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In their black dress at the funeral house, Yong-sun and her mother sat in the room beside Granny Kim's photo. Every person that came to pray for her light an incense stick. Mr. Kim stood at the entrance welcoming their relatives.


Mrs. Kim held Yong-sun's hand and caressed her. It hurt that her mother was killed but it even hurt more that Yong-sun was to witness her favorite person's death. Mrs. Kim teared up watching her daughter sitting there since morning without saying anything. Yong-sun's eyes were red and swollen. She kept staring blankly on the floor, not even greeting anyone.


"Yong-sun. You should eat something. You didn't even drink a drop of water." Mrs. Kim wiped off her tears and help Yong-sun to stand up. She took Yong-sun to one of the tables where everyone was having lunch.


Yong-sun hold the spoon in her hand but she has forgot to eat. Mrs. Kim touch her hand and told her to eat her share. "What about you, mom?"


"I am not hungry." Mrs. Kim flashed a weak smile. "You look so thin. Eat up." Mrs. Kim could not stop her tears seeing her daughter eat. Mrs. Kim and Mr. Kim wanted to see their daughter but now that they were meeting in such condition really tore her heart apart. Mrs. Kim put a piece of kimchi on top of the rice and gestured Yong-sun to eat it. Yong-sun looked at her mother and started to sob. "I miss grandma." Mrs. Kim hugged Yong-sun and both cried.


Yong-sun came out of the funeral house to recollect herself. She inhaled deeply and dried off her tears. She tried to calm herself first.


"Miss Yong-sun?"


Yong-sun turned to hear the familiar voice. "Byul? What are you doing here?"


"My uncle. He passed away."


Yong-sun nod and look away. Byul-yi walked forward and stood next to Yong-sun. "Did anyone-?"


"My grandmother."


"I am sorry for your lost." Byul stared at Yong-sun who was standing still. The awkwardness was growing and Byul did not know what to do with Yong-sun not saying anything. She hesitated but asked anyway. "Do you want any company?"


"I am sorry, Byul. I need to go." Yong-sun sprinted towards the gate and got on a cab, once again leaving Byul to stand there alone.


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Yong-sun looked around to check if anyone was following her. After making sure no one is around, she entered the pin and opened the door to an apartment in an old apartment building.


After the night of bloodshed, Yong-sun called Whee-in to take Hye-jin to their safe house and take out information from her while she took care of her grandmother's body.


Whee-in stood up on seeing Yong-sun and guided her to a sit. She filled in on what Yong-sun had missed. After Hye-jin contacted Yong-sun that day, she was caught by Miss X's men, the unknown person now identified as a woman. However, they didn't just kill her. They took her hostage for two weeks. In the meantime, they locked her up in a hotel room. One night, they forgot to lock the door after giving her dinner. She took the chance and sneaked out. She was in an unfamiliar building and got lost. She avoided the elevator and used the staircase to escaped. On the ground floor, she quietly opened the staircase door and that's when she saw the woman from the night her family was murdered.

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