Epilogue, retribution (2)
last few years.
How did Oh Hye-ji live?
Kim Hyun-seong had never visited her during that time, but her life was already in the throes of hell.
‘… … Should I go out? So what if I meet Kim Hyun-seong again? But he can’t live like this forever. Me, I’m still young.’
He had a haggard face.
She was once very popular, but her skin and bones had deteriorated to the extent that her former face was no longer visible.
A day ago, I secretly went to the supermarket.
After accidentally meeting Kim Hyun-seong, Oh Hye-ji did not dare to go outside.
If Kim Hyun-seong found out that he could walk around normally, the devil-like being might come looking for him with a knife. He was afraid just thinking about it. Oh Hye-ji put herself in prison and locked her door, and every day she trembled in fear, repeating her nightmare of meeting Kim Hyun-seong.
Time passed.
Meanwhile, the family fortune was falling apart, and I could hear my father’s voice drinking in the living room every day.
“How did my life end up like this?”
“f*ck, I wasn’t asking for the Golden Circle.”
“f*cking bitch.”
I heard footsteps.
and.
Bang bang bang!
“come out.”
“It’s because of you.”
“Why do I have to live like this!”
My caring father, who was called “daughter-in-law” from a young age.
At some point, the criticism turned towards Oh Hye-ji.
At first, my wife screamed at me not to do that, but as time went by, I could no longer hear her dissuading me. Because the lives of two people were consumed by one child. There was a need for someone to blame for the miserable reality.
Then one day.
The Golden Gate broke out.
Oh Hye-ji became even more frightened by the news coming from her only communication channel with the world.
“… … “If I go outside, Kim Hyun-seong will kill me.”
Think about it.
He is not an ordinary person, but a monster capable of sniping at the Taeyang Group, so dealing with him, who is just an ordinary person, would be nothing. I dug deeper into the ground. As Lim Cheol-hyung’s list of requests was revealed, Oh Hye-ji’s name was also revealed, but fortunately, she was able to avoid the arrow of punishment. It is not that she failed to prove her guilt, but rather that the fact of harm did not exist because Kim Hyun-seong did not suffer harm and instead fought back.
A case that ended in an attempt.
I was ordered to do community service, and when I was forced to go out into the world, I strangely felt like I had some breathing room.
I used a wheelchair outside.
Even though I had to act like a cripple, I was happy that I could walk around outside.
A year has passed since the Golden Gate exploded, and as time passes, Oh Hye-ji begins to think that Kim Hyun-seong may no longer be interested in a small child like her. The fact that he never came to visit during that time proved it. With hope creeping up, Oh Hye-ji was able to muster courage.
Put on your hat tightly.
Like the day I went to the supermarket.
I wandered outside again.
I stopped by a convenience store and went to a coin karaoke room.
Even though people looked at me with criticism at home, whenever I was outside, I felt at least alive.
It was the same today.
An outing that has already been repeated several times.
I deliberately went to a convenience store far from my house.
Oh Hye-ji thought that if she did that, she would never encounter Kim Hyun-seong.
* * *
My heart sank.
The store manager’s face, which suddenly became distorted, looked like a demon to Oh Hye-ji’s eyes.
“That’s right, that f*cking bitch.”
Tuk.
I put the bag down.
As she threw away her hat, Oh Hye-ji’s hair, which had become brittle due to lack of maintenance, was blowing in the wind.
“Hey, did you think I wouldn’t recognize you? Ha-I never imagined in my life that Oh Hye-ji would stop by my convenience store.”
“S-sorry.”
I suddenly turned around.
As Oh Hye-ji ran out of the convenience store, the store manager’s angry voice was heard.
“Get out of here, you f*cking bitch. “I have no intention of selling anything to an animal that doesn’t even look like a human.”
I was out of my mind.
I ran home out of breath.
My eyes were spinning, and on the way back, the people who glanced at me seemed to recognize me as Oh Hye-ji. She went straight into the room and slammed the door. No matter what her father said or not, she covered her ears, and in her mind, the moment she had met her store manager a moment ago was replayed over and over again.
‘How did you recognize me?’
He is a person with no face to face.
Even though I encountered Kim Hyun-seong, the fact that a complete stranger recognized me was very shocking.
I took out my phone with trembling hands.
I never checked the articles for the past year.
Fearing that there would be any articles related to her, Oh Hye-ji spent her time completely cut off from the world.
[Oh Hye-ji]
I searched for the name.
And in the results that pop up.
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“… … Ah, ah!”
I screamed and lost my phone.
The face became contemplative.
I knew that the list of clients had been made public a year ago, but according to the search results I had just searched, the identities of the clients and perpetrators had been revealed by someone. In particular, Oh Hye-ji was the most popular among them. If you look at her crimes alone, she was nothing compared to other people, but the problem was that she was the one who commissioned ‘Kim Hyun-seong’ who opened up the Golden Gate.
-Crazy bitch
-Wow, how can you ask for such a heinous task with a face like this?
-Now that I think about it, it’s a snowball. I touched Kim Hyun-seong without knowing what kind of person he was, and this is what happened.
Oh Hye-ji’s face.
Oh Hye-ji’s new portrait.
Everything about Oh Hye-ji.
It was dug out one by one.
People flooded the Internet with posts criticizing and ridiculing the perpetrator, as if they didn’t care about the perpetrator’s life. I felt like I was losing my mind. When my request to Kim Hyun-seong was discovered and I was thrown into a corner of the room, I never thought that this hell would last the rest of my life, even though the reality was grim. His father told him that he could walk just fine, and he believed that one day he would be able to live a new life.
But now.
Groundless beliefs have collapsed.
Eyes that lost focus looked into space.
“… … “How am I supposed to live now?”
Then I realized.
The fact that no matter how much time passes, not a single ounce of hope will be allowed in your life.
Even if it was an immature mistake from childhood.
The price of malice was too cruel.
* * *
Which prison?
A man rolled around on the floor.
Quadang!
“… … Shut it off.”
I swallowed a moan.
My cheeks were tingling.
An angry voice rang out over his head, as he was still unable to come to his senses.
“f*ck you, you bastard told me to clean my room properly. Can’t you see this with your eyes? “Can’t you see these hairs?”
It was a raw house.
What the man called the head of the room grabbed with two fingers was a few strands of hair, and in a harsh environment like a prison, any further cleanliness was impossible. But she knew how to behave now that the man had exposed her to violence. I was in a position of recognition in society, but not here now.
“sorry. “I will do it right.”
“Yes, Youngcheol.”
Tuk-tuk.
I slapped my cheek.
The head of the room, who looked 10 years younger than him, made eye contact and chuckled.
“If you keep doing that, I think you’re going to die. okay?”
“… … Yes, I will reflect on it.”
People around me giggled.
It was a pattern that always repeated.
Kim Young-cheol returned to his seat, and when it was time to go to bed, he pulled the blanket up to his head.
“Wow.”
I covered my mouth.
If the sound of crying leaked out, you might get beaten up in the middle of the night for bad luck.
Kim Hyun-seong’s revelations.
Not only did Kim Young-cheol’s family fall apart, but he also suffered violence every day since he was taken to prison. At first he held his neck stiffly and tried not to fall. However, there was no way to beat criminals who were accustomed to violence, and after being beaten so hard that their teeth were broken on the first day, the ranks were clearly organized.
Tears came to my eyes.
How did he end up in this situation?
When Kim Young-cheol thought that he would have to continue to live like this in the future, he couldn’t be confident.
‘If you have to accept reality. I need a way to survive.’
I swallowed my tears.
There was a plan conceived in my imagination.
When watching TV programs, I heard that even serial killers these days live and are treated like human beings because of ‘this’.
That’s right.
It was to be reported to the Human Rights Commission.
* * *
A few days later.
A prison guard came to visit.
“I received a call from the Human Rights Commission yesterday. I heard that no matter how many criminals there are, the violence inside the prison is very serious, so everyone be careful. You are all criminals alike. “It’s a dog anyway, so don’t make a problem.”
“All right.”
“Then disperse.”
I took a step back.
Seeing the prison guard trying to leave, Kim Young-cheol became thoughtful and asked.
“Is this the end?”
“why. “What more do you need?”
“no… … .”
I trailed off.
Due to the eyes of those around him, he could not say that he had reported it to the Human Rights Commission.
The prison guard laughed.
“If you have any inconvenience while incarcerated, you can come visit me at any time. No matter how much influence the Human Rights Commission exerts here and there, in the end, working-level officials are the answer. Do you understand what I mean?”
“… … All right.”
Kim Young-cheol was not stupid.
I knew it instinctively.
Even though the prison guards knew that Kim Young-cheol had reported it, they just buried it like it was nothing.
Squeak.
thud.
The door was closed.
Kim Young-cheol couldn’t look around.
He heard footsteps approaching him.
“Did you just hear that? The Human Rights Commission is a mess. Did you think we wouldn’t mess with you if you reported it there? This guy. “I knew you were Saenim, but I didn’t know you knew this much about the world.”
Sigh.
I was grabbed by the collar.
Kim Young-cheol looked up with a puzzled face.
“S-sorry.”
“no. You don’t have to be sorry. I plan to keep tormenting you in the future. Usually, the longer you stay in prison, the less frequent the harassment becomes, but you are an exception. Until I am released from prison, and even after I am released. “The harassment against you will continue until the handover.”
“… … !”
The pupils shook.
I couldn’t figure out why I was doing this.
In the end, the statement that they were all criminals was just a tongue-in-cheek statement, but it could not be uttered out loud.
“You look like you don’t understand. You stupid bastard. You can tell just by looking at the prison guard’s reaction. If the prison guards ignore the Human Rights Commission’s words, it means that someone is using force to harass you. Thanks to this, my permanent deposit also increased significantly. And above all, the social perception of school violent criminals these days is very poor. “I wonder if they hate bastards like you more than gangsters.”
All doubts were resolved.
Malicious violence.
Prison neglect.
There was someone behind it.
Just as Kim Young-cheol ignored the violence committed by students, there was no way for Kim Young-cheol to escape the cruel reality of violence. The Human Rights Commission, which rushed over, was like ‘the person’. As a homeroom teacher, he crushed the student’s reality for personal gain. The last hope I held on to survive was cut short.
that day.
Kim Young-cheol was beaten like a dog.
If you lost so much blood, you would need to be treated in a medical room.
The prison doctor did not ask any questions.
I didn’t know where I was hurt or what happened, but they just treated me like a machine with a calm look in my eyes.
And the next day.
It’s exercise time.
Everyone moved to the playground in unison, and Kim Young-cheol trudged along with a mess on his face. There was no longer any hope for him. He had to endure violence until he was released from prison, and even if he got out, there was no future for him. While he was in prison, he became a complete stranger to his wife. I lost what little assets I had left as alimony, lost my job, and had no idea how to make a living.
Dozens of times a day.
The desire to commit suicide was intense.
However, Kim Young-cheol was a person who did not even have the courage to take his own life.
It was then.
On the way to the playground, Kim Young-cheol spotted a familiar face.
“… … !”
Daehwan Oh.
It was him.
It seemed like he, who had been holding out until the end due to his chronic illness, had finally been moved to where Kim Young-cheol was.
Oh Dae-hwan, who was heading to a place other than the playground, had a messed up face, just like Kim Young-cheol.
So the two of them passed by.
They looked at each other with vague eyes, as if reminiscing about the past.
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