#04_Case Ended - I am detective Bae Joo-hyun

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"You are the culprit."

The person the girl was pointing to was the owner of the store where the missing person worked. The client standing nearby, shocked, shouted at the owner, "Where is the missing person?"

You!! Where did you hide our author!!

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Mr. Client, calm down.

The detective stopped the client and stopped him, but the client managed to calm down, and the boss was stunned and didn't say anything.

And then he started talking and explaining what happened.

*The story begins from the criminal's point of view.

Yeah, I guess I should tell you since I've already been caught. I kidnapped her.

She came here to work part-time at my bakery in early June.

The author worked harder than anyone else and was kind to everyone.

He was always warm and, instead of getting angry at people who treated him rudely, he treated them kindly.

I really liked and appreciated that author. He listened to each and every one of my concerns and held my hand.

Her smile was beautiful, and her work was truly beautiful. But to only see her like that twice a week? It was truly miserable.

Boss! See you next week!

You have to go, Ji-eun.

I grabbed the author's arm then.

Sorry... I'm going to see a friend today for the first time in a while...

friend?

Then Ji-eun showed me a picture of herself and a girl.

The girl on the left is my friend. Isn't she pretty? Her name is pretty too! Her name is Seolgi, and she's really kind and I love her so much!

...Seulgi?

Why did you have to meet that kid, why did you take Ji-eun away earlier?

I really hated that girl named Seolgi.

Because I am loved by her.

Then one day, the author started getting a lot of wounds on his arms and legs.

He became more absent-minded than usual, couldn't catch up with words as quickly as he used to, and the once bright child became very depressed and dark.

I... I'm not... no... (mumble)

Ji-eun?

Oh, I'm sorry... I didn't sleep well last night...

Ji-eun...

The author I really liked was nowhere to be seen.

Where did the kid I liked go? I sneaked to school and found out about the author's rumors. I felt sorry for him, but I also felt good about him.

"I'm the only one you can rely on, right?"

That night, as I was cleaning up the store, I carefully told the author the story.

Ji-eun, are you having a hard time these days?

Boss... I'm so tired these days...

I'm scared to go to school..

Ji-eun, it's okay...

But you're a lesbian...

!

You really don't like that guy, do you?!

Is that so?! A kid like that, a kid like that

You don't like it?!

Sir...

Yeah, you like girls.

But... but why do I believe it?

president!!

The author slapped me in the face.

I don't remember if I lost my sense of reason from then on.

When I came to, Ji-eun was begging under me, bleeding profusely and covered in bruises and wounds.

And then he found me about to throw the chair.

Gyaaaaah!!!

She got up, her body aching, and ran out of the store. But she thought that if she got reported here, she'd be branded a criminal and wouldn't be able to run the store.

So, because of that fear, I chased after the author.

When I chased after her, Ji-eun was talking to the girl named Kang Seul-gi who I had mentioned before.

But the kid ran away, so that was a good thing.

Seolgi!! No!! Seolgi..!

Be quiet, Ji-eun, you'll wake up everyone in the neighborhood.

I knocked her out, wiped away all traces of the author's blood, and left her tied to a chair in the kitchen storage room inside the store.

And she sent many text messages and phone calls to the person who spread the rumor that prevented her from seeing her happy face, telling him to die, but he did not answer.

Anyway, she woke up and rebelled. She demanded to be set free. It was so absurd.

Sir... please let me go... please... please...

Yes? Don't hit me.

Whenever something stressful happened, I would take it out on him and beat him to the point where he almost died. I fed him every day because I was afraid he would die, but he wouldn't eat every day, so I had to force him to eat.

When you came to visit me back then, I think the author had some energy left and broke through the door.

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What are you talking about?

There was a loud noise coming from the kitchen, that was the sound of Lee Ji-eun hitting the door.

You... how... could you...

I liked the author.

You are crazy!! You!!!

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It's not worth listening to anymore.

They called the police and the boss was taken to the police station and branded a criminal.

And the moment I opened the kitchen storage room with the remaining police officers and the client, I was able to find her lying down with bruises all over her body.