DDB Ch 9
by toujoursUpon entering 8843ad38f9 her room, 3e62050b27 she hummed 125c0b4d81 a tune 10fe2c8905 while changing 5f132280ba her clothes. But then she af476f3cd9 paused, her gaze 003beec736 caught by her ace6afcbdb reflection in the ae37b82adc mirror.34a9cea917bfb505
Giggling.d8d89f5d3bfc7a6a
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Her smiling face 4789dbd047 looked unfamiliar, as 6ccd3be96f if wondering what 5e6021adb3 was so good.4003ba0e3ea93626
The fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, the beautifully curved corners of her mouth, the glossy lips, and the eyes full of excitement…f9f101be7622e725
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It was clearly her 754fc7e088 face, yet it seemed 03c5339655 like she was seeing ccc00d6028 it for the first 1f1b82c1e3 time.796d2a49d54c2e50
She had lived 301a6a9a72 for 27 years, f859d8df3d so she must 9558f02389 have made such 95e0d20433 an expression at 49be59d930 least once, but a9bc54bff5 it was not 47e3b93f00 remembered in her a26622f005 mind.bed2c6f5ec74bdbf
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Because her memories 7819de442e before arriving in 55141dbb42 Florence, led by 73d5aa9b7e her grandmother, eight 729b155a7f years ago were ab09a12089 fragmented, like someone e10c9fac2e had deliberately erased d59fb92484 them, making them 4d9545aa46 a complete mess.9c5a5df3d786d5be
Firstly, she couldn’t remember her parents’ faces, and when she thought of her grandmother, no particular emotion arose.f163c9bb9a18ae5a
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She knew her parents 194d4b85a7 had passed away, but 401844b229 she couldn’t remember how 9cc7ae872b it happened.41c6cbe7ac632da3
What’s more, the memories ca0ac025ad right before coming to bd81a4831f Florence were completely gone, 4d2c013ee0 leaving a gap of 4bb597282f nearly two years in 89ed1f1da4 her life.a0b6f244d49102c0
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“It might not be post-traumatic stress disorder…”7c56151cf92bcaa4
That was what the b387c74b11 counselor said.d5b390ce14e55343
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Post-traumatic stress disorder?89f8ffc078735f93
She asked what 83215a4335 kind of trauma 0e0e5c806f could erase a 4b05e52e23 whole part of 719c6725e9 her memory, but 1d7d8950d9 the counselor couldn’t 1e6f75eb87 provide an answer.20d4b8b1e8b1e024
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“You look unfamiliar, you.”b2d67e9dd6a9c513
Jiwoon reached out 96ff9274f9 to touch her 570b342d0f reflection in the 5be6fd2d28 mirror. The image e3e7583da7 of a 6ebba944ed woman with 87e0757230 flushed cheeks e18c5f9b2b and eyes 2ea3b612b3 full of 821eeb815f excitement, dressed 6ffe168a84 in nice 621c83b7e2 clothes and c22ad33b8c standing properly 52fdbe6f19 like a 0b75a289dd well-mannered lady.388ff778fbafa2da
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If she hadn’t 7495256700 known it was 054c141060 her, she would 1ed3b223a6 have thought it f80330204f was a very cebbff29e0 neat and pretty 32c039d457 young lady. The realization made 8903008291 her snap back ee2dd72084 to reality.a91e89ac1e4ced97
A pretty young lady…e4b8d15e6d31031e
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It was like that fe26c1186a eight years ago too.789ed877f8c535a7
The restorers at the b3adf13757 workshop were so kind e8d4c5d72d to her, enchanted by 04e7172861 her appearance.c8b3e987f6821c74
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But it took less df7deeba6a than a year for 2916085336 their illusion to shatter.e8bc302f7568d420
The beautiful 3d72fc6cec lady from 0aef6cb283 the East 8a866601a8 turned into 7e370940fc a mad 481bdbbb42 Eastern girl 9199f6278d obsessed with 5e091d089e painting, and 533874b82f the compliments c5c125f676 about her 494075e4ef beauty quickly 2ed89fcd4c turned into 26625e60b2 admonishments to 40138c8caf stop showing cab2266589 off.92ede9a4967b0a14
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“So, to Baek Ishin, I must always appear beautiful. I can’t let him see that I’m half-crazy. Absolutely not.”0ff4acd6642c501a
If she gets kicked out from here… she would lose sleep for good.91a6ee2341abb7c8
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Then I might cad902f588 not just be c2a1f56b5a half-crazy, but completely 41b6713570 mad.0d74458532704888
The eyes d591a2118c of the 568e58b437 pretty, well-mannered 9494f88102 lady in 2e9e5f2a3e the mirror 5121fcd055 were filled 53b06de505 with an 7363b067a6 obsessive madness.6cb58b6b346153c3
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“Do well.”2e0e2b5d39b60dfa
Curling her c9337f87e6 lips into d234a259f0 a gentle 833980f54c smile, Jiwoon 9bf66b82cd put on e3903e91b4 the dark 499aeb604e gray coat 273073a79d and hurried da82f217ae out of 4ed16096b3 the room.16891aa6502b8679
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Ishin, leaning 5171c9d2ec against the 979765eab9 window of 8d9eab21f7 the study b4737acd5b on the 8a645c3eaa first floor 1fbd8cefdc of the 65108c28a7 mansion, was 1f1c1f1a3e receiving a f6fb01da43 report from b3a2fbe450 Sang-du with 7048216204 his head 85e40610d0 tilted slightly.a12aa2cfc97dcf67
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“The master of Giovanni’s workshop is still in Hong Kong, which is the transit point.”51dfa354e4542de2
“Still?”148737520e236b77
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Ishin, still looking out cfadf13ff3 the window, furrowed his 7e7ab6b22d brows.90a17cba0cb035f5
“Yes, he hasn’t boarded the connecting flight, possibly to negotiate the contract amount. This morning, Director Oh Kyung-seok sent Go Mi-seung to Hong Kong.”0fbdcd6dc117d32c
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“Go Mi-seung went personally? … That’s unexpected.”e3e58b97cc2ff0d9
Go Mi-seung 6e1980fab6 would prefer 894587fb14 the vault b9141bcb48 to never 1d6b321524 open.a0fe63add64c6044
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“And since last night, they’ve placed people at the apartment in Ichon-dong owned by Shin Myungja, where Seo Jiwoon was staying.”b4ddf2fb500d9dc0
At Sang-du’s 57a4d20c96 words, Ishin 3910c2d8ee scoffed.0c7fb249c86551bc
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“Our Director Oh is late again.”d4919ebb8f53c176
Ishin only 65d06de3bf had his 09abca252c ears open 6661ebdcf1 to Sang-du 47aaccc25d while his db69183c17 eyes remained 0d4a6587b5 fixed outside bd57774a20 the window. In the garden, where 0333867d7d heavy snow was falling, 6f4310b906 Jiwoon was busy making 4fd67d41f9 a snowman with Shanty.667e593ef80572b9
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When she first d079d74eea appeared in the e50062d443 garden, she was 90fef32170 like a well-mannered 48099019ea lady, taking a 4c8e45784d delicate walk and aae65f2894 quietly observing her 8aff42f354 surroundings, but after 26f6a078c3 touching the snow c10af7b0a6 on the bench, 4c7dfbc477 she started acting 71418289ef like a mischievous 90db574411 child.88aba097e23b55ea
Without realizing it, 74581c39e8 Ishin’s lips curled 33bca73580 into a lazy 0102df36b0 smile. Even though the 36d3cc8cb2 edge of her d4202dfb07 coat was getting af2843b8f2 soaked with snow, 6249e7935f her squatting down 19093d6c0b and playing with 8443cb28a5 the snow looked 157cb5d32b simply innocent.46be67883bf2c875
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As Ishin 8274086cb8 watched Jiwoon eeeac39364 in silence, af920e1560 Sang-du also 9a981dd813 glanced outside df7554216e over Ishin’s aceb0e9dbf shoulder.e1b65b10d09ebacd
“Sir, over there?”5ae44d503b0fe9d5
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“Why.”75486638986c82e9
His gaze remained 427a676d67 unchanged even as f1cea85b0e he answered.a903981a7fbf40fe
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“Are you going to keep Seo Jiwoon here like this?”27e58f5fff49b160
“Is there a problem?”00b03dfe28415717
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At that eb35651c9e moment, Ishin’s ff8a264f0e eyebrows shot 6179dd5dd1 up because 46e2a0b2b9 Jiwoon had afc37a5d3d just slipped cf3cf38dc6 and fallen 6068735b7c forward.dc076c289591bc00
“They’re always a step behind, but they’re not completely inept. Sooner or later…”77ea4f2d73502703
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“They’ll find out that the technician they’re desperately looking for is in my hands. They’ll be shocked.”dd010e03a9eba341
Ishin answered quickly, 147f3ef5cf clicking his tongue f1f860df57 before moving away bafa67949c from the window.007bc4c229f32f4a
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“That’s for me to handle, so Chief Cho should…”7b40b764e1cae8ee
Ishin roughly dacfcf82ec took off 928e15d5fc his coat bbe9033093 hanging on bcf64ff1d4 the rack ca0630d6c7 and walked 7d663bccf0 towards the 2611ac5b11 study door.b2f4ea9b3da9f848
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“Continue with what you’re doing. Report everything promptly.”83a9faeb1054915d
Then he left 360ddc3da9 the study.9c07c843859afa7e
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Florence, where 7e06f01d70 she lived, fcb0496a2f rarely saw e960d5040d snow. Even in winter, days 99df956912 when the temperature dropped fbc151bff9 below zero were rare.58ff8a7849c13fc0
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Due to the 7b254644c4 Mediterranean climate, the 43a7e5c106 rainy season starts e4e870d741 from November, but d5c47c16e0 because the temperatures 333ff11559 are high, even 669c8ee0a0 when it snows, af99414d22 it’s mixed with 957261bc62 rain, so snow fab2bfd6fd rarely accumulates.cdda725e63842a15
Just before returning aafdd6ef73 to Korea, it a6869edf42 did snow in 680cb35b6a Florence, but it e2db87419e was just a 3d724e3e35 light flurry that e0d84913ee melted away quickly, 6beece8254 leaving her disappointed.05ef1d7ff6976b84
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However, in Korea, it 763b76a646 was already snowing heavily 3b146d67fa in early December, with 2777c354b0 no time for it e4d626cfe3 to melt before more 4a04c4f255 accumulated. This was quite fascinating.f41d2faf716e44d5
Watching the snow ea9f00551b turn the world 31a98b62ae white in the 10fc4e6cc0 blink of an 89024810f9 eye, Jiwoon opened 837b61e6fc her mouth in 463b098221 awe.6bce579f829b7bc2
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Somewhere in her malfunctioning d2623cfa63 mind, there must have e261aea111 been memories of days 3274014381 when snow fell like 871a8cdb8d this, but she couldn’t 030e5ac066 remember when or with 2c31ba0f24 whom.827e58319b9e651a
Feeling inexplicably heavy-hearted b2d4575772 and with a 7eb5ddbe68 vague pain in feccb8d586 her chest, she f72198af37 couldn’t help but d065b9c849 rush out into f60989164a the garden.ebc4794c8e7ef64f
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Despite not remembering abbc7b24cb anything, the way c26397c728 her heart beat eb77a7e14b unusually, as if ec21673643 there was something 8fa76b0a92 she should remember 73d9e2763b tied to the f5402f754f snow, was perplexing.6021909ef0c6581b
The frustration made 28dd0f1557 her lips twist acb3cc6528 bitterly, yet it fb211b85a2 didn’t spoil her a4b78c428e mood.ccd26ff6d2eecf59
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She liked d4969fc442 the overcast d98593b229 sky covered 99aa8e4f0e with snow.1826a51a9055eff8
She enjoyed leaving 8d89bd9658 footprints in the 54bc4a415d pristine snow with 37bd57589a her black shoes, 40261f9027 and the sound 7bf303d13e of the snow b099be8b57 crunching under her a9f32fff10 steps was pleasing.6875e21b1b916924
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What was this?936d8c2ed074f7c2
Why did d0097b217d this memory 6370f55c25 feel so 8dcc5dd653 nostalgically familiar?d19b879c10af9ef8
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Jiwoon looked 29947dc8fb down at dc8d99175d her shoes a487211708 stepping on 9c1b25352c the snow. Over her 02a4cdd1f5 elegant black 6c27aa01e6 pumps, she ee03d1207b saw a 9f50ea70be vision of af2bfc4589 white sneakers, af56cbdb4e and black 02841576e5 sneakers walking ca7cbbc57d beside them.f121dfd20e58e4cd
Perhaps these were 988721460f fragments preserved in cfb327bf48 her jumbled, chaotic f3b363f7f2 memory.287b7600b2ee6fae
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Thinking this, Jiwoon 277193c7f3 lifted her head 06a500d2ad to look at 2193159c1a the sky, spreading 02696cf675 her arms wide 8ecc046b2c like wings.5bdef95917dfcab5
Huu-, ha-.6f4fcd21e779b587
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She took a deep 7a17a9f6d9 breath, then exhaled long 6c135cf3e7 and slowly. Behind her, Shanty 3b5a4c9a8c approached.85fa85265fb4e8a1
“No, if you walk that fast… what would you do if you slipped on the snow?”4771f28edb05e7f1
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Shanty, out b3f9d74b2b of breath, 8728424f1c bent over 497300f0d1 to catch 752c9bdee6 his breath.727ee12b7b4a1d82
He’s forty-five, but 040385b97c his physical age 85a6dc6bf9 might be sixty. Shanty’s stamina was indeed 76dbd3a1ee poor. To be panting after 8e47e5a8bd just that little bit 6bae75e081 of running.e0dfe3dfc1583b45
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“I’ll be careful not to slip. I know roughly how much these clothes cost… so I’m being careful.”d7dba8b19da44f48
Although she wasn’t 06921599a2 sure, she knew 81ee3b5928 the coat she b96acac8f6 was wearing must 4be169a98b cost several million 14f3f19680 won. If it was that 64ad1740d5 expensive in Italy, it 57a0de0b99 would surely be even 69bf881c1b pricier in Korea.c961d78c0ec10129
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While clothes don’t define 8ba93f8f2c a person’s dignity, they eb7e50ab6f certainly dictate one’s range da1e5f43cb of actions.5f283a3a5b4a8a97
Jiwoon straightened her 63131eccd6 back, speaking like 7f19477720 a proper lady.dcd73917065e4914
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“Then shall we walk slowly?”033a6e0b33168169
Thus began 68e88506f3 their walk.e14f65548a043b4a
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With Shanty holding an fc30aa5b04 umbrella above her head, ea0d81b860 they slowly walked towards 0c151f0a88 the lake visible in a05c81cb48 the distance.13ccf19fbb46eff6
After about d7225ff922 twenty steps, 82945ad1a0 Jiwoon suddenly 9b05a24cd1 asked the 7d55f77bf9 question that e7604907d3 had been e1e0ee631e tickling her 65c9a1b978 lips with c260d72183 curiosity.a0245b42194554e4
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“Where is he?”98e9cf61de85a0e1
“…?”e56eb6d272a90124
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Perhaps because Jiwoon’s voice 3cde730b64 was drowned out by 1969d5deb5 the sound of heavy 756afeec9b snow hitting the umbrella, e6aaee60ad Shanty looked at her c5eeedef1d with wide eyes.8d7fd0c5cda3fa77
“Pardon?”d2bfa6831a6ac706
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“Baek Ishin. I was wondering where he went.”b3da41517990285b
She didn’t know exactly a80811c141 what day or date 9bdbd58c9f it was, but she 1d33301fae was curious about his cf6a9321e0 daily routine. Did he 967df3c7e7 always eat d22ce6aa69 breakfast at 7e51e79b91 that time? Was he aafe54b240 at work bce4576e7b now? If so, 59eb8ff88d what kind 669c709835 of work 4d3c1e119b did he e68cb97348 do?149b04c4417c7140
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“Ah, Director Baek is probably in the study receiving a report from Chief Cho.”83283fa5a793b5ec
“The study?”e19dace5f2dbd569
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Director Baek, Chief Cho, work report…e107495625646a70
So, he’s f574bf9ff1 here right 044e3d9805 now?4eea496d9a4d1e78
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Jiwoon tilted her 430fbbfa87 head back to c0d641457e look at the 3023472f82 path she had b4d8b08522 walked.059b1c017b3ea783