Chapter 23

"Hello, Detective Leo. I have something to tell you." Tae Jin calls Leo and said to him.

"Sure, tell me," asked Leo. Then Tae Jin began to tell him what he had remembered about that night, he saw a girl there beside his bed. He took the bottle from her. While he was telling this to Leo, He was listening quietly. Suddenly something urgent came up and he said, "Mr. Tae Jin, I have to go now, I will come tomorrow morning and listen to you carefully. I also have something to tell you. So, it will be better if we meet tomorrow."

"Oh! Sure," said Tae Jin and put down his phone. Now, he thinks how could he forget about it? How he could not remember the girl? He couldn't see the girl's face, because his eyesight was blur that time. But he is now sure that she was the girl whom he saw in that video. Now, Tae Jin got afraid. He thought he could remember things when he is drunk. Everyone believes it because when they all were drunk before, he remembers how Chi Won was doing his mischief. How Yeong Soo laughed at him. And how Kang Min acted like Woo Jin. But now, he thinks that he couldn't remember all of it. Then? he asked himself. Was the girl telling the truth? Did I..... No, that can't be. But the girl left after I came back from the washroom. Then? Ah! I have to find that girl. Where is she hiding right now? Why do I have to deal with this? Why did I have to drink water? The more he thinks deeply, the more he is surprised. He laid down on his bed and was thinking about himself, his six brothers, his future. Will they be the same as before? What if I am found guilty? Could I stay here? Or, I have to leave this house, this career? No no, singing is my passion. I can't leave it like this. I can't leave my brothers like this. I can't hurt them anymore. They are my family. No one can stay without his family. Suddenly he remembers, The girl she met in Gangnam, also have a family. "But she is living alone. If a girl could live alone, then why couldn't I when I am a boy?" He said to himself. But after that, he said to himself again, "Maybe she doesn't love her family, but I love my brothers and I can't stay without them. Last time, when he hide some time without telling them, he was sad. He missed them. And when they found him, they all got emotional for him. He realized that day, how much they loved him." Thinking of those things, Tae Jin fell asleep.

[Meanwhile At Eun's bedroom]

"Ah! My back! It's hurting. I have to do a lot of work." said Eun to herself. She has just arrived home after finishing her job. She thought that why she has to suffer like this? Why couldn't she be like Tae Jin? Everyone loves him a lot. He has so much money, he has never thought about money. But all she is doing now is for money. It is for her future. She could barely manage her educational expense. Suddenly she remembers that she promised Damien's mother that she will bring him here and take care of him. How would she manage another one's expense when she couldn't manage hers?

"Why did you tell her this? Damn you do-gooder! Now, find another job. It's a good lesson for you." said Eun to herself with anger. She thinks again, if she lived with her father, could she be fine then? She answered herself, "No you wouldn't. Because if you and your father live alone then it's a matter of good to you. But it's not like before. She remembers, after her mother died, her father married another woman. "Not a woman, he married a bitch," said Eun to herself. Then she remembers again, she used to live with her father and step mother. Her step mother had a son before she married her father. He was older than her. Her step mother showed boundless love to her at first. So, she almost forgot about her real mother. But, slowly Eun could understand that she only loves her own son. She had no feelings for Eun. That boy always used to bully her. And whenever she wanted to justice from her mother, she always supported her son. And for her step mother, her father also became like that. Both of them trusted that boy more than her. Thinking about that, Eun stopped thinking because she doesn't want to remember the rest of the story.

"I am fine here. I don't need a family. I will stay here no natter how much it costs. I will be a successful woman one day. Then my mother will be proud of me." she said in his mind.

"Are you listening, mom? You will be proud of me someday. I promise." said Eun while looking up. After a few minutes, she fell asleep because she was too tired. She even forgot to have her meal.

The next morning, When Tae Jin woke up, it's 5.00 am. He keeps lying on bed and wants to sleep again. But he couldn't. He remembered about last night. He felt disappointed. After moving here and there for some time on the bed, he stands up and left to the washroom. He washed his face very well. When he was looking at the mirror, he remembers about that day when he had a pimple on his nose and he screamed like an idiot. He smiled in his mind. Then he remembers that day Eun was there to help him. She applied the ice on his face with her own hand. She was too close to him. Tae Jin felt happy but why he does not know.

"No, no that can't be. It's not a time to remember useless things. I have to remember that girl. Not Eun." he said to himself. But he couldn't stop thinking about her. He wishes that he could meet her once again! "What will happen after that? She will behave like a stranger to him again." he thinks. On those days, he understood Eun very well. After he is freshed up, he changed his clothes and wear a jacket. That blue colored jacket have a big cap on it's back. He could easily cover his face with that. But he wears a mask for safety because he is going to the park for jogging now. When he is jogging, he is used to listen to songs with a headphone. Everyone was sleeping then. So, it was quiet in that house. Tae Jin feels that this house is so big that they could make seven houses if they didn't make it one. Tae Jin left to the nearest park and started running slowly. But that morning, he liked to walk instead if running. So, he slowed down his legs and started walking. Maybe he walks an out an hour. And he got tired. So, he sat on a bench and started using his mobile phone. At first, he checked up his daily routine. Today they have to take a steam bath. And he hates that. But if he doesn't do that, Woo Jin will kill him. So, he has to do it anyway. I would not go home today. He thought, but after that, he saw that the others are coming while jogging.

"Hey! you here? We were searching for you everywhere and you were not anywhere." said Kang Min."

"Sorry, I didn't want to disturb you. And I got bored staying there. So, I came here alone." said Tae Jin.

"It's okay. Will you come with us?" asked Ha Joon.

"No, I will go home. Continue yourself," said Tae Jin.

"Everything alright?" Chi Won noticed that Tae Jin's mood was not so good so he asked him.

"Yes. Everything is fine," replied Tae Jin. "Okay, If you want to go home, then go. We will be back after an hour," said Ha Joon and then they all leave. Tae Jin also stands up and then walks his way to home. When he came to the living room after about an hour, he saw that the detective came. And the rest of the team members also returned to the home.

"Oh! I didn't expect that you would come too early," said Tae Jin.

"Why? Is anything wrong if I come early?" asked Leo.

"Find? What are you finding in our home?" asked Jung Hwa.

"A criminal?" said Leo and chuckles. "What do you mean?" asked Young Soo is a little angry.

"Nothing, I have to go somewhere today. So, I will not get time to listen to you. You were about to tell me something last night. But I couldn't hear you for that urgent case." said the detective.

"Oh! But what did you say, Tae Jin?" asked Ha Joon.

"That he saw a girl in his room that night," said Leo with weird smile. Nobody noticed it without Young Soo. He felt like something is not right. He felt that the detective is blaming Tae Jin for some reason.

"So, what did you see that night? That girl was sitting right beside you?" asked Leo.

"Yes," replied Tae Jin in short.

"Why didn't you tell us before?" asked Ha Joon.

"I couldn't remember about it," replied Tae Jin.

"Okay, let him tell his story," said Leo. Now, Jeong Eun and Ha Joon could understand that something is not right with this detective. Why is he telling that it's a story? They could not understand. " "Then what?" asked the detective again. Tae Jin begins to talk. "I took the bottle from her. I drank half of the water. And then I felt something bad. I went to the washroom and threw up all I had eaten and drunken that night." Kang Min stopped him in the middle and told him, "You do it every time you drink too much. That's why I told you many times not to drink so much."

"Okay, After that?" asked Leo. After I came back to the room, the girl was not there. I was sitting on the bed and drank the rest of the water."

"Yes, he drinks too much water," said Chi Won.

"After that?" asked the detective. After that, I could not remember anything. "Okay, did you watch the time when you woke up?" asked the detective. "No." replied Tae Jin shortly.

"When did you see the marks on your body? Did that hur too much at that time?" asked The Detective.

"I saw it in the morning. And it hurt a lot that time," said Tae Jin.

"Okay, were you wearing these clothes?" saying this Leo showed him that blazer and t-shirt.

"Yes, I was wearing it the whole night," replied Tae Jin.

"You said that you were hurt on your left arm, right? And the right side of your belly." asked the detective.

"Yes," said Tae Jin. His facial expression was like he was asking something. Leo could understand him and said,

"Then why your blazer isn't torn anywhere? If your cloth were on your body? And the most important thing is, there is no bloodstain on your clothes. Isn't it strange to you?" said Leo with a different face.

"What? Show me." saying that Ha Joon took the coat from Leo and begins to look upside-down of it. After he finished checking, Jeong Eun took the coat and checked it. He also could not find anything. They could understand what the detective was saying.

"Hey! Look the sleeve is torn." said Young Soo. Where? Asking this Leo took that from Young's hand and saw that the blazer's left sleeve is torn.