A Rhapsody in Blue

07. Just as Though You were Always Here

Thankyouu Grace0632, I got the idea about this chapter after I read your comment in the previous part!💛

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'What about their daughter?' Elly Yoo asked Kim Jaewook while she took some dishes into her small plate. If someone saw this, they probably think it was merely a casual meeting between a national assemblyman and a businesswoman in the traditional Korean restaurant.

'She's now with their two closest friends, Hyun Bin and Son Yejin, Ma'am.'

'Is it the same Hyun Bin we know? And Son Yejin? Why her name rings a bell?' She crossed her arms after she put down her chopsticks.

'Yes, it is the same Hyun Bin we know before, and Son Yejin currently served as the special advisor for the president.'

Elly Yoo let out a small laugh, and smiled at him, 'Ah, that's why I thought I heard her name before. You know what to do right, Mr. Kim? You've done a great job with the previous case back then, so I hope you'll handle this one carefully too.'

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'Bin! Don't forget to bring Ayeon's diaper bag!' Yejin shouted from the door when she put on her nude pump shoes before she goes to work. Both Bin and Yejin need to attend some meeting that day, so Bin would take Ayeon to Yejin's parents' house before he goes to the office, and they will pick her up the next morning on Saturday.

'Arraseo, you made my ears hurt, Yej.' He walked towards her.

'Also bring the blue duffle bag next to the diaper bag, okay? I packed all of her clothes and some of her favorite toys there.' Seeing Bin still standing there, she questioned him. 'Why? Do you need to say something else?'

'About last night... I-'

'It wasn't even a kiss, Bin and we're an adult anyway. It doesn't bother me at all, I'll see you at the ceremony, Bin.' She emphasized the word 'at all' before the door closed between her.

Bin walked back to the dining room where Ayeon was, 'Your eomma always confused me, Ayeon-ah. Well, it's true that I hugged her first but she kissed me on the cheek! It's only normal if I feel this way.' The little girl only gazed at him with her twinkling eyes while her dad grumbled because of her mother.

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Knowing that Kim Jaewook would attend the ceremony too, Bin thinks that it's best if he came as anchor Hyun with reporter Kang Minhyuk rather than as Junghyun and Jihye's family. As he and Yejin still trying to grasp what is really going on with Kim Jaewook and the bombing accident.

Arriving right before the ceremony due to the morning meeting, both Bin and Minhyuk ended up in the very last seat row. From far away, Bin could see Junghyun and Jihye's picture clearly surrounded by white flowers. And there were other pictures of other victims too next to theirs's.

All of sudden, a man who sat next to his seat holds his right arm. 'Are you okay, Sir?' Bin asked the man who probably in his 70's.

Although the weather gets warmer because it was already at the beginning of March, Bin could see his lips quivering. The man answered him with a smile in a rather unfamiliar accent, 'Yes, I'm okay. It's quite chilly here as I can't spend too much time outside too.'

Bin insisted to grab him some water from the staff there and gave it to the man afterward. 'Thank you. Are you here for your family?'

'I'm a news anchor, Sir. My name is Hyun Bin.'

'Ah, that's why I felt familiar with your face, I saw you quite a lot on TV. Nice to meet you, anchor Hyun, I'm Lim Yoonsang'

Bin asked the man carefully if he's here for his family and the man said, 'Yes, my grandson worked as jr. engineer at Seoul Art Centre. He was the only fresh graduate who got accepted there, so he was really excited to do his first job about this vault construction for the Art Centre. Even had to work overnight because they need to finish the vault in six months. But who knows back then it turned out this way?'