INSIDE MONSTER. THE FUGITIVE.

CHAPTER 2: THE PURPLE CODE. MAN DOWN! (2)

„Captain Lee," DooSan's weak voice was heard behind the Captain, a voice that made Lee stop right in the middle of the lobby. He was heading toward the exit door when he heard DooSan calling him.

Listening to DooSan calling his name, Lee stopped. Yet, he did that not because he wanted to see him, but because he didn't expect that DooSan was there. At the same time, he didn't want to see DooSan because he felt guilty for everything he did to him. Yes, Lee felt guilty and that something was asphyxiating him. He actually felt that each time he saw DooSan, to whom he destroyed his life because of a failed attempt to solve a case that was ruining his life too. That's why he avoided DooSan all that time. At that moment, however, he had no choice: he had to face him. Thus, reluctantly, he turned toward DooSan, who was about 10 meters from him, and Lee said nothing, staring with empty and sad eyes at him.

Seconds after he started watching DooSan and DooSan staring at him, Lee smiled. Then, sadly and with teary eyes, Lee said, „What's up, Doosan? Are you alright?"

Hearing that question, DooSan gnashed his teeth. He felt pain in his chest listening to the dry words said by Lee, even though the Captain tried to say them kindly. Yet, by saying what he said, Lee managed only to disappoint DooSan more. He felt betrayed by Lee because, after his father's death, and more, after YuSan's death, he trusted the Captain, he told him secrets, and talked to him about his plans, thinking that Lee was also sincere. He had been wrong, however, because, since what happened to SolHi, since Captain Lee sent her to a maximum-security prison, Lee avoided him. This hurt him more than the betrayal. He felt pain in his heart understanding that the Captain didn't dare to look into his eyes and explain to him why he did that. DooSan would have liked to hear an explanation because he was sure that there was a „because" behind SolHi's confession, who had always said that she didn't kill YuSan. She actually swore to throw herself off a building if she had found out that she killed his beloved brother. Yet, eventually, she accepted that everything had been a lie, including her amnesia.

That's why DooSan asked, „Why?" when he felt capable of controlling his anger.

Lee, even though he understood that the right question was, „Why did you betray me, Captain?" preferred to play the fool. Then, smiling, he asked, „About?"

„About everything, Captain," DooSan yelled, angry. After that, he approached Lee, intending to grab him by the collar and beat him. At one-step from Lee, he stopped and just stared into his eyes. Lee looked elsewhere. Yet, this didn't make DooSan give up and asked again, yelling, „Why, I asked! Why?"

Lee, however, pretending to be calm, stuck his hands into his pockets and, taking a few steps in front of DooSan, murmured, „If you had clearly asked that question, DooSan, I would have answered it. Yet... I can only guess what your question is, because..."

„Let's not play the fools, Captain," hissed DooSan through his teeth eventually. „You know very well what I mean."

„No, I don't know that, DooSan, because there are so many things that are so confusing now." Lee stuttered all this while trying to confuse DooSan and escape that interrogation. Something that didn't work for him because DooSan suddenly stepped in front of him, forcing him to stop that chaotic movement. Thus, he forced Lee to look into his eyes again, with a glance in which sparkles of anger were seen. Yes, all those were sparkles that demonstrate that DooSan felt injustice, for everything that happened a year ago and eight years ago too. That's why he was trying to obtain answers from Lee. The Captain, however, couldn't give him those answers. He couldn't accept that he had been wrong. Not for the moment. At first, Lee had to find out what was the truth, to take revenge on his soul, and, only after that, to make justice for others too. That's why Lee only murmured eventually, „DooSan, please, be patient! I promise I'll solve everything. I'll turn everything back to how it was a year ago."