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[Episode 48] I Thought You Wouldn't Cry <1>

이지오

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윤여주

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From the moment our sloppy, messy eyes met,

The movement of the customers who had been filling the cafe seemed to have stopped.

There was a silence as if in a vacuum, and a buzzing sound in the ears.

차혜정

Miss...! ..Are you okay?

윤여주

Oh, ah...

이지오

......, (pause

차혜정

I'm out of drinks... Really...

차혜정

...Your complexion is so bad...

윤여주

Ah, ah... I... wait, outside, outside a sec...

차혜정

..uh... uh, yeah, let's get some fresh air,

이지오

.....

Hye-jeong, who couldn't hide her worried expression on her face that suddenly turned pale, and on the other side

Geo, who couldn't even find the right time to join the conversation, was just watching as if he was dumbfounded.

Hye-jeong quickly grabbed the female protagonist who was about to sit down, saying she would pick up the cups that had fallen and rolled around.

차혜정

..No, no, ma'am. This is okay... Just get out quickly. It's okay.

이지오

.....Ah, ah, then okay, I'm here

차혜정

Mr. Geo,

이지오

....

이지오

...N,yes..!

차혜정

Sorry, but could you please clean this up for me? ... I can't let you go like this, Miss Yeoju...

이지오

....iced coffee...

이지오

yes...,!

이지오

.......

The customers turn their heads here and there wondering what is going on, and the female protagonist quickly opens the cafe door and goes into the alley.

And then Hye-jeong follows, hastily taking off her apron.

As the noise of the guests' various complaints grew louder in an incomprehensible situation, similar to the small commotion that had occurred earlier,

Geo, who had been standing there blankly, opened his mouth, which he could not bring himself to say.

......

...there was a little commotion inside, but it wasn't a big deal, so don't worry too much about it.

Still, his shadow was dark as he bit his lip and tried to calm things down with a smile in the slightly turbulent atmosphere.

...I can't shake the fact that I touched her nerves, or rather, a place that shouldn't have been touched.

_one side,

윤여주

ha......

Jureuk

Gureuk–

dump_,

윤여주

......

She sat down with her back against the wall, exhaling and covering her face with both hands.

...Why, why, how, no, who, ......!

A feeling of nausea and vomiting that makes you feel like you're going to vomit,

A terrible sense of disconnection that one feels when one cannot accept with one's mind what one is seeing with one's own eyes.

Those explicit articles and content, including the mosaic-covered photos that will be circulated around the world,

.......

The eyebrows furrowed in an instant, and only a voice with no place to go echoed shallowly through the empty alley.

The sound, which was as if it was a sob, was cut off and swallowed, and then it came out as if it was a groan, and even though I covered my mouth, it burst out like a scream.

Knock knock knock

Knock knock knock–

차혜정

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차혜정

...Miss Yeoju..!

Whoosh))

윤여주

....ah....

윤여주

..Boss, sir.... Ah, ..haa.... ..I, uh, uh... I...

차혜정

No... No, Miss Yeoju. Are you okay...? ..Should I call an ambulance? ..Sh,Is it hard, to breathe, uh...is it really hard...?

윤여주

..........

윤여주

......Ugh....

Tears that I couldn't hold back flowed down my cheeks.

Wearing a wrinkled uniform covered in dust,

She clumsily comforted me as I stood up awkwardly and ended up shedding tears.

On my topic,

...I think that's quite generous treatment,

차혜정

....Miss Yeoju, are you feeling very unwell?.... Or, ..No....

차혜정

..........

차혜정

......Have you calmed down a little..?

윤여주

....Ah,.. Ah.. That, ..I'm sorry...

차혜정

Uh... no, no... uh...

차혜정

......

차혜정

..Miss Yeoju, maybe...

윤여주

... ..yes....?

차혜정

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차혜정

차혜정

Jeobuk_

_Jeokbuk

Jeobuk_

The sound of footsteps walking down the empty hallway is loud.

As if I were walking down a path I had walked many times, pressing down hard for the last time,

Each step I took carried a different weight.

백시혜

.......

And then, Si-hye heads back to the house she had sworn never to return to.

The air was thick and stuffy. The damp, sagging air was heavy and humid, and the breath felt as if it was caught in a lump somewhere.

...I found this article today on my phone, which I barely managed to open with my eyes still closed.

Actually, I was so shocked that I couldn't say anything.

I called my dad in a hurry, but he didn't answer at all.

After yelling at my secretaries for dozens of minutes, telling them they had been instructed never to call my dad again, reality finally began to sink in.

백시혜

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What a fucking world,

I held onto my senses as my vision became blurry, as if my head was turning white.

....because I'm not the type of person who breaks down.

Even if it was just a pointless rant, I needed some kind of self-justification. Or even self-hypnosis.

백시혜

....phew...

Suddenly

Bam-

I opened the door to the house with an unwelcome hand and went in.

..and once inside, it was cleaner than I thought,

He stood there, looking a little flustered at my sudden barge in while shaking his wet hair.

I felt a sense of bewilderment and a sense of loss, a subtle emotion that had no destination.

백시혜

......

백시혜

....But still, it's like living as a human being..?

백시혜

I assumed he either left the house or was drunk, or both.

전정국

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백시혜

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I'm different from you foolish people. ..I have to be different.

백시혜

.....((I bite the flesh inside my mouth

백시혜

....Did you see the article? ..It's been a mess since morning.

전정국

.......

전정국

..Is that what you came here to say? That it looks good..?

백시혜

...

백시혜

no,

백시혜

I apologize. Regarding that article,

전정국

....what..?

전정국

..huh, what...

백시혜

That's something my dad decided on his own. I'm telling you, ....

백시혜

..I didn't want even 1 percent of that article. ...I was a victim too,

전정국

So what do you want to say?

백시혜

......

백시혜

I'm confident. Yes, I didn't do anything wrong.

백시혜

..however,

전정국

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백시혜

I want to do that in front of you too, not just because of my own rationalization.

백시혜

Your relationship with Yoon Yeo-ju? Was that the fundamental problem between you and me?

백시혜

..You were the one who couldn't have that love in the first place and was alone in another world.

백시혜

A political marriage? Yeah, but... you got what you deserved, so I won't say anything about it. I did my best.

백시혜

......

백시혜

...The article was put out quite unilaterally by our side, so I apologize for that... Yeah,

백시혜

I hope you don't think of yourself as a victim. ..No, ....That's ridiculous. Don't you think?

전정국

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백시혜

......((Smile

백시혜

..I heard that this house is up for sale. My dad,

백시혜

They said the house would be sold within a month.

전정국

......

백시혜

...he,

백시혜

Congratulations, you can now get out of this house.

I really liked the smile that seemed to be formed gently, with the corners of the trembling lips raised.

He was still looking at me with that blank expression that I didn't like, and now it was really time for me to leave this house.

The words "divorce" were on the tip of my tongue, but I didn't want to sound too shabby.

I put my feet into the shoes I had lightly taken off in the shoe rack, and left the front door open as I came out. The hallway was cold.

Fortunately, I unconsciously took a deep breath of air and calmed my agitated mind.

백시혜

.......

and,

Jeobuk_

_Jeokbuk

Another_

_Jeokbuk

Another_

_Again

백시혜

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정국 / 모

...ah,

정국 / 모

Oh my... Sihye, are you, are you leaving the house now...? Oh, my...

정국 / 모

...What should I do... Me, me, my son

백시혜

.......

백시혜

....((He quickly shook off her hand that was grabbing his arm and continued walking.

정국 / 모

..Oh my, Si-hye....! ..Si-hye, where are you going..!! No matter what,

Whoosh))

정국 / 모

.......

백시혜

.....

백시혜

..that's the worst.

백시혜

Stop holding me back, before I report you.

정국 / 모

.......

정국 / 모

....huh, huh....

Another angle

Another one–

Another angle

Again–

The sound of footsteps walking toward the open front door was quite annoying.

백시혜

.......

백시혜

.....((Tall

정국 / 모

정국 / 모

'' Crack—! ''

백시혜

.........

Jeokbuk,

_Jeokbuk

Jeobuk_

_Jeokbuk

I thought you wouldn't cry,

...Still, to some extent, she was someone I thought of as a mother.

The feeling that seemed like it would be just as bland as a tea bag that had been completely steeped in tea

A bitter aftertaste lingered, tickling the tip of my nose.

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..

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