As she remembered the suitcase floating away in the trunk of the car, Ji An tapped her head, contemplating calling Kang Hyun as an excuse, and took off her sneakers.

She turned off the bright lights in the living room and was about to head into her room when a faint beam of light leaking from the master bedroom caught her eye.

Despite receiving a call saying that he would be late due to traffic and to go to bed first, it seemed like she had waited till the end.
“Did you fall asleep with the light on?”
Ji An tried to quiet her footsteps as much as she could as she approached the master bedroom and grabbed the door handle.
“Ha… they say it’s always something.”
“I need to talk to Ji An. But I can’t open my mouth.”
Just before turning the doorknob, a faint conversation flowed from inside.

She thought for a moment it was sound from the TV, but it was clearly the voices of Do Cheol and Jeong Hye.
“I took a day off tomorrow, so let’s find a house first.”
“Even if we go to any real estate, there’s no way we can lease an apartment with this money. Shall we look for monthly rent?”
A house? Real estate? What are all these talks about?

Ji An, who had never heard of the necessity to move soon due to unavoidable circumstances, strained her ears.
“How can we afford that every month. We’re not making five hundred each.”
“I’m looking into a position at the police substation in the neighborhood above. They say if you work from dawn till dusk, you can earn well over three hundred. If you meet a good manager, the bonus is pretty decent too.”
“Stop talking nonsense. Do you think working in someone else’s house is easy? Either go to the outskirts or find a house that fits our status.”
“Our Ji An… She has finally settled down, where to go now? I’m scared, what if we falter because of our inability as parents and go back to how it was. What if we disappear again?”
“Do you think it’s the same now as before? Ji An has changed a lot, you know she’s not that kind of girl.”
“I’m such a terrible mother. I wish Ji An’s memory never comes back…”
Not wanting to surprise her parents by entering the master bedroom, Ji An, with Jeong Hye’s sobbing behind her, quietly entered her room.

She stripped off her coat in disgust and collapsed onto the bed like a reed blowing aimlessly in the wind.

She wanted to loosen her tense body under the shower where hot water poured generously, but the best she could do was bury herself in the sheets as a feeling of fatigue crept over her body.

It was pitiful to see her parents suffering silently, worrying about being a burden on her, with such a serious issue at hand.

On top of that, becoming a housekeeper.

The thought of her mother doing housework and errands in a strange place made her heart ache.

Just how much of a mess was the past Seo Ji An that she couldn’t even mention it and had to watch out for signs?

While feeling sorry for her mother, who wished her memory would never return, her desire to regain her memory only grew.
“…We have to move.”
Even though she eavesdropped, it seemed right to pretend she knew only after preparing a countermeasure, like her parents were trying to do.

But could she prepare a countermeasure? She had only just received her first paycheck.

Ji An covered her throbbing forehead with her pillow.

Apart from the fact that there had been a big accident, what was once a normal life had turned upside down.

Out of nowhere, she found herself having twins, a strange man kept threatening her, and she even discovered a diary from the past filled with shocking words of adultery and pregnancy.

So many things had happened that hadn’t occurred in the past four years, it felt as though they were popping out from everywhere.

She had intended to receive hypnosis treatment when she returned to Seoul.

Ever since she found the diary with the terrible content, she no longer wanted to keep the memories that everyone was hushhush about, but the financial part, as well as various other factors, made the situation unfavorable.

She felt overwhelmed, unsure where to start resolving all these issues.

And Tae Kang Hyun.

Even after hearing her parents’ serious conversation, his position remained unchanged.

As Kang Hyun left Ji An’s apartment complex, he immediately got in the car and headed towards the villa.

The back of his hand holding the steering wheel was flushed red. He was extremely fatigued, yet his body was full of energy.

Four years ago, he had lost Seo Yoon by a step, and this time, Seo Yoon survived by a step.

And the next time, he could lose Seo Yoon by that one step again that pressure strangled him like a noose.

To relieve his stuffy heart, Kang Hyun shut his eyes for a long time, then sped up the car as he passed through a deserted road that was barely visible.

Whether it was Seo Ji An or Han Seo Yoon that was targeted, he didn’t know, but he wanted to find the person behind it all and get rid of them without a trace.
“You’re here.”
Seok Won, who had arrived earlier, came out to meet him and opened the driver’s side door.

The villa where Choi Do Young was dropped off was a quiet private land surrounded by thick forests on all sides.

Young Seo Yoon sometimes visited and spent time, but it was already a past decade.
“How is it?”
Kang Hyun, who first focused on the stream where Seo Yoon was excitedly playing in the water, asked Seok Won, who followed.
“He won’t open his mouth. The man who came out of the Woo Cha Kang office said it would be better to torture, but that kind of act….”
“Why is that a problem.”
The chilly voice, like the cold night air seeping in on a dark mountain path, cut off Seok Won’s words.
“Executive Director.”
“He tried to kill Seo Yoon. If necessary, I’d do worse.”
The determined answer of Kang Hyun was filled with a visible thirst for blood.

Seok Won, who repeatedly pledged to block him even with his body if he truly tried to do worse, opened the wallet snatched from Choi Do Young and pulled out his ID.
“His name is not Choi Do Young, but Choi Jun Young. He was born in 95.”
Thinking that it wouldn’t be Choi Do Young, but Kang Hyun, who sneered at the simple naming, saw a man leaning near the fireplace and smoking as he stepped inside.

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