At that time, at that time, we
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It was an expression that was impossible to stop.
I could only pray for it to go well, but since there was nothing else I could do, I just nodded.
Daniel watching Jaehwan leave the infirmary like that
I headed blindly to where my father was.
People were leaving the meeting room inside the building one by one, as if the meeting had just ended.
My father's expression as he looks at my face is not good.
김회장
Why are you here at this hour?
김재환
I came because I have something to say.
김회장
I have nothing to say.
김회장
Go out.
김재환
Father.
When Jaehwan calls, he turns around and opens his mouth.
김회장
If you're going to call me Father, act like one!! I didn't raise you like this, yet you cause trouble all the time... Tsk tsk... Do you even realize how shameful it is to have to call such a worthless person my son?!
김재환
Exactly.
김재환
Please let me go.
Jaehwan, who hadn't budged even after hearing harsh words, sobs and spits them out.
김회장
what?
김재환
Father... I endured it all because you were my father... I lived the way you told me to.
김회장
What did I endure, and what do you mean I lived life my own way?
김회장
You have a warm home, clothes to wear, and no worries about food, so you think that's all yours, that's why you're saying things like that!!!!
김회장
Huh... What a fool...
김회장
... How did you become so shameless? Did you lose your mind after drinking heavily and hanging out with women like that?
김회장
I can't stand the sight of it.
김회장
What did I not do for you that you repay my kindness like this?!
김재환
You really did everything my father said.
김재환
I'll put everything down. Please take everything now.
김회장
what?
김재환
I'm going to give up on everything now.
The chairman, unable to stand it any longer, slapped Jaehwan.
김회장
How could you... not even blink an eye... Do you even consider me your father? Can't you see that my insides are rotting away!!
김재환
...I endured it because he is my father.
김회장
what?
김재환
I mean, I've been holding back all this time.
김재환
You met Joy, didn't you?
김회장
...I have no more to hear about that kid. Is all this fuss just because of one pathetic... woman?!
김재환
father!!!
김재환
Ha... what harsh things did you say? What did you do to make that child leave me...
김재환
Do you know how hard I tried not to hate my father?
김회장
Don't you realize I did all this for you?
김재환
Yes... yes...!! It... it must have all been for me.
Screaming and screaming... struggled hard.
I'm in this much pain... I'm going crazy.
As if begging to be saved, veins bulged in his neck and his face turned red as he shouted at the top of his lungs.
김재환
That's right. Just as my father said, it must have been for my sake.
김재환
So... do I look happy? No...
김재환
Are you happy after taking that kid away from me?
김재환
In the end... you did that because of your father's satisfaction, didn't you?
김재환
I'm telling you I'll let go of everything so you can't make excuses anymore.
I was sad. I was sad that this situation had to be this way, but...
I was happy again. Thinking about putting me down and seeing you...
I feel like my heart is racing again already
김재환
Bring Joy in front of me.
김재환
I won't stay quiet anymore just because he's my father.
김회장
What is that...
김재환
I am going to uncover the corruption in my family—no, things even worse than that—and expose them to the world.
김재환
Even so, if our house doesn't collapse... I'm going to stake everything on it and somehow ruin everything Father does.
He was an exceptionally bright child. Even though he was young, the look in his eyes as he spoke those words was filled with sincerity.
It was not a clumsy threat. It was describing a fully plausible situation.
김회장
you...
김재환
It's a negotiation. Father, I only need Joy.
It is the moment when Jaehwan, who lives in a condition where he can have countless things, discarded every single thing.
And it was also the moment I desperately wanted that one and only thing.
김재환
...Joy..