108 – EP.5 Confinement-2

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The sound of clanking chains beats my heart with a fast beat as a drum.

No matter how you look at it, it is my home, my room, and my bedroom.

This familiar space has been transformed into a heterogeneous space by a single object.

It still feels like a dream.

Apparently, I was on the porch… and then I passed out? Yes, it seems.

In the end, I couldn’t stop Mr. Garam from entering.

These shackles on my ankles are the result.

The chains on the ankles were quite long.

At least the bedroom is long enough to get around.

Grab the chain with your hand and pull it effortlessly.

The taut end of the chain is anchored firmly to the wall.

I wondered if it would fall out, so I stood up and twisted it around. The shackles that tightened my ankles shook as if it hadn’t even begun.

As seen in Saw, it seemed unreasonable to remove it unless you cut your ankle with a saw.

After fainting and waking up, until I came to my senses.

Until I recognized my tightly bound situation.

After hearing someone’s footsteps in the distance, I had no choice but to bring out the single Heart Sutra rising from the depths of Danjeon.

“It’s f*cked up.”

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“Are you awake? I’m surprised you suddenly collapsed.”

The door opens, and Mr. Garam enters.

In her hand was a large glass, filled with something brownish.

“It’s a supplement. I’ll eat it.”

She shrugged and raised her shoulders, perhaps noticing that my gaze was lingering on the glass.

Then, I drink supplements.

Clothes drenched in sweat, bloodstains visible on the nape of the neck.

“I never gave you my home address, how did you find out?”

I was genuinely curious so I asked.

“It’s a cell phone.”

“Hand phone?”

“You leave your phone behind when you go to drink water in the middle of a workout or when you go to the bathroom.”

She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and explained step by step, as if explaining to a child.

“At that time, I opened the delivery app. I saw the address there and knew it.”

Was it because of that that I found out what I ate like a ghost?

“Even if you know the address, the password for the common entrance… No, how did you know I was going to leave the house in the first place?”

It’s a common entrance, so when others enter, you can follow along, but what would you have thought if I didn’t order food today?

“Yeah, Dad ordered food delivered around this time of year. Even if it doesn’t come out today, you just have to wait at the emergency stairs.”

When I said it was nothing, I was speechless.

“There are three things I want to ask you.”

“Yes, please.”

“Why did you tie it up?”

As I lifted the chain, she turned her eyes the other way.

Hesitantly, he seems to be aware that what he did was wrong.

“Yeah, yeah… Daddy keeps avoiding me.”

Putting both index fingers together, she protested in a choking voice.

“Even if I call, he hangs up right away, he doesn’t exercise often… he keeps avoiding me. So there’s nothing I can do about it.”

“My ankle hurts.”

“I’m sorry about that. But… I’m sorry. He’ll run away if you let him go.”

Even if she bowed her head and apologized, her determination would not change.

“Okay. Next question. What is the blood on the neck? What about the clothes?”

“Ah… this is…”

She rubs her neck with her hand, hiding the blood stains.

Her face turned bright red, as if she had been exposed to her private parts that she shouldn’t have seen.

Since I don’t know, you’d think I shouldn’t get caught. But, I already know what she did.

“Who’s this time?”

“yes?”

“That blood. Whose is it? Who is it again this time?”

“…….”

“Did you think I wouldn’t know?”

“However…”

“But! They’ve been mean to you. I just…”

“Did I ask you to hit them?”

“that…”

“Did I mention that I wish they were admitted to the hospital?”

“Who is it this time? Is it the person I bumped into on the shoulder while walking down the street? Or the person who handed out flyers on the street?”

I questioned her about how things turned out this way, without hiding anything.

“…One.”

“who?”

“She’s the one who can’t live after her father dies.”

“Suddenly, why… no, how.”

“I came to the center. Asked to meet my father. The messages my father had sent to her so far. Before I sued her for sexual harassment, I was trying to make a deal with her.”

“……”

“So I scolded you. But, is this also wrong? Did I overreact to this too?”

“…Garam-san, that’s…”

I tried to say something, but no sound came out.

This is because an exceptional case called Hana came out of nowhere.

“Isn’t it? Seeing as I can’t talk, I think I behaved well.”

I think my dad always did. Garam lowered his head and murmured.

“You don’t honestly say what’s inside. However, you think that that b*tch is annoying and you want it to disappear.”

“I don’t hate that kind of dad, though. No, I rather like it.”

Garam, who put the glass down on the table, approached slowly.

“Are you shy and can’t speak properly? Is it because you’re afraid it’ll be awkward if you show your sincerity?”

Her hand goes up to my shoulder.

“I’m fine. I can do anything you say. So tell me now.”

she leads me to bed

She presses down on her shoulders. Unable to resist the force, I sat down on the bed.

Okay, the chains make another sound.

Mr. Garam bent his knees and put his face on my thigh.

“Mr. Garam.”

“Yes, Dad.”

“I’m sorry, but I never saw you rationally. I just wanted to cheer you on so I helped you.”

“…lie.”

“I’m not lying.”

“Then why were you so good to me?”

“That’s right, it was nice to see Mr. Garam working hard. I wanted to support him working hard even in difficult situations.”

With sincerity, I try to calm her out of control.

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Did my words get through? She uses my lap as a pillow, closes her eyes, and stays silent.

After a while, she got up again and met eye level with me.

“It seems like you are still shy. Because you have a lot of time. If you feel like doing something, please let me know.”

“Because I have a lot of time.”

On the other hand, she puts her lips on my cheek and moves away.

“Oh, yes. I’ll keep the cell phone.”

Saying that, she turned off the light and closed the door.

bang

I was left alone in a large bedroom, darkness.