chapter six

The atmosphere in the room shifted into cold. 

The couple stand still like a frozen fish caught unaware by an unexpected fisherman.  Shock completely written on their faces. The whole confession of things is just too grave for them to handle. For a while they remain in this position, an uncomfortable silence descending over the room.

Lee Yiwon popped his head, his eyes searching for theirs. He had been wondering inwardly how the couple would react to the news when they learned of it but he knew no matter how they reacted, it wouldn't be easy for them to accept, So when the unbelievable expression crept into their faces he wasn't surprised.

It was something he was expecting.

"M..My… dau…daughter was… threatened" Shin Sulan asked in a low voice, her mouth parted as though the reality of the situation was sinking into her.

"I am sorry to say but it was the truth"

The words seemed surreal to Yoo Bongpal and for a moment, he tried sense out of them but couldn't

All along Jihye was sobbing quietly. She tried controlling the tears but it was just too hard for her to hold it back. 

'Everything was her fault. If only she had reported this to the police.' That was the thought that was making her cry.

Lee Yiwon sighed heavily, his gaze straying to the man's soft brown orbs, and carefully he said. "Sir, can you direct us to her room," 

The word sounded foreign to Yoo Bongpal and for a moment he lost his sense of reasoning before he nodded and gestured toward the Staircase.

From his expression it shows he was utterly disturbed. He just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that his daughter was going through such a cruel ordeal without his knowledge but he kept reminding himself to keep it all in. It will be foolish to break down now, this is just another reason to stay strong. The one after his daughter's life must be found if only for this reason.

With this pep reason in his mind Yoo Bongpal rose to his feet and Lee Yiwon with his companions followed him upstairs while Ji hye stayed back with Shin Sulan in the living room, consoling her or rather consoling themselves.

Meanwhile No one noticed Mr Kim, the butler watering a plant next to the living room. It was not his job but Mr Kim had the odd habit of watering every plant inside the mansion every few minutes.

It was never intentional but he ends up listening to every discussion going in the living room while watering the tulips flower next to the room, certainly with a broken heart and reddened eyes from crying. He was so close to Yoo Na Young and she was like a daughter to him. Upon hearing the little girl's awful ordeal he couldn't help but cry silently.

Yoo Bongpal escorted them as they made their way to the staircase, and onto Yoo Na Young room. Mr Kim immediately joined them on the way to the staircase. He noticed how his boss looked pale and decided it best he also accompanied the detective and as well looked over the pitiful man.

The family mansion was a humble hundred square feet of floor, just enough for a wealthy business family. 

Na Young's room was located on the second floor of the mansion. Standing in front of her room, Yoo Bongpal input the password by typing on the small digital system next to the door, it makes a ding sound and snaps open.  Together with other people following behind him, they went inside, and walked further to the middle of the room

The cool breeze hit Lee Yiwon through the patted curtain of the open French window.  Everywhere was sparkling clean and neatly arranged. Gawking around the fully furnished room, Lee Yiwon and his subordinate were in awe. 

In a serious pressing situation like the one at hand Lee Yiwon just can't help it but to praise the uniqueness of Yoo Na Young interior design as he scanned the whole bedroom

"Shall we begin?" Yoo Bongpal cloudy announced after giving Lee Yiwon enough time to feed his eyes in the dazzling room.

Regaining himself, Lee Yiwon's eyes scurried around in a hurry, possibly looking for a hidden drawer or spot where the letters might have been kept.

Yoo Na Young room isn't the typical girly style usually painted and decorated in pink colour and stuffed with a big teddy bear but rather it was painted with white color above the chair rail and sky blue below the rail. Next to her desk equipped with a computer is a shelf containing sum of books. It has a walk in closet next to a door that leads into the bathroom.

There isn't anything girly about the room but decorated how a normal room would appear.

Immediately everyone began the search,heading to each corner of the room checking, opening and ruffled, through any possible items they laid eyes on.

Lee Yiwon moved closer to the book shelf, he checked through and behind each row of books but nothing came to trigger his curiosity.

Nothing unusual. It was all plain

Lee Yiwon's subordinate officer was also doing his job checking the drawer that was an inch away from the bed. He went about opening the full drawer in the row but it was either empty or stuffed with items unrelated to their search.

Moving closer to the last drawer on his checklist, he tried opening it but the drawer refused to bend to his whim and after carefully examining the causes for its denial, surprisingly he found it locked.

Locked?

Why is it the only drawer locked?.

Calling Lee Yiwon and others attention to the drawer, they instantly scurried over to him and pulled the drawer but it was still the same result.

Locked.

"What are we going to do?" With a slight frown on his forehead Lee Yiwon asked no one in particular after trying his best in opening the drawer but to no avail

A deafening Silence descended upon the room as everyone looked confused and deep in thought, trying to think of a way to open the drawer. Lee Yiwon knew it was useless asking for the key because certainly Na Young would have kept the key in secrecy.

"I have a solution but I don't know if it will work" Mr Kim suddenly said after a quiet period of silence. 

Everyone's eyes drifted to him eagerly, probing him to let out the solution he might have.

Seeing the waiting eyes bore on him, the butler continue "Since this drawer is the same as each other pieces in every room in this mansion, So I was probably thinking if it possible to open it with another password from any other pieces in this mansion but who know it might not work" He pointed to the security system on the side of the drawer "see this, it high technology"

Lee Yiwon couldn't help but hiss in dismay- Password. So it was a password reset not a lock key. 

It just seemed annoying to him to think that every possible door and drawer in the mansion is equipped with a password protection rather than a lock key.

Lee Yiwon'subordinate officer was equally in daze. He wouldn't have noticed that it a password protection. What he was expecting is a lock key.

"If all protection in this mansion is equipped with a password, then why is it that other drawers aren't locked but only this particular one was locked?" Lee Yiwon asked, curiously seething into him.

"To input a password for a particular drawer or door is according to the owner's wish. Though the door and drawer was programmed as a password required system, it can't input on its own unless it was inputted by somebody. So Na Young must have input the password only for this drawer"

Lee Yiwon looked confused as he listened to Yoo Bongpal explanation, and he rolled his eyes secretly; All these wealthy people are attention seekers. Why buy something of such a protocol in the first place?.

"If I get you correctly, each drawer and door in this mansion had their password Right?. But who knows there might be a drawer with the same password as this one in others rooms but might be unaware to you" Lee Yiwon's subordinate officer interjects, trying to make a solid assumption that might turn out to be the truth.

Yoo Bongpal and Mr Kim nodded in agreement and turned to look at Lee Yiwon to make a decision.

The confusion in Lee Yiwon eyes was gone but replace with glint eyes of hope and he said "Let's give it a try"

Not waiting for an order from Yoo Bongpal, Mr Kim immediately dashed  outside the closed door and in a few minutes appeared back with an iPad in his hand.

Pressing the start button the screen lit up in a flash and started up in no time. Scrolling through the application Mr Kim finally saw what he was looking for.

It was a strange sum of numbers with a text in front of them reading each room's doors and drawers number with a picture of the doors and drawers next to it.

Mr Kim hand the Ipad over to Lee Yiwon and said "These are the password of each doors and drawers in this mansion" 

Going by his subordinate officer assumption Lee Yiwon scanned through the picture looking for the drawer that looks exactly like Yoo Na Young drawer. Everyone had a pinpoint eagerness in their orbs as they looked into the iPad gazing at the different doors and drawers showing up one after the other.

Lee Yiwon couldn't help but mentally praise the wealth of Yoo Na Young's parents after seeing the several doors leading to different rooms in their mansion, but still all that kept appearing didn't match with the drawer they were looking for.

At the dye minutes that Lee Yiwon was about to give up, a typical same drawer with that of Yoo Na suddenly appeared on the screen and it instantly lit up everyone's eyes.

"Here you are" Lee Yiwon mumbled to the screen as though he was talking to a human being.

Checking for the password in front of the picture that reads 66690. Lee Yiwon moved to the drawer and input the password.

Everybody held their breath in their chest and hoped it would work. A second pass but it seemed like eternity to everyone and the drawer made a clicking sound.

"It's open!" Yoo Bongpal exclaimed, teary eyed as the tension in his body released.

Everyone heaved a huge sigh and smiled lightly at their accomplishment.

Lee Yiwon dragged open the drawer and his eyes landed on Yoo Na Young awards certificate from winning both international and within the country competition. After sorting aside the award certificate, he found a Ziploc bag inside the drawer.

Opening the bag, inside it was tons of paper containing a note. The note said:

"Die bitch"

"Rot in hell"

"I will come for you"

There are also photocopie of each Na Young awards certificate and a note written with blood was imprinted at the back of the certificate. The note said:

"You don't deserve this bitch"

"I will kill you bitch and all your family members"

It was as if time was frozen for a second because everybody in the room stood rigidly. They were shocked.

Lee Yiwon huffed while keeping the threat note and certificate back ziplock bag.  Only after zipping up the bag did he turn to look at Yoo Bongpal. He noticed the colour of his face pale, and how he was having difficulty forming his words. He heard him stuttered in dismay "M- my daughter"

For a second Lee Yiwon subordinate officer jaw just dropped, but soon enough he found the right words to say "Since we have found the evidence that will aid us in our investigation, the culprit will be caught in no time"

"Hmm" Lee Yiwon nodded. "So we will take our leave now"

Lee Yiwon saw how Mr Kim force a smile and said while his voice was breaking "Y- yes.. we are counting on you"

Lee Yiwon and his officers bow courteously to the lip trembling man and get out of the room.

Mr Kim also noticed how Yoo Bong Pal's lips were trembling and how he wound up covering his mouth. His eyes welled up instantly, shifting from the shut door to his daughter's drawer.

Mr Kim placed a hand on his shoulder rubbing comfortingly. "I know it hard to bear but please be strong"

At that point, Yoo Bongpal was already gasping for air and his tears flowed freely down his cheek. He said "Ha-ha I am okay"

He quickly wiped the wetness on his face, taking a deep breath to calm himself."Thank you Mr Kim"

And both man share a faint smile and head toward the door.