𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐑! | ha do-yeong

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- What's all of this? - Myung-Hee looked at the pictures in front of her.

Dong-Eun took her to the nearest cafe and showed her pictures taken years ago without any warning. She watched Myung-Hee's facial expressions change at an incredible speed.

- My body - she answered calmly.

They both looked each other in the eyes.

- Why are you showing me this?

Myung-Hee looked at the photos again. She was terrified, if not more. Seeing a burned body that afternoon wasn't something she expected at all. Knowing it belonged to the woman right in front of her gave her goosebumps.

- You are close with people who did this. I want revenge - she explained simply - And having you on my side would help me a lot.

- I'm sorry, but I don't know anyone who would do something like this to anyone. You must mistook me for someone else.

Dong-Eun smiled a bit at her. She was so different from the people she would spend time with it was almost crazy.

- I went to high school with your boyfriend and the rest of his friends - she stopped for a moment when she noticed Myung-Hee's eyes landed on her ringing phone on the table - You can answer that.

- I will call back - she rejected the call - What about them?

- They were kids who thought they could do anything without consequences. What you saw was just a small part of what they did. To me, and to others.

- There is no way they would...

- You might know them from the other side, Myung-Hee, but the one they showed me is very dark.

- Why didn't you go to the police? - she asked and watched Dong-Eun smile slightly.

- I did, but they wouldn't do anything about it - she took her cup of coffee in her hands - Now, I will take care of this.

- You want revenge - Myung-Hee couldn't tell if she wanted it to sound like a question or a statement.

- I already started it some time ago, didn't they tell you anything about an old classmate?

Myung-Hee went silent.

Everything seemed normal between them. Yes, Myeong-Oh wasn't answering their calls for a while but it wasn't the first time it happened. It was normal that Jae-Jun would be a bit more nervous because of it, including Sa-Ra. Even Yeon-Jin and Hye-Jeong didn't say a word about Dong-Eun.

And about what they did.

- What's the point of telling me about this? - Myung-Hee needed to change the subject - And how do you know that I won't tell anyone that we'd met?

She felt tricked. If Jae-Jun really was part of the hell Dong-Eun went through she deserved to know about this from him. She was ashamed.

- You are different from them - she stood up - I have a plan, and it's too late for anyone to stop me. I only want you to choose which side you are on.

Myung-Hee looked at her.

Was there a possibility that she could lie about all of this? Of course, she would find a good way of looking for confirmation of this, but something made her feel that Dong-Eun had told her the truth.

- I want them to feel what I felt all those years. That's the only thing I dream of. I hope you'll understand.

Myung-Hee nodded. She looked down at her hands not knowing what to say, before Dong-Eun put a small piece of paper on the table. Exactly in the middle of her pictures.

- You can find me there, if you'll make up your mind.

She left the coffee quickly. Myung-Hee looked around and sighed, before she noticed the address written on the paper.

Ye-Sol's school.

She remembered Yeon-Jin telling her that the new teacher is crazy, unqualified and simply not good enough to teach her daughter. She tried to do everything to get her fired.

Now it all made sense.

Moon Dong-Eun was bullied by her closest friends, Yeon-Jin who was like a sister to her, and her beloved boyfriend. They never said a damn word about it. They forgot about what they did like it was never a big deal.

Myung-Hee felt disgusted.

She closed her eyes and clenched her teeth. She was more than angry.

Her phone started to ring again. She took a deep breath before she looked at the screen.

Yeon-Jin.

She snorted, but she knew she needed to act like she didn't know anything. Otherwise it all would only get worse.

- Yes? - she answered the phone with a fake smile on her face.

- Where are you? - she heard Yeon-Jin's voice - You didn't pick up the phone, I started to get worried.

- Oh, it's nothing, really - Myung-Hee looked at the photos scattered on the table for one more time, and somehow, her hand managed to find the bouquet of flowers she bought just before meeting Dong-Eun, and slowly tighten around it. Tightly - I'll see you in a minute. Something just got in my way.