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Found you

"Come quietly," says Rang. He entered the Anderson residence covertly with Aera.

He addressing one of the worker-girl, "She is new. Show her the chamber in which you all lodge. Treat his shoulder as well."

Rang patted her right shoulder, telling Aera, "Don't worry. You will be fine."

"Thank you, sir." He smiled at Aera as she expressed gratitude. A worker-girl accompanied Aera.

Rang relaxedly exhaled, Cho noticed him as he entered the hallway. Cho queries, "What took you so long? Where have you been? Anderson sir…"

Rang panics, "Sir has already arrived…"

"Yes, preceded you," Anderson shouts as he descends the staircase.

Both Cho and Rang have their heads bowed and are holding hands behind their backs. Anderson yells, "Are you both heroes? You are aware that Kang's palace poses a greater threat. Why did you two go there by yourselves without telling me?"

Rang says in a low tone, "You weren't in here. We therefore hoped Lucy could be saved by us. But regrettably, we fell short."

"Then how was she rescued?" Ji-ho and Lucy entered the hallway while Anderson questioned them.

Cho and Rang are both startledly glancing at one another. "We didn't rescue her," Cho claims.

"Yes, sir. We didn't...!"

Lucy says, "An unknown-girl saved me. She assisted me in leaving the palace of the Kang."

Rang sighed with frustration, "Again, Unknown-girl arrived out of nowhere."

Ji-ho asks, "Lucy, you know nothing about her…?"

"Yes. It was totally dark. I can't really see her face. But, I am grateful that she helped me."

Cho and Rang are the focus of Anderson's attention as she remarks, "You two are better at skating your own life. Then spend one week on night duty guarding the building. Just the two of you."

Cho murmurs, "Sir…!"

Aera was shown the room by a worker-girl, who said, "Take this bed." The left and right sides of the rooms have numerous beds, and the hallway is spacious. There are a lot of working girls there.

"I will treat your wounds."

Aera backed away, "It's okay. It is not a serious wound. I will treat myself."

She walked to the washroom and took off her blood-stained gown. Through the mirror, she viewed her. She washed her face and turned to look at her left shoulder, which was twisted and oozing blood.

Slowly, she touched his right arm. She attempts to untwist his shoulder while screaming an excruciatingly painful, "Ahhhh….."

Anderson awoke abruptly from his nap, dripping with perspiration and gasping loudly. On his right side, who was sleeping, was Han-na.

He stood up from his bed and looked out onto the balcony at the moon, saying, "What a nightmare! Aera was in good hands, made me feel better. But now, something feel off."

"Brother, brother… Aera…" Bella displays to Lucas the CCTV footage of Aera falling from the sixth floor and being hit by the ground.

Kang concerns, "Gross. She will be suffering excruciating anguish."

Lucas commands, "Check every square inch of this town. Police station, bus terminal, railway station… everywhere. I want Aera, right now."

Kang spoke himself, "He won't let that child be neither dead nor alive."

As Anderson changes his shirt, Han-na slowly awakens. "This is my home; please stay here a while. The table has food on it. Stay and eat here. Don't leave; my guards dislike outsiders."

"Aera…. I came to help Aera along with Jenny, but I got separated from her in the palace. She is not pick up when I tried to call her. Could you please...?"

"I will look into it. My instincts say that Aera is in danger. I'll look into her too. Don't worry."

"Yes."

"Sir, breakfast has already been sent to your room. So why are you dining here," asks Rang.

Anderson replied, "I forgot about that."

Rang orders the worker-girl, "Go and dispose of the food."

"No need. I'll tidy things up. No one should enter my room since I am working on some important matter."

"Yes, sir."

Aera is dressed as a worker girl, and her batch number is 85. She wrapped her left shoulder with a bandage.

Aera watering the plants in the lawns. Anderson is seated on the balcony, and observing the lawn. While, Han-na was roaming Anderson's room in a perplexing manner.

Aera's mother was worried, "Is Aera safe? Her hand was seriously injured."

Jeson comforted her, "Don't worry. She is my daughter; she will take care of herself. I failed to protect our daughter from the start. I am a big sinner."

"Don't say things like that. We did that in order to protect Aera."

Aera's father cries, "No, we never protect her. We failed as her parents. We never care about what she thinks, feels, or her loneliness… Never… We ought to have let her love Anderson. Instead of our hands, Anderson's hands will keep her safe." Jeson weeps with his wife over Aera.

Cho and Rang were seated down and enjoying the meal. Rang exclaims, "Whoa…! Delicious."

"I agree, Rang sir. The food today is amazing."

"Hye-rin, at number 20, gets better at cooking."

"Yes, I think so. She made a wide variety of dishes, today. I had never noticed this food before. How was that she made all of this food by herself?"

"Don't know. Amazing, though. If I continue to eat like this feast every day, I fear that I will put on some weight." The dish was being savored by Cho and Rang.

"I got the search warrant in Blue Mountain Palace," Park said as he handed Lee the document. Bo-ra grinned contentedly.

The Blue Mountain Palace's front entrance is where Lee, Bo-ra, Park, and Jeong are waiting. "We really shouldn't permit you, sir," the security guard said.

Lee gives the search warrant to the guards. "I believe we should enter now," Lee said.

Lucas and Bella were discussing with the guards as they entered the hallway. Lucas says, "What's the Seoul cop doing here?"

"We are here for Aera," Lee declares. Her friends reported her missing. We heard that she had been taken by some thugs."

When Kang arrived, he said, "I kept this location as pure as heaven. After that jerk Lucas arrived, my home started to experience daily problems. Now cops…! Aish…"

Lucas laughing loudly, "You misunderstood, Mr. Lee. Aera is my sister, why would I kidnap my own sister. If you don't believe what I'm saying. Then, query her parents regarding her."

Lucas commands, "Call my father."

Bo-ra scans the area in search of Aera. Lucas said, "Bella, you better go. Search Aera with the help of guards. I will handle the situation." Bella fled the hallway as he finished.

Jeson came at the hall. Lee asked, "Jeson, where is your daughter? I want to check out if she is secure."

Lucas is glaring at him angrily as Jeson looks at him. Jeson frowned and asked, "What are you talking? Aera is my daughter. She voluntarily came with us. Why would we take her away?"

"Then show us."

Jeson frightens. Lucas deals with the situation, "She is sick because we held a party yesterday. She then got sick and tired. After two days, if she's fine, you can come. Tell Kang that you were the party's organizer."

"Me… Yes, cop. Aera is sick completely; she is unable to move her little finger." Lee was suspiciously observing everyone. Bo-ra notices Kang, who is standing close by, has a bandage on his head.

Kang says of it himself, "She yearned for rescue all those days. After she fled away, a bunch of cops arrived. Stupid cops…"

Bo-ra asked, "Did you say something?"

"Nothing. Just moaning about my predicament. Do you want coffee or beverages?"

"No thanks."

Park says, "Mr. Lee, we have to wait for two more days."

"We can't do anything over Aera's parent's statement, because they are her parents. They are legally permitted to detain her. We can't interfere with their family issues since it would be illegal. But it appears that something is wrong inside the palace. Everyone... Seems like hiding something big."

Bo-ra is contemplating Kang's statements from when she was standing next to him. She is attempting to understand his words. Park enquired, "Bo-ra, what do you think about Aera's father's words."

She didn't hear Park's words. "Bo-ra…"

Bo-ra said with despair, "No…"

Lee wonders, "What happened, Bo-ra?"

"I think, Aera isn't in the palace. She escaped from the palace."

"What?"

"She is in far more danger…!"

Aera is in pain as she cleans the tables in the hallway; she is perspiring a lot, her lips are chapped, and her eyes are bleary. Anderson was walking down the stairs. He is approaching the table.

A worker-girl called her, "Number 85, why are you working here? You seem very exhausted; get some rest. Is your hand still hurt?"

"No, I am fine. I will do the work."

"Rang Sir instructed me that you shouldn't work for a few days. Just take some rest."

Aera slowly gets to his feet and makes an effort to move. From behind, Anderson noticed Aera staring at her shoulder bandage. He then grabbed the file off the desk and left.

"I don't think Jeson has a son. He was the personal aide to my father. He raised me as well, and he avoided talking to anyone about his family matters. However, I remembered him telling me once, that he only has a daughter. Son…?" Anderson says to Han-na in a baffling manner.

Han-na says, "Then you believe Lucas isn't Aera's brother. I doubted it from the start because he was nothing like her. He is the exact opposite of Aera's character with his arrogant, malicious smirk. He is such a cold-hearted man."

"Lucas…" Anderson remembers the look on his face as he went to the Blue Mountain Palace to look for Rang. "I first noticed him at the Palace. Although he appears to be quiet, his eyes were not, which was abhorrent."

Anderson, "I can't able to reach what's going on inside the palace."

"What?"

"Palace guard system is significantly quite vast. I sent some guards to gain entry to the palace. They will find out tonight."

They heard a door knocking as they were speaking. "Don't make noise."

Only his face is visible as Anderson barely slightly opens the door. Rang with a big smile, "Ander… Food. Why do you require two men's quantities of food?"

Anderson replies, "I am hungrier these days. Just leave it besides the door."

"Why? Open the door. Why do you only show me your face? I wish to discuss a crucial issue."

"I told you, I am working on some important matters. We will talk about this later."

Rang says, "Ander…" Anderson unexpectedly shuts his door.

"Rude bastard," setting the meal beside the door before sadly leaving.

Aera appears to be in a much worse situation as she lies in bed, shivering from a high body temperature. Aera got out of bed carefully and went to the bathroom. She consumes painkillers. After some time, she again takes two more bills.

On the phone with Lucas, Bella said, "I found Aera whereabouts."

With pleasure, Lucas exclaimed, "I love you, my lovable sister. You excel in every way."

"Don't get your hopes high. Aera is in Anderson's place."

"What? Don't go Bella, I will go."

"Are you gone nuts, Lucas? What if Anderson knew about you? We have been waiting for these moments for all these years. Don't mess this up. Listen to me, I have a plan to retrieve Aera."

"What's that?"

Anderson and Han-na are tensely strolling opposite to each other. Anderson was fixated on the phone. Han-na asks, "This is a forest area. Is it feasible to get a good network?"

"Yes. I planted the phone tower here."

They were conversing tensely with one another. Anderson's phone abruptly rings, saying, "From guards… in palace."

He answers the phone, "Tell me. What's going on?"

After hanging up the phone, Anderson's expression turned dismal. Han-na asks, "Aera in there, right? Tell me something."

"She isn't there. On party night, she left the palace."

"What?"

Lucas is drinking alcohol while extremely ecstatic. When Jeson enters his room, he asks, "Have you heard anything about Aera?"

I can't disclose it to you. You figure it out by looking at me."

Jeson was staring at Lucas's beaming, joyous face as he held a glass of liquor in his hands. "You found the location where Aera was hiding."

"Bingo… Bravo… Dad, hurry and pack your things. We will return to our Orchard Island after Aera has returned."

"Where is she right now?" asks Aera's father, who is little frightened.

"Our enemy's place, dad."

"Anderson…!"

"Yes, dad. Don't worry, I sent my sister to retrieve Aera. You are well aware of my sister. She will undoubtedly accompany Aera."

Anderson descends the stairs with apprehension while wearing his coat. "Rang, start the car."

Rang says, "Sir…"

A female is standing in front of Rang with three men. Anderson enquires, "Who are they?"

"I was waiting for you sir," Bella remarked in a haughty tone.

Anderson asked, "Do I know you?"

"No, sir. But I am extremely familiar with you, Mr. Anderson. We are doing works under you. So, regrettably, you are unaware of me."

Anderson ponders for a bit, "Is it about any business regarding matter?"

"No. family matter, sir."

"Family matter…!"

"You understand quite well that our families will never approve of our business. Like many other families, mine experienced some issues. We've been looking for my sister for a week after she ran away from our house. Later, we discovered that she was working in your house."

Anderson questioned Rang, "How is it possible?"

"I love my sister more than anything in the world. She won't accompany me easily. Please assist me in finding my sister."

Anderson says, glancing anxiously at his watch, "I am in a rush. Can we deal with this matter in the morning?

"We traveled a great distance for my sister. My parents are so worried, they won't even eat until they see my sister."

Anderson commands, "Get every female worker, right now."

After a few moments, all of the worker-girls gathered in a hall. Anderson was seated in a sofa, on another sofa Bella was sitting.

Anderson said, "These are the female employees, search for your sister."

Standing in the middle of the worker females, Aera appears much worse. Anderson is seated, watching from a distance. Bella was examining each employee girl's face.

Aera panting heavily, she struggled to force her eyes open wide as she caught a blurry glimpse of Anderson's face. She rubs her eyes and suddenly her eyes brightens as she can now clearly see Anderson's face, "At last, I found you."