“Arin’s asking if this is a recording.”
No, she can even ask me questions.
“What is two plus two?”
Ikhyun burst into laughter at the childish question.

Four. Give me a harder one.
Arin, with furrowed eyebrows, asked another question.

“What is three hundred eightyseven times ninetytwo?”
Why did the difficulty suddenly skyrocket?

The eversmiling Lee Kyung turned her head abruptly to look at the child. The child who looked so much like Tae In was desperately holding back tears, a sight that was both cute and touching, causing a surge of emotions.

“Thirtyfive thousand six hundred and four. Is that correct?”
You think you got it right?

“… Ye, Yes. It’s correct. Sister.”
Only then did Arin shed her small tears like droplets. Nok Hyun, perhaps anticipating this, naturally handed her a tissue.

“Si, Sister, are you, are you dead? Were, were you alive? Si, Sister, where, where were you?”
Arin asked through her heavy sobs, and Tae In scratched her head, seemingly puzzled, but her nose and eyes were already reddened.

“Why, why didn’t you, you come to see me?”
…I’m sorry, I’m sorry Arin. Your sister was a little broken.
At Tae In’s words, Arin stared at Tae In’s face while vigorously wiping away her tears.

No matter how much she looked, she couldn’t figure out what was broken.

Sister’s memory was temporarily lost. I’m really sorry, but I couldn’t even remember Arin.
Tae In finally let out the tears she had been holding back.

Nok Hyun understood Tae In’s feelings. It must have been hard for her to talk about her own situation for the first time.

“Why, why…?”
There was an accident. Thanks to Arin telling my brotherinlaw, he and the sister who was there saved me. Thank you so much.
Arin gritted her eyes and lips. Her sister was alive, and she finally got to talk to her. She couldn’t just sob and end the call like a fool.

In a way, she felt sorry for her brotherinlaw. It was because she had yelled at him, resenting him for not rescuing her sister at that time.

“Did you, you not come to see me, me because…”
I don’t remember who hurt me. If I go in this condition, it might be dangerous again.
“Da, Daddy.”
Yes?
“Daddy was the one who, who did it.”
…Really?
“It was Se, Seji who did it, it to sister.”
Remembering the situation at that time, Arin started shaking.

Memories about Seji and other memories of him tormenting her also surfaced.

I’ll find out everything. I’ll remember everything. You don’t have to force yourself to tell me.
Nok Hyun patted Arin’s small back. Just like Tae In had done for him.

“Ye, Yes. Please, please remember.”
Yes, I’ll remember for sure. Let’s contact each other again next time. You must keep the secret.
“Yes!”
After the call ended, Arin wiped her face smeared with tears and snot.

She was familiar with pretending not to have cried, as she got scolded a lot for crying while stuttering her words.

Every time she did, Tae In recognized her and put her favorite chocolate in her mouth.

And then, she comforted her.

Just like how her brotherinlaw was comforting her now by patting her back.

Then she would feel sad again and tears would well up, but Tae In never got angry, she pretended not to know and kept comforting her.

At that time, she wondered why her sister never hugged her, but now she knew.

It was because she wanted to grow up strong, just like her sister.

“Th, thank you. And, and I’m sorry.”
Before she knew it, the car had arrived at the house, and Arin delivered her heart before it was too late.

Thanking him for saving her sister, and apologizing for holding a grudge without knowing that.

“It’s okay.”
“Also, and.”
Arin pulled out an old teddy bear from her kindergarten bag.

“Please, please make sure to give this to, to my sister. Please, make sure.”

Je Ha had done a paternity test with the hardearned hair of Chairman Seo Jeong Gyu and Tae In’s hair.

And he received the test results.

The result was a mismatch.

Of course it was. It was right that Seo Tae In was dead. Although he had requested the test thinking that they might be twins, if she wasn’t the chairman’s child, she was just a lookalike.

Still, he didn’t tell Se Ji.

He thought he might be able to use the woman who resembled Tae In.

He hadn’t made a specific plan, but if he intended to use her, she would be very handy.

Je Ha handed a shopping bag filled with bread to the secretary who brought him the chairman’s hair.

“Go and eat with your mother.”
The secretary, who confirmed the key peeking out among the bread in the shopping bag, smiled contentedly.

It meant to keep quiet about the matters related to Chairman Seo.

“You’re planning something incredibly cunning, aren’t you? Right? As expected, attorney, you’re my role model.”
The secretary showed a thumbsup.

Having long served as a faithful servant to Je Ha, who took on all sorts of dirty work within the company, the two got along very well.

The secretary left work with a light step, and Je Ha let out a short sigh.

He had more than one or two things to deal with. He threw the floral pants that he couldn’t bring home and had crammed into the cabinet into the trash can.

He also threw the memory of that day, which he couldn’t even write in his autobiography, into the trash can.

But why, he kept thinking of that woman.

Her laughter echoed in his ears and her innocent smile flickered in front of his eyes.

Je Ha put the pants and memories that he had thrown into the trash back into the cabinet and shut the door tightly.

“Have I finally gone mad?”