We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 102. Jeong-a’s Resolve

What should I do,

I had no idea where I was supposed to go.





Then

a taxi stopped in front of the emergency room.

Hunji's older sister and brother-in-law got out.






"Jung-a!"





When Hunji's older sister spotted me,

she hurried over.






"Are you okay? Get up.

Why are you sitting here like this?"





I looked at her through my tears.






"Hunji...

was just brought in by ambulance a little while ago...

But..."





Hunji's older sister's eyes trembled.






"How is he...?"






"He looked unconscious.

And... he was covered in blood all over.

What do we do, Hunji...?

What if he's in serious condition...?"






She could no longer hold back,

leaving me in her brother-in-law's care

and ran into the emergency room.






Hunji's brother-in-law hurriedly supported me.

He helped me sit down in the chair beside me.





"It'll be okay.

Please wait here for a moment.

I'll go inside

and find out what's going on."






After Hunji's brother-in-law went inside,

a little later, Taehyung came back.

He sat down quietly next to me.





"What's his condition?

How badly is Hunji hurt?"






"They said they only gave him emergency treatment at the local hospital.

They're doing tests now

to see how serious it is."







"Didn't the doctor say anything else?

He said it's not life-threatening?"






Taehyung squeezed my trembling hand tightly.






"Let's wait a little longer.

Until the test results come out..."



"Let's go to the lobby instead of here.

It's chilly since it's dawn."






He helped me up.

But I sank back down

and started crying again.






"I should've... told him to leave tomorrow...

I should've stopped him when he said he was just coming...

It's my fault...

What if Hunji is in serious condition...?"






He held me in his arms and comforted me.





"It's not your fault...

You know that too.

Right now, we need to keep a clear head

if we're going to help Hunji.

Jung-a. Don't think like that...

Just think about how we can help Hunji."






After crying in sobs for a long while, I

looked at Taehyung.





"Yeah. You're right, Taehyung.

This isn't the time for me to be crying like this.

For Hunji's sake, I need to pull myself together."





I slowly wiped away my tears.




Sitting in the lobby chairs with Taehyung,

we spent three or four hours there.





Then Hunji's older sister came toward us.

The moment I saw her, I jumped up.






"Did you... hear anything?"






"Because the bleeding was so severe, they gave him emergency treatment

and then took him into the operating room."





She continued, sobbing.






"The liver damage is more serious than they expected."





Hunji's brother-in-law, who had been supporting her, spoke for her instead.





"They've finished the emergency surgery

and moved him to the ICU."



"The doctor said stopping the bleeding was the top priority.

But the liver damage is so severe...

we'll have to watch to see

whether his liver function can recover.

They said we may also have to consider the possibility of a liver transplant..."






"A transplant?"





Taehyung picked up where Hunji's brother-in-law left off.






"Yes... if his condition gets worse,

they said he might need a liver transplant.

They said they still have to watch how he does for now."





Hunji's brother-in-law relayed

the explanation he had heard from the medical staff to us.






"Then they'd need a liver donor.

And the match would have to be right too..."





Taehyung stood up with a grave expression.





"If a transplant is needed,

we should have the family get tested first."





Hunji's brother-in-law sat down next to his older sister and said,






"If a transplant really is necessary...

I'll get tested too."





At my words, everyone looked at me.





"You, Jung-a?"





asked his older sister.






"We don't know who would be a match.

Being family doesn't automatically make it a match either.

I'll get tested too."





Hunji's older sister and brother-in-law were speechless.





Taehyung took me to a corner of the lobby.





"Jung-a.

You can't just say that so easily.

If you're found to be a donor match,

they'd be taking part of your liver...

It's not an easy surgery. You know that..."






"Who said it was an easy surgery?

If it's something that can save Hunji, of course I should do it.

What are you even saying, Taehyung?"






"I know you want to save Hunji.

But your life matters too.

To put it bluntly, you're not even married to Hunji...

Why would you...

why would you say you'd do such a dangerous surgery?"






"Hunji proposed to me.

We're going to get married.

No... even if we hadn't made that promise,

Hunji is in that state right now

so what can't I do?"





"Even if you've promised to get married,

you can't just say things recklessly like this

without even talking to your parents first..."






Taehyung looked at me with pained eyes.






"Taehyung... if Hunji can't get the surgery and something happens to him...

I'll die too...

It won't mean anything even if I live..."

 




Tears fell from Taehyung's eyes as he heard me.



"Who is Jung-a to you?"