Before she returns

I went to the family hospital where Bomi was recovering to see her again the day before her discharge. I had visited there a few times but I have always been overwhelmed with guilt whenever I saw her. No matter how I tried to justify it by telling myself that it was unavoidable, I burned the mark on her back and that was the simple matter of fact. Maybe she too understood and accepted that was the only way I could get her out of that hell. But then she also found out I was no different from Heeya and Soyeon, or at least used to be. To her, I might be her savior, but just another bitch who somehow found virtue signaling to be cool. 

Despite all that, she still kept quiet for me. She didn't want to tell anyone it was me that left the mark on her back. She didn't want my image to be ruined in the eyes of others - the other people who would never understand what it is like to go through such an ordeal.