MIND GAMES | HEESEUNG

3

- mind games -

Ting

The bell of the NewTon cafe has rang when Ethan and Rhea open the door.

They both straightly went to the cashier without minding the customers who watched their steps once they have entered the cafe.

"We both from Seoul Dongjak Police station. Can I have a talk with your manager." Ethan showed his card to the girl, she nod her head and take a few seconds leaving them to call her manager.

Not so long after that, a guy came out from the staffs room, he bowed his head to Ethan and Rhea, he brings them both to the upstairs which is for the staffs meeting room.

"What can I help you Sir?" He asked Ethan.

Ethan wandering his eyes, making sure there will be no stranger listen to their conversation.

"Do you know Jang Sunhee?" Ethan's first question.

"Of course I know, she is one of my employees." The manager said. "But these past few days I haven't see her come to work again. No call or text from her which makes me worried."

Ethan went confuse for a moment when the manager said that,
"You don't know about her yet?"

"Why? Something happened to her?" He asked curiously. His voice change, seems like he's about to cry.

"She was found dead two days ago. I thought you knew about this." Ethan explains, the manager's eyes change, tears were about to fall on his cheeks.

He took a deep breath and let it out, trying his best not to cry in front of people.
"Here's drink for you guys." One of the waiter says and put three cups of coffee in the table.

She gave a smile to all of them and went downstairs to do her jobs again.

"May I know your name?" Ethan asked the manager.

"Kim Wonbin." he shortly replied, still look down, cannot explain how he feels right now.

Wonbin is the owner of NewTon cafe. He is the youngest child in his family and when his father and brother died due to car accident, the cafe is now handled by him alone. First his mother left them, then his father and brother. Now he became an orphan.

Sunhee, one of his employees that he adores the most but unfortunately she also leave him.

Is this his fate? The people who he loves the most will left him?

If that is the fate then he is so unlucky in this world, he thought.

Ethan and Rhea bowed as a thanks to Wonbin because he managed to have some time with them to talk about Sunhee.

And for today's first plan, they got three more details about Sunhee.
Firstly, Sunhee has bestfriend name Gyuri.
Secondly, she live near to this cafe but their bodies were found far from their home which is very weird.
Lastly, Sunhee loves his younger brother and willing to do anything who hurts his younger brother this is because they both also came from orphanage.

"For the next part of our plan, we have to change. We have to find Gyuri first."

Rhea open his notes app and write something on it,
'I am curious how can Wonbin didn't know about Sunhee's dead when he said just now he was looking for her at her house a day after Sunhee is dead?'

Ethan widened his eyes and nod his head, "Right. I felt something is off from him when he said he didn't know about her dead. Guess we should keep an eye on him."

Ethan start the engine and drove his car away from the cafe.

There is a presence of someone watching Ethan and Rhea left the place.

"How innocent you are."