Brother, You're Mistaken (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 71

My daughter died over ten years ago.

She was a slender girl with a pale face, as fresh and pure as a wildflower. Whenever we held hands and walked down the street, everyone’s eyes would instantly turn to her—such a lovely child.

She was kind, gentle, and tender-hearted. She might have been taken advantage of out in the world, but she was never the type to harm anyone.

My endlessly precious child was also exceptionally bright, always making her single mother swell with pride.

Mom, I got the scholarship again! You don’t need to worry about tuition this semester. Did I do well?

Whenever she came home chattering excitedly with her report card, the exhaustion from spending all day selling fish at the market would vanish.

Won Hye Rim.

That was the name of my one and only child.

“I miss you, my daughter….”

Ms. Do gently stroked Hye Rim’s face in the photograph, her eyes fixed on it endlessly.

After divorcing my husband, she was the only family I had left. And now, even she was gone.

When Ms. Do heard the news of Hye Rim’s death, she was cutting fish at the market. It had been an unusually good day for business.

She was in high spirits, even though the last customer—trying fish stew for the first time—was unusually particular about how the fish was prepared. Ms. Do cheerfully packed up the customer’s remaining discounted items and said warmly,

“To keep the fish from tasting fishy, mix in plenty of doenjang, dear! If it turns out delicious, come back again, okay?”

Just as she sent off that final customer, the phone rang—it was the police.

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