102 – EP.5 Risking Life-4

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“Cow, customer… it hurts…”

“…….”

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Despite the clerk’s pleas, Mr. Garam was unmoved.

“Mr. Garam, what are you doing now!”

Her eyes focused on the sound of the tray falling, and the clerk’s hand, held in hers, was turning white due to lack of blood flow.

“…….”

Surprised by my cry, resentful eyes turned to my face, then returned to the clerk with fierce hatred.

“Put this down!”

He grabbed Garam’s arm and tried to forcefully remove it, but he wouldn’t budge.

“Ah…”

Rather, the hunger only grew stronger, and the sound of moaning that came out of the clerk’s lips grew louder.

“Mr. Garam!”

Try giving it a little more power. However, it still doesn’t come apart.

“Mr. Garam, put this down. Otherwise, I will never see Mr. Garam again.”

“……”

With an ultimatum, she loosened her hands.

When Mr. Garam let go of his hand, the clerk grabbed his arm and made a sound of pain.

“I’m sorry. This friend had some circumstances. I think I misunderstood.”

I send Mr. Garam behind me, and bow down to say hello.

I bow down again to the other customers in the cafe and the store manager who rushes out after grasping the situation.

“I’m sorry. I’ll be leaving soon. Mr. Garam, please stay out.”

“president….”

Mr. Garam grabbed his sleeve.

I pulled out my arm and slashed her arm.

“First, go to the car.”

With a popping sound, her body swayed slightly.

I turned and faced her directly.

Her pupils trembled exceptionally, and her lost hand cut through the air.

As if he had thought that he would understand his actions.

Faced with an unbelievable situation, my head hurt.

“I’m just… boss, that’s not…”

Now I can see the original Mr. Garam.

“First of all, go first. I’ll go after talking with the people here.”

Put your hand on her shoulder and give her a slight push.

In a century she would never be outdone by, she took a step back.

I turned her around and guided her toward the doorway.

Even as I pushed her body away, she turned her head and tried to make eye contact with me.

However, I couldn’t afford to worry about making eye contact with her.

It was because the thought of having to reap the countless eyes that were pouring in had settled in my head.

After going out the door, she came out through the window and was cut off.

As if her feet didn’t come off easily, she was standing in front of the electric window, and when I motioned for her to go, she finally went to the car.

Her receding shoulders seemed dwarfed today.

After kicking her out of the store, I turned around and went to the store manager and staff.

“Once again, I’m really sorry.”

He bows down again and apologizes.

The clerk was grabbing his arm, which was swollen and red before he knew it.

Seeing that, strangely, one side of my chest felt heavy.

I extended my apology to them and wrapped up about Mr. Garam.

“That… that friend had some circumstances earlier, he’s a bit sick.”

“Ah, yes…”

The store manager retorts with a sad expression.

“So there are times when I go and show a violent appearance.

I have no choice but to cut Mr. Garam down.

“It’s weak compared to being sick and surprised… but in the sense of being sorry…”

I took the money out of my wallet as I could get my hands on it.

He handed out a bundle of 50,000 won bills to the clerk.

“Actually, I can’t compensate you with money, but I would like you to accept it.”

I add words so that you don’t think that you give money and go away.

The clerk waved his hand at the sight of paying a large sum of money, but I gave the money violently, like an adult relative giving money to his niece and nephew on New Year’s Day.

Are you going to sue or not?

***

“Go take a look!”

The store manager and clerk come out to the door and greet you.

The accident happened on this side, but to be treated so generously… After all, money seems to be the best.

Aw… it’s a waste of money. No matter how rich you are, it is a waste of money.

When I went to the parking lot, I saw Mr. Garam standing at a distance next to the car.

Oh… you didn’t give me the key.

Unlike my lighter wallet, my heart became heavier.

“!!!”

I and she recognized each other.

As if she was about to come to where I was, she moved her body hesitantly, but I told her to stay there and speeded up her steps.

“I’m sorry. I forgot to give you the car keys.”

It must have been a short time, but I felt sorry for leaving it outside.

I hurriedly opened the car door and she quietly climbed into the passenger seat.

Sitting in the driver’s and front passenger’s seats, we looked ahead.

A common parking lot in the city. There was no scenery to speak of.

Just a series of people and cars passing by.

The scenery outside the car is a continuation of daily life.

The situation inside the car is an extension of the extraordinary.

I felt helpless as if I was holding a tangled ball of thread.

A thread that cannot be cut with scissors or given up on unraveling.

“Mr. Garam. Why the hell did you do that?”

“I’m sorry.”

“I don’t want to hear an apology. I wonder why you did that.”

I wanted her to say that she misunderstood the situation and reacted that way.

“That-that woman flirts with the boss… and brings her a cake to flirt with…”

There were many things I wanted to say, but I decided to stay still because I didn’t think I was going to cut off her words.

“Then, when we get to know each other… the boss won’t look at me even if he doesn’t care… I think so.”

Mr. Garam’s voice gradually became smaller. He seemed to realize how nonsensical he was talking.

“Well, then I’m lonely again…”

What is so sad about it, I can see that the hand on my lap is getting stronger.

I’m going to break my knee

“Ga-ram, first of all, the cake was given to all the cafe customers as an evaluation of the new product.”

“There’s no way I can get close to the clerk just by eating that cake.”

Make her understand and reassure her as much as possible.

Rather than recklessly pushing her, try to calm her down and make her understand.

If there is push and pull in dealing with people, this must be pulling.

“However….”

“It’s just that, but it’s just me… Mr. Garam, you can’t wield violence.”

It’s too strong.

Now it’s time to nudge her.

“And even if I became friendly with the clerk, it’s not fair for Mr. Garam to wield violence.”

“Yes? You’re getting close?”

startled and look at me

“You know better than that.”

“…….”

“Anyway, I think you’ll be very disappointed if Mr. Garam hits and hurts people like this. I was a little disappointed today.”

I finished talking and started the car.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t do very well.”

After paying the parking fee, I was about to leave, but Mr. Garam said quietly.

I tried to change the mood by making a smile on my face.

“Please don’t apologize to me, ask the clerk later.”

“Yes. But, where are you going now?”

“Today we will end here.”

“yes?”

“I’ll take you home.”

“Ah… well, that’s… I was supposed to do a workout in the afternoon…”

If it was originally planned, it should be, but what kind of exercise and what kind of activities do you do in this atmosphere?

I shook my head.

“No, I think it would be good for both of us to end here today.”

“that….”

She tried to say something, but didn’t say anything.

The car ran and ran, and arrived in front of her now familiar house.

“Mr. Garam, everyone is here.”

“Boss. I was really bad. I won’t do that again.”

she apologizes again. I tap her on the shoulder a couple of times.

“Yes. Reflect on what happened today, and don’t take it to heart too much.”

“So, you don’t hate me?”

“I don’t hate you. Don’t worry.”

As if to convince her, he said it strongly, and now he smiles.

“Thank you, boss. Then I’ll go home and ‘reflect’.”

She opened the passenger door and got out, greeting me with a folder.

– I’ll see you tomorrow.

she said as she closed the passenger door.

***

“Honey, go next door.”

After work, as soon as I get home, my wife says something out of the blue.

“Why is the house next door suddenly?”

Mr. Kim Geon-woo asked his wife, who was full of poison.

“I don’t know, it’s been making strange noises since a while ago. Loud…”

Although he was deeply saddened to go to work for the father who had just returned from work, he couldn’t refuse his lovely wife’s request, so he put on slippers and went next door.

– thump thump

When I knocked on the iron door with the paint peeling off, a crowd came from inside.

– thump thump

“Hey.”

– Kiki-Ik

The door opened, and a woman’s voice came out through the gap.

“What are you doing?”

“I don’t know what you’re doing, but I can hear the sound from next door. Can you be quiet?”

“ah…”

The door is wide open.

“Sorry for the noise.”

A woman wearing a loose sleeveless shirt and shorts bends at the waist.

“…Well, yes, I hope you knew better.”

Hurrying, Mr. Kim Kun-woo returned to his house immediately after receiving her greetings.

“…….”

“What is the next door saying? Will you be quiet?”

His wife came and asked, but he leaned against the door and breathed heavily.

“My, what did I just see?”

Thinking of the image of the woman next door covered in blood, as if cut and torn by something, Gern-wu sat down on the floor.