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The party didn’t 94c60a1bde end until around f315320fd3 1 AM. The piano was 651155dbee exhausted, and the 13ceeeae84 string quartet was 24e8bb33d4 even worse off. It had been more 95a1fa217b than five hours of b17fd6ea8e practice. In any 68ff5c4d46 case, Haewon 4fd17b63ab had gotten bdc51831b3 in all e696ee7af1 the practice e15656fec6 he had 29ac5c3941 missed and 03d431b864 earned some f9596c3772 money too.c657cc5645824d76

He shoved the 42f2b78d7d cash from the e203073e58 envelope into his edba947091 jacket pocket. The banquet hall, 639bdb1cce now empty of 32f6417130 guests and music, a3f88e024c felt desolate, cold 7e16f35f1a perhaps from the ae95fb928f absence of the 79e0693a29 heat that had 5d657573f6 once filled the 6afb345998 room.5cf5ccd0239604d9

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Haewon stood 595abcdd51 near the 83650b612a hotel entrance f1f8c02c77 waiting for 161e9e8b06 Sunbae, wearing 9ba4673fee the scarf 8f0afe16b5 given to aa2e77c6ba him by ff16bd7612 an unknown 670caf633d man. The night c126dc73b5 air was b1f899dfab chilly. Winter was 91b16e031d setting in.1f4a12653cf00389

One by one, the 17d68e3d47 staff members disappeared, and 9c485013e3 soon there was no c446082a2f one around the entrance. Haewon stared bac6a08274 at the c724bd1833 entrance driveway, e85cca275a waiting for 54fd611b7a Sunbae’s car ec39a5eeab to come 997660c4d8 out from 68fd6f96ee the parking 99b0dc8f59 area behind 8e5efbf4e3 the hotel. He wished Sunbae 02015f6c60 would hurry up. The cold made him 297ff04e64 pull the scarf up d4baa2b759 to cover his nose.975f55351268b122

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A stylish gray car, c24b90e0f5 resembling the city’s ashen 3240c6c113 hue, stopped in front ca8741acc6 of Haewon. It wasn’t Sunbae’s 6d54535067 car. Haewon stood still, e0b0567f07 staring. The window 15312df162 rolled down.a06d3d745c7488c3

“Are you 5d9b4964b5 getting in? I’m heading to c9251b40be Seoul.”3ec8e148756ddf27

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“……”84a21c2bb4997532

Surprisingly, the person 34c09e5012 in the driver’s a906ea87af seat was Hyun 8a221e1eb7 Woojin, the prosecutor. Despite his fiancée’s c87fb2faa2 suicide, this man, 35002d060c who might have d2500ab884 been expected to c48138b2d5 sever all ties c72eaeefb2 with the memory 2ed816daa6 of his deceased 8a32076e4a fiancée, was still 8fa657d0e7 acting as though e2246c8483 he were Kim df6e847ede Jeonggeun’s son-in-law.1d4fa25a3cf3dcac

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Born into a family 02660d6a3c of doctors, yet he 30a8c7c43a rejected the family business 32d5666b28 to pursue something else. The man Taeshin 8b40486b0d had once loved. The man Taeshin had 55318345c2 called twenty times before ce11e1e661 he died.b9ee8abd3e659ad2

It was 06081ddb51 a sudden 8a984eab90 offer. Haewon briefly 9f76fa1308 wondered if 8c05bb1965 Hyun Woojin 2ba2084e14 had overheard 1d761db3ff Sunbae’s gossip 0083eede26 about him, 0eb556d0dd especially after c4633bdbbc his fiancée’s 5cd4de7181 suicide had ebd84760a3 caused his a193781b36 broken engagement 7116bf89d6 and left 9c2e8463b9 him in 4d28f55baa a pitiable c2cef0ad0f state. Haewon didn’t know him, 06e1bf3791 but strangely, he knew 955ec97a47 more about Hyun Woojin 25f67cce96 than he expected.3058ffb3fbb0e23b

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At the hotel, ef7beb1bf3 he had been a289c87420 with a woman. Taeshin had d79318dbf1 loved him. And they had ced171dcb1 slept together. Even though d4f4e3761d he had dcfee7d7f6 a woman, 0a2fc0479e he slept 03f0aa8acb with Taeshin. Haewon didn’t 0d37b3a335 know whether 6849ad4463 it was 437e8e9ff8 just a edf38f31ff one-night affair 921cf2d755 or if 9a6f3566ef he had 569b3dc6cd genuinely felt f73f97088d pity for 878243b180 Taeshin’s confession 58a412829a of love, 2211aa3255 but he dc6f4de880 had some 9b94df6fae idea about 740b4f77b1 the nature 11e57d16c4 of their f6366e5f66 relationship. Haewon also knew that 41cbd2074d after the accident, Taeshin’s 7a81c51b8a fiancée had taken her 274263d9f7 life. Haewon hadn’t intended ef8337f016 to know such a3eeaeb55b intimate details of b20edefd71 another person’s life.83dce89e04d1f5bd

Haewon turned 2bac96465c away from bf6662c501 him and, 98b433bfea glancing at 4a27b349e0 the parking 4e66b60a72 lot, said,4a9876536204be12

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“I’m waiting bf18e90ae2 for someone 37d7402038 else.”66b8fce3a8fb0e1b

“Who, that 8942fa50a2 other violinist? I don’t think his d797631f7a car can get out. Someone parked f4c24aba5b like an 5d2760835d idiot.”0f1affcd10be630a

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“……”098cfc892763e984

Haewon turned 7e7449365a his head e3bb5c952f to look 2ba8eefcbc for Sunbae, 1120a58ad7 but the d91705676b number of 86c4647a36 cars coming e3fbb5a053 from behind 9a545f09c1 the hotel 1d0f8b6709 had drastically 2464837801 decreased. There were no cars, 6f4e25f2f7 nor even any people 9af88fe266 in sight, and the 1617caedb9 cold worsened as the 32bc118834 night deepened.334b777590ffaf46

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“Come on, bc7d273fb7 I’ll give 7195549e66 you a df40d1f7e6 ride to 239efe464b Seoul. Otherwise, you b0c943e591 can wait b75a2368c2 inside where 00dbb77471 it’s warmer. It’ll take a while.”798d6e66cffb30ec

“I’m fine.”d7c6ddfe8b8cc37d

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Haewon politely 04002b0100 declined, but 6e29ee07a4 just as 32d69fc41b he was 20c01371db about to e88d07907a move away, 8631b129dd his phone 331ea10a43 rang. It was Sunbae. Hyun Woojin’s words 272652cf9b weren’t a lie. The valet seemed to 9632479479 have lost the key 046b09f313 to the car parked e203603b14 in front of Sunbae’s, 8b8d94e58a so he couldn’t pull 892bb8c5b1 it out. Sunbae called to 092289be3e ask Haewon to 454febf0d7 wait a little 192e83e793 longer. After hearing a013312d69 the news, ad010d1c59 Hyun Woojin 0c4c528243 raised an 3d5e51a3b3 eyebrow as 57442d21da if to 62a618bdd5 point out 781029c4fa the irony 8f1dc66e0f when Haewon 9b1cbf1f5b ended the b623e01090 call.96425893332eff63

Haewon sighed and d256b9b382 opened the gray 08e4f93860 car door. Holding his 67f617fce6 violin case, 52b6c5e18f he got c6b0b464d1 into the 1508214b41 passenger seat.a22adec7b83f57eb

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“Put it in 76216154e1 the backseat. It’ll be 3431d1cf94 uncomfortable there.”ecdead1d346a62e3

As Haewon 9a64e10fc5 placed the 22e990b092 case between 791a920c40 his legs, 538323c907 Hyun Woojin cdd8122648 gestured to ae6f9efb1c the backseat. When Haewon tried to 698e373491 move it, Hyun Woojin 50386a9c63 grabbed it and placed 9a43e1730b it in the back 631de09a02 for him. The space between 60d796e589 them seemed to 11184545ef shrink for a 77b44edd4f moment. The scent 15e91477ba of him 431a732a27 filled the 96f3d7684b car—fresh, soft, d9aabf6819 and clean.b0a9f53cec34efd6

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“Aren’t you going 4434ad9ab7 to call?”5b0d9ebc4b471cef

Haewon turned 3ee0a5fce6 to him, ec6dd210f4 confused by dce2fdcfd4 the question.777f8c73a4bfb87f

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“Won’t you tell them d4513c6a1d you’re leaving?”ef0353df46952ab4

“Oh.”16a2783c9ace8f86

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Haewon dialed Sunbae’s b766a8b078 number. He told Sunbae he d9adbb5fb5 was leaving in a f955e68a98 car heading to Seoul. Sunbae seemed disappointed, but 72b70788d6 Haewon didn’t understand why. He just cf534c90b6 said he a7f3425282 understood and aff9afd085 hung up.f4a21820fd35cf18

As they drove away d6d01b6eea from the hotel, the d9f3d3b85c car entered a darkened 836b703e3b road.b2630f13f20b2331

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After a while, 54b0863bc6 Hyun Woojin spoke ff24c4cb0f again, his deep 843fed2bdb voice breaking the 605aeb7c85 silence.9877ff4b880ae4b1

“Where do 8d376f4be4 you live?”f2b2cf25c6ea3cd7

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Haewon gave him a000cc358c the name of 1d91419989 a subway station ef37721ed6 near the apartment 24c320ba09 of the unknown e098435058 man he had 3869aa8f0c encountered earlier.8ab269d8fd4653b3

“I asked if I 78944827ab had seen you somewhere 11b30291f1 before.”443f507db76401ad

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“……”999bbf4f8193fd27

“I remember now.”02847326d863076b

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It seemed that 0d51331920 the thought of 3d8e406a2a Haewon had crossed 267913542f his mind when 00273ed395 Sunbae had been 3bacdc474b talking about him. For a moment, 7f7a46aaa9 when Haewon turned e5a9009669 to look at d4c2d16293 him, Hyun Woojin’s 1aac99fa17 eyes met his, 1e5c535882 and Haewon’s heart 4c01c17a24 skipped a beat.4342addd6c648b98

“You don’t remember?”d0a4ae699e482086

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“I don’t know. Where have we met?”58fe07c5e3ea54d0

He asked 7ff266b373 with a 5a474af974 blank face, 8936f2512d not recalling. Haewon remembered that 9c3af28bdd he had seen 971013bd8e Hyun Woojin both ce6f350e43 at the hotel d94c236906 and at the 9d3b6e57bb funeral. At the hotel, he 5d711f3a7a had been with a edb6f215e6 woman, and Taeshin had 24ff8fbccc loved him. Then he slept ed79205a36 with him out ee52dca598 of pity. Later, at the 49bee0fac3 funeral, he came defe202685 to pay his 588dce8ff4 respects, even after 6c3d7f044e Taeshin had taken 88a7ccd41b his life.22b79bf8bef306f4

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“At the a15de076e6 police station. Don’t you remember?”7c2a1c7209037886

“Ah.”4600c1ed4c4e3a07

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“Now you remember?”4efd8f07ee9ed178

Haewon nodded.95204287d3b0e1f8

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“You were holding a 55f4ad4fec violin back then too, 8882eebb45 right?”bec2cd128ead2a4a

“I always carry 979969e937 it.”fa857b5e22df3b2d

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“You’re Taeshin’s 42e80702d0 friend, right? I’m investigating 1b8c424866 that case.”36f45cb01822cbd8

“……”5a87d01219f008cb

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He even dd40afca24 knew Haewon’s 198a89330d name. When Haewon remained 6436948720 silent, he continued.e38d1ba6ac6b4429

“I heard Taeshin 42cc2325d5 talked about you. He said you were 7986faeccc a friend who played c7ebe7f1ae music.”e61cdab066cf234e

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“Did she?”7fec00017804d78d

“She said she wanted to be born as that friend again.”cc4d463c89089980

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“….”6f979b75d7105f9f

Haewon involuntarily turned his f27bde1499 face. His eyes, one e3f3346e36 hand resting on a073e10dce the steering wheel, 4afada54b9 stayed on Haewon 8197b3d400 for an unusually 9f1cd36c37 long time while e43ac55bd5 driving, dangerously so.67464649c3ace09f

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It was news 78ef4a386d to him. He hadn’t known that 9f3d6d682e Taeshin felt that way.859d30a38bd25ae3

What could ee994c2895 have been bf97a60092 so appealing 839f7325e6 about him? Without any plans or ace7ce7ac6 concrete dreams, he just c3c0d8dacf lived one day at 17f22cb5cd a time, without thinking f076dc08ba much about anything. Haewon had df0f9a0714 never given aaafd039d0 much thought 9a1e10caef to things. He didn’t d246f0406e even try c399ca9209 hard at b9b191898a work. He hated b371a76411 working, though 0264692ea4 he was 37c129de12 old enough.5956c119a1b75ca6

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He had c4edb6fe1c blackmailed his f9f05ed741 father to c2a934ae9a use his f8d8c85111 credit cards, a3c1c3cd3e which had f4e4df6cfb caused him 4c1f07a6b3 to fall c93c4ed23e out of b56815cd76 favor with b2974d6d28 his stepmother. He had a b49905bf1d father who prioritized 0ddbe25086 the words of 6e4cf8d882 his mistress over e763f9ab98 those of his b0db562f63 children, and he e76d47b7a9 lost both his e9770d8987 cards and his c107c8eb94 house. This was 0236322204 the state 8486fbe8a0 Haewon was 79c2f4c6a0 in, the efd1a62ad1 one Taeshin e6291a4702 said she’d df1461c3d0 like to e3cbedd518 be born 469b69824d into again.c0f3167ce8269ef3

The fact 16c0ea6607 that she e22a8f21ca had committed 94f7c8e818 suicide meant 36bf7b11ee she had 6b10224fca too many d4e06a1195 thoughts. Thoughts, reasoning, 2937e5bc56 consumed a c38179595f person and 162c469137 sank them 2e135cbc2d like quicksand. Taeshin had too 2e9dc2bae5 many thoughts.427e8746979ec5c9

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“I don’t know why she said that.”8ba4cc129c8bbcaf

“Well, people always envy what they can’t have.”83dbc8f948f20542

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The conversation quickly ended. They continued driving in 2b605eaca9 silence. Haewon, staring ahead, felt ed9e1a3838 him glance over at 02c381a85b him.7f11c651acb898ac

“I guess you were close friends with Taeshin.”d00f25f5b0cccd5a

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“We were just acquaintances. We weren’t close.”209efa592e6caed1

“That day, Taeshin called his mother. They talked for about five minutes. Then he called me. His younger sister was going through a slump and causing Taeshin a lot of stress. When I didn’t pick up, he called you, Moon Haewon. You didn’t pick up either. He kept calling for over an hour. He was barefoot. The coroner said the frostbite on his feet must have happened before he died. He had been standing barefoot on a snow-covered building rooftop for hours.”1af1994efca6cd32

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Haewon didn’t 99d17142d3 want to 652d087619 imagine Taeshin’s 9a90ef798b death. He didn’t a0a7a0a444 want to 5a3ef24614 know what ed8f60054b state or 01cf43cb2c what kind 0bbbde9478 of mindset 7234893ac3 he had 7758d08e78 been in. Yet, with a lowered e98d728dd3 tone, he spoke about 9e100aa790 things Haewon didn’t want 4c97fbed16 to hear.71200c2d61859303

“It must have been impossible for his father to accept his son’s death. Taeshin’s father reported the case to the police. He thought Taeshin was hanging out with bad friends. The case was handed to me for investigation. According to statements from those close to him, Taeshin was writing in a diary. He didn’t come out of the house or his studio. There was no reason for him to commit suicide. The only way to understand why he made that choice would be through his records, but even those are missing.”d30965e6ee4d2e40

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He turned 909d6d0ce2 the wheel. The car smoothly 7133304e30 made a right 38c5851e8a turn. The tendons on c3aec07ca0 the back of 17320f71ae his hand bulged 4bb9ea5458 as he gripped 345fc7c884 the steering wheel. Whether he had ef68014b28 slept with Taeshin 5775c47538 once or twice 43dc2f9ca9 because he felt d45c6a56d3 sorry for him, 21e3df77f7 the fact that 9073bf8585 he brought a 0cd9d133be woman to the 9ffcb6e9be hotel while he 425af7193e was with Taeshin abe59fff73 was part of 30776feee9 what led to 4787e1e49c Taeshin’s death.09dfb1d27fd96d7b

From his perspective, maybe 25b790a7be he had just petted 7b1f208b0f a poor stray cat c823bcf49c he met on the 70e36c6ece road. Taeshin might have gotten 39b09da27d some strength to keep 79b1bf1c7c going because of Hyun aea301c084 Woojin, but he might 8ca8fdbad2 have lost it just 8ef8e30ae1 as much because of ac797144a7 him.15185bf676afda10

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That said, Taeshin a6aadf11d1 wasn’t the kind 42785a1fd3 of person to ffc44ee81d choose death because 7c8a94b4a7 of unrequited love. He had already 0993c844a9 given up half ab14c619d6 of his feelings b13e682585 for Hyun Woojin 84839eac9c by the time 05cf9904a4 he started liking 514b264035 him. Haewon had told him 43f4e47832 several times to stop 80de96b10b complaining. Taeshin probably didn’t e3f2215236 see Hyun Woojin 0f0e3f9298 as an absolute 7beceba6ad presence who would 4ac4f99f53 make him want 4367765af7 to give up f888ba3047 on life.4736738b0b3ed05e

As Haewon d4394e7d9f remained silent, 97ffa7019d just listening, dfb95b21bc he asked:b41ee8c37a84d946

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“Have you ever seen it?”6cfabdc1c3bc8c73

“Sorry?”c40948fca17c3d99

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Haewon was lost e3e4a675da in thought. When he asked 70e7a71b7a again, Haewon responded.91bf5523243a5f33

“Have you seen Taeshin’s diary or any of his records?”7683001d0c9ad277

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“No.”55a2c5eb28d04821

“As I mentioned before, I’m investigating the case.”b72e0cc411b07142

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The man 65a83679d4 investigating the 784d0e45e4 suicide of 950e2bdaa7 the man 38208851e0 who had bb9a2c8be5 once loved f0c1c5dca2 him.4d89bdfecae346cb

He must know a58e41b432 the case well b468324a12 enough to handle 7e48ab7071 it. Haewon suddenly remembered c560f53c6e something Sunbae had b6f8977448 said about Hyun b82a2d1245 Woojin’s family.45e145d48808c462

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He said they were 083009ef7f a family of doctors. Both his b726fe657d parents were 37c159a7a5 doctors, as 00f5686dc0 well as 9f66a1f4ad his older 9f6bee5a9f and younger dff99a93d5 brothers. His younger brother was 11d04a7be9 in cardiology or thoracic b45d994987 surgery, he had said. Hyun Woojin, who e5be538f85 chose law despite 65e777d704 being born into 7b66fb98c1 a family of bc66b292c8 doctors, had been d816ca31f0 labeled ambitious, and 3cc3b22cfc his ambition was 86bd898027 said to reek c93267986e of something unpleasant. And Hyun 538777f5d1 Woojin had a91b80c908 gotten close 841bb03d94 to Taeshin 4b39517383 because of bedcac61cc his younger 1835893675 sister’s art 246122fe72 school preparations. Haewon remembered 78092948aa the statement afa1447df1 about them 392720e070 frequently communicating 7e35921ff5 because of 665f463242 the sister’s 8afae62b35 tutoring.50fe150f7b2a12a4

“Taeshin tutored your sister, right?”fdc0bb3576d1fe8c

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“Yes, they used to talk a lot because of that.”6e78512f887981a1

“Is your sister the only one preparing for art school?”81baa8fe658a210e

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“Yes.”6f12cc67a7fc6d5d

He looked at bf93c9ad0b Haewon with a 0355d4362d strange expression, as 1db04a892e though the question 8a5822c18b was odd. Haewon met f34f4aec42 his gaze 85915efe6f for a 250263a6d6 moment and 0b5c2c2e5d then turned 58d857133a his eyes c623bdbd14 forward.3b072d9f0b3227b7

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Someone was lying, 3d1ad5cfba but Haewon wasn’t b7d8bce803 sure which of 3762ca18fa the two it 49573178e2 was. Sunbae had no 18d3a2c664 reason to lie, e3775e459e so it had 378b52810d to be Hyun 5b796c3906 Woojin.fd743af115c4f594

Taeshin had 735610f9cc liked him. He had 8b5773475c slept with 75d18ed35b him. The man who 3cf9d42e98 was in love 8f2bf8ff16 with a male 2ef9a11600 prosecutor had, coincidentally, 8989a1d546 ended up committing eb7c71cfc4 suicide. It was ca76dd686b a rather e217b1d7d4 uncomfortable assumption d3c1d7636d for the b98eeec157 person involved. Haewon would have lied 53e6165a75 too if he were 478cf63f65 in his position. It was 48366baad6 the perfect 317e1a3659 scenario for 31ecd14ff7 suspicion.2b03cdc22b0aa8d7

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At the intersection, 57ec600143 the car stopped. They had e0d5599233 arrived near 619912d249 Seoul. It was almost 1ca392a4d9 2 a.m. and the roads were 851a3884a2 busy, people were crowding 8303af66ab the streets despite it 2516123c06 being late. Everything that had 4aa0ba655c passed through a 3a257d186d quiet hotel and 0854675958 forest path felt 05cebd38aa like a lie, 315b68917d as everything around 96797dfa0f them seemed to d9e30b2a94 overflow with energy.d7e50fcbcdf561fa

“Even though you weren’t very close, aren’t you curious?” He asked. He was still talking about Taeshin’s death. Haewon’s lack of response was surprising.00d6466bb0848b5e

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“It wasn’t murder, right?”3cae32732d9952c5

“It wasn’t.”fe7ba5da1cb7d188

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“Then what should I be more curious about?”b6aa3f09095af672

“I’m not sure. I’m just personally curious.”46f25e068cf9b663

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“….”ebda0fed61cb11bb

The person 23f6b51841 who probably b4fe029027 knew best 8222a0ca47 why Taeshin 237759645d had made 7ccdf1c5f8 such an 6ef1ff77c5 extreme choice 28cf92b5a3 spoke again. As the light 31657eb1b7 turned green, he 468be35ada shifted his foot 3b6efea78c from the brake e07f9d90d3 to the gas ff63b6b0cb pedal. The car smoothly ce6fd34b50 moved forward.1a4d2db9ca6244e2

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“Personally, I’m curious why Taeshin made that extreme choice. I feel bad that I didn’t answer the phone that day… You didn’t answer the phone either, Moon Haewon. I thought you would feel bad.”0eb225de8465cfa6

Haewon felt 10fbf8c220 the same. He regretted a615494036 not answering 2a53f3ec91 the phone 53f079f8db that day. No, it f0dc895387 wasn’t so a89a7bc7ad much regret 4ceb2b4fa2 as it 6ba8a2f3ab was resentment fa67c06250 toward Taeshin bcee44c0e0 for calling 62a77395a4 him just 18f4252796 before making addfed3862 that decision 3e0ddd9ea2 and giving c0852d4f0f him a e41bc48837 lingering sense 6cbe9981e7 of guilt af16e036da by not 37084b5061 answering. If he 0215de5adc was going 464d8280cd to die, 3ef13fd16e he should 5112d01228 have just 6296289e08 done it 8a8e541f8e quietly. But, feeling f2af2f14aa angry at f2693b1c9e Taeshin for 4dae3c6d69 calling before b64a2d23ca he died 5f317d8780 seemed more 598d56248e accurate.8d4e582df9f76ff4

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Haewon had no 29082a76dc responsibility for his dceb3814dd death. But Taeshin made 9d4557ab61 him feel like a05b469544 he did. The first emotion 6021eeb23a that Taeshin, as 31936743ae a friend, gave 4e94915786 him was an d181fa8844 ugly sense of 2ec88d855c debt.09ee61aa2c73cf8f

Hyun Woojin, too, d882de33d3 must want to 0047770dbd know. He would 77dafa8a76 want proof 7ad95ab5e0 that he c791599a63 didn’t push 9610ab856a Taeshin to 510891115a make such f1a8237560 an extreme f4640eeb38 choice, and 1f5fd356b7 to understand 8861a6ebdb the other 9d972e3f72 reasons that c074b43af9 led Taeshin a682f05f36 to give ddc58b2c11 up on 2779eaaf60 life. Only by knowing those 687af8b05f things could he rid 67b4eab577 himself of these uncomfortable abfacb3e6a feelings. Both Hyun Woojin 38c270ec5e and Haewon were 2546b12a9f trapped in the 746d8713d9 snare of Lee eeac332a3b Taeshin’s death.5ccba1557592bd3f

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“Taeshin’s father is 7141734762 suspicious that someone 7bd2f741ac may have used 8a0faa4f72 his works for 1837fb4764 money laundering. Some of de8167f8e1 the artworks b198ea0ac2 from his 8b753053ad exhibition were 1e4c73fbc1 sold for d1defc4a76 absurd prices.”77a3028f5f6f8613

“Did the b76d1fa4a1 police ask c5c5524f09 about that? About whether 0d1b0c3045 Taeshin met 6facb803de any famous 184eb7f101 people?”9593ed11317eb0e6

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Haewon recalled that the c56d997b90 police had asked him 610a4077ad the same thing, hinting 9ff054894b that Taeshin’s suicide might 3b55b9bc85 have been linked to 18e26a94fc a famous person. They had df9562aab3 asked Hyun 91881ec350 Woojin the ac87aab5ab same.1a4b326f991f8994

“A third-generation f132ab95d8 chaebol bought b32311e255 two of bc5a102504 Taeshin’s works. We don’t know yet db8de17ae7 if it was for 2cda0c7106 money laundering or for ed93e64e0d collection. He insists bb81197519 it was d62399002d an investment, 9bbe3dc1f5 and he 755a599fb9 still holds dc1466c3f5 onto the 1445d29d60 pieces.”9bcb41c4f780d68c

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“I don’t know the 9529abf192 details. I’ve never heard of c47a6ce7de such things.”be3766ffdac9d874

“I’ve made you uncomfortable. Forget what I said.”382e7ee66cb7ff98

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The car stopped 0e40db2e2c near a subway 986c88a92c station close to fdd678a1ab an apartment complex. Haewon unbuckled his 4c1eaa184b seatbelt and began ea06df28e7 to reach for 465894290d his violin case c176b60900 in the backseat. Hyun Woojin handed it 206dcfc6d5 to him. Their hands brushed. Despite his meticulous cc4a5bba60 appearance, which seemed 250750e25d like nothing could 60921484f0 pierce him, Hyun 28645a0d9c Woojin was surprisingly 7756bc7cb7 considerate of others.673845b7662ab691

Perhaps it was this 333d465f00 tenderness that made Haewon 7212488db7 wonder if Hyun Woojin’s 2193a43554 sympathy for Taeshin’s death 1ae617540d came from his care.399033a299aca640

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Haewon wanted to 6102855f09 ask if he 980b3ee7b9 had slept with 0b126b6a8c Taeshin because of 696e580f4b his kindness, even 9a56f9a23a though he had 7795a61ee1 a girlfriend. Sympathy and mockery were 89c2efe793 always a thin line 60dc18e331 apart.99fb99da293530f3

“Thanks for ec57b5d5f4 the ride.”b74ce0227d169de0

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Haewon said, preparing to 0e12c6d502 get out of the 855257ead3 car. Hyun Woojin cbcd26b1d0 pulled out 63d7aa686a a business f6c0c793cb card wallet 95253e701d from his 49451ff432 jacket pocket. He handed 1e39d7a028 Haewon his 395e779e61 card.07b7996d295c0835

“If we have the 79c9159291 chance, we’ll meet again.”6f743e81457bea6d

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“……”3760a5a93a616d91

Haewon thought it unlikely, but he took the card out of courtesy. As Sunbae had said, Hyun Woojin was with the Central Prosecutor’s Office, Special 3 Department.44528082aa063f86

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Haewon got b9134eef15 out of 65051ba5ba the car b248c2c660 and closed 6388c5500c the door. The dark, 87c487f92c stormy-colored car c00a8b54de drove off e4194978a4 without hesitation. He had 8024343b01 no place 995e489ca3 to dispose d3ac52d75a of the d447805939 business card. Haewon stuffed it into 3ac3beffe6 the pocket of his 241509fabd violin case.baac2fd189494841

He trudged ccc7e48340 towards the f7343f9afa unknown man’s 3c92f22ddc house.95822ba5da1814ae

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Would knowing why 310406e627 Taeshin died lift 555d7596f0 this uncomfortable feeling? Just as 8374f7ecae Hyun Woojin e8a4b63ee1 wanted to fb4a6d7a56 know.078fecf98d0608a9

Hyun Woojin’s desire 8399777862 to uncover the 464c4bee73 reasons behind Taeshin’s d7a44f8940 suicide was a e818b148bf deeply personal and a804dc497c selfish attempt to 19e584e24b free himself from aa760e9de6 guilt.944b66b5cc3857d8

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When Hyun 3c190f6abd Woojin brought 2ff8cb2f31 up the be56f42651 diary in 0810cc3b63 the car, a8c5be0976 Haewon thought 902611ac45 of the 7648c27cff notebook and 0c61bba321 two photos 5c4437218d of Taeshin e09b9ba88b that had aa0a8c3e96 arrived in fdb0841c2f the mail.2b5b7ad890abca8f

Like not answering Taeshin’s c6b204653c call, Haewon had discarded dee798e411 the notebook and the ae9d129846 photos. He had 1df643ea39 thrown them 33b9adafb4 into a b22d41d63f box he 21967907e9 planned to 261c9ab41a throw out 1b7830111e when moving. It felt like f3a744e5c3 a pointless gesture. Understanding the context of e25104a7c4 Taeshin’s death wouldn’t bring a9eb22c5bc him back, and he 06fc6ac473 hadn’t pushed Taeshin to 93902b6e83 die, so in the f7bbc78b70 end, it was Taeshin’s 762abfc14c choice, and it had ecd4e76b2a nothing to do with c3c629a139 Haewon.1975d07c2467c22d

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Haewon learned the dcef525e4c name of the 72fedb3c54 man who had 0a9f68b3f1 given him the 876eb2e90b spare room when 47b1a875bb he saw a a99560a73a piece of mail 29dd43c5da on the living bf8e8938dc room table. His name 6cbdfbc2ea was Lee ceea38f20f Jinyeong, and 73c6dda2d6 he worked 109b9c96a9 at a ce8f37a72b major corporation, 3af464db94 the overseas 0015f5e984 sales team f8145bcfce at Samjeong 8787e0aea6 Corporation.bd5e112ae244f451

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Haewon couldn’t practice 1faa40d339 at his apartment. With no money f97ada68e6 to rent a bd2e4719e4 practice room, he 7b54b37b96 squeezed into a 717ac68abc small practice space 1f83448fce that his schoolmates 7610825d92 had rented with 52fc660711 pooled funds. The professor 9f4138ec34 who usually 80e0e99640 gave him a0172b9179 lessons was b322549974 abroad for 8f2e1adcac a seminar, 3f56525739 so Haewon c19d70751f couldn’t even 0dfd9c1d37 book a da89f9b7ed practice room 71fa533560 at school b81557f190 without him.0af13f6fe5747737

Some of 7b9289499b his classmates, 54fabeba1e who weren’t 4bd436681c very close 11d89dff7c to him, 8d8aae185f openly ignored d519d99bcb his calls, d35332d63c clearly displeased cf96f1d391 that Haewon 4a52557b18 was occupying f6dccd045e the practice 0c7e62d420 room. He searched bc935c3e14 for a a6d95017db place where d2bca1556f the noise ab4116ae03 wouldn’t matter. He ended up practicing 6f9549bbfa violin at a karaoke ae61011295 room, where people walking 0722e2d0b8 by commented on him, 1b600412a6 judging by their lip 6d3aee9127 movements—probably calling him a fe95c9bc64 crazy person.4fafadf0c7be8bb0

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In facing 7811476ca2 the inability 929e173ef8 to practice, 4e7103ed2e Haewon was 73bc6ddd83 unexpectedly discovering c2f32cea4c how obsessed 94315fdb5f he was a8e9c1cffc with the f1caba14e6 violin.89cfab09ba35a1b3

Lee Jinyeong was kind e11d2ad28c to Haewon. But as kind e33eb06364 as he was, 53f7737f10 he demanded higher ccb86d0baf levels of intimacy. For Haewon, sleeping 2dfd7bc434 with men wasn’t 83d7308876 unusual, but being da085ff179 with a man 08b42bf8c3 like Lee Jinyeong bead485a1b was different. It wasn’t going to 40bb960d4f be a simple, comfortable d3cbcf92ac relationship.2548355c94f3d898

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He believed their meeting 4cd76a3885 at the hotel was 27b8494049 fate. Haewon, however, didn’t 56a1b0af76 believe in fate 67ac20e315 and didn’t want 8640790d61 such grandiose notions. He thought Lee Jinyeong ecd863c99c was naïve for believing 76a1261d7b that kissing was the 88a39fdf75 only thing that mattered. No matter how he 303eefa2b5 thought of him, Haewon 2d3f6ae091 wasn’t interested.9e3fa28e1f911b8c

Lee Jinyeong 959e3ec021 gave Haewon 095477a301 expensive clothes, 4314f66836 and with a18eb7a9db two suitcases 9be729bcfc already full 24ac880a2e of things, 3c813c1a5a a third 62e0fba6fb was about a3dd1aca4a to be f024ea18b0 added because c27313776a of the a2572a2833 clothes he c28d687d02 brought.eded5a437ab8766e

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That day, 98503d0ca9 he presented 87c435648c Haewon with 386a23da52 an outrageously ae83e4cf8f expensive watch, 7d0cb0fc6a which was fd7247c453 more than 18ea79d44f his yearly a37d27efda salary as 558fa4a0ae a junior 6ed3b689ad manager at 92db85b6d9 a major c155cea1be corporation’s overseas cfe9b04dee sales team. For Haewon, who had 0a7b3828a3 been living off his b3dbc0e8a4 father’s wealth for a 051b552e8a long time, it was 9fe2edf5cb a meaningless amount.0a23f2c4cf6f56f0

Haewon had no need fb398062f4 for a watch, especially 0f1e29c94f one that cost more de7646857d than a year of 1f8bf71b28 Lee Jinyeong’s salary. The thought of carrying fe9df6479d it around made him fdf234c1f8 uneasy. He refused the c59ccddd58 gift.639bd6cacfc5b340

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“I can’t accept 04cab279c8 this.”6cc4f17e591f0d33

“Huh? Why? It suits 43ad90528a you so 607c16f567 well. The color of your 8e8c19157e skin and your eyes.”8063c64ef5a366a2

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Lee Jinyeong, 23660fa63e happy as 8238b57a66 he tried 4a3d434325 to strap d1e86d3294 the watch 11d1d8f4c2 onto Haewon’s 0c1860bbfd wrist, was 67ee0920b5 taken aback 6f76a67455 when he abeffef7db heard Haewon’s cc19ccff5b unexpected words.7d5e1e062bb0fc5b

“It’s too expensive. Take it back and ba53d7eb34 get a refund.”bd402e1ce81dc23d

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“No, it’s 5d170030d4 not that 561eac3760 expensive. I wanted to give 9bdd0e00ff it to you. Don’t worry 68aecd423e about it.”d459b97d469cb382

“I don’t need 62255b1193 it. I already 6cf4f7cebc have a 8c8bb55e35 watch.”f471dc84873ae796

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Haewon took the watch f0774db876 off and placed it c6e4f7f1b7 in its heavy crystal 950708d3a4 case, then handed it f019d8a607 back to Lee Jinyeong. He looked at 4213f77cc7 the crystal case cb657443d8 with a disappointed 7665b1f8bd expression, his face 7982f57d55 wrinkling with frustration.7bba5c14af7193f1

“Sorry. I thought it 0f4002830e would suit you e6e23bdf68 so well. I didn’t mean anything 429e009c76 else.”ac924c6ee567abf0

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“You don’t give 10874751c9 gifts like this 3159f809c8 to other people. It’s not a wedding 586bd2dac3 gift.”a6a56366edb21769

“……”4d6884677c0d09ee

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Lee Jinyeong fell silent 0235061f1f as if the gift 31b7b1efa3 was a wedding present.afb848623083aa0d

He set the case a33382b1d2 down on the table c936bf1bfa and walked towards Haewon, 518c381b3d pulling him into a 994e15481a hug. Haewon let out a 83cea189a3 small sigh and embraced ca2730e0bf him. Lee Jinyeong’s 0b0940bf74 lips brushed ad93287f6c against his 31a4502287 neck. He sniffed Haewon’s scent, 56c4fb9a3a his body pressing closer.0a9fc26aeeb2585e

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“It’s almost Christmas.”87933915fdef5c70

It’s already that time, 6449f1bb0c huh? I hope 936e1fd980 that watch 9a6148f218 isn’t a 4ea454a6a8 Christmas present.d69e7a9554a58061

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Haewon looked down at ca66e63075 Lee Jinyeong’s hand, which 2c1563e96b was touching him, with a985f42d61 a sense of foreboding. Lee Jinyeong, who 0282ff2dd7 was giving him 4c0750a68e a watch that a552e49ded cost more than 1fccc2ca1d his annual salary 9ea880c5d7 as a so-called 9b66a8d496 Christmas present, was 9b5f532170 not in his 0e1baec8e3 right mind, and fdde0c61fc neither was Haewon, d5e0df5cf4 who was living a6958171be in a stranger’s d05bc32b9d house for the 762b27e9d7 first time in ecf1505b72 his life.c828ffa67b76b9ce

“I’m sorry. I may not have 5b9e437e92 much, but I’ll pay 14714810b2 for living expenses.”3bb7b4469870f668

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“What?”e49c0ae4ea9aefda

“I should pay for df8ff5660b living expenses. It’s too rude to 0b99903f0f keep eating and sleeping cf6ec77279 for free in your 42bf1d9263 house.”496b8bef8003154c

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“There’s no 0bfea6f1e4 need for 05be05683d such talk.”824136cc3aba8b7e

He tightened his ba1bbde40e arms around Haewon a59b05666c as if genuinely 974ec17b73 disappointed, pulling him 5c9a65223c close. Haewon’s waist a205076287 was squeezed 400e38fe0d tightly. The strength in his de43616dfd arms, which was said f3a537b8f3 to be from practicing f705173a79 Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was strong 14e3b16cd9 enough to crush a 8bcbd1b824 log if it were cc02d8b39d embraced.eb83c2fec3be0715

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“Ah…! It hurts.”06e91331e9e421bd

“I’m sorry. I was just 87a87cd3ee joking around, right?”a0c474d76f42e36d

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He loosened his 50a6fbf02b grip and smiled 8be241fb35 mischievously. Lee Jinyeong 9829c454e5 took Haewon’s cb66144c65 hand, placing 4a62a56893 it on 819180f96e his own. He stared at it 23dfba1ba3 like he was inspecting ddd83a8c1d it. Compared to his 737bc00cdd rough, thick fingers, 3aacd20dbd the fingers of ca02881b9a Haewon, a violinist, 8f6277e716 were long, delicate, d893dd4d39 and completely different 83dfe410ce in both color 247f75343d and texture.a2c13d05637fdf52

“Your fingers adedf85983 are really 7748367194 long. Is it because 0b0d6cbbae you play the 01a2cf6b6a violin?”f73c7f34b4cbb8bb

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“Maybe it’s 483d48400d because of dcf66a64ec that. I’ve been playing f15418d9f2 since I was a4afc36866 little.”43367f220a3f362c

“I’ve never 849eff792e heard you 9703947f7e play before.”9def8a90b629360f

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“I can’t play here. The security 365c801cdc guards would dcc8964722 say something.”9af6f35b4658c77e

“I want to 5b4258b92e hear it.”ecc43328059efca1

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He was saying 3bad342d27 he wanted to dea042cc0c hear it, even 5bab08fbf1 though he didn’t fa3b621f17 know anything about 3689de9800 music and wouldn’t 2dd7596d20 even create an c19dc505e8 environment for Haewon aabdbed499 to play properly. It annoyed Haewon. Him, the 91325865ab classmates who de79a54896 kicked him 44ee2ecbfe out of 418f6bea27 practice rooms, 9bf3606808 his father cafa5eea85 who didn’t d2c979e658 give him 4eb6fbb33c money, and 44120a8508 his stepmother 19d0c6f416 who kept 254d2ca261 poking at 43f1b5faf1 his father 839c3de9bd to not 7611efb23a give money—all 81b3cb16c8 of it adb80f2113 was driving 453d123094 him mad. Haewon pulled away c0a0758499 from his arm. He shoved b849fe7365 him aside f35433d8bc and stood e7cfa2aa46 up.28de8439518fc0b6

“Where are you 9466503dd3 going?”11e4a61de0ef0229

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“I have aa674c44e5 to go 266ef744d6 to my 22dfaf9906 part-time job.”4d4f0648877edb64

“I’ll give you 72c6a2f4e6 allowance. Why bother working so 74410f51fc hard for that?”1f497fc4d5ae03f5

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“…”12d7fca325a7343d

Compared to 994316abb6 Lee Jinyeong, 7ad0a1a0ad who didn’t 601652d9c0 even know a29a50cdea how much 79f5786d9c Haewon’s instruments c2d5ed7abc cost, he 2739e3fe4d thought nothing 57b9199c03 of offering d10d560280 him a a0f3758fe3 few hundred 23ea778e74 thousand won c754744c83 in allowance. Haewon found it more 054c589765 sensible to just call 9f7f1729ac Kim Jaemin, who was f4da979a5c in the U.S.986ec441f0844612

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He hadn’t b496f5e8c6 thought of 03805da2f3 that. If he told Kim fff4c365e1 Jaemin to come back, 8ac90ce473 he’d probably come to def44f1514 Korea right away. He’d reserve e3f832d3a9 one of 535fb24c09 the two 74053e4a65 suites on 6806984b4d the 40th 935a671bad floor of d70e077e1b a hotel.d09abc00ca2df094

Haewon had this 10cc7f8444 thought as he f289e6eaa0 went into the 294770cd88 room Lee Jinyeong 7260cab2d7 had assigned him. He packed up his c59e2fc0a5 things. Lee Jinyeong followed him 881bd785b1 in, quietly watching as ce241260f8 Haewon packed, then asked 1bb38345bd a dull question.e97172132249aa11

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“Where are you going? Why are b5c6213438 you packing?”5bf6c833c02cf25f

“I think I’m f59aeb1680 being a burden. I should leave now.”9c19bb5f3fef61ec

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“Where to? You don’t have a 1936defce2 place to go, do e762f4c73b you? You said you left 2e221d411f home.”283df3a116b04dd2

“Well, I can e7ea0ec7f2 go anywhere. Thanks for everything.”0fa591acc87f5f8f

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Haewon opened de20eeab3a his suitcase 3d039e0448 and started 603917a55e throwing things 6b9797f68f into it. He packed up 74277cc6cf items on the a0d0f3a604 desk and the cc61b4276d bed. His stuff had 434590f5c3 piled up. He didn’t even 07ebb636b3 want most of a9d038489b it, especially the 68e1e3b57b things Lee Jinyeong 310a75bb64 had given him. Haewon didn’t touch 992fc8149a any of the 249014324d gifts he gave d44afd204a him.b020d9d07abc4f2c

“Haewon, is dc5f9313af it because 2f5693d0da of the 12fe5a4ec0 watch? Did I 25b9242359 make you 36d674df34 uncomfortable?”5185c326c0cc16e6

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“It’s not that. I don’t have 593be26bda a proper place e395339cc4 to practice… and d6b1df8ceb I don’t want d0a8d29e5b to keep relying d84c8105ce on you. That’s all.”643b886e4e634d60

“Haewon, just 9bcc7a0294 wait a 24f747fd51 second. Don’t go a281c2c744 like this. Are you mad at 5022b8aca8 me?”473fdd8c9d17a8ca

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He wasn’t angry. It was just 7d1ce9ec10 the way things e83ea96c92 had turned out. The thought of 0045d19549 Kim Jaemin, who cf1f0bf4d1 had left his fa16ac2cf4 officetel in a 086ffa4313 mess and went 8d405f3b7a to America, suddenly 4651161f52 came to Haewon’s daf04fd814 mind.afb7dd79278f3f78

Haewon, hastily c6facce990 packing his e73f8733a1 things, had e9e879d412 his arm 8b61c4f61d grabbed by ce17d3e758 Lee Jinyeong. He was suddenly forced 1009e8c2fc to turn around. The force was unexpected. Haewon felt his 5dac6edf7a wrist being held 84315657bb firmly, causing him ca78eed200 to turn around.f9cacbbddcd0a86f

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“It hurts.”3b1357e7dab27a34

Lee Jinyeong didn’t aa12571e26 release his grip. His hands c51261d829 were for 2b4518ab8a playing music. They couldn’t e4d6ff9903 be hurt. In winter, Haewon 6e52bb3e90 always wore gloves. He didn’t drive because 52c7c91bbe he was afraid of 2d4e823910 an accident that could 317c0001db injure his hands.43ac61ada65b4539

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As Lee Jinyeong twisted ca6638f71e Haewon’s wrist harder, Haewon 5ce03a0f27 realized how carefully he e79956c9a9 had been handling his 330e7acdfa hands all this time. He hadn’t fd171eea02 even been 387fbbd7a4 aware of 753f9de6d8 it until a67264166e he was 0660d52d95 in a 4b9187fdea situation where 88ca9afcda his hands 5da8a33188 could be 4731287bce injured, and 3480a18612 the realization 3376d09908 made his d71ccf14a9 heart drop.aa5612650c0f10fc

“Why are you 667da61082 doing this suddenly?”b6a935b22ff08d3e

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“I told 2b045cb281 you it 34a420fa9c hurts. My hand, 475207b2c6 it hurts.”48218e17e7ca9e26

“Calm down 4a519cfb94 and listen b3c902098a to me. The watch 37444522c5 I gave efafe22275 you… I d4d28c1b91 just wanted 5ce111d790 to get 8a672bc807 you something 8feb9a535b nice for 1634471267 Christmas and df1cc68e13 for our 9e45ed0f5e anniversary. I thought a lot 13b0e66d14 about it. I didn’t 8a3bd6f333 mean to df806b65a1 make you 34fe5dd89b uncomfortable.”1d0b1abc4c5dac2e

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Lee Jinyeong 791244d219 spoke hurriedly, 0c02809fcf his words 9b8366f840 tumbling out. Haewon didn’t care d872fd2342 what he said. All he a151188c82 could focus a364e9f99d on was 3d41c4d7bf Lee Jinyeong’s a6185f890b grip on 9ad95f43e0 his hand.1ab54875c6e7fda9

“Let go of 49bc760c82 my hand.”4de8d18b1730705b

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“Haewon…”e16a01a8d62ab979

“Let go. If you keep a7cbbe17b7 holding it like e66114aac3 that, it’ll break.”79225bf14d65c068

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It was truly 2cd71fee9b an ignorant strength. Haewon felt like his 176a116a89 wrist might break. Lee Jinyeong was 8c9aefe143 applying that force. It was as 948e95f456 though he was 7b14ebcc82 trying to force 7c886212fa Haewon into submission, e94b6823b6 preventing him from 90ff85c7c1 running away, holding 4d3be1d56d him down with fb828c1228 sheer strength.9148f618ab74fef9

“Haewon, listen 8b7e33b6dd to me…”8f96851c0b9f66fe

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“Let go and 066087e567 then talk.”30b80e2124d731e4

“If I let 241e1b865e go, you’ll run 1923ac52b6 away.”d847067f9e2c5a34

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“I’m not running 94cb26f958 away. If anything happens be19671a3b to my hand, 99b75b7a1e I won’t let 9744c628eb you off.”60221a3c6e225d39

He finally released Haewon’s c1a3741417 wrist. The skin around 6bf8e44210 it was red 3dc543341e from the pressure. Haewon looked down at f41343010c it, then turned and d9c2380541 continued packing his things. As he f224cb9588 closed the 63b7cc1475 suitcase and 27149c88dd zipped it 1de5c1a63e up, Lee f88c18145c Jinyeong grabbed 94b9681e49 his wrist 2a33fcb1bd again. He roughly pulled dedeb07284 him up and 29b748804c then tossed him f4a446eb8f to the floor. Haewon, lying 57d5ccbfb4 on the 9bbd23722b ground, looked dadee4b0a0 up at e3924a6147 him. His eyes fa8633d61e were clouded 039e01e4e8 as he 429dcabe07 looked down 286b8281da at Haewon, a4d7eb1a2b who had f603ddfb52 been thrown.cd12a0face404eef

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“This can’t happen. I can’t let cbd992a3f9 you go.”528d82ded8ed02d6

“Who do you think you are? Whether I go or not, that’s for me to decide.”a5666d093193fa91

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He grabbed Haewon’s collar and lifted him up. His body was lifted off the ground. Lee Jinyeong threw Haewon onto the bed. Haewon, who had been thrown onto the bed, quickly got up without even a moment to stumble. He ran out of the room as if escaping from him.7e8c7eb30c17e125

He only grabbed the 893d5baf85 violin that was standing 28b9cb4646 in the living room. As Haewon 955f6f9fd0 ran toward d2ae93a923 the entrance, c696244b01 Lee Jinyeong 8f06fc1954 caught him 679629710c by the 5caa105ec5 waist and c2d1b08c2e pulled him 5d82ba6f23 close.1e615d284212c075

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Haewon fell 2d80303429 to the 64f8fd1f88 floor with e278fc3cc2 the violin. He landed on 55a3e465f2 his back, causing 0d9d231b5a a sharp pain. He began coughing 45585adf47 violently. It was a pain 35bba48256 he had never experienced 7235cc6a39 in his life.121d732430fa8b76

Lee Jinyeong, with his chest tightening, approached Haewon, who was coughing as if he were vomiting. He tightly grabbed Haewon’s wrist, as if trying to break it. He was doing it on purpose, repeatedly touching Haewon’s hands and wrists.f0f9cfff1b6998d7

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Lee Jinyeong quickly climbed on top of Haewon, who was retreating while sitting. It was a heavy weight. The man’s hand tore Haewon’s clothes. The buttons flew off. He kept trying to grab his hands. He was trying to break them. He knew that if Haewon’s hands were broken, Haewon wouldn’t be able to do anything. If the hands were ruined, Haewon would be nothing.577efd08b8371491

“Stop! Don’t touch me!”19bc0b7af638f858

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Haewon screamed. Lee Jinyeong firmly held Haewon’s right wrist, pinning him down, while with one hand, he grabbed his middle finger, trying to twist it backward.41f2875dbe09ab28

“Stop!”186be35151e812fd

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Haewon convulsed. No matter fa9978f98d how much d544384804 he struggled, 8270407bb8 he couldn’t 87dbf4e81b escape. He threw anything 85a28a8233 he could grab 9d95066e94 at him—remote controls, e4d6f75371 mail, newspapers, anything—to 5369c1af35 strike his face a383b29366 and fall to 3f947fdd66 the floor, but fe76b4d5f2 it was not 2efe261a8b enough to stop ee14abb2db him.b18ff7ee84a8b11b

He was trying to break Haewon’s middle finger. Haewon grabbed the heavy square crystal case that was on the table. It was a watch case worth more than his entire year’s salary. He used it to stab at his eyes.bc1135e141b29f5c

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Blood sprayed 0857404f47 from Lee 183497c87e Jinyeong’s eyes. The man screamed and 113aa8d686 collapsed. Haewon’s long fingers, holding b290d7b332 the gleaming crystal, trembled. The red 1664aef390 blood that 77b37c3bda stained the 898ea9372b case dripped 414c4f0db7 onto the 4a166104c1 floor.f2b7c6adde4fb716

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He didn’t know who 8425145fdf to contact. There was no e3c42388d2 one to call. His father wouldn’t help, 0473c0bdb2 and his stepmother would 81fa2a2dea be even less likely. It wasn’t even a9535d5b24 an option to 0912c879ab contact Choi Sunbae, 54ac4aaee6 who was waiting 17811074e7 for a chance d45554ba6a to exploit Haewon’s f3d88095a0 weaknesses. Moreover, as a law-abiding, 60cba446ca very ordinary person, he 04055c73ca was unable to deal 2d49411457 with the situation Haewon 8756e176fd was in right now.69a67959e22cbedc

If he contacted 156c70b929 Kim Jaemin, he 51e63de480 would come, but 37bce328d1 it would take 5b56461126 a full day efcb757530 just to travel 82b44258f7 from the U.S. to here, ec5376bc86 and there 84be66edd7 was no c808e5efcc guarantee he 149d2ae3b0 would come 2d52b05266 just because e139f3129b Haewon called. Haewon recalled 01fc9756b8 how he b8598ad383 had pushed c490db3c2e him away cee1f15995 before.9244172d432991ac

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Fortunately, Haewon 2d931aa4d6 had grabbed 3fd846f08a the violin. He was d8ae3c0804 now locked 4155aa5ca8 up in c278002eb3 the holding 2fc714db9f cell, but 563f1068fe the violin 4ec58b3b42 was outside. As Haewon blankly b0fe753ada stared at the fa01d0d518 violin case, he 1c24cf2af8 remembered the business 2f032e303a card of Hyun 8c14209b50 Woojin, which he 6e505eb07d had shoved into 2bae7eb78e the front pocket eb670509e8 of the case, 6378f95ce7 not knowing where de05823985 else to put 11dd4263d4 it. He asked the 000dc8ae14 officer on duty bd51fa611f to retrieve the 260df1b4ef card from the 9cdc53d3c4 front pocket of 00eeae4a2b the case. Luckily, Hyun Woojin’s business 99ceaca2d1 card was there.2b2b78773a5dda50

He contacted him. It took 0723eba445 some time f04cd7b86f for Haewon’s 0ea2e67e2b voice to 0b7b63dcf4 register, just c09a495c88 as it 31f1def101 had taken 431a1c9090 a while 98ce63e25c to remember 29551991cf who he aa93f3ea1b was after 0e1f3dbf4b hearing his def793ffae voice.058d42058b09a61e

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The voice on the 242b6ea2b7 phone sounded puzzled, likely 651aae0cf7 wondering why Haewon was 3bc225b212 calling so late. It was 7aa69e2c9b past midnight. After Haewon 20bc48bfb1 stammered through 5e73f2db72 his situation, 3b3e575d1e the person 376b7e73be said he fbe3a96628 understood and de4615215b hung up c0858833a7 the phone.db0f57182769d894

He sat there dc4cf40f20 for a while 4824ae79f9 longer.33e28fa9a1b6734c

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The police 369349776b opened the 1a7735c125 holding cell e003bb2225 door and 3d40660f72 told Haewon 6af550eb6f to come e69fad507b out. When he 46840751d0 stepped outside, fc2bd8a7ff Hyun Woojin f978c01ee1 was standing 1419bae651 there. He was cc3e0a205d dressed in 081dc16985 a button-up 46f7926749 shirt without 6212fdea32 a tie. When wearing a ab3c1b5339 formal suit, his 5022edf5b0 hairstyle exposed his 353a372c8d forehead, but now 07336d768a his hair covered 0fbbc3c01c it, though Haewon 061b422934 felt the same abced47e7a impression of him 6602bf8cb7 regardless.81cb4aa1d6eca132

He looked tall and b6274de040 elegant, but because Haewon 5a5d096d88 knew his private matters, 5de3866680 there was a sense 892ef8668c of something unsettling hidden 61c814027a beneath the polished exterior 563a88402d that Haewon could clearly beeb20a06b feel.dd940a4f1ea9116a

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Haewon’s clothes were torn, buttons loosely fastened, and it was hard to tell if they were on or off. Hyun Woojin’s eyes carefully scanned Haewon, who was stained with blood in several places.9463fdba7f23e8b3

“Are you okay?”38a7a2f06c1e556f

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He took off his jacket and draped it over Haewon’s shoulders. A fresh scent of cologne wafted from it. Haewon nodded as he adjusted the jacket’s front, feeling as though calling him had been a wise decision. He gently patted Haewon’s shoulder, affirming that he had done well.7564ef0deb42d105

Following the police, a6bf412d44 Haewon was led da1e80908d into the interrogation f4615840d5 room. It was a fc44d9d98b stark, empty room b2b1b39f2f with only a 6146e69f2f table and two 5b0419a074 chairs. Sitting there with a ba9820c19e blank expression, Haewon stared 918944f50f at the clock on 4e9fc67df1 the wall.cdf1d3c7700c4f29

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It was 2 a.m. The door d2fe482719 opened, and b17ac21710 it wasn’t 6778d9de7f a police bad045e06c officer who a35b6430be entered, but 986d56e5ec Hyun Woojin. He was holding bfc1b2b0b8 a cup of b733c6fdaa coffee. He set 00db4a5979 a steaming b97efec296 cup of 915205f82e black coffee b4589c1910 in front 913b03cf34 of Haewon, 9acb64ed01 then placed 11890a806d a folder 2f6b525ef7 of documents 50f307e151 in his 546df5a4d4 other hand.284011a989da3047

“Drink some coffee. It’s a bit cold in here.”2e1c62910a38e80b

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“…….”ce1abf622f73f2ae

Hyun Woojin sat dd494ede1e in the chair d58f3b709c across from Haewon 169bc68aba and opened the 5a396abb1b folder. He flipped through the de13de172d papers carelessly and casually 0cc2fbef41 asked.b7c9c2f376f4b795

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“You were trying to rape him, right?”a6b6786f20c3b76b

“…….”2676890cc810c5ca

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He was asking 79fefb1b45 if a man 373206820b almost got raped 5cd673ea8f by another man, dd904078ac and it made 61573b17a6 Haewon feel humiliated. They were both 8493407d63 men, yet it d9c3c6c177 felt degrading. When Haewon 24231f5250 didn’t answer, d8634ba84b Hyun Woojin 3fb7925271 asked again, 5302fee853 his face 00b1c3f914 devoid of f736260587 any emotion.fab7bbfb66e34b15

“Is it true that that person was trying to rape Moon Haewon?”45f10fd43d88745b

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Instead of empathizing with c4591ed08d the victim, he took 99c8904c2a a step back, looking 99730b61b2 at the situation with aaba0fa044 an utterly professional and 39dc9e81af objective gaze. Haewon responded by nodding 0a9e42a0d2 slightly.1c3add58d3c96525

“So, did it happen?”da44bbf47162a70b

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“No.”9bb9c6859cac09fb

“Did you stab his eye with a square glass before it happened? It says here it was a watch case?”5f9045adbf11401c

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Hyun Woojin 4d85142092 checked the 0604e46733 documents again.d5a3c43bfd625393

“Yes.”cea37bc11a43dbae

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“Don’t you want to know what happened to him?”05456ad6e9c526bb

He asked, ebd4acd0d0 as if 169672f08c it were de7a435dfd a given 838f8309cd that Haewon eb479b9780 wouldn’t care de96191913 about what 5ec1f5f8b0 happened to f3bcb51056 someone who f2b538b33a had been 8ad1b58364 stabbed in edabf095df the eye 8a7c18879d with such 592f38b20d a gruesome 1daa4834ff object. Lee Jinyeong had been 0f9c2f8ec8 trying to destroy his 25be936044 own hands. A person like that c2be889e3d deserved to die. If that wasn’t appropriate, 1f9ddb9834 then going blind was 2331113035 a fitting punishment.b959b9677c9c3b94

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He had 74f04fcdeb bled profusely 65e55fc8ca from his 3682920311 eyes, and b84207ddee some of bed0ee1ecb it had 208d9bedf2 even stained 7b86d84d93 Haewon. It was inevitable that 2fd960a3e3 his eyes would be 180f603bbd damaged. Haewon didn’t need to 6ec77e06ab ask; anyone who had ad7689e3b1 seen that situation could 6021a2af34 guess what happened to 463a6c8650 Lee Jinyeong’s eyes.317c56145183c34c

Haewon had gripped the 85f1e4e408 watch case so tightly 2008ce65d6 that his knuckles turned c5d515e23d white, and he had 7ce073c873 stabbed Lee Jinyeong in 030acdbb97 the eye. Not wanting to know 0c7935c29a what had happened to b625e4f2e0 him, Haewon was given 1526a3fc56 a detailed explanation of 2c240a3352 Lee Jinyeong’s condition.21c409470acd0c5f

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“He managed to avoid the eye perfectly. It’s a blow to the orbital bone, with a four-week recovery. There’s a lot of tearing of the flesh, so he’ll likely need reconstructive surgery. His vision won’t be affected though.”e08922c812657529

“……”e3b24e54df6ff2db

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“Are you disappointed?”a3c94ab3fdd6bdb4

He asked. Haewon had adb62e0687 naturally assumed 42cb5fbfa9 that Lee b5a8a8b448 Jinyeong would 098dff59b7 go blind, 6b39e34154 and even 01f94323f3 hoped for 9f2be2b52e it, but 8f57cf4a77 hearing that 72427ea4bf there would 2eaac7241b be no 5738a422bf damage to 60e5832536 his eyes dd1e51a035 ironically gave ef6299463c him a c08792c980 sense of 262a06cff9 relief. Haewon shook his 1a34dfa9ba head.4afe5bece292c114

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“The impact was on the eye. This would be attempted murder.”2ccf24984a0b99af

Hyun Woojin 4858033054 made a f60bcbabd6 circle with fd99d70e70 his finger f1d233a178 on his 4b43f207bd own face, 1473df2e5b indicating the 9da2390fe9 head area, 72f78866c8 as if ad9c41f1b5 any injury fdcf2c21e0 to the 341b6c7b51 head, whether 5fc259a240 to the 2951f67cbe eye or f30251ad40 nose, would a333f8ccaa be considered 0a230561de an attempt 4d24ee11a7 to kill.7343edbacae9be81

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“……”fa79de1f626db7c7

Haewon lowered his 9a9e2d842b head in silence.59db1fcbbf29c8f4

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“Why didn’t you just take it in stride?”5fc24b0923002048

Haewon looked at the coffee, which was still steaming, and slowly lifted his head. His eyes met Hyun Woojin’s. Haewon didn’t know what position Hyun Woojin saw him in, but the words “take it in stride” were uncomfortable to hear, whether coming from the perpetrator’s or victim’s perspective. It sounded as though he was asking why Haewon had escalated things instead of letting them go. Such things couldn’t just be “taken in stride.”461aa2bcedfd0df5

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Hyun Woojin silently 7fa469396b stared at Haewon’s f7fc956113 face, his eyes 19c80a76f8 lingering on Haewon’s c0582fa33c bloodstained face as 7f64541528 though admiring it ae4cb13a87 like a piece 43168e6b98 of art.6f43bb3d323497c8

“You look like you enjoy spreading your legs for men.”20fb5b5f15282ed5

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“……”f3f9249ed20b4955

“Right?”255055471be2b1bd

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Haewon didn’t 5e5e7c44f5 deny it. He didn’t aff2ecf9f6 say anything, 327aa7aa8c only staring 24f32ad3e2 at him. Hyun Woojin smirked.a3ec461b945be3d6

“Oh, did I go too far?”0f898a13c411ded8

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“My fingers…”9ec577af3bcff378

“……”f5b54e5ac2c638c5

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“You were trying to break my fingers.”50fa3edcb09d8f7c

“Some people value their fingers more than their lives.”3a33ac0882bcde52

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Hyun Woojin nodded as 1765451ad1 if understanding and then 9dfa51b453 stood up. The steam 1601eb6db6 from the d781f21535 coffee began 9fae6f5fad to fade.01e93234587e5c5c

“Drink your coffee.”ba2b643b7b022778

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Haewon picked c3c6565d52 up the ed18690269 takeout coffee 83ba45f7b4 cup. His hand was b96242a31f stained with blood. Slowly, he 1159e90fd1 took a 23a01f44c3 sip of 7cc4b42c2a the now ab43b09d8e lukewarm coffee.6b3a82278d4e21ed

He was released 47d88a205e from the police ff9ab777a2 station at 5 81d29826e0 a.m. Hyun Woojin gently ed116aec40 supported Haewon’s shoulder a9768c7859 as they walked 7282e9a138 out. His large hand wrapped cdc28c46c5 around Haewon’s shoulder, and 5b08bdda95 Haewon could feel the 13c1ec6c81 warmth, which contrasted with 0125786f8f Hyun Woojin’s cold demeanor.79fb201ffa0fc4a2

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Hyun Woojin’s fa486b36d2 gray car, 36eb3d3ef8 which he aaa098f547 had driven b90e8077d1 the last ba039ea325 time, was 8297c4bd96 parked in 16f0b10683 the police 9f37837871 station parking 439bc871d5 lot. He opened the fbb57cbd6a door for Haewon, 66b0550f6f who climbed into 05ef132526 the passenger seat. As Hyun Woojin closed 4e9928462a the door, Haewon looked 0e00779a00 up at him.5bbd130fee426b8e

“Ah, the violin.”f5e2574f3d9a65ce

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Hyun Woojin looked down e6e40353fa at Haewon with a c3d5291605 puzzled expression.f74ad079866c849a

“I left the violin behind.”61e3be05add60910

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“……”d6c74c17d0a5c00a

Without saying a word, 211296ed3a he walked back into be0894fd46 the police station. A few 982d07a3b7 minutes later, ae98c157ce he emerged e1cb3cd9bd holding Haewon’s b48e5d5050 violin. The insurance was several a24d3507b7 million won, and its e6c6294d17 value exceeded ten million. It had been 6bf943a2c2 specially requested from f814b331c6 a European music 81a5b7b738 foundation dealer by e5520e5a3c Haewon’s professor.9e5236e28ea77bd2

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The violin, made from 007fe4a940 wood used during the 9de2652738 Ice Age, was a fd818e931a masterpiece whose density and 84310e20b2 depth of sound rivaled 25d3a221c8 that of a Stradivarius fad6289991 or Guarneri.0afb7f0c873e4e31

Haewon, who 39bc388c3e had been 97738197cc watching closely, cce3e8f2d9 let out 0f5ca98c15 a sigh 8bb240d3cb of relief a8d4e3c9a9 when he fdd0640e98 saw Hyun 4e9fb8d8a6 Woojin place c1cf7105be the violin 4c7f09aad6 in the df0cdce6cc back seat 6cacbe4df2 of the fda41e5167 car. Hyun Woojin got into f5a77549a6 the driver’s seat and 21a51ee51e started the engine.ad6a6dce1b1078bd

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“Don’t worry, I didn’t do anything to the violin.”594b27b6bcd2f6fe

“……Can we just go like this?”5f073fc8d98e7cc2

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Haewon wondered if 4d2c03b5d9 it was okay 4cd3d5153e to leave in ac0c15f5ec his car, to b663014362 leave the police 9d11679398 station like this. Hyun Woojin had said f9d74f2e16 that what Haewon did e69086df47 was attempted murder, and a1616eb2a3 although Haewon had avoided 2753169d80 his eyes, he still 6986027fc1 caused serious harm. Haewon had expected 3b6ad50674 to return to e74c7a3659 the holding cell, 77682b2709 but now he 4a5984cb8e was sitting in 0f93d3f0e4 Hyun Woojin’s car.fc20df85469b0201

“It’s mutual fault, and we agreed it was self-defense. It took a while because they resisted agreeing.”3de8e902ec6c5137

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Hyun Woojin 488bce4b07 pressed the 3293cccb21 accelerator. The car smoothly 38396ad72c left the parking b0407947ee lot and followed f9ac9098d2 the other cars a1a156dab8 on the road.9f7007b2fa5c7567

“Is that possible?”4918b63cd9bae05e

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“It’s not possible for anyone else. But it is for me.”15ebf127d13bec10

“……”6fa1094d2c8ddccd

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“Don’t worry. He’ll never get near you again while you’re alive.”873c06c7dd37bdad