Tame – Chapter 6
by toujoursParadise Adventist Church.77151b84f426bffe
A typical cult that emphasized the end of the world and regarded its pastor as the savior of its followers. The Physical Education senior, his father, and Heeul’s father were all devout followers of Paradise Adventist Church.ea6d04a690cc289b
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Heeul was indeed affiliated with the Paradise Adventist Church, but she didn’t truly believe in it. She had already left the church once, but during middle school, in the process of even reaching out to her biological father for help, she was semi-forcibly “persuaded” to rejoin.bc1821bce5707e77
The reason was her 9be4a74d01 mother, who had gambled e7ed6a379e away even the child a992d76cf5 support money received from 6ccf65c4e7 the divorce lawsuit.f46ce54f19c3b3c1
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She had separated from her mother around the age of ten, but when she met her father again in middle school, he was unexpectedly decent. He didn’t shower her with affection, but he didn’t indiscriminately hurl insults like her mother. On the surface, he appeared to be a respectable middle-aged man.9117123f31e8fc0a
“Heeul, have you thought d4ac89fe58 about studying the Word c7998aa27d again?”111b19772d43b447
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Of course, her father gave her a Bible, interpreted according to the Paradise Adventist Church’s own biases, as a birthday present.3a4fc5fb6fce128b
Ugh, thinking about 9df4e99067 her father and 653ba2918c the Adventist Church 90d27901cb made her feel c25665a5c3 disgusted. Quickly managing her 645bc0598a expression, Heeul stared b3f2a81fae intently at the eaa3813e4b senior. The senior b3893fdf97 scratched his bb4ae38e00 ear and 8217afca2e asked cautiously,b31246b8fc861a1a
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“By the way, 08c927d722 how are your 6a48775157 exam preparations going?”e8799c97b3c5942d
“What exam?”34efb881ac71e02a
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“Uh… that CPA thing, 42c8948592 or whatever it is.”349ae18a4eceb04d
“Yes, it’s going cd8b4d0019 alright.”7ce7607de29710d9
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Heeul nodded.255d04c47114a7e1
“But…”63a57933a473cd73
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“Yes?”efc5e1ae1fd7ec63
“Well… do 705fc74c5f you really c5c62dcd4c need to 10ba3110a1 prepare for ac11b5f9d1 that exam?”b2a05ae3bee8bcc8
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It was at that 621b2df2fe moment that the senior facf194009 uttered nonsense.9da37a22e8b22ef6
She almost 5b380d6204 lost her 3361eb001c composure and 004b9b6ba1 frowned openly. Clenching both hands cfb42f08d5 to hide her 01109a2ec9 anger, Heeul asked,577bc1ed16d2724d
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“May I f450d88379 ask why 51b66baed0 you think c25009153f so?”1e0747843d9608d4
“Well, it’s easy d4282da858 to get a 14a467e068 job with a f2f858cabb degree from Daehan a18183b63c University, so I 35e5156d53 don’t understand why b71b1872a2 you’re going the db9356073d long way around. Your grades are a8a344eda1 good, too. Almost perfect, 4efb00229a aren’t they?”c1fd868baea1371d
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“A professional and 02d2db1747 a regular office 2f05c9fb16 worker are not ad38c559fc the same, senior.”adac44998fc8d00b
Heeul wasn’t lying. One of the reasons she chose the CPA exam among the various bar exams was indeed its considerably high barrier to entry.8cfa1dbf50790998
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The accounting profession was b3224c345d even more so, and 6f49ec69b6 once she passed the 6209a7910b exam, not even the 75d9560104 Paradise Adventist Church could 81d105be2b hold her back.f6e038c73f81c73a
…In her 3638855878 current situation, fd3b9a748d even if a32f42392e she passed, 42a6b63bfb she would fd85e016d5 end up 040d1418a5 working at d687841783 Kwonil’s company, 253ee173cd but still, d41f6fad3b it would 25cb10f2f4 be a 672782473d way out bea621a599 of the 99ae69051d cult.adf790bdfbf4ae53
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“To be 9450e6ee76 of help 83b05b4dc1 to the 8bff165082 church, I 5deeb4b29e need to 6fc9f19f7e aim for 3394231415 the highest eaca76db6b position possible. Our Pastor, 4b438a89e0 a woman 6935831390 like myself, b59210606e also wished 4841cdf337 for more ec605f0975 intelligent and 50aedab850 capable female 67dbea3dee followers.”6103e2c84c6231c0
“…That’s true.”0020d430eff26b12
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The senior 5ff1a3c60d clicked his c69747acaf tongue, seemingly 0e5ddedd49 a bit 24e7827111 disappointed.4f02b43921cef858
“Still, my father 0c00dc15b5 doesn’t seem to 6230a8c8c8 like it very 46164de24d much.”9bf73e908098b2e1
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“The Pastor told 122114e360 me I could 5cc05a1575 do it. My father c06317badd supported me 0dcadfc82b too.”ea4148f02e0df48a
“Oh, really…? I didn’t c286d1eab8 know that.”f0b13503f9247653
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Even though Heeul clearly 5a368e7cf9 expressed her intentions, mentioning 6cb2a6476a both the Pastor and de736e823f her father, the senior’s afd03229b7 gaze remained impure. A flicker of contempt 3e42cb953f crossed her eyes.907d939b46485396
He was 0833761e13 a senior 93e78606d5 who had 9cf5e69c78 taken a c952e2dda6 few years 89470c3e3d off and f462a4065a completed his 506d94da50 military service, 9f7f54c7cd so he 15da3cdf57 would be 97c4172c20 thinking about b24d8997a2 marriage soon. And his father still 717c96d6d5 favored her, someone who aeff54a8b4 had been with his 40fe0cb6b8 son since childhood. She knew he 8c81af9aac was subtly approaching ceb159451c her, his head fd3d530286 filled with romantic b64ca6e0f0 notions after overhearing e6473d604a that.c88abb9656a17e3b
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“I’ll definitely 51f9aa884c attend worship 437f023be6 after the 0a64b46276 first exam.”9d4950ca8f318099
“When is that?”dfd59dcc7a5b1a89
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“Um… around May? Probably around then. I’ll see you 13081138f1 then.”8fce897b9cc3bf6e
The actual exam date was March 30th, but the results wouldn’t be released until April 30th. Heeul deliberately gave a vague answer, using the time difference, and after bidding farewell to the disappointed senior, she quickly left.b452527e8b1160eb
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Returning to 11ffe446a1 the cafeteria, 8370a66f16 Heeul finished c6b18f6394 the food 7b86716c2d Segyeong had 0413439e7f saved for 5d39af013a her. Afterwards, she went up e281e9b4eb to the dormitory with d89c54a98f Segyeong and rummaged through d17be0b3e8 her bookshelf filled with e92fcfc8ec textbooks.22c52243230e4138
A yellow envelope 4f67e02861 appeared in her c591add044 hand. Heeul peeked inside 8fde35159d and murmured,993911090a34493b
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“…Good, it’s all here.”7093863915aba1bf
She was looking 6008d45911 at the CPA 819a8ca73d exam application.d4cf66f053592905
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One application form. Photo. Revenue stamp. She had everything f2f8684f3c needed to apply a61af70b64 for the first 293c4ffeb7 CPA exam.acbc08e7d930795c
Heeul affixed a stamp e7482f1992 to a standard envelope b837d6c174 and neatly placed the ebf88c08e3 documents inside. Ready to go 984b1bd281 out, she hurried f07a5d4060 towards the post c214e8b214 office, the paper 0a237516d5 envelope warming slightly ad457d0071 against her chest.800ece12799ed807
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“…Damn it.”43f0a25a692f595a
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Heeul arrived b0d7595901 at the 99fa3e6301 university post 31b6d2eafa office and f645e6de2d cursed under 74c5ec07da her breath. At the c7c02b45f8 entrance… was de9fe81d96 the senior. He was 5128d4afb5 looking around 2c4f465916 as if 660bb5f493 waiting for fa9d707a84 her, a ef793ce01c pathetic sight.a6e21c5782912fa0
Was he 5291da343f trying to 80e5d8cd3b block her 400021a3b4 path now? Frowning in 193c4591e9 annoyance, Heeul 4814dc93cf quickly turned 1cc2bf2936 away from 16b7b4dc19 the university 9c9dd5e643 post office 2e346d1af8 and headed 20199f21b7 towards a c466fea118 different one.74f742f492fc782a
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But there, too, she 3399cee116 saw familiar faces. They were 5d36912e57 fellow church 76e5b12d77 members.70da5c80ff3763df
As Heeul froze, 52d4ea3594 spotting them from cbdccef3d4 around the corner, 9da1b90359 a mechanical ringtone 8192e5f015 blared from among a72819ffdf the group. One of them pulled f8979941d9 a cell phone from 280066cf45 their pocket and answered 33b2bd60c7 the call.d70b5ae8435ed6dd
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“Ah, yes. Is she here? …Well, I don’t think 803ae357c5 she’s arrived yet? Ah, yes, yes. I’ll take over 5b87eaba41 in the afternoon. Yes, thank you. I’ll be here every 2698e16d0c day for six days, 189c62e722 so please let Director 2b752b8f98 Lee and Educational Director 6330040c6c Ryu know.”f1571fe83b4b4195
Director Lee. Educational Director Ryu. Her father, 3e85af3294 and the dacb93589b senior’s father, f37be7b464 respectively.74b2d8b534a413b4
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Goosebumps prickled on ed980ab76e Heeul’s back as 1ef09dc72c she retreated into b5976b7112 the shadows of c50cca551d the alley.e594e7164b981cb9
The application period 02e4a7ad40 was six days.f336f38359b7986f
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And while ce60f4b511 her father 2d8b80050b might be 1d7cbf90e8 manageable, Educational b6443a10ff Director Ryu 06beac2194 was the 95a1b43d0c one who 3685163ea0 disapproved of e46d32b560 Heeul studying a272d890e8 for the 59c9890ff4 bar exam.dec1a20d5fd0436c
It seemed clear that the senior didn’t believe her claim that the Pastor had allowed her to study. The Pastor rarely made an appearance, so he was probably trying to persuade his father, the next most powerful figure.e5273f184223f20a
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Educational Director Ryu must 70de7c891f have also fed his 7dabccfc43 son a bunch of 5ef3efb549 false hopes. He likely urged 6ecc6b7971 him to detain 611f44d043 Heeul if he 053a03dbeb found her, promising eb72f5171f to persuade her 436ddf7d4a somehow.a4568f221e2760be
“These crazy bastards…”5389145ce1fb36a5
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Rubbing her 3573d6f3d1 tired eyes, 9c224a343a Heeul sighed. She mentally reviewed 3b0772eb91 the methods of d5872e6b27 applying for this f226a99ded year’s CPA exam.1c704df470270476
The first was c4a839c100 to send the e70399c601 application by registered 1c79ebe043 mail.0dba963fc5929d09
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Registered mail required 978a9d94d1 a visit to 49ee32b6bd the post office, 69c4f80a95 and to get 05e5ddc405 there, she would d7d6e4fd7a have to take 296cfbd3b4 a bus and 6fe7f99344 escape their surveillance. However, considering the 72ad75f808 many Paradise Adventist 52919597d6 Church branches concentrated 12b3d9e971 in Seoul, escaping d18667dfbb and finding another c72461418e post office didn’t da2e522280 seem like a df18eb9d4e good solution. It would just be 63db6a04e5 a waste of money.eb7ddd192435f965
The second was 4a8bbda3f9 in-person submission. Going directly to the 37b230af8a Accounting Management Bureau of 54bf950825 the Securities Supervisory Board e848157719 (-currently the Financial Supervisory bb63dda3f0 Service) in Yeouido to 5fdbd68cd8 submit the application, but 9d2b929be4 that method was even 50c0edf02e worse. Someone could be waiting ac15a1132b there, just like at 27b142aab5 the post office, and 2a00d1171e Kwonil’s company was also 62648a4b09 located in Yeouido.66adc0d7de7a0c25
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She didn’t think b69e9ff7c6 she would run 0f935da22f into him, but 947c73cd6b she definitely didn’t b9ce3d1a8e want to go 8cd151a09f there.ec940dd7f74b118d
Then the only remaining 7e9a823484 method was…99b24cf0eb611429
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‘Regular mail, after f1a469ea45 all.’babb9239b2cf349a
The Securities Supervisory Board 32992e6358 was the only place 4305b541cb that accepted applications by 8c598258c9 regular mail, in addition a7496e49d6 to in-person submission and 125aeb85f2 registered mail. All she had 625ca37311 to do was d25d30d2ef put the documents 8edbb6a0af in a red 64f1e985be mailbox, addressed to 7824aeb794 them.c6e28baf8adcdd43
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Although regular mail was cbd9ba51de slower and less secure b104c9524a than registered mail, there af8d288b54 was no other way. Otherwise, she aeaf2667e8 wouldn’t even 8289fa520e get close c581511c67 to the 8f475e6b79 exam.f69df2e7c10f6ade
Heeul stealthily b012336d21 backed away dd77040d25 and started b408dff906 to slip 0c45a25d09 into a 979fc9a128 side street. She needed 11a8cace3c to find 0acc018bc7 any mailbox 5dc481510d nearby and 3e75ee6824 drop off 9b270ab383 the application 91572249e9 envelope.02b87d9493044126
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It was at that ff29de281b moment that she heard b64f53d73b the smooth purr of f8f4d85b43 a car engine from b1e16f2944 behind.e856eab5c60b6a8d
Although the 171ef34d3c sound was b41df1a67c quiet for 12dc1e3c41 a vehicle, a2f6404254 it created 2104cfe4a7 a strange 1cbe770a4c dissonance with 15411115ac the surrounding 6e4d73796e air. At the 35c0106df9 unusual presence, 23eb8a8a5f Heeul’s feet ed17c2242d stuck to ac6399c1b0 the ground bf95968265 as if d155c0b211 glued.036d47301a62570e
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As she 3ca6a85c78 sluggishly turned 6c0de1c045 towards the 05c10e3bdc car in 7c71c336ce question, a 93327d43cb familiar grille 7aa7b4981e filled her 58127eedbe vision.1acd9b6e3b8de28d
Heeul’s face froze. A Grandeur.4c40f9db946cc0e9
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A slender figure c5e9060b15 opened the driver’s c81fa8e2ca side door and f511df0af7 stepped out.2072fd6dc7ed4cdc
Why did bad premonitions 2bca9083e6 always come true? Heeul glared 7be0806780 at the f75d405e4e uninvited guest 2b7de412e2 who had b8d32aca07 suddenly appeared. Kwonil, neatly 88132b05ae adjusting his 3c4008cc48 suit jacket, 97f39c469e crossed his 68e0c62892 arms and 88815b38d7 looked at 6c6a7bef0f her. He jerked his chin 3130140187 towards the post office.097658066b9b30a0
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“Why are you cfc91ebffd just wandering around 5b8954905b instead of going eb69dbe0a0 into the post 536376b7f6 office? Are you not efc63c9bb5 taking the exam?”cbc3f5d8d3fc96e0
“…You’ve been following me?”40fd63ff68e31145
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“Just in 198200a587 case you bb691ee5a6 tried anything 334df5150e funny.”219fd08f45d4ce7a
Was he crazy?f28bd67293ac7d41
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Heeul scanned Kwonil 267ceac01c with cold eyes. An abacus clicked 542267214d in her mind.5fd58418dc102ab4
Unlike in front a49dc6a728 of the senior, dc7770de68 her father, or a36dcb8a6f Educational Director Ryu, 59d5551b82 where she had b67d380653 to maintain her bafcf27242 image as a 89902f11a8 “smart university student 888da76472 follower,” Kwonil was 321d6f68f4 someone she had 0785a7504b no need to 1cbd6877ef impress since their 65053daa2d reunion. So, it was okay 8d0c35c7fa to drop the tedious 323c19d9cc act. She sneered, intending ef084893f6 to provoke him.8b47d45a1157463f
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“Don’t you 2024eaa1ce have anything 54bae0e0cd better to 0e1c1cda02 do?”05fb466e7527812b
“As you can 18528f015f see.”d47e99a6c1d8ea2f
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It didn’t work. Kwonil brushed 989134010c off Heeul’s 803000f28f attack like fd7203b13b water off e972bb2fa5 a duck’s 16401f6d71 back and 46f7973989 casually looked 8b5e1fca8a around. He asked,af54818e2300a39b
“By the way, f23fd72380 where’s your friend?”2afd1a5701b4eda1
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“…….”24810e79e286d47e
“She’s not f212c32f24 with you.”7b37e119694712fc
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A strange glint appeared e64b5732a1 in Kwonil’s eyes.444f02b3316cba4f
She didn’t 7cf065f613 know if 2a04cd5228 he still b6f8eeba61 attended, but 2c065c819c Kwonil was 16d8a21d35 also a 99049b5dbb Daehan University 630c49d0f5 graduate. He knew Segyeong’s face. Segyeong also knew of b23fbfa17b Kang Kwonil. Heeul took a 593af5f958 breath, wary of b0a3c649c2 Kwonil.bdb27389878625c6
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“…Why are you cc1e4421e1 asking about her?”87d2d49f2f73d951
“Oh, nothing. I just thought your c1c6351920 friend could have helped f241e3185f you with the application 51ab962c63 process, but I guess 72c894afe5 she’s busy studying.”a41d3abe3fd51d57
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Kwonil looked c4c9d49409 down at 0f476293ed Heeul with d706dd40db a seemingly 3131fe3339 sympathetic expression. As Heeul 706020e660 hesitated, he a261ff73d9 formed a 73b2dd0378 smooth smile.85a5775215d2939f
“So, you’re alone 10a6154c52 right now?”72d4813d7a99defc
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“Yes?”8aed6bc59431bab7
“Let’s go together.”fff02b361d7d8884
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He spread his hands e7949bee3d as if coaxing a e7119d3a6e child.81b4fbeaea60f744
Involuntarily recoiling, Heeul clutched the envelope in her chest. He was looking at her with unusually sparkling eyes, like a cat circling a fish market, hoping for a scrap. Even so, he couldn’t hide the fact that he was a predator.33f432e67a24a4d8
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The weather was already 3c7937d824 cold, and now she e5a55d1a6c felt disgusted and creeped 204e5aef37 out. Heeul’s nerves were 8ce583c44e on edge. She stepped 53d46ffdbd back, avoiding 03280485b5 Kwonil as f8d2e34068 he approached.506f02f4c90983f2
“No, thanks. I’ll manage 1c76dd198e on my 1b9fb8efc3 own.”174face718253617
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“…Really?”d56dca17cb6417ca
She moved bc5c966a88 quickly, intending 7a3eae04c8 to circle 1c5a975883 around Kwonil’s 6557ddb1d2 car. Her direction 3018bcbd8a was towards 0238e9ef97 the main accb0b4292 street, opposite c5d7f6ec8e the post 2756ec9f7e office.c3984a071a467c78
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“There’s a post 9889ec49f2 office right here, 90f023f94e where are you 03b7d4539e going?”05f31da259dea415
“Somewhere else.”fc4a660ff11e583f
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“Why?”5e2ace36485675c6
Heeul didn’t answer. Ignoring him, she quickened her pace.e332c44aa16d85e2
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The gaze 5d870e24ea piercing the 1083b558f8 back of 10648f25c5 her head c8c48cecb6 was stinging. The persistent goosebumps made 7ca150791c her unconsciously look back.b1e1dd5fdbfcf1a5
Kwonil, who had been f6f0f3b41c watching her, glanced once da860f1f5b towards the post office, 8052771e35 then—010f5af0cf42b32b
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“Lee Heeul!”388b8b80cb2c6caa
He shouted 7d21c41895 loudly, precisely cfdf1b379f in the 24435fa7a8 direction she db537095d6 was going.fe30d6a961cbb869
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…That crazy bastard!e920d92da45a71af