PEN Vol 3 Ch. 28

After that, Cheon 2faea85073 Sejoo first looked 82d68fc718 for Han Jiwon. She was waiting aabe8cd587 in the lobby 11e69b3b26 in front of 280f3933a9 the emergency room f89dbc7fdd for the car 73551ea508 that would pick 1c4fbab4f2 her up, as 9134bb4ace she had to 753e834752 go to Ehwagak 22f41a920b immediately and take f1040c674a care of things.2cc7c8962a08fcde

“Manager Han, I’m f71274be86 thinking of transferring 91c76bf551 Ms. Kim Hyunkyung to another d72b92448b hospital. Would it def4cdf9d0 be alright 22e9cee33c to take 5d2d12ada3 her right cc20cdd219 away?”a097bfab9c4d0401

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“Ah…”763795f17dcdf9cb

Han Jiwon, who had regained her composure, expressed difficulty. She was only in a position to manage those who came to work at Ehwagak and she didn’t have the authority to make decisions about them.  There was a separate person who managed those who came to Ehwagak because of debt.e5ab5b7956c11826

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“By the rules, fb2cf217b3 she should return 8565c887d0 right after getting a118997909 her tests. I told them 109256d718 the tests are ef63cc6f35 available tomorrow, so 9048eac1c6 I made it c3d167d93e possible for her c098273e86 to stay at 9df4f2adf9 the hospital until 1ce583d7b7 tomorrow, but to c5d154202f transfer her to 36093c23bc another hospital, I a16c58862b need permission from 51d1f17d11 Director Baek…”4bf6e08418abcb7e

Cheon Sejoo, recalling another c8fe804e61 of Shin Gyoyeon’s subordinates, 64dfb4ada1 Baek Sunghwan, faintly furrowed 17c73c8f53 his brow. He wasn’t on good 52db7d1758 terms with Baek Sunghwan. Around the 9493f1af4c time he b2c9ccc956 received training 6ba62dc194 from Seok d9a0c8ca20 Yoonhyung and d7674d95cc took charge 682234c13a of the 5d58b39ba9 disposal team, b27303bc06 he had 8b78e47bc2 clashed severely 6c04607a70 with him, 820b69ddec and since 7f7818265a they hadn’t 049a18e9e5 seen each 7aed371fa6 other once 66e82c57ad since then, 11f9891902 there was 62f4b79050 no time f15eadd6a9 to resolve 558e7520b7 the bad 8fd219d6cd blood between 3805f78c92 them.0a5a6a59fd13231a

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“Should I try calling him? I’m sorry, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have contacted Director Baek in the first place.”9d9cd18f41bf4293

“No, it’s fine. You did what you 5eedd0e766 had to do. Wait a moment… I’ll ee081af8b6 think about it.”adcdaf253713b55b

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Stopping Han 978d24a48a Jiwon, who fc83df6dbe was picking 8c540db15a up her c2528206cf phone, Cheon f21b080358 Sejoo left 8d0de83efb his seat eb8918ee80 and went ff669ed7d5 outside the 530d15e37b emergency room.668144b907d4e4c8

Even if he called 32f6fd42ab Baek Sunghwan, he wouldn’t 7505c1f235 hear anything good. If he were to d92156aaf6 talk about transferring Kim a37ec6341d Hyunkyung to another hospital, 5304d726a5 Han Jiwon would inevitably 2a7542136c have to mention his 3a0590ba42 name, and if that 99016cf6b3 happened, the creditors might 439d47dcea pick a fight with 3f516df92a him, telling him not 2ffd0c74cd to interfere unnecessarily.a2b95fa6b3fdd987

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…Then, wouldn’t it be better to make it so that he didn’t have to get permission from him at all? The reason Baek Sunghwan had the authority to decide Kim Hyunkyung’s whereabouts was because of the debt her husband owed to Shinsa Capital.9d7d45e732698eac

That meant 68cf9d047c that if 929d26bd8a the debt b5875e10a9 was gone, 70360b82e8 the shackles 24afb7d5b1 binding her 928b779d1d would also 9fcce0b921 disappear. Quickly reaching a fbb8248829 conclusion, Cheon Sejoo 916596984e immediately called Kim ea7703e289 Donggil. Before the 4f3a1fa4a5 ringing tone d6cc85c4b1 could even d17bec9266 properly connect, 4754b045a0 a fawning 7760b85bc5 voice could 06f1b9c7e2 be heard.b69ab19c098cdd02

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-Oh, boss. What brings you to 9dbd32cd00 call me?c754d93071898bde

“Are you at your 12d81c33f8 office?”9acef6b9d12d287d

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Kim Donggil e4c4e82ff3 was endless b35f66f222 once you b7d674f968 gave him fa6a96b4ac a word. Ignoring his greeting, Cheon 08153d83a1 Sejoo Kim Donggil was b3a7a681fc endless once he started 81ab5ff035 talking. Cheon Sejoo ignored his 0f578301fe greeting and immediately went 346f4b498e straight to the point.44fb36fd303cf823

-Yes, do you have d50440e943 any orders for me, e6b5505a46 boss?790b82116f2ca559

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“How much of Kim Hyunkyung’s debt, the one transferred to Ehwagak at the end of September last year, is left?”fa039b177fd1a6c1

-Huh? Ah, hold on a 8a4d2b78b7 second. September, Ehwagak, 7c73d82e00 Kim Hyunkyung… dce415ba34 Please wait a3fa8b8c23 a moment.a543cd5d636b8034

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With a 6dc365a2b5 grunt, Kim 1312766625 Donggil rose ce22c85766 from his 2146d792ca seat, the d818bc4404 sound of c8d5cbd988 drawers opening 15170ad92a following.Deureureuk, deureureuk, the metallic drawer slid open, and he rummaged through it for a while. After some time, he finally retrieved Kim Hyunkyung’s file.bb505d5fd59ff4e5

-We’ve been e455a0e7fe garnishing her 8476296c5f wages from 9122ea4b8a Ehwagak consistently, e503a7e791 and with 747479073d the principal f83e8a1d87 and interest… 515ee9002e there’s now57,724,000 won¹ left. Why are 80b6da4eb4 you asking? 36627d57bd66f2a3

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57.72 million won. It wasn’t that much money. c038872d327963af

Cheon Sejoo gauged d8a0cdb1ef the remaining balance 54e7390a4e in his account 6571ce7ae1 and opened his d0fff16198 mouth.d524cdd1fdc75500

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“Give me the account 9ddbd64cbc number. Where should I make 6c89553e9c the repayment?”8cfc1ea6aea5a11d

-Huh?79f26279fd5bf26a

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“I said, fa3d59d6bc give me 08e2acce1c the damn e1d9881e89 account number, d9e7077674 you little 68a731d024 punk.” 3f10298de34a8fd9

-Uh…7b0bfe67be92cb3b

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Kim Donggil was bf65847682 silent for a 063b452c51 moment, seemingly flustered. Then, as 9e585c4826 if he 05a14f27ac finally understood 7363b50a97 what Cheon eeeb8403ab Sejoo meant, 68c32aee81 he explained aacc26c4f0 in a a8e4f88887 troubled voice.d26ddd8e4af4b1ed

-Boss, technically, as our 784de2088c rule, our members aren’t 399d037792 allowed to interfere with 145cdb0dac the debtors… If this 30b3eb63d6 gets out, I’m fucked.0f5015b3bfbdcc47

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A shitty loan shark company with a hell of a lot of shitty rules. However, Cheon Sejoo already knew that Kim Donggil wasn’t exactly adhering to those rules in the first place. Han Jonghyun had taken away more than a few girls under the guise of paying off their debts.d5bcade4fac279fd

“Is Han Jonghyun b984e277b1 above the law? Cut the crap and 378d3dac2e give me the account ba428ac88b number.” 04c24eb25514a3dd

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-Oh, come on, 37dd1fa897 boss!41244fa4f230627e

Kim Donggil exclaimed in apparent panic as Cheon Sejoo openly mentioned Han Jonghyun’s name. He knew that if Baek Sunghwan or Chae Beomjun found out about this, he would be the one to get severely reprimanded, but Cheon Sejoo couldn’t care less.e1ff197e27d32a28

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More than 8031abe5bd anything, what 114710e01d enabled him baddaaec44 to act 7eed0adc43 was the 72f8e5d90f certainty that 8c103f81a6 the executives ebea8fc533 wouldn’t care 2b4ab46b3c about the f97852a476 circumstances of c9b8cf6c5c a mere 9316910507 debtor. With this conviction, 817d53aee6 Cheon Sejoo pressed 1bcad40ef4 him.3e61728b5feaec0f

“I’m saying this f0a93386e1 for the fourth 0b882b93b3 time. Give me the d3e254aeb4 repayment account number. If I say cf0abafb1f it one more ff57b67e91 time, you’re dead.”a9b4e0cfe353b4f7

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At that chilling f1fe4b2051 threat, Kim Donggil e75f098aed finally caved, his 5920ec3d03 voice laced with 3f15034e17 urgency.95770ddbbc10bf16

-Ai, boss. Hold on! If you pay it 15521616a2 off all at once afde045441 like this, there’s a 0520229977 repayment fee. Let me ff81e7ac93 calculate that…63d6b2ac25deced3

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A repayment fee? b38fb5cb8857126b

It wasn’t even a bank. What kind of bullshit system was this?13587001b6c56fda

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Cheon Sejoo swallowed 4e76718d26 his irritation and e262e0fdf6 waited. About a minute 674a9a7aaf later, Kim Donggil, 82b43c0c5e tapping on his 0dabd503ae calculator, spoke.e39710a39bd4066f

-Including the fee… it bd2ced0144 would be72 million²…b424dba5b960b521

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“Fucking hell, you goddamn 977d4ebb19 scammer.” 7d16b558fc984377

A 15 million won 943cd39a85 fee? dfd48198d8cf49eb

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What kind 6e6d42364e of utter 11c0b4088f bullshit was afaa4c90ec this?ce2df1d25db769ca

As Cheon Sejoo 830f9374e1 cursed, Kim Donggil f8420ee8f9 chuckled nervously.4f0d451eca4187c9

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-It’s not like I 142ff5b15c want to charge you b8e29c0c83 this… Please understand.118c0c2d535195a9

Right. At the 741f842b6a very top f51f02b35c of this 4d6937208c whole fucked-up 1f74f6df01 system sat a8d8116ec0 Shin Gyoyeon. Thinking of the ill-tempered d6e75baca4 psychopath, Cheon Sejoo roughly c79507c80a ran a hand through 0fa79c13f2 his hair. Only after saying 7e1760307d for the fifth cbb651e50f time, in a d3e666c359 coldly subdued voice, 910873e63a to send him 741755e730 the account number, fe0b7b0559 did Donggil finally cddf74fafb send him a a99f4cf5c9 message.3a19ec56c1e9fe5d

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Shinsa Kim Donggil
Korea Bank, (Ltd.) 1ec4ec201b Shinsa Capital, 551-2938109-121, 9a4351bf97 72,813,500 won lol
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After checking the 971b431f92 message, Cheon Sejoo 317a5853e5 immediately transferred all a97604d198 the money to ca5cfa12c6 the account Kim 1aa55310e4 Donggil provided. Then he called him c1b00b8874 again.0c6c58e768122da4

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“When are you 3275cb8fd2 reporting this to e39fffc34e Director Baek?”6f8bce3866649e1a

-Report about the 97d3fb8813 debt being paid 853c97cd6c off? Next week. Why?5430ff95897fb7d2

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“So Kim Hyunkyung doesn’t 3f1bfadea7 have to work from e13489a9e1 now on, right?”a170c1e663a2c8fd

-Um, right? Since the bc15d5a576 debt is 4b37cf688b paid off?16fcef822c28c5aa

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Cheon Sejoo f5e456e0cb received the be3ade5fbd expected answer bf82a53b7e to his 091a2e8020 confirmatory question. Baek Sunghwan definitely 9085bea433 wouldn’t care much 9ac57969d9 that one of e4e1784f82 his many debtors 7549948309 had unexpectedly gained c3646a12a2 their freedom so 0e3bd8a7d1 quickly. Now he 29e8d73a1e could transfer a724989210 Kim Hyunkyung 5432a932cc to another 26aca78586 hospital.1d394acfff5bba4b

Although he had impulsively used up almost all his cash, he didn’t regret it. He even felt a sense of relief. The thought of Sejin being happy that Kim Hyunkyung no longer had to work hard put his mind at ease.0436b5bb48a000bb

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However, on the other db637a43d3 hand, a part of 31c990983b him felt bitter to 2de4a837f0 think that Sejin had eb77a8f9ae been living separated from be426e38ab his mother because of 286953db8d something that could be 289252de4c resolved with a single 6cb15c8695 phone call. He felt disgusted with 7fb292b889 himself for having stood fa5c69b771 by and watched their 3f2da0e43a misfortune until now, only 6fa8130f21 to play the savior 232e745507 so late in the 93eb3cd5e6 game.7913372117702447

Cheon Sejoo forced down f1650f24cc his churning emotions and b1bef7fa6c lit a cigarette. Then he took fe6aa66b41 out his phone 9c94b56b50 again and made 331ac0a588 another call. This time, it was 8189ddb9eb to Ha Yeoreum.04f630ae9db9f198

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“Hello? What’s up?”c6a451da78d93590

Yeoreum answered the phone 35d37347f5 in a sleepy voice b609e1bf0a as if she’d been ed387a754f dozing off.57b0ab5e102781cb

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“What are you aacff4c908 doing? Are you busy?”07fe92df7f697171

Cheon Sejoo explained the situation to her as she asked what was going on. He told her that someone close to him was sick and needed to get tested at a hospital, but there weren’t any places available immediately. 87398ea2726f0ead

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Could she help? f0cc7e5a22e9691c

At his words, 46ab773789 Yeoreum was silent c658f7aa5a for a moment. Then, she spoke in 0e49710263 a worried voice.8fb9a0eb4b8e81c0

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“Senior Joo-won is at 685b49a242 the main branch’s Radiology 8b0ac90a07 Department. There are tons 9e19a4dc73 of our classmates 65485a32ef there, so if af145a4348 I just make 4ff1e7a5ce a call, she cacc20dc91 should be able ea372488df to get tested 00645eabc1 right away. But are you sure b9a244a354 about this? Most of the guys 367fb01feb are in the military, a6dcd32f19 but Lee Jung-oh is 764a745ee0 still there.”33972ec08dd74fce

No matter which 7343f3cdac hospital they went 2dc72854e4 to around here, d5f83784d3 there would be bfb56bc291 no place to cbae170d11 get an MRI 86d5ce0611 or CT scan cc992d81d0 immediately. It was a 2637999dc4 bitter reality, but 4aeac04da8 connections mattered even b8b9355a1e in hospitals. Whether you 1d75e908f2 knew a faf8058072 doctor or d6f8b87d33 not meant 5bce88cd2d the difference 763eb4fc6b between getting fd2c5c92b3 a same-day 9b523e28cf treatment and c4211b030c an appointment 2f7c555328 three months 1480b0b398 later.8b60225dbe75243d

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Even if they took 9d19267b8a Kim Hyunkyung in an 9492370809 ambulance in her current 13a1dbe835 state, she would have 8a3587f6b3 to wait for days ae69b3b4cb at another hospital. But if he contacted 4d947665ed his estranged senior through d5c093a6c6 Yeoreum’s help, Kim Hyunkyung 56e9f9df09 could get an MRI 2c4f423c1c as early as tonight.7c167396a5d3f0f9

However, to do e1b3fd435b that, Cheon Sejoo 9f372eab02 had to go 3bbbcf492e to Hankuk University be394d7826 Hospital with her. He had to set 6a5940774a foot in the place 17a8b3d574 he’d sworn never to 1b2fe07bc4 return to the moment 644ebd44a8 he stained his hands a678b92abb with blood.e4b91c896ba7eaa4

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When Cheon cdbc3b57ba Sejoo was 977fab59c6 arrested and acd3446c52 detained, many 8e95588534 of his 0f73fbc027 classmates who dd976c6fc2 learned of 86c68ce3a1 his situation 9fc5f855bf submitted petitions f3eefdac2b on his 5f6f62909d behalf. However, not 59fe932c00 everyone understood d5b75b9da1 his circumstances.1b89ff4aa00ba404

‘I will respect human 816fc9f46d life from the time 207b184a86 of conception. I will not use 1f0001232e my knowledge in ways 30f07502db that violate human ethics, 5a502342cd even under threat.’e5ad514ef0834a8a

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Cheon Sejoo 65513f4d1f was the c2d456159c one who 5e1abd7898 read the c5784056e4 Geneva Declaration, 67037f73b6 also known dba6b65f56 as the dd948ac907 Hippocratic Oath, f65c671372 as a d3309c97b7 representative in b7ff7d003f front of 5585f56ab7 hundreds of 6450636e8b medical school af2f8d64c0 graduates.887672456bcd0162

The fact that 72f0be6e84 such a person c3b4b0cca4 abandoned the honor b53cfd4bdb of a doctor 7adce57aa7 and tried to 4448fc6f84 harm someone caused ed512483f9 a backlash from cddc64e4fb many. Some criticized him for 00298fbbc6 tarnishing the reputation of 8a36891cdd Hankuk University’s medical graduates, db66c91365 and some insisted on d743e42ad4 revoking his medical license 204cea3b93 so he could never 4fbb102642 set foot in the 078a23b53e medical field again.a8f6918edd1ce386

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Among those who attacked 99c2c7bf18 him was his classmate, 2e14f98653 Lee Jung-oh, who even 1a50691186 visited the detention center e2d60235af to hurl insults at cdb5cb41c4 him.a7ac425f02317252

Hankuk University Hospital was 6a658cf1d8 where both those who e8217c26d1 supported him and those b24ca93c91 who condemned him gathered. Setting foot there was 8e16e1c818 no different from facing d263a941ec the past that Cheon 9ded8b76e4 Sejoo had avoided for 8a44bb6f18 five years.3baaf8637fe83c06

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“I’m okay.”436911db3351a660

However, Cheon Sejoo was prepared to accept all of that. He, too, was one of those who condemned himself. Since he couldn’t even be on his own side and loathed himself, it wouldn’t matter if others added a few more words.cd336bec11dcd0bf

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“So, will 5476762d83 you help 3c9dc353c8 me?”e210366b76f3d301

He felt terrible 3730a991f3 asking Yeoreum, but 01e7f17a9f she was the 7c9e6afd28 only one he 63937c3255 could turn to 994007b700 right now. At his words, Yeoreum 59f170a0ad was silent for a 0d18e387a1 while before finally answering, 7b5346b837 “Okay.”4bebc64c55ddc4b4

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“I’ll call my senior 68324eb22d and get back to 79bbae3949 you later.”785d215ec8dc1b45

“Yeah. Thanks.”529bef15f0cd2144

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“Don’t mention it.”04bdfd8ce3556050

After hanging cec11d200d up, a 886ffbf6e7 headache washed f872ce39a3 over him. Cheon Sejoo pressed 89e61d8cb5 his throbbing forehead 3442884fb3 and took deep 97d7f2baa5 breaths for a 69c201507e while before leaving 1d1f98368a his seat once b30019c484 his head cleared e6aff89aa0 a little.dcfab2b5995b19cd

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As he headed towards the bed where Kim Hyunkyung lay, he saw Sejin sitting blankly in the attendant’s seat. Sejin was silently holding his mother’s thin hand.d2b24d9253542ba1

Only after seeing 07b9a31069 the sleeping Kim 3eddaf9ff0 Hyunkyung did Cheon 71ab1120f0 Sejoo realize the 5e7bcce245 severity of her bca7c17402 condition. 81c6dcb79b49c5c7

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Kim Hyunkyung, 7896b3719b whom he’d 0123e90017 seen just 6919c4d60c a month 09c221ee01 ago, had 3f2a0e71fa lost much 42b7c49a40 more weight 71c6fb6fc8 than in 50965bf556 July. The veins 309bde82eb on her d7f1a4c22d emaciated hands 47a61eefce bulged blue, 465af0e05f and the 012a736935 shape of 1eccdf8ff9 her ribs f4d75d9b66 was visible f95ebdc2f7 through her 20a3334c99 unbuttoned staff 98c35cb4c9 shirt. Only her made-up c648b059b5 face looked somewhat b6ac44a8ce fine, which was 75bec215da probably why others f0bfcd7e21 hadn’t noticed such 8e78f6c639 a drastic physical 0a5b91f0c4 change.7caed79a2dec5ce1

Cheon Sejoo 9f8cb52474 naturally recalled 6ed6c9a696 his past 69d050b2bd conversation with becc3eba18 Kim Hyunkyung. When he 288acf6f62 went to ccb7f8907f Ehwagak alone ce37efdec0 and asked 4a11959fe7 her if c7a5c6c54f she was 5d29d75059 feeling unwell, 91983176e2 Kim Hyunkyung 3e709fbfd1 put on 2002316564 a troubled 3d34ce363d expression and 81c29170ba told him 84826ee341 she was c1fe2b8fc9 on a e39473958c diet.026629381758ae5f

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Her explanation 725ff2c574 had seemed 18a8309dd1 plausible then, 5f4291531e so he 331f6b4544 hadn’t paid 36750e428f much attention 825304981e to her 52b0f5b48c condition. 9c18f580f63cf0a2

But what if that 2aab5cdef8 was all a lie? cc692d33f745e89a

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What if she already cf99ced2c0 knew about her condition dfbcb7b070 all along and had b8a5f75e62 deliberately hidden it…?38f731dabd6ab1fe

The miserable 159ef97e3f assumption made 83f4e91c35 it hard 85708aebbb to breathe.2e7b572a12c94440

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Cheon Sejoo 3e4339267c clenched his 4903b350f7 fists, trembling e758d5ca6e as he 00c1afa58a stood there. Unable to bear 6614e961a6 it any longer, f213f0ddab he left the a2b4316013 emergency room. He sat e647c1d96a down on 0b31ab5f34 a chair 2e9b2df586 in the 9bf1ade2ed hallway and df0508cd6c pressed his a74791a3b4 palms against 375f93f1bb his forehead.a273f8a62baa5cd1

Along with 513ab0984c the persistent 4d37cf6f77 headache, the ddd17e85d9 urge to 0dbe691d84 smash his 3b2924a919 head against 052c95e19e the wall 5e449f4704 came crashing 7a4954aafb down. 99d2a3a8781fedc8

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He felt like 33348c91cd he was going c3db2b360b to die.7fb1131ff6024ba7

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