“What’s the matter?”
“Where am I?”
“You’re in Han Yul Hospital. The doctor will be here soon, please wait a moment.”
“What about the sevenyearold girl? She was with me.”
“There was no sevenyearold girl.”
It seemed that Arin did not come with her. Should she consider this a relief?

As the nurse began to move, Tae In urgently called her to stop.

“I need to use the bathroom.”
“There’s a bathroom inside.”
“The toilet is clogged.”
The nurse let out a deep sigh and called a security guard. A large man entered the hospital room and checked the toilet.

“I’ll fix it soon…….”
“I need to go so urgently it’s unbearable.”
When Tae In made a desperate face, the security guard looked at the nurse with a troubled expression.

“Please show me to the bathroom.”
“Yes.”

The nurse had asked the security guard, and Tae In was soon able to follow the guard into the restroom.

Please, let there be at least one person.

Stepping into the restroom, Tae In sighed with relief when she saw a woman washing her hands at the sink.

“Excuse me, can I use your phone for a call?”
The woman washing her hands turned her head to look at Tae In.

The moment Tae In made eye contact with the woman, her eyes widened in surprise.

Despite wearing a black hat pulled low, the beautiful appearance could not be concealed.

The villainess in the drama she had watched three times, it was Hae Su.

“Hae, Hae Su?”
Tae In gaped at the woman, forgetting her own situation.

The woman furrowed her brows.

“I’m a real fan!”
At Tae In’s words, the woman glanced around and put her forefinger to her lips.

It was a gesture for silence.

Despite still frowning, the woman looked at Tae In as if fascinated.

“Amazing, I’m seeing Hae Su… I’m a real, real fan!”
Seeing the tears welling up in Tae In’s eyes, the woman let out a hollow laugh.

“Liar.”

“Huh?”
“You’re not my fan.”
“I… I watched that drama three times. You’re even more beautiful in person!”
“What’s your angle?”
The woman in the drama and Hae Su appeared significantly different. But Tae In, witnessing her favourite celebrity right in front of her, was too overwhelmed to make such an assessment.

“I’m sorry to ask this now, but can I use your phone for a call? I’m stuck here.”
Tae In glanced towards the door as she spoke.

Looking Tae In up and down, the woman pulled a phone out of her pocket.

“I thought you were dead, but you’re holding a press conference. Now you’re stuck in a mental hospital?”
“Ah, you watched the press conference.”
Receiving the phone, Tae In made a call to Nok Hyun.

Nok Hyun didn’t pick up the phone.

“Can I send just one text?”
“Nope.”
Before Tae In could plead further, the bathroom door opened, and the nurse and security guard burst in.

“Patient, let’s go quickly.”
“I haven’t even done my business yet?”
“The toilet has been fixed.”
In the end, Tae In was forcibly taken away. It felt like she was being arrested, only without handcuffs on her wrists.

If her family had forcibly admitted her, it was clear that it wasn’t a normal hospital, but it was worse than she had thought.

To get excited about seeing a favorite celebrity at such a time. Am I really crazy?

Opening the door to the hospital room, Tae In furrowed her brows at the sight of the person inside.

“Tae In, hello?”
Se Ji was sitting at a table, drinking tea and waiting for Tae In.

There were bodyguards on either side of Se Ji.

Biting her lower lip, Tae In sat down in front of Se Ji.

As if they had been waiting, the bodyguards took Tae In’s arms and tied them behind the chair.

“What is this about?”
“Sorry. I hate getting hurt and being hit.”
Saying so, Se Ji grinned.

It was laughable to see the one who had pushed the child down the stairs, fearing even a single slap.

“Is Arin okay?”
“Only minor scrapes and a sprained ankle. You should be worried, Tae In.”
“If I was the target, there was no need to do that much to Arin!”
“We also need a justification. We had to admit you because your delusions and hallucinations were so severe that they harmed your family, right?”
The truth was more horrifying than she expected.

Looking at Tae In, who had lost her words, Se Ji slightly tilted her head.

“By the way, even though you lost your memory, it’s surprising that Seo Arin is your weak spot.”
“She’s just a kid. What did she do wrong? Isn’t she related to you by blood?”
“It’s better to be a stranger. Rather than a useless family member.”
Tae In exhaled her trembling breath and glared at Se Ji. Unlike Tae In, Se Ji was excessively calm and seemed very satisfied.

“You stay quiet here for a while. We have to send our Arin safely to school, right?”
“Just one more thing, I will hurt you as much as Arin was hurt, no, even more.”
“How? I was not going to tell you this yet. You and her do not share a single drop of blood. You are not your father’s real daughter.”
At Se Ji’s words, Tae In’s pupils shook lost.

“…I’m not my father’s daughter?”
“He might be relieved that his problem disappeared, don’t you think?”
“It’s impossible…”
“When he learns that you’re not only not his real daughter, but you also caused Arin to be like this because of your delusions, your perfect husband will also abandon you.”
After saying that, Se Ji laughed.

At the piercing, scratching laughter, Tae In’s head hurt as if it would shatter.

“Sstop…!”
Tae In shouted with her head against the table.

“I told you. Don’t mess around.”
“…”
“You’re going to die like this.”
At that moment, there was a sharp pain as if a sharp blade was scratching her brain.

‘You’re going to die like this.’

Se Ji’s voice and a chilling face appeared in her mind.

“I won’t destroy you first. I will destroy what is precious to you first.”
“…”
“I will destroy everything, one by one, and when you become numb to the pain, I will kill you.”
Se Ji said so and stood up.

The security guard released Tae In’s bound hands, and the left alone Tae In held her painfully throbbing head and rolled on the floor.

‘I will destroy what is precious to you.’
‘There’s nothing like that for me.’
‘Will it really? What if I kill Kang Nok Hyun?’

The images in her head were playing rapidly. As if she was sucked into a spacetime, Tae In gasped at the memories being forced into her in the darkness without a single ray of light.

‘You’re going to die here, Tae In.’

With those words, a flame surged. Her whole body felt as if it were engulfed in fire.

Even if she covered her ears, she could hear the voices, and even when she closed her eyes, the images of her memories played.

Several voices simultaneously tore through her ears and embedded themselves in her brain.

Tae In writhed in pain and screamed.

The hallucinations that seemed to have reached their peak stopped at once, and at the same time, Tae In, who had been rolling on the floor for a while, stopped moving.

Tae In slowly rose up. Tae In, brushing her disheveled hair back, spat out a desolate laugh towards the void.

She remembered everything.

Who I was, why I had to die.

And who made me like this.

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