Chapter 74 - I hope you cooperate (1/2)

The detective comes out of the ward. He whispers something to his colleague before going to Do Sejin. ”She wants to see you.”

Do Sejin stops in front of the door. He doesn't know how long he keeps standing there. He can't bring himself to enter or leave. He can't bring himself to meet her eyes. He can't forget how he found her in the basement.

He kept asking her what happened to her that night at Jung Kwang-soo's place. She didn't answer him once. The killer tried to make her submit that night. He laughed and did the same thing to her after a year later.

Ahn Hana stares down at her hands. She's still alive. That man didn't kill her. She remembers how she begged him to continue. She started enjoying the pain. She had been a fool. She lied to the world to lure him out. He saw right through her. She was desperate to protect her daughter. She failed to do so. He knew everything from the start. He even got hold on her daughter.

She smiles apathetically.

Do Sejin pushes the door slowly. He doesn't know what to expect. But, he notices her smiling coldly at her hands with a murderous look in her eyes. He steps back instinctively. She lifts her head. The look in her eyes is gone and replaced by a familiar calm. ”Do Sejin.”

”Hana.” He releases a tensed breath and takes guarded steps toward her. He has a thousand things to say, but her empty eyes prevent him from saying so. ”You wanted to see me.”

”You wanted to know about the child.” She signals him to take a seat near the bed. ”I will tell you.”

He doesn't know what she had said to the detective. He releases a breath and takes the seat. He waits for her to say something.

”She is 5 months old. I didn't give her a name. Before I came here, I left her at an orphanage in C country for her safety. I donated all of my money there to keep her identity hidden. She wouldn't be given up for adoption in any case.” She stares into his eyes. ”I was going to bring her here after the killer was caught.”

She continues with her business tone, ”After I came back, I didn't contact them once. They couldn't contact me either. I used Detective's phone to call them and confirm what the killer told me. The killer has her.”

Do Sejin doesn't know about to absorb that information. His worst nightmare has come true. His 5 months old child is taken by the killer. Ahn Hana's sanity is breaking. It's been a year and he couldn't find the killer. He couldn't prevent his worst nightmare becoming true.

”Hana, did you see the killer's face? Anything that can help us identify him?” He asks her. ”We have to find our daughter. Please, think. You have seen him enough times.”

”You have also seen him.” She lets out a cynical laugh. ”You think that I don't know about the cameras in your house?”

”If you help me -”

Do Sejin is interrupted. Someone knocks the door. He looks behind and finds a familiar man standing at the door.