A Rhapsody in Blue

17. You Left with My Heart Still Yours

'Why did you deliberately take off your mask when you walked towards Ms. Son Yejin's apartment? I doubt you didn't know that there was CCTV everywhere. Not to mention about your criminal records too, I believe you couldn't be that reckless.'

And Choi Wooshik took a deep breath, 'Because I knew that Lim Junseo is alive all this time. With that fact, the News Anchor will eventually win. Just like a few years ago. And I want to be on the winner's side this time.'

'How did you know that Lim Junseo is still alive?' The detective narrowing her eyes.

'Soon after I was released from prison, I worked again with Kim Jaewook. And after the bombing accident, my main job was keeping an eye on Do Minhee. I saw Do Minhee meeting Lim Junseo a few days ago. Although I didn't say anything about it to Kim Jaewook.'

The detective shot a probing gaze, 'Again? You've worked with him before?'

'Kim Jaewook was the one who cleans up the mess of that deepfake case. Making sure I took all the blame because the deepfake business was operating as part of E Group at that time.'

'Why you tell me all of this now? You know this is big, right?'

'As I said before, I want to be on the winner's side this time. Knowing that Lim Junseo is alive, with Anchor Hyun and Ms. Son already found out about Kim Jaewook's past from Kim Taeri, I know this is bound to happen.'

Meanwhile, at Director Han's office, the Director has a sudden urge to vituperate the News Anchor who stood quietly across his desk.

Massaging his temples with thumbs, the Director tried to ease the headache Bin gave earlier. 'I want to curse at you really bad, Anchor Hyun. But if I were you, I know I would probably do the same.'

'I apologize for reporting the news about Kim Jaewook without your approval, Director Han. I will take all the responsibilities.'

'What will you do if you got fired because of this? I'm sure they won't let this slide easily, Bin.'

Silence filled the room for a moment before Director Han said, 'I heard you'll need to go to the police office tomorrow for a witness interview. Go home and take a rest. Take some day off for now and I'll call you if they've decided something about your situation.'

***

As soon as he opened the door, he could see Soojung sleeping soundly on the sofa, 'Soojung-ah, I'll stay so you can go home.'

Half-awake, Soojung asked him about the upcoming interview, 'Oppa, you're here? But you need to go for the interview tomorrow.'

'I can just go there from here. Now go get some proper sleep at home.'

'But-' She tried to stay but Bin insisted. 'You can come here before I go for the interview tomorrow morning.'

After Soojung has left, Bin sat on the chair next to Yejin's bed; watching her sleeping in silence. Seeing how the bruises have turned into yellowish color made him sigh in relief, yet the guilty feeling didn't exactly leave.

The sight of unconscious Yejin with the doctors tried to figure out what was really happened to her still lingering fresh on his mind. Because no one really knows how she ended up like that, they need to perform some tests before taking some medical actions. Especially, to make sure what kind of poison she swallowed.

Turned out, it was nitric acid poisoning that made her vomiting blood. And after they made sure that the poison has been completely removed from the stomach, they finally moved Yejin to the private room. But they still closely monitoring her condition after that.