episode_0093

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After sending Hocheol away, I put Mr. Garam in the passenger seat.

Unlike driving down the highway, the car left the hospital smoothly.

Before we knew it, it was 2 am.

Even in hospitals that operate 24 hours a day, it is time to start dozing off with a faint glow.

“Where is your home?”

Come to think of it, we don’t know each other’s houses.

“…….”

Since he didn’t respond, I looked to the side and saw that he was staring at me like a cat.

“Mr. Garam?”

“Home… I don’t like it…”

“Still, you should rest.”

“If you go home, you will go.”

I could see roughly how this conversation would go, and I sighed softly.

Yes, I did it so what can I do?

“I have to go. I need to rest too. It’s a bit hard on my body to come all the way from the East Sea.”

“Sorry, sorry. Because of me…”

Garam wiggled his hands and lowered his head.

I waited for the left turn signal on an empty street.

“Because it was my decision to come.”

Did he see what I was thinking? She gave me her home address.

I entered the address into the navigation and drove according to the directions.

A signal comes in. I stepped on the accelerator and gently turned the steering wheel.

A motorcycle rushes by and narrowly passes the car.

I quickly applied the brakes, opened the window, and swore at the motorcycle going in the distance.

“But how did you find out?”

As we set off again, Mr. Garam asks.

“You sent a lot of phone calls and KakaoTalk messages. Something felt strange.”

After about 5 minutes of explaining ‘How did you know to send her to the hospital?’, she nodded slightly.

“Actually, I received a DM from someone named Hana.”

“DM…?”

So you approached me first.

“Yes.”

“What did you say?”

“That….”

“You said you were going after this girl and sponsoring her and everything?”

“……”

Her silence seems to have a lot of meaning.

The moment has come to reveal our own shame and tell the story of how this incident occurred.

I swallowed a few times.

Because of my personality of attacking people without hesitation when I think something is unfair, I have hurt many people and I have also been hurt.

However, I don’t think this personality is wrong.

At least because of this strict personality, I was able to avoid becoming a coward.

The values that we impose on others are equally imposed on us.

That’s how I, Kang In-ho, have lived.

Now, you can end this difficult-to-explain dependency by giving him a good reprimand and sending him home.

However, the moment I bring this up, and the moment I explain to her what to do next.

The relationship between me and Mr. Garam will be irreparable.

She will become more dependent on me, and I will suffer from her obsession.

know. know well. Still, I have no intention of avoiding it.

The thing called ‘responsibility’. It may be something to other people, but it’s important to me.

There are no exceptions.

“One was someone I seriously thought about marrying.”

“…….”

“When I think about it now, I don’t know why I did that. Well, it must have been for some external reason, like being sexy or something like that.”

I began to tell Mr. Garam about my understanding of the previous owner and the reason why I created it.

“I have money, but I am getting older. No friends, lonely. Then I started watching internet broadcasts.”

“You were lonely.”

“I was treated like a noob somewhere, but if I spent a little money on the Internet, pretty girls would call me oppa. That was good.”

“If you give me 100,000 won, I’ll tell you I love you. Give me 200,000 won and I’ll dance for you. Personal messenger for 1 million won, date for 2 million won, one night for 5 million won…”

“After a while, I became confused. ‘Oh, I could live with kids like that.’, ‘Because I have money.’ …I had this thought.”

“……”

“Then I guess I was attracted to Hana. They donate money like that, buy cars, and help with business. Kick, you look like an asshole, right?”

“Oh, no…”

“Then one day, I came to my senses. Liquor bottles, snacks, and delivery food all over the house… An unsightly fat body and a state of good health today and tomorrow.”

The car stopped at the stop sign, and I slowly turned my head to the right.

“That’s why I said I would exercise. Coincidentally, there was a gym in one of my buildings.”

“That’s how it was…”

“I felt the fun of exercising, lost weight little by little, gained muscle little by little… It felt like I was playing a game. If it weren’t for Garam, I probably would have quit midway.”

I smile at her.

“I became closer to Mr. Garam while exercising. So I wanted to take more care of it. Because I try hard to live at a young age. It may be presumptuous, but I wanted to repay you.”

It also gave me the financial resources to repay the favor.

I added more words.

“So, I had no choice but to tell you a method that I am familiar with. In the process… One person who knew that Garam and I were related did this.”

“I’m sorry. Mr. Garam. Because of me…”

The light turned green, and since I couldn’t see her directly, I used the excuse of driving to look ahead.

The car kept running, and the scenery on the road kept changing.

Likewise, the silence in the car continued.

“It’s okay. I didn’t do it on purpose…”

In a very small way, she comforted me.

“First of all, I will take full responsibility for this matter. I will also repair the messy center. Mr. Garam, please take a break for a week.”

According to Hocheol, the center is in complete disarray. The center cannot be operated like this.

At this point, I’m thinking about doing some remodeling.

I think we just need to put in new broken glass and replace old facilities.

I had already told Hocheol to look into related companies.

“You don’t have to do that.”

“I said I would take responsibility, so I won’t receive any objections. Mr. Garam always said that too. The facilities are old.”

“And….”

“And, I’ll wrap it up so you don’t have to worry about one more thing. Please take a break from broadcasting for the time being.”

“…How? Are you going to meet that bitch? Don’t do that.”

When one story came out, Mr. Garam’s words were sharp.

“We won’t meet. There is a way to repay the debt without ever meeting.”

“You’ll pay me back?”

She tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

Soon the car arrived near her house.

Shabby villa village. I craned my head forward and looked at the same number.

“The more comfortable it becomes, the more people let their guard down.”

I said as I slowly passed through the alley.

“So, I speak carelessly. I’m not even calculating whether this is a problem or not.”

Arrived at the neighborhood where she lives.

I parked the car against the wall for a moment and saw her off home.

Mr. Garam seemed reluctant to show his shabby house, but I didn’t care.

“Boss. So what are you trying to do…?”

After accompanying her to the front door of the house, Mr. Garam asked me as I was about to return to the stairs.

I took out my phone and waved it at her.

“Many people forget that their cell phones have a recording function.”