MAFIA

Episode 17

And then Joohyun turned off the lights.

It seemed like it hadn't been long since darkness had come.

Rustle- rustle-

I heard a strange sound.

But I couldn't do anything because I wasn't fully awake yet.

A few hours later

I had a dream.

A voice coming from somewhere...

Joo Hyun-ah-

Wake up quickly

Hurry up!

I tossed and turned at the sound of someone waking me up.

Joo Hyun-ah-

With those words, I woke up, but the voice was so clear that I blinked.

And then, suddenly, a burning thirst made me turn to get off the bunk bed.

however

Joohyun was standing in front of the stairs with her head bowed.

She was so creepy that the red dress she wore was colorless.

I thought Joohyun was standing on the stairs trying to surprise me, so I gave him a little push and said.

이여주

...Hey, what are you doing.... Scary...

But she flew in the direction she was pushed like a boomerang and then returned to her original position.

I noticed something strange, so I pushed Joohyun aside and went down the stairs.

And the moment you turn on the light...

I couldn't help but be astonished.

이여주

.....ah.......

I just said 'Ah.....'

His feet were purple as if he had lost blood flow, his hair was disheveled, and a thick wire was tied around his neck, attaching him to the ceiling.

I was just staring at him, but then I came to my senses and quietly called out to my brother and opened the door.

And I went looking for the blue door, which was my brothers' room.

It was not easy to find the blue door in this spacious house in the dark of dawn.

Then I found a door similar to the blue one and immediately opened the doorknob and opened it.

But it wasn't a bedroom, an office, or a study.

That place was a photo studio.

But the room was very clean, and one wall was lined with picture frames.

I closed the door and walked towards the picture frame.

Each frame had something like a name tag attached to it.

Strangely enough, the frame was covered in dust.

So I looked at the faces while wiping the dust off each frame.

Some pictures are of a grandmother... some pictures are of a child... some pictures are of a man.... As I looked at them, a familiar face appeared.

.....it was my face.

My face when I was very young...

And on the name tag

Name: Bae Joo-hyun 1996-2011

It was exactly the same year as my accident.

I was so surprised that I looked at the frame behind it.

A person who looked very similar to me was smiling brightly.

Name: Kim Young-mi 1973–2013

And then... and then... Then only the last frame remained, and strangely enough, it was clean, as if it had just been hung.

The photo in that frame is...

It was Joohyun.

Name: Bae Joo-hee 1999-2018

I gasped without realizing it and quickly covered my mouth.

But all the people in the picture frame were wearing red clothes.

At that moment, I remembered what Bae Jin-young had said to himself during dinner.

배진영

I should hang at least one picture frame...

At that moment, I understood the meaning of this picture frame.

This frame was a memorial photo.

however...

A photo that caught my eye...

이여주

Lee Ji-eun?

Name: Lee Ji-eun 1996–2017

This year was the year when the author became ill and went to the hospital during field research.

Yes

The author is also dead.

I slowly backed away towards the door, opened it, and went out.

Then my stomach started to churn.

A cold sweat broke out on my body and my hands were shaking.

But I quickly went back to find my brothers' room.

And after a while, I was able to find a real room.

Suddenly-

As I roughly opened the door and went in, my brother, who had been sitting upright, turned his face towards me.

강의건

Why...what's going on?

My mind was much more at ease when I saw my brother looking at my body and speaking with worried eyes.

이여주

.....Not me... Go to Joohyun...

It was a difficult word to utter, suppressing my overflowing emotions.

강의건

...

After listening to what I said, he looked at me quietly, then woke up his teammate without asking and left.

When I felt like I was the only one left in that room

Hehehe

I heard someone laughing.

I looked around to see where the startled sound came from.

Bae Jin-young was there.

He was fiddling with the ring on his middle finger.

배진영

Quite...smart, huh?

Continued in Mafia Episode 18....

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