"They're all unpleasant people."
The cause of Kim Namjoon's death was murder, not food poisoning.
As they delve deeper into the case, Inspector Jung Hoseok and Chief Constable Jung Wheein notice things amiss the suspicious folk of the dead man.
Ther...
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The veil is lifted
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SHROUDED with mystery this case had felt when Wheein, along with her brother Hoseok, had first began wading into its uncharted waters. Each time they got close to apprehending someone, their suspect either died or was proven innocent.
Her cell-phone dinged in her pocket, indicating that she had an unread message. She didn't need to check it to know its contents; she knew it was Hoseok, dutifully informing that he had proceeded with his plan.
Despite her disagreeing with her brother that it was too soon to arrest Yerim, she couldn't deny that all the evidence pointed at her. Even the lipstick mark on the sticky note found on Joohyun's bathtub bore her DNA. Strangely, they had found Joohyun and Hansol's fingerprints on them.
Wheein let that seep in her mind, before she entered the shady dwelling that used to be Joohyun's workplace.
*
Yerim sat on a stool in the dingy jail cell, her hands folded and legs crossed so tightly that Hoseok wondered if they would ever come free. She stood out like a banana in the cell, despite being clad in black velvet.
"For the last time, if you could just tell me what you were doing in Jeju Island, we could come to an understanding," he said as patiently as he could.
"For the last time," she mocked. "If you could simply understand that when I say you won't understand my reasons, then we could perhaps come to a better conclusion. I didn't kill my father, my step-mother and that stupid manservant, what more do you want from me?"
"Ms. Kim, you do realize that that isn't how cases work."
Yerim parted her mouth to emit a soft scream. "Ah! I told you that if I tell you why I went to Jeju Island it won't help my case! It will only make things worse!"
Hoseok raised his eyebrow. "However, it might help your case. Perhaps, it could provide you with an alibi. You do want a solid defense against all this evidence, don't you?"
"I will exchange all those details with my lawyer," Yerim said, narrowing her eyes. "Not with a puny Inspector."
Hoseok then had enough. "Well then, I have attempted to play good cop and to no avail, it seems. Then, pray tell me, how did you do it?"
Yerim stiffened. "I told you, I didn't do it."
Hoseok stood up. "Then you will have to work very hard to prove that statement, Ms. Kim. Because from the way everything works out - even your DNA is against you - it looks like you committed triple murder at the House of Kim."
He slammed the door of the cell shut, leaving a shell-shocked Yerim behind.
