Knife Dance

EP28

I walk with her in silence. 

No words, no expression. 

We hold hands along the river path and walk in silence with the sound of water in the background. 

She thinks I'm tired of this kind of date, but she walks in silence. 

In a way, I wonder if we weren't the kind of people who needed mums and dads more than lovers. 

In a world where there was no one on my side, silent and desperate, we stumbled upon each other and began to love even though we clearly knew it would end. 

Nothing lasts forever, but we must be pretty romantic to have started our love in the here and now. 

"Hey, what happened today?"

"Well, I just cleaned the house and I'm tired."

"Really? Should we go to dinner soon?"

"Can we still have some soju tonight?"

"What's wrong?"

I asked as we moved to the bar.

"Just in case, really just in case."

I drank close to my limit, and my feelings of compassion for Gyuri and the desire to run away with Dahae were overwhelming.

"What if. What if I'm a bad person?"

"No, no, no. Of course you'd leave, right?"

"I just want to know what you think."

"I've met a lot of really bad people when I worked in bars and at home."

"I've never had anyone treat me like a person."

"But even if you were a bad person, I'd still follow you."

"And I'm sure he does bad things for a reason."

"What if people really hate me enough to make the news?"

"What if I could go to jail?"

"If so, I want you to run away with me to a foreign country."

"I don't want to get hurt anymore, I want to be with the person I love for the rest of my life."

"I mean it. Whatever you do, if you have to run away, I'll come with you."

"So don't worry."

"Okay, but don't you think you want to get revenge?"

"Against what?"

"Against the people who used you and looked at you the way they did."

"I do, but I've forgotten a lot."

"Sometimes the thought haunts me, but I just keep thinking that this sadness will end."

"Well, if I could get revenge."

"Is there anyone you want to take it out on?"

"I want to do it to myself."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I regret that I can't love myself like this, that I've always been so deferential to others, that I don't know what I want to do or what I like."

"I'm angry that other people don't care about me, but I'm also frustrated that I can't feel that way myself."

"But you care about me and I've learnt a lot from you, so I'll follow you anywhere."

"Thank you. You're the only woman I'll ever love."

"If only I'd met you sooner, so much could have been different."

"Oh, well. Shall we have a toast?"

"Yeah."

I wonder if she'll really stay by my side.

 Will she understand my actions and my life?

Who can heal my heartbreaking scars?

How can she be so sure

about her own feelings, about her own heart. I'm confused. Wandering mind

"Hasn't your mum been getting any weird calls lately?"

"Yeah. Really good."

"Have you been thinking about going to college?"

"Yeah, but college is expensive and I don't have the time. I'm thinking about it."

"How much is the tuition fee? I think it should be at least 2,000."

"I see. Two thousand."

"I know, but I'll remember what you said, that you'll come with me."

"Yes, I remember."

"Do you trust people?"

"No."

"Then why?"

"I trust you."

With that, I leave Dahae's little drinking session and head home. 

The world is dizzy. My head is spinning. 

What have I done, what will happen next? 

Now I don't have a spy with inside information on the nursery and I have to come up with an idea to monitor their daily routine and release the children.

That's when the text comes. 

From Myung-heon to his brother

"Jung-min, do you still need the recipe and ingredients?"

EP 28.5

Kim Ji-hoon is my henchman. 

With Kim Ji-hyeon and Kim Min-jae, there are three people who can do my work. 

Including me, there are four. 

If all of them play their roles well, my revenge will be very successful. 

First, I needed a reason to infiltrate the nursery and plant the bugs. 

I need to know how they're thinking and reacting when I take them out or pull a stunt. 

I'd also need to slyly send them links and messages infected with hacking code to their emails and phone numbers. 

These days, I do a lot of my dialogue via messenger or phone.

"Director."

"Yes, Mr Jung-min."

"You're starting your job as a courier again?"

"Yes. Can I ask you to deliver a package near the Sky Nursery?"

"I don't need my car, I'll just deliver in my own car and you can pay me 80 per cent."

"Do you have any business there?"

"No, I just need a favour"

In the video, there is a small bin in the room where the children sleep. 

The children rummage through it almost every day. 

Some of them want to escape because they see food, newspapers, information, or anything else that the teachers are eating. 

Of course, they might be too drugged up to care, but I've noticed that they do weird things with food, and they rarely eat anything they're tempted to, just think of ways to escape. 

Second-hand online cafes sell all sorts of things. 

There are all sorts of concepts, like water purifier repairers or air conditioning plumbers or repairmen. 

The nursery school teachers keep the children pretty much in one place and crack down when someone has to visit. 

There's a regular meeting room where they have discussions, and it's very important to have a bug in there.

The children are almost never all out of the nursery at once because of the fear of them running away. 

I remember when I was there, we had to put a lock on the door when we left and all the windows were toughened glass in case they ran away. 

I remember thinking, 'What a shitty place for my mum to abandon me.

That's right. I realised that the bastard probably sold me there on purpose for money, he deserved to die. 

I have to think of ways to get them out as much as possible, disguised as water purifiers, couriers, delivering newspapers. 

I have to light a fire in their lair and let the smoke fill the den so they can open the gates and walk out on their own. 

Only then can you win.