„What?” DooSan asked, eyes wide open. „Was my mother who asked for my dismissal?”
HanSol, who was to his right, both of them so close to the edge of the roof, approvingly nodded. „But… why? I thought it was you who asked for my dismissal.”
„Why should I have done that? Your dismissal brought me more problems. Better said, you are more efficient for me working as a Prosecutor than unemployed. That’s why I used my connections to get your job back.”
„Something strange though.”
„Honestly? I don’t see why.”
„Because… no matter how drunk I was last night, I still remember that you asked me to work for DOC and not here.”
„You are actually right: I’ve asked you for that. Yet, I changed my mind meanwhile.”
„Why?”
„Just… let’s just say that playing on both battlefields, we have more chances to succeed than being only on one. Besides, it’ll be good for both of us to have eyes inside the Prosecution building.”
„Do you want me here like your spy?” The man asked her, upset, bothered by her offer.
HanSol smiled instead. „Of course not,” she told him, turning her face to him. „I don’t need someone here to tell me what others are doing but to have an ally. More than that, back to the Prosecution, you have more chances to bring justice to others.”
„Don’t you think that this can turn against you?”
„If you talk about finding evidence against me for what happened to Ian SolHi… go ahead! Why? You’ll just waste your time. That’s why I suggest you not waste your energy somewhere else. Keep it for when the time for me to pay you back comes.”
„At least you are aware of this: that you have deadly sins, I mean.”
„I’ve never denied that. On the contrary, I’m always ready to face my problems and not run away from them. That’s why I’ll be around you, at least until I get the evidence I need. Besides, I think it’s convenient for both of us to have a collaboration rather than kill each other.”
„To have a collaboration? I don’t see why. Only if it’s related to SolHi.”
HanSol squinted at him. „Is this the only thing you think about 24/7? If it’s so, it’s a shame, you know?! Why? Because… There are so many suffering people in this world and not only you. Like… those involved in this case.”
Taking the tablet from HanSol’s hand, DooSan saw a file on the screen. Browsing through it, with a shaking hand, he got to frown often. „This is the same case SolHi told me about. The one she’d been involved in at Lee Do Hun’s request when he sent her behind bars a year ago.”
„You are actually right. I’ve been working on this case before SolHi’s involvement but I’ve failed. That’s why I asked for the Captain’s help. Yet, even though he had good intentions when he involved SolHi in that, he killed us eventually because of his revenge.”
DooSan returned her the tablet. Then, he looked in the distance for a while, saying, „SoRan was eventually right when she said that Captain Lee used SolHi for personal purposes.”
„Sad to say, but this is so. It seems that he did that to approach Min SinJu. Yet, none of us found out why he did that. And… Lee wasn’t the only one involved with Min SinJu. The same happened to Moon Joon Won.”
„The Captain’s assistant?”
„Himself! He’d been one of Lee’s assistants. He’d also been Lee’s right hand for a very long time, a job he lost when Buffalo appeared next to the Captain. And, as far as I could find out, Lee brought Buffalo to DOC at Min SinJu’s request. What did Min SinJu offer Lee in exchange for that? I can only guess that it was something related to SoRan and the accident she had ten years ago because… Lee had never given up on finding the one who hurt his daughter. What Lee didn’t know was that Buffalo hadn’t ever worked for him and the case. We already found out that Buffalo entered the DOC, looking for information related to another case.”
„Do you know what case in particular?”
„No. I hoped I’d find something while searching through Buffalo’s stuff. Yet, we found nothing that belonged to him. All his things vanished before we found him dead.”
„Murdered, better said. In weird circumstances, just as it happened to the Captain.”
„That’s right! This hints to me that they turned „useless” to Min SinJu’s purposes. That’s why he ordered someone to get rid of them. Or… Lee was too close to finding out the truth…”
„Even so, it’s strange. Why? As far as I found out, SoRan’s case was a usual one. Or not?”
„Honestly? I don’t have too many details about this too. What I know or at least I suspect is that SoRan’s accident was somehow related to the case your brother worked on before being murdered.”
DooSan winced. „YuSan worked for DOC?”
„He was a collaborator. And… not we approached prosecutor Han for that case, but he did that.”
„And this means only one thing: YuSan had important evidence related to the case.”
„It seems to me that it was so. Yet, I haven’t ever found out what he found because… he died before we could meet,” said HanSol, painfully sighing. „This seemed strange to me, you know? Why? I knew very well who Han YuSan was. I knew he was capable of protecting himself. Even so, he was found dead and SolHi… Well, she was accused of his murder.”
„Fake accusations as we know already. Yet, others rushed to grab a gun, pretending to „have defended herself” by doing this,” DooSan hissed through his teeth.
„Prosecutor Han,” HanSol sternly said. „Leave the personal revenge for later, okay?! They are of no use to any of us. On the contrary, it only breaks souls, and the best example of this is what Captain Lee did.”
„This doesn’t mean that I’ll forget.”
„I don’t ask you for that. All I ask you for is to bring justice to your brother. His death is somehow surrounded by mystery. This is why I think that who killed him did that not because of revenge but because of something more, just as Ian SolHi said at the trial. What exactly happened? We have to find out.”
Saying this, HanSol showed DooSan a text message on her phone. „I found the cheese. Only the mouse is left to fall into the trap.” What the hell is that?” DooSan asked.
„A code. Our way of communicating with each other, better said. What’s hidden behind the code is „I found a track. Yet, I need time to check it.”
„Yet, at that time, YuSan didn’t have any.”
„You can say it so. Yet, this didn’t impede us from continuing his work. Thus, we found out that, investigating this case, YuSan tried to get closer to Ian SolHi eight years ago.”
Hearing HanSol mentioning SolHi’s name so indifferently, DooSan felt that he was burning inside. „You don’t even feel remorse for what you’ve done.”
„Why should I feel that? I only defended myself.”
„Yeah, it’s what you said to everybody for your own sake. Yet, this doesn’t convince me.”
„Why? Do you think that I got rid of Ian SolHi at someone’s request? At Min SinJu’s request maybe?”
„I won’t exclude that, you know?! You are the one who said that you were close to the captain.”
„Close, not his soul mate,” HanSol hissed through her teeth. „Yet, I can’t say the same about you, Prosecutor Han. And, as I said before, leave your revenge for later. First, let’s solve this case and…”
„I won’t do that!”
„Not even to avenge your brother?”
„No!”
„May I know why?”
„Because… I don’t make deals with criminals, Chief Kim HanSol,” said DooSan through his teeth. „I’d rather risk my life. Something I’ll do eventually: I’ll bring justice to my brother and SolHi, but I’ll do this in my way.”
Saying this, DooSan turned his back to her, intending to leave. He stopped after a few steps when HanSol said, „What about a reward?” DooSan looked at her, confused. „Ian SolHi’s body in exchange for your help.”
„Are you trying to buy me?”
„I’d rather call it making a deal. And… I think it’s a damn good one. As far as I’ve been told, you tried to get it but with no result. Why? Because… I’m the only one who knows where SolHi’s body is. Something you can have if you collaborate with me. Thus, you’ll have the chance to mourn her loss eventually.”
„You’ve already crossed the line, Chief Kim,” DooSan yelled, squeezing his fists. „You also don’t listen to what I say. That’s why I’ll repeat this: I won’t ever work with criminals. Particularly, I won’t ever work with those who took the woman I love from me. And, keep this in mind, stay away from me or I swear I’ll make you bite your hands before being able to „solve the case,” something you seem to be so proud of.”
DooSan’s roar and the fact he went away so fast without even giving her the chance to finish what she wanted to say made HanSol feel so irritated. „Damn in-love idiot!” She said through her teeth. „As stubborn as a donkey! Yet, Han DooSan, you aren’t playing with the right person. So, don’t think you’ve gotten rid of me so easily. Just… wait because… I’ll find a way to make you play this game while following my rules.” Then, furious, she kicked a stone she found there.
Approaching the edge of the roof and looking down, HanSol saw a silhouette dressed black hidden behind one of the cars. It was the same silhouette she’d seen a night before not that far from DooSan’s apartment. HanSol saw the shadow right after leaving DooSan’s apartment when she entered her car, determined to wait there in case DooSan would have changed his mind and accepted her offer. Then, she saw DooSan running after the shadow in black, trying to reach her. And, seeing him so lost, HanSol understood that if she had left him alone for longer and played that game by following his rules, he would have been of no use to her plans. That’s why she decided that the best solution for all of them was to give his job back, something she did at dawn.
***
Entering her car, barely controlling her nerves after the conversation she had with DooSan, whose stubbornness drove her crazy, HanSol threw the tablet on the passenger’s side. Then, she hissed through her teeth, „Damn idiot! I thought he could logically think when it was necessary. Yeah, right?! Something else thinks instead of his brain.”
Her words made the woman, who was in the rear side of the car, burst into laughter. „I told you that he wouldn’t accept your offer.” These words made HanSol look back, using the inside mirror. Thus, she saw the black silhouette she’d seen before, this time in her car. Yet, she couldn’t see her face well because of the black cap the woman wore. „It’s what we’ve expected, right? For Han DooSan, family is much more important than „businesses.” Particularly, he’s not in the one you’ve offered him.”
HanSol showed her fangs to the intruder. „Tell me something I don’t know already! No, wait: I know everything already - that both of you are damn stubborn and everybody who messes with you is as good as dead.”
„Should I take this as a compliment?”
„Yeah, right,” grumbled HanSol. „In case you didn’t notice it, it was an ironic remark. Or maybe an insult?”
„Still, it sounded like a compliment to me. Why? Ghosts like me love compliments while insults just pass by my ears.”
„If you say so! Anyway, not this is important but to find out why you are here. I told you to stay at the shelter. Yet, you don’t do that: you are wandering the world as though it is all yours. In case you’ve forgotten this, you are a ghost now.”
„I’m a ghost with a mission, HanSol. Which one? San DuSik! I saw him entering Min SinJu’s club not long ago.”
„Weren’t we sure of this already? That they are partners in some stinky business?”
„Yes, we were. Even so, we didn’t know that they had such a close relationship. At the same time, I thought that, once he’d been fired as a prosecutor and became useless to Min SinJu, he’d been kicked out of the game. Something that didn’t happen though, and this tells me that he has something against that bastard Min SinJu.”
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„Maybe he has a more important role than the one we thought about. Haven’t you thought about this?”
„Yes, but… still, I consider this strange. I also think that he’ll cause us more trouble than he’s done as a prosecutor.”
„Perhaps! I mean, maybe he’d get us into more trouble but not soon. Yet, who’s walking bomb is Han DooSan. Why? Because… not accepting the deal I offered him but still knowing about our plan, he can do something to take us out of the game. Why? Ian SolHi’s name is more important to him than making justice to his brother.”
„Something we’ve expected, actually. Or what? Have you really thought that, once you’ve killed his girlfriend in cold blood, he’d play the same game as you? Of course not, Chief Kim! Han DooSan is not someone who betrays those he cares about. On the contrary, he stubs his fangs into the neck of the one who hurt his family and won’t ever let him go if he’s not sure that his enemy is dead. Let’s say it’s a thing of ego for him.”
„Damn his ego and short mind,” HanSol growled. „Yeah, maybe you are right, and Ian SolHi’s murder in front of everybody isn’t something easy to digest. Still, this served our purpose. Why? It was the only way we had to find out the truth. At least, we’ve found a track toward the truth, haven’t we?”
„I won’t be that sure, HanSol. Why? The same Ian SolHi! She was the key element in this story, someone you took care to get rid of. Thus… we are right back to where we started.”
„Allow me to think differently. Why? Once Ian SolHi is dead, the truth lives!”
„A truth that has more chances to survive if you tell Han DooSan what we know.”
„Have you lost your mind?” HanSol shouted, turning and looking back. Yet, she right away looked in front when the shadow in black motioned her to look in front. Then, after she calmed down a little, she said, „If I tell him what I know, I’ll lose my head for sure. Not only my head will fall, but your head will fall too! No, I think you have more chances to be sent to the other world by him than I have. You know why, right?”
„Yeah, I know who Han DooSan is. I also know how to control him. You? Just stay and wait because, very soon, Han DooSan will not only stay by your side, but he’ll also do everything you ask him to do.”
„What are you trying to do?” HanSol inquired, looking out of the corner of her eyes toward the shadow. „Don’t tell me that…”
„…yeah, you are right: I’ll use the same trick as you - Ian SolHi.”
„You lost your mind for sure. Why? If you tell him about this, our only problem will be to watch out for our backs. Or… to look for the hole where he buried you.”
The ghost burst into laughter again. „Maybe you are right. Yet, as I said, our only chance to make Han DooSan join our team is this. We need him! Meanwhile, you try to find out who the men in the photos are. Particularly, the one in black: the personification of the devil.”
Saying this, the woman threw an envelope over HanSol’s tablet. Checking the envelope’s contents, HanSol found some photos of Jackal and another guy. Yet, she didn’t know any of them. „You seem to know them, right?”
„Now you’re wrong: I don’t know any of them. At least, I don’t know their real names. I only know that the one in black is known as Jackal.”
„And you know that because?”
„Min Ha Rin told me.”
„Min Ha Rin? The one who escaped with…?”
„Yes, she’s the same fugitive who helped Ian SolHi escape prison. She also doesn’t know the individual’s name. Only his nickname. For the rest, he’s a shadow, just like me.”
„What do you know about the second one?”
„Nothing. I couldn’t find anything about him. I only saw him leaving SinJu’s club several times. And… I have the feeling that he has a close relationship with Jackal.”
„Lovers?”
„No. I think they have a different relationship. Call it symbiosis if you want. And… I also think they share a secret.”
„One related to Min SinJu, isn’t it?”
„It might be. Yet, until we don’t find the real story behind them and what relationship they have, we can’t say if it’s really so or not.”
„I agree with you now. Even so, I don’t think that it’ll be easy for us to find out that story. Let’s not forget that all those who had or still have something with Min SinJu turned or will turn into ghosts in one way or another.”
„Then… I think that’s time for other ghosts to start their game. Ghosts that will find out the truth for sure this time.”
HanSol wanted to add something to what the ghost said. Yet, she only watched how the car door closed behind the shadow. This made Chief Kim reproachfully shake her head. „She never learns,” she growled eventually, turning the engine on. „Neither she nor Han DooSan.” Then, when the dissatisfaction was clearly seen on HanSol’s face, she stepped on the brake pedal to the brim, leaving that place because she still had a lot of secrets to find out in a very short time.
***
After the conversation she had with HanSol in her car, the mysterious interlocutor of Chief Kim decided that it was time to enforce their plans. Particularly, she decided that it was time to take care of Han DooSan, of whom she convinced herself that he was a real problem for them and their plans at that moment. How exactly did the shadow convince herself of that? She heard him talking to Kan by phone, whom he asked to find out everything he could about Kim HanSol and what happened in the DOC parking lot a few days ago.
„A request that bulldog Kan will fulfill right away and with the utmost diligence,” she hissed through her teeth, looking from above at the city’s madness at night.
She was on the roof of a building at that moment, so close to its edge, bravely facing the sharp cold wind that had started at dusk and had freshened a few hours later. Yet, the silhouette seemed not to care too much about the wind, aware that other enemies, more dangerous than it, were lurking on her from the shadows. Particularly, the eyes of all those who hurt and spied on her all those years watched her… All those who turned her into what she was at that moment - a ghost.
„One that would have liked to live her life quietly. Yet, life and people, in particular, wanted something else from me when they brought me so close to the edge of the cliff, as it had happened each time they needed me to do that.”
Saying this, the woman looked down at the street that was almost empty at that hour. Only the cars parked not that far from the building were seen and a few silhouettes that were rushing back home. The same happened to the cars that were seen so far away, on the main highway that led outside the city. „The highway that leads towards freedom - something I would have liked to embrace eventually. Yet, it seems that I won’t be able to embrace that freedom any time soon.”
Seeing a black Mercedes-EQ appearing at the crossroads, the silhouette in black decided that it was time to look for a shelter. The best hideout she found at that moment was to squat, hiding behind the not-that-high wall that served as an edge to the roof. Then, taking a small binocular out of her pocket, she looked at the car.
Who was behind the wheel of the Mercedes was Han DooSan. „The one and only. I’ve expected you here for so long, you know?! Yet, I knew you wouldn’t defraud me. You never did that. Actually, you have always been punctual when others have waited for you. Still, this is something you shouldn’t have done today though: to rush returning home. However, it works for me because… what I must do will be done fast and quickly.”
Saying this, the silhouette pulled back. Yet, by walking back, without looking where she put her foot, she dropped the binoculars when she intended to put it into her pocket. And, along with the binoculars, she also dropped a set of keys, something that made her shudder inside. Why? The noise of the falling keys brought the same infernal noise of something metallic dragged onto a cement floor to her memory.
Such memories filled her eyes with tears. „The ghosts of the past always haunt you when you don’t need them.” After that, struggling a little to control herself, she sat down, at the shelter, even though the light of the moon still fell over her. Yet, this seemed not to bother the stranger.
On the contrary, the moonlight seemed to be the perfect cure for her at that moment, something that decreased the intensity of the cold and wind that felt damn well in the place she was. Still, the cold didn’t make her shudder. At the same time, not the wind bothered her but the memories - those related to a faraway past, something that had hunted her for years, asking her to pay for old sins. „Those kinds of sins that I shouldn’t have ever paid for,” she whispered, wrapping her arms around the knees, which she stuck to her chest.
She stood there for quite a long time. She probably spent about an hour or two there. While she was there, she allowed her thoughts to spin in her head like angry bees in an attacked hive. Not only did her thoughts wander her mind freely but also the feelings in her chest, feelings related to regrets, longings, fake hopes, and unfulfilled dreams. All this filled her eyes several times, tears she wiped on the sly because she couldn’t afford to cry, not at that moment.
Eventually, she looked at the wristwatch. It was 2. a.m. already. „He’s probably asleep at this hour,” she told herself, standing up. „The perfect hour to finish this mad plan and return to what it’s important to do.” After that, putting the hood on, a pretty large hood, she made sure nobody would see her face while she descended the stairs to the floor where she knew Han DooSan was living.
Arriving in front of the stairwell door, the silhouette stopped. She did that because of two kids she saw there smoking. Kids who kept her there for about forty minutes. Yet, she didn’t do anything to rush them but quietly waited for them to leave, hiding behind the door and lurking on them from the shadows. Only when she saw them leaving the stairwell, the shadow continued descending the stairs.
To get to the third floor, she needed about five minutes. She could have gotten there quicker but she was kind of afraid, thinking that it would have probably been better for all of them if she had left until someone would have seen her there and called the cops. Yet, after she opened the stairwell door and looked around, seeing nobody there, she convinced herself to continue her plan. It was also quiet on the street, and this encouraged her to get in front of DooSan’s apartment very quickly.
Once in front of the door, she reached into one of her pockets, taking a thick rope, which she wrapped around her left hand. Then, she stretched her hand toward the electronic lock, intending to form the code. Yet, before forming the code, she pulled her hand back: she was hesitating. She didn’t do that because she was afraid but because she didn’t know if it was good for her to use the code to enter. The reason? In case the police would have investigated the case later, it would have seemed strange to them that the intruder knew the code. It was risky, particularly when her purpose wasn’t to hurt someone but only to scare DooSan and convince him to join the team.
How exactly did she intend to convince DooSan to join HanSol’s team? By attacking him in his own house. Thus, she would have made him suspect that his enemies tried to get rid of him. Yet, for this to happen, she had to be convincing, and, using the code, wouldn’t have helped her. What would have helped her though was to break the lock, something that took her several minutes, using the same rope she brought there to scare Han DooSan.
Not the rope helped her to break into the apartment but the metallic card she used to carry with her. Then, when the door was unlocked, she carefully touched the doorknob and opened it, which she closed with her leg. Then, once inside, she stopped until she heard that the door was well closed and with no loud noise. Thus, she made sure DooSan didn’t hear her entering because when she opened it, she tried to make no noise.
She didn’t advance, not even after making sure the door was closed. The reason? She decided to wait in case DooSan would have heard something when she opened and closed the door. Yet, not hearing anything, not even after a few minutes, she decided that it was safe to advance. That’s why she sneaked toward the bed. She was barely touching the floor when she headed toward there because she didn’t want to endanger her undercover mission.
Arriving next to the bed and touching it, she realized that she failed. Why? The bed was empty, something that made her yell inside while frowning. „Where the hell did he go at this hour? Don’t tell me that he ran while I descended the stairs?” Questions that she could have answered only by turning the light on.
She’d been afraid to turn the light on though. What she could use was the small lantern she had in her pocket. Yet, the moment she sneaked her hand into the right pocket, intending to take the lantern out of there, she felt a slight movement behind her, as though someone was sneaking toward her. This alerted her but she didn’t lose her temper. She just finished taking the lantern out of her pocket, thinking of turning it on suddenly in front of the attacker, who she knew was DooSan. Thus, by blinding him, she could have disarmed him.
Yeah, right! The moment she turned toward him, intending to blind DooSan with the lantern, a powerful hit over her arm made her drop it. A second hit made her pull back, avoiding being punched in her face. Even so, she felt her arm pulsating, something that made her gnash her teeth. The gnash made DooSan attentive, intensifying the attacks on her. Attacks that failed because none of them touched her. Instead, he’d been kneeled eventually by a sudden punch in his stomach, something that made him gasp.
Although he’d been taken by surprise by that punch, DooSan didn’t lose his temper. Gasping, he struggled to stand up and grab something to use as a gun. Before he’d been able to reach something and defend himself, he felt the rope wrapping around his neck and his attacker pulling it toward her.
The man’s first reaction was to remove the rope. Not managing this, he exasperated soon, feeling that he lacked air. This made him struggle, understanding that it was his only chance to make his attacker lose his balance and loosen the grip, something he had to avoid being wrapped around his neck again.
Struggling didn’t help him release himself though. Even so, while struggling, he managed to elbow his enemy’s stomach, whom he heard gasping, loosening the grip a little, something that gave DooSan the chance to take a deep breath. Then, not giving his attacker the chance to take over him again, whom he knew was a woman and he understood this because he heard her voice when she gasped, DooSan took the rope off his neck and took enough steps behind him.
Convulsively coughing, DooSan touched his neck with both hands as though trying to avoid a new attack. Yet, the woman delayed her attack though, and this let DooSan know that it was time for him to act. He failed in attacking her though because she, anticipating his move, rolled on the floor. Thus, in contact with the floor, DooSan gasped again, feeling a harsh pain in his stomach. This made him crouch. Yet, he didn’t lay there but stretched his arms in front when he felt a movement, a hint that the attacker intended to run.
Grabbing her leg, DooSan pulled it toward him. He’d been rewarded with a kick in his face for this, something that made him dizzy for seconds. Yet, he didn’t release the leg. On the contrary, he wrapped his hands even tighter around her ankle. Then, when the dizziness was gone and the thought that someone was there to get rid of him as HanSol did to SolHi reached his brain, DooSan felt the anger sneaking into his soul, something that replaced the fear. After that, with a force he hadn’t ever known he had inside, he managed to pull the woman closer to him and immobilize her after another short fight when both of them received slaps and kicks.
During the fight, DooSan realized that his attacker wasn’t tall or strong enough for him, although he realized that she was well-trained. „Yet, she’s still a woman,” he thought. Then, still struggling with her, DooSan managed to get on top of her and stuck her arms on the floor. Then, approaching her face, he hissed through his teeth, „Who are you?”
She didn’t answer the question, something that enraged him. Yet, he didn’t intend to give up. On the contrary, he wanted to find out who attacked him at any cost. For this, he had to make sure that she wouldn’t escape first. The best idea he had at that moment was to twist her arms back. That’s why he struggled and made her touch the floor with her stomach. Then, pressing his arm over the back of the woman’s head, he made her gasp again. Even so, she didn’t answer his question.
„Your problem,” he growled into the woman’s ear. „Keep your mouth shut if you want,” he said eventually. „I’ll handle this myself then. To find out who you are, I mean. And, as soon as I find this out, I swear I’ll twist your neck.” After that, twisting her arms to her back as though intending to cuff her, he squeezed her wrists and pushed her against the wall where he knew the switcher was.
DooSan’s intention, something the woman seemed to anticipate, made her yell in her head, „Now or never!” Then, she started to struggle again, trying to find a way to escape that place. She even tried to kick his knee and make him lose his balance. Yet, she failed. Even so, she managed to enrage DooSan more, making him push her with hatred against the wall. And, pressing his elbow over her throat, he yelled in her face, „Now you die!” After that, groping around with his left hand, he managed to touch the switcher.
When the light had been suddenly turned on, both of them closed their eyes for a few moments. Yet, it seemed forever for both of them. Not only their brains felt that but also their hearts, which were madly pounding in their chest. Even their breath felt that, making it be heard heavily, although both of them breathed at the same time. Particularly, this happened after they’d been able to open their eyes and look at each other.
Staring at the woman who attacked him, whose glance seemed familiar to him, DooSan frowned. „You?” He wondered eventually, damn confused. „It can’t be! You… you are dead!”
Yet… was SolHi really dead? No. DooSan convinced himself of that the moment he took the scarf off her face and the cap off her head. Thus, he’d been able to see clearly the face that he loved so much, a face that was still of someone who had wanted him dead that night.