Chapter 42 - Because (1/2)
Do Sejin doesn't understand. Why is his sister dead? Who would do this to her? To kill her this way... He can't imagine the pain his little sister experienced.
He sees Ahn Hana staring at her fingers. Crack. Crack Crack. She moves each finger up and down repetitively. She touches her belly and her heart, trying to imagine it. He grasps her wrist and drags her away from the corridor.
Finding an isolated corner, he pushes her against the wall and glares into her hollow eyes. He curls his fingers on her throat. If she dares to hide anything this time, he will stop caring about anything. He just knows it. She is connected to his sister's death.
He asks in a frighteningly low voice. ”Ahn Hana, who did this to my sister?”
Eerily calm. She looks at the boy.
Do Sejin. 21. A final year law student. Top in his class. 6 feet tall. Clear skin. intense and deep eyes. Lean. Slender. Long legs. Easily attracts girls with his heart throbbing smile. A notorious playboy.
”He was angry this time.” She answers his question. Her voice is dark. As dark as the voice of the man who is trying to possess her. ”He gave her pain because of the pain that you gave me.”
He falls on his knees. His sister died because of him? Silent tears fall on the floor. ”He should have killed me if he was angry. Why my sister?”
”Because.” She bends down on her knees and hugs him. ”The pain that you feel now is more painful than any other pain.”
[Only pain can remove the pain. Remember that, My dear Hana.]
People run to the spot when they hear raging howls. They see Ahn Hana and Do Sejin, hugging each other. He clutches on her clothes and cries like a little boy. This pain is tearing him apart. No amount of regrets and tears can bring his sister back.
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”How many times have you met the killer?” The detective asks the woman. She is still looking down at her pale hands. Jung Kwang-soo places his hands on her shoulders and gives her a nudge. She is broken out of her thoughts.
”First time. 10 years ago.” She fists her hands when she remembers that night. ”Second time. Around 6 weeks ago.”
”Are you sure that you didn't meet him other time?” The detective has heard all the details from Jung Kwang-soo. The 100th-day murder. This Woman. The love letters. The obsessive serial killer.
He hasn't made any judgment yet. ”Think hard.”
Ahn Hana remembers the coat. He has visited her at her home. She doesn't know when.
”He might have come to my apartment. I don't know how many times and when.”
”I see.” He scribbles down something in his notebook. ”Do you suspect anyone? A close friend?”
He glances Jung Kwang-soo. Jung Kwang-soo shakes his shoulders as casually as he could.