Chapter 35: Sin
Someone's POV,
I sighed heavily as I looked at the garden that was visible from my bedroom window. It's already past midnight, but my eyes still won't close. I don't know why for the past few months I always feel anxious. When night came, I can never rest. The feeling of regret inside of me seemed getting bigger and bigger. Even the incident of 13 years ago came back to haunt my dreams every night.
I walked to the bathroom, standing in front of the sink and washing my face. I'm not young anymore, when working hours are over I feel very tired. But no matter how hard I tried to rest, the incident of the past kept coming back and making my insomnia worse. I wouldn't be surprised if one day I fell ill or died from exhaustion.
I walked back and sat on the bed. I looked at the family photo that was on the bedside table. There was pain in my heart looking at the smiling faces in the golden frame.
I sighed and lowered my head. It's all happened because of this damn family. I had to lose my family and even I had to get my hands dirty with unforgivable sins.
I closed my eyes and the memory of 13 years ago came back into my head....
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March 2006,
I just parked my car on the corner. I've been watching a house for five days not far from where I am now.
Their activities are always the same, in the morning the father will go to work, then the child will go to school with her friends. While the mother will be at home until the child comes home at noon.
Then at 3 pm the two of them would go out of the house, sometimes they went to the library, but other days they went to visit a publisher's office in the city center, and another day they went shopping for household needs at a supermarket.
They will spend their time outside for two hours and will return home around 5 pm. Then the child will play with a friend next door until dinner time or when the father has come home from work.
Sometimes they will invite their neighbors to have dinner together or vice versa. And after that they will stay at home until the next day and start the same activities as before.
Their lives are quite good in my opinion, they live simply, not lacking and not too rich. Maybe if I had nothing to do with that family, I would have let them live peacefully like this.
However, it was this family that caused my own family to crumble. Not to mention the old man who lived with me, he was always chattering and grumpy when talking about their company.
I gripped the steering wheel in front of me remembering his anger last week. He was already sick, but somehow when he talked about their son he would look like an annoying old man who kept on nagging endlessly.
It's weird. He just prefers to express his anger and make those around him feel uncomfortable, rather than having to take action. Until finally I couldn't take it anymore and took matters into my own hands.
And yes, here I am. Stalking this little family secretly and making plans to make the father return to his parents' house again. Well, I'm doing this not only because of the old man, but also because of my family. This man made me lose my family.
I lowered my face and covered it with the hat I was wearing when I saw the father had just left the house to go to work. Soon a pale-skinned boy came out of the house and cheerfully entered the yard of the house next door. The little boy always went to school with their daughter.
"Damn child", I cursed when I saw the little ginger-red haired girl laughing while walking side by side with the pale skinned kid earlier
After they all left, I opened the package containing my breakfast this morning. I'll wait here until they return from school and start executing my plan.
6 hours later,
I turned off my phone when I saw two elementary school students walking home. They seemed to be chatting and laughing, even I could see the admiration in the little girl's eyes when she looked at the pale-skinned boy beside her.
"Woah, you're really good at taking a man's heart, just like your mother", I muttered in disgust
I watched as they went into their homes and waited some more. But less than half an hour I saw a black Kia Carnival drive out of the red-haired's residence.
I furrowed my brow and immediately started my car engine to follow them slowly. Where are they going?, I thought. Usually they would leave the house at 3 o'clock, but today they go out much earlier.
I accelerated my car and continued to follow the black car in a safe distance. They entered the main road and continued to drive north towards the city center.
Then about 20 minutes later the car entered a shopping center in the city of Daegu. I followed the car parked in the parking area a bit far from the entrance. I parked my car with a distance of 6 cars from the woman's car.
They then walked hand in hand towards the mall entrance. I waited for 15 minutes to finally execute my plan. I took the toolbox from the back seat and grabbed some tools. Put on a mask and gloves, then lower my hat so my face can't be seen.
I looked around the parking area three times before finally walking out of the car and toward the black Kia Carnival. I looked around again and knelt down, fiddled with something for a while and hurried back to my car.
Haha that's so easy!, I thought amused. I took off my gloves and started the car engine. Then walked away from the shopping center with a smirk on my face. I'm just waiting to hear about them in the news. And maybe I was enjoying the perfect dinner when I heard the news of their deaths, I thought.
3 hours later,
I was enjoying my afternoon coffee at a cafe not far from the shopping center I was visiting, when I saw a breaking news on television about an accident. I stared at the television screen with full concentration, digesting every word that was said by the newsreader.
"An accident involving a car occurred at the Sinchaen-ro intersection at 5 this afternoon. The cause of the single accident is not yet known. The Kia Carnival driven by a man seemed to lose control before crashing into a tree and a road divider. There 2 are 2 victims. 1 person died and 1 person was seriously injured. The two victims have been evacuated and taken to the Daegu City Hospital. The police are currently investigating the accident. That's the breaking news this afternoon", the female newsreader ended her report
"A man?", I mumbled confused. Maybe it's not them?, I thought. I have to find out myself about this. Then I got up from my seat and walked quickly to my car.
"I don't think it's them... are they okay?", I muttered
I gripped the steering wheel nervously and drove my car towards Daegu City Hospital. I'll check into the hospital and then go back to the redhead's house, I thought.
When I arrived at the hospital I immediately went to the Emergency Room. After parking my car, I jogged to the nurse station and was almost out of breath when I asked one of the nurses on duty.
"Annyeong, are the victims of the car accident in Sinchaen-ro here? I'm his friend, I want to know how they are", I said
"Ye. The survivors are currently still in the operating room. While the dead victims are in the morgue waiting for the family to come to identify him ...".
Before the nurse finished speaking, the entrance to the emergency room opened wide, followed by 2 policemen and a red-haired foreign woman who was sobbing.
I'm startled and immediately looked down. How can it be??, I thought angry. She wasn't in the car ... then Who is he, then? Who is the victim??
I stared at the cops and the woman in the distance in shock, realized something. Impossible! It can't happen!!
I sat in the waiting chair limply, I had to see him with my own eyes, I thought. Then I went to the morgue to prove it. I walked slowly, my heart was beating faster as I walked closer to the room I was going to.
I froze when I heard hysterical cries from inside the room in front of me. I stood still listening to the sound of crying that would not stop. Until finally 10 minutes later, I saw two police officers carried a red-haired woman out of the room. She looked almost passed out and kept sobbing.
After they were out of sight, I walked into the morgue and found a body covered in white cloth on the table in the middle of the room.
"Annyeong, is there anything I can help you ?", asked a young man in a white coat kindly
"I want to see my friend, he ... I heard he had an accident this afternoon and was brought here", I said slowly, continuing to look at the body that lay stiff
"Oh, you're his friend ? his wife came to identify him earlier. But you can see him if you want to ...", he asked doubtfully
"Yes", I answered simply
The young doctor invited me to come closer to the table.
"You can see him when you're ready," the doctor said asking me to stand closer
I gritted my teeth while clenching my two hands. I closed my eyes, anxious to know the reality I would soon find out.
Finally I got up the courage and lifted the white cloth that covered the corpse's face. I was shocked that my knees felt weak. How could he be here? How did this happen?? This is not what I planned!
I took a few steps back and leaned against the wall. What should I do now? How do I solve all this??
"Are you okay?", asked the doctor who approached me worriedly
"How ... what about the other victim?", I asked, I feel my throat is very dry right now
"I heard that his daughter survived, but she was seriously injured. Mr. Han Soojin didn't wear his seatbelt so he was thrown out and had to lose his life. However, his daughter wore her seatbelt properly, but because the car was badly damaged, she suffered a lot of injuries due to impact and others", explained the doctor
I lowered my face and mumbled a thank you then walked out. I sat limply on the hospital floor, not knowing what to do. How could this happen? Why didn't that damn woman die?! Why isn't everything going the way I expected??.
I sat and covered my face for a while, lamenting my stupidity. Without realizing the time passed and when I looked at my watch, it was already 10 o'clock at night. The atmosphere in the hospital was very quiet.
I looked up at the hospital ceiling and forced myself to stand up. I walked limply to the information desk in the lobby.
"Annyeong, is there anything I can help you ?", asked the female officer kindly from behind the information desk meja
"I want to ask if the patient named Han Sofia has finished the operation?", I asked flatly
"Please wait a moment..", she answered looking at me confusedly and started typing something on her computer screen
"Han Sofia was completed in surgery an hour ago and is currently in the intensive care room on the 3rd floor, room 315", she answered kindly
"Gomawo", I said quickly then left the information desk
I can't think right now, I just want to see the little girl's condition firsthand. I took the elevator and exited on the 3rd floor. Then turned left according to the directions on the wall. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the nurse's desk was empty.
The 3rd floor hallway is currently very quiet, I keep walking until I find room 315 on my left. I looked inside, there was no one. Then I slowly opened the door and entered.
I approached the little red-haired girl who was fast asleep. Her head was covered in a large bandage, one of her hands was in a cast and there were many bruises all over her body.
I sighed as I looked at the girl. I don't know what will happen after this. All my plans fell apart. If the old man in my house finds out what I've done to their son, I'm sure he'll never forgive me.
So I thought I'd just keep quiet, pretending that all of this had nothing to do with me. I'm going to throw away all the evidence and come back as if I never did anything, I thought.
I sighed one last time and walked out of the room. When I closed the door behind me, I saw a pale-skinned boy walking slowly towards me. I raised my right hand and lowered my hat so he wouldn't see my face.
Then I walked quickly, left the hospital and left Daegu as soon as possible. Hoping that no one finds out about my whereabouts for the next few days.
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Now,
I lay down and sighed. It's 3 o'clock in the morning. My head hurts and my body started to feel heavy. I opened the desk drawer beside my bed and pulled out a bottle of sleeping pills.
Looks like I'll have to take some more medicine tonight so I can rest. I took a capsule and swallowed it immediately. Hope this medicine will react as soon as possible....
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