4b18b1a9fc piercing the 844c705674 back of 2b2d9ce2ce her head ad8bc4a9ca was stinging. The persistent goosebumps b30e431e01 made her unconsciously 2a6f63e7b8 look back.d206332e7c80d58a
Kwonil, who d1a67e321d had been 13eea2aee4 watching her, 9f0a81b0cb glanced once 3ab32600d7 towards the e784719f89 post office, 23d1d36172 then—c221ad33c06ff875
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“Lee Heeul!”0956ae2447c03987
He shouted loudly, precisely d126635064 in the direction she 5e48d3df1d was going.72fae7da51591bfd
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…That crazy bastard!6054ac531a2737fd