01x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

[eerie, suspenseful music playing]

NOTES FROM THE LAST ROW

[police siren wailing]

[ambulance siren blares]

[onlookers chatter indistinctly]

[woman] Stop! Stop!

[tense music playing]

[man] What do we do? Oh!

Hurry, hurry! She's… Oh God. Oh no.

[police whistle blows]

Let's go, Mr. Heo.

You don't want Mr. Kim
to see you here. We should go.

[policeman blowing whistle]

[tense music continues]

[music fades]

[Kang inhales deeply]

I'm sorry.

I had no idea this would…

All I wanted

was to prove I was telling the truth.

Stop the car, please.

I'll walk from here.

[seat belt clacks]

[sighs shakily]

Thank you for giving me a ride.

I'll see you tomorrow.

[door lock clacks]

Tell me the truth.
Don't even think about lying to me.

[breathes deeply]

Did you really have no idea, or were you
keeping it a secret this whole time?

Sorry?

Keeping what a secret?

You didn't tell me
who Se-yun's dad is! Now, why not?

I can't believe you didn't know.

Wait a minute.

What are you talking about?

He's Kim Su-hun, the writer.

[door trills]

[door trills]

[shoes clatter gently]

[tense, pensive music playing]

[Kang] Kim Su-hun, the writer?

Kim Su-hun?

So he's a famous author, I guess.

No wonder.

But I don't know
the names of many authors.

What is it?

So he's Kim Su-hun. So what?

Is that important right now?

[breathing agitatedly]

[music fades]

[sighs]

[breathes heavily]

[breathes deeply]

Oh my God. It was always you, Kim Su-hun.

[breathes irately]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Se-yun echoes] Mom.

[muted soundscape]

[poignant piano music playing]

Oh yeah. That's right.

Oh, hi, Mun-oh.

You're skipping class too?

[book closes]

[poignant music continues]

[inhales sharply]

Uh… here.

[girl] What's this? Hmm?

[laughs]

How did you know? I love this poet.

-[chuckles]
-[gasps] Oh my gosh.

[both chuckle]

Hey, Mun-oh, thanks so much for this.

Um… I'll see you later, okay?

[boy] Hmm?

-Eun-joo.
-Hey, Su-hun!

[Su-hun] What a surprise.

Good to see you. Where are you headed?

[poignant music continues]

[giggles]

[music continues]

-[blissfully] Oh…
-[Su-hun chuckles]

I want you to clear your mind.

Nothing's more important to me
than how you feel.

For our family,
your peace of mind is everything.

[Eun-joo laughing]

[soundscape fades]

[poignant music obscures background]

-[music fades]
-[sobbing softly]

[sniffles]

[sobbing]

[sobs]

[sniffles]

[exhales raggedly]

Kim Su-hun, you as*h*le.

How could you, when you have Eun-joo?

[breathing irately]

[indistinct chatter]

[chalk clatters]

[sighs softly]

In real life, we don't call
everything that happens

an "inciting incident," right?

But in literature,

uh, there's always some kind of event

that impacts the main characters' actions
throughout the story.

In other words, it's an event
that sets the story in motion.

[sighs]

It is key that it be intrinsic.

Intrinsic to…

the characters' complex, uh,

inner conflicts.

[soft, whimsical jazz playing]

[music rises]

Um… I'm sorry.

Uh… conflicts, uh…

Hold on. Where… where was I?

[music continues]

I'd like to talk to you.

[music abates]

[Mun-oh tuts]

[exhales sharply]

[grumbles softly]

You little brat.

Why are you always sitting

back in the last row?

I have an idea.

It's so you can daydream,

instead of listening
to the lecture, isn't it?

It makes it easier to see.

It lets me see everything
without… being seen.

[Mun-oh sighs] Well…

[breathes hesitantly]

And listen, about last night,

I need more information.

The woman who was M… Min-hui…

Uh, Seon Min-hui, was it?

You know, the woman who was hit.

And, uh…

Kim Su…

Uh, Se-yun's father.

What has he been doing since?

How did he react?

What?

You don't wanna talk?

What is this? I was there too, wasn't I?

If you can't talk to me about this,
who can you talk to? You called me.

She died, you know.

Sh… she died?

The police… called and said she died.

[sighs]

In the end…

[clicks tongue]

In the end…

So after all…

[breathing shakily]

[glass clinks]

By the way,
is Kim Su-hun a friend of yours?

-[water pours]
-How well do you know him?

Huh?

I don't know him well.

I've heard of him.
He's a well-known writer. Nothing more.

Why are you lying?

-[spits, chokes]
-[water splashes]

[coughing]

[grunts, hoarsely] What?

[groans]

I know you two are friends.

Se-yun told me Mr. Kim came
for a special lecture, and afterwards,

you hosted the conversation.

[sighs]

[tuts] Yeah.

So you can't host a conversation
with someone unless you're friends?

Look, he and I happened to go
to the same school. [grumbles]

We're not friends.

Anyway,

why are you asking me that?

[light, intriguing music playing]

Well, it's just that he…

Just that he, what?

I can't tell what kind of person he is.

At first, I really liked him.
But now, I don't know.

He's acting like it's just another day,

like last night was nothing.

But that's not the only thing about him.
Here. I wrote it all down.

-[rummaging]
-[paper rustling]

It's all in here?

Oh, I guess…

this'll be my last one.

That's what you said.

You said no more lessons.

And that was before last night.

[Mun-oh exhales]

I'm working at the corner store soon, so…

Sorry about everything.

Thank you, Mr. Heo.

Wait. Uh… Uh…

Okay, well, uh… [hesitates]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[smacks lips]

[dreamy, wistful music playing]

[ethereal, lilting vocals]

[birds twittering]

[Kang] When the boundary
between beauty and horror is blurred,

everything is thrown into question.

This morning,

the world didn't make sense anymore.

[Su-hun] What? She didn't come
to work yesterday either?

Without notice?

-[music abates]
-[sets cup down]

I had no idea.

[Eun-joo] I kept calling her too.

I called her three times yesterday,
but she didn't answer.

[scoffs]

I think she's angry at me
for telling her off about smoking.

That's an awful way to behave.

After I went out of my way
to try and smooth things over with her.

Yeah, well, there's no use
trying to be nice to people like her.

[music fades]

I've had enough of her attitude.

Yeah, let her quit, then.

Like I said, she's not worth
stressing out over.

[Eun-joo] I'll give her
her notice tomorrow.

Unless…

You don't think
she's already quit, do you?

[Su-hun chuckles]

-[bowl clinks]
-[Se-yun] What are you doing?

Uh, nothing. [chuckles sheepishly]

[Eun-joo chopping]

-[chair scrapes]
-[Eun-joo] Hey. Are you ready to go?

Gimme a second.
Everything's just about done.

No complaining either. Understand?

That's right, you, Kim Se-yun.

-[Eun-joo] Mm.
-Just say "it's delicious" and eat.

What's wrong?

Oh, nothing.

[sighs] For the time being,
I'll be cooking most of the meals.

And we can order in too,
just until we find a replacement.

Hey. Min-hui's quitting?

When? Where is she?

[scoffs] She's most likely sulking
because she got told off.

We haven't heard from her since.

What is it? You okay?
Are you sad to see her go?

No, not really. It's all good.

[telephone ringing]

No, Kang, it's okay.
Eat your breakfast. I'll answer it.

[ringing continues]

She's got it.

[ringing stops]

[Eun-joo] Hello?

What?

What did you say?

[suspenseful music playing]

What?

Wha… what do you mean?

[ominous music playing]

[gasps]

[gasping]

Oh. Oh no.

[sobs]

-Oh, honey. It's terrible.
-[Su-hun] What's going on?

Honey, M… Min-hui, she was…

Min-hui got… It was… Wait. [gasps]

[shakily] Early this morning…

-[sobs]
-Min-hui? What about her?

[Eun-joo's breath quivers]

Kim Su-hun here.

Yes. What's going on?

[sobs softly]

-Y… yes, go ahead. I'm listening.
-[whimpers]

[Eun-joo breathing shakily]

Was it about… Min-hui?

Is she okay?

[Su-hun sighs deeply]

She died in a car accident?

-[Eun-joo gasps]
-In the ER?

[Eun-joo whimpers]

[soft, unsettling music playing]

[Su-hun] What do you mean
she has no family?

[Eun-joo breathing shakily]

[Su-hun] Oh, well,
we don't really know a lot about her.

[Se-yun groans softly]

[Eun-joo gasps]

-Oh!
-[music intensifies]

Yun. [pants]

-Sweetheart. Yun. Sweetie.
-[Su-hun] Please call when you find out.

-[choking]
-[Su-hun] Thanks.

[Eun-joo] It's okay.

-[Su-hun] Not this number. Call my cell.
-Yun, you're okay. Huh?

-Yun.
-[Se-yun splutters]

[Su-hun] Yes. My number is…

Lift up his… My sweet boy.
Hold up his head, please.

-[Eun-joo] Yun. Yun.
-2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 1, 7.

-[Se-yun choking]
-[Eun-joo] Yun.

Listen to my voice.

-Yun, breathe. Okay?
-[spluttering gasp]

[ragged breathing]

[Eun-joo relieved] Oh!

[Se-yun breathing heavily]

[Eun-joo] Like you learned
at the hospital. Breathe.

-[breathing softens]
-That's right. Good. Rub his hands.

[relieved] Oh.

[Se-yun exhales]

[music fades]

[sighs]

Is he okay?

Shouldn't we take him to the hospital?

Why would we go to the hospital for that?
He was just a little shocked. That's all.

You gave him a sedative.

A good sleep is all he needs right now.

Leave him alone, honey. Come on.

That boy's always been
too sensitive for his own good.

I thought sports would toughen him up,
but he hasn't changed at all.

Are you okay?

Not really.

I feel awful, to be honest. [sobs]

I keep thinking about
how badly I treated Min-hui.

[breath quivers]

[shakily] I shouldn't have
let her just leave like that.

[breathes shakily]

[suspenseful music playing]

-[sighs]
-My goodness. Don't be silly, honey.

You don't have anything
to feel guilty about.

It's okay.

There's so much we can't control.

[Kang] When the boundary
between beauty and horror is blurred…

[Su-hun] Hmm?

…everything is thrown into question.

[Eun-joo sniffles]

[sighs]

[eerie, sinister music playing]

[Kang] Was there malice in that smile?

Hatred in his heart?

[suspenseful music pulsing]

[music peaks]

[music fades]

[Mun-oh breathes deeply]

[gasps]

"Malice"?

[sighs]

Malice.

[grunts]

[exhales deeply]

Malice.

[tuts]

Malice? What does he mean by that?

[breathing agitatedly]

Have a good day.

[pop music plays over speakers]

[door chime jingles]

[door chime jingles]

[Kang] Hello.

[door chime jingles]

Professor.

Another like this, please.

Uh… how'd you know I worked here?

You said you worked at a corner store,
and this one is closest to campus.

-Is there something you wanna say?
-[beeps]

No, I was just heading home,
and needed cigarettes.

What are you laughing at?

Because when you lie,

it's so obvious.

Hmm. [chuckles softly]

What do you wanna talk to me about?

That is why you're here.

[smacks lips]

I wouldn't mind, if you want.

First of all,

about… [exhales deeply]

…stopping our lessons.

I was angry. I didn't really mean it.

But what do you think?

Would you care
if our lessons ended this way?

Well,

I would love to continue.

I want to keep writing too.

There's just one thing. You know Mr. Kim.

And you know him personally.
Maybe that'll feel awkward.

[clicks tongue]

That's true.

It's not entirely devoid
of ethical considerations.

While we're not friends,

he's not a complete stranger either.

[smacks lips]

However, to help you with your studies,

I think continuing
our private lessons together

is the right thing.

For you and for me too.

Anyway…

Writers need to show…

courage, and so… I'm ready for it.

As long as you're all right
with it, Professor.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

You know, with Mr. Kim,

I'm less and less concerned
about what he's like.

It's a lot more important
to learn what I can from you.

[chuckles]

[sultry music playing]

Nice to see you being more appreciative.

-That's a very good attitude.
-[chuckles]

[Mun-oh chuckles]

If you bring that
throughout our work… Hmm?

…you'll see real progress. I know it.

[exhales deeply]

[whispers] Listen.

Su-hun doesn't need to know
anything about me, all right?

If you mention this,

our lessons together, if you tell him
about any of it, we're done.

I know, Professor.

I understand.

I don't trust him anyway.

I don't even wanna talk to Mr. Kim now.
As you know from reading my paper.

[music subsides]

[both chuckle]

All that said,

I wanted to ask you something.

When you talked about
blurred lines and hatred.

[music stops]

I'm not sure, really.

I just wrote what I felt
as clearly as I could.

[inhales deeply]

Listen. Like I told you before,
don't jump to conclusions.

If you're gonna use a word like that,
you need to have a rationale for it.

-Rationale?
-Well, you said he was having an affair.

Then you said he was laughing
after he found out she died?

-That makes no sense.
-You think I'm lying to you?

-I saw it with my own eyes.
-No, I don't think you're lying.

All that I'm saying is
there isn't enough evidence

to lead us to assume that he hated her.

The first thing to do is to ask questions.

What were the events
that led to the accident?

Okay.

So I should

investigate what happened.

That's what I'm talking about.

In literary terms…

this is… real-world research.

This way, you'll be able
to add realism to your story.

-[quirky jazz playing]
-Oh.

[breathes excitedly]

My heart is pounding right now. Hey!

Okay, so… uh, you're telling me to go back
to the hotel and ask questions, right?

-Hold on. Sit down.
-Okay.

Stay calm, now, Kang.

Don't get all worked up,
especially right now.

Right. I don't work tomorrow, so…

Sounds good.

I'll be off.

You can come too, if you want.

Me?

Why would I want to do that?

Why not?

Afraid of losing face, or what?

[scoffs] "Losing face"?
No, come on. I have plans. That's all.

What? I have plans. You think I'm lying?

[music stops]

You free tomorrow?

If you aren't doing anything,

I was thinking we could go for a walk
or catch a movie.

I'm trying to…

You know, I'm…

[sighs]

…asking you out on a date.

[man on-screen sighs]

-[dramatic sting]
-[audience screams]

-[woman whimpers]
-[Hyeong-jong chuckles]

[menacing music playing over speakers]

[hurried footsteps]

[man on-screen panting]

Damn it! My car keys!

[panting anxiously]

Where are they? Where?

[gasps] My car keys! Oh God!

[whimpering]

[cell phone vibrates]

[panicked, heavy breathing on-screen]

[Kang] Professor,
I just got back from the hotel.

If I start my assignment now,

I should be able
to send it to you in two hours.

Wait till you hear what I found out.

[man on-screen whimpering]

[Mun-oh sighs]

[woman] He asked you out on a date?

[Hyeon-suk] Yesterday,
completely out of the blue.

He asked me to go to a movie with him.

But I thought it would be boring, just us,
so I asked you to come along.

[Hyeong-jong chuckles]

[woman] You didn't invite us
so you could brag about your date?

[Hyeon-suk chuckles] Brag? Oh, please.

Ugh, you're so annoying.

He can't even hear me when he's on it.

Anyway, we go on dates all the time.
You're not the only ones. [chuckles]

Isn't that right?

[soft jazz playing in background]

[clicks tongue]

Honey, answer me. [chuckles awkwardly]

What was that? Hmm?

[chuckles] He's been acting weird lately.

[Mun-oh] It's been over two hours.
Where is your assignment?

[woman] Things he hasn't done before?
Like what?

Well, he's slept over in my room.

[chuckles]

[woman] Oh my God!

Oh, wow! [laughs]

Look at you, Mun-oh! That's great! Wow!

[laughs]

-[woman giggles]
-[Seong-hui] No, no, no. This is great.

So that's why Hyeon-suk
is getting prettier.

-That explains it, huh?
-What?

What do you mean, "getting prettier"?
I've always been pretty.

[Hyeong-jong] Yes,
you've always been beautiful.

[woman] Yeah. Mun-oh… [chuckles]

…for goodness' sake, be good to Hyeon-suk.
Don't start neglecting her again.

-Wait. Neglecting?
-[woman] Yeah, like before.

You know, when you kept miscarrying.

-[Hyeong-jong] Sweetheart!
-And then during IVF too.

[murmurs awkwardly]
What's that got to do with anything now?

[woman] Well, Mun-oh was never around.

Mun-oh, do you know how lonely
and miserable she was back then?

-[Hyeong-jong] Jeez, honey.
-[phone vibrates]

What's with you?

[woman] Did I say anything
that wasn't true? That's how it was.

Even though you were…

[Kang] I just sent you my assignment.
Sorry for the delay, Professor.

[woman] …more worried
about Mun-oh than yourself.

-[Hyeong-jong] Oh, dear.
-[woman] He was in some kind of slump.

I'm… going to the restroom.

-[Hyeong-jong] Oh, sure. Okay.
-[woman sighs]

-[Hyeong-jong] Oh, man. Um…
-[woman] I told you he'd be like this.

But you insisted on marrying a writer.

Hey! You made him leave
because he's embarrassed.

How could you say that in front of him?

That's ancient history! He's better now!

[keypad clacking]

[intriguing music playing]

[Kang] The bloodstains on the pavement
had been completely washed away.

[music intensifying]

[music abates]

[rhythmic jazzy music playing]

[woman] Mm… I'm not sure.

I can't remember every single guest
who comes through here.

And even if I could, I can't give out
our guests' personal information.

The car accident had nothing to do
with the hotel.

Still, why do you ask?

What's this about?

Nothing. Thanks very much.

[rhythmic pop music playing]

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Are you ready? ♪

♪ Here it comes ♪

♪ One, two, three, four
I'm already out the door ♪

♪ Five, six, seven, eight
I ain't got no time to wait… ♪

Excuse me.

[gasps] Huh?

-Just a minute.
-Yeah?

Have you ever seen this person?

Was he a guest?

No, I don't think so.

[pop music continues]

[Kang] Uh, do you know him?

I've never seen him before.

-♪ Hit you like a hammer ♪
-♪ Yep! ♪

-No, sorry.
-♪ Got you like bang, bang, bang ♪

I'm not sure.

[pop music continues]

-[music stops]
-Whoa! Sorry.

[Kang] Sorry about that.

Uh, you're not allowed in here.

[Kang] Uh…

The exit is here. Follow me.

I know that.

[man] Lee… Lee Kang?

You're Lee… Lee Kang, right?

-[music resumes]
-Yeah.

[laughs]

Jae-sik?

-You little sh*t. How you been?
-[Kang] It was unbelievable luck.

If I hadn't run into Jae-sik…

It's good to see you.

[Kang] …the truth would have
stayed buried forever.

[pop music continues]

[grunts]

[grunts]

I met Jae-sik

last summer.

[grunts]

-[music stops]
-[Jae-sik] "Lee Kang."

Senior year?

You wanna go to university?
Aren't the entrance exams coming up?

I'm just saying, you should be studying,
not wasting your time here.

[grunts]

-[clears throat]
-Hey. What's that you're studying?

Oh, to be a civil servant?

Oh, Jae-sik.

[chuckles] I'm just getting started.

This is my third time taking it.
f*ck me, huh?

-[snorting laughter]
-[Kang chuckles]

[Jae-sik] Holy crap. Yeonseo University?

Wow! You're smart, huh?

[chuckles]

What about you? You a civil servant yet?

Not yet.

I'm still trying.

-Putting me down?
-[scoffs] No way. Never.

You were always so cool.

[scoffs] Really?

[both chuckle]

Yeah, well, I mean,
working here, it's not bad, anyway.

Oh yeah, the car accident.
What is it you wanna know?

Well, I mean, I'm not sure.

It's kind of a long story.
I know her, the woman who got hit.

Ah, really?

You knew her?

-[lighter clicks]
-Yeah, I feel sorry for her.

I wish I knew
what she was doing here before.

Hmm.

But nobody knows anything.

[tuts]

You know,

I bet I know more than anyone else here.

Seriously?

I…

saw what happened to her.

[yawns]

I was on my way home from work.

[grunts] Let go!

Hey. Don't you walk away from me.

-[tense music playing]
-[Min-hui] I have nothing to say to you.

[Jae-sik] I recognized them right away.
No doubt about it.

-Especially… the guy.
-[Su-hun] Min-hui!

What? Scared?

Just you wait. You'll be sorry, I swear!

[car horn honking frantically]

-[tires screech]
-[onlookers scream]

[woman 1 shrieks]

-[man] 911! Call 911!
-Holy sh*t.

-[panicked murmuring]
-[woman 2] Call an ambulance!

[passing car honks]

[tense music swells]

[music abates, fades]

That man you saw,

who was he?

That man

was a regular in our premier suite.

A regular in the premier suite?

[somber, intriguing music playing]

Kim Su-hun?

[scoffing chuckle]

[Jae-sik] He came
three or four times a month.

Always the same room.

But the weirdest thing was,

he would order room service.

Always high-end wine
and cheap ice cream, every time.

[Kang] What? Cheap ice cream?

-Why? What for?
-[Jae-sik] I don't know.

-I don't think I wanna know.
-[doorbell rings]

[energetic rock music playing]

-♪ I'm on a level ♪
-Good evening. Room service, sir.

♪ Where time is ticking away from me ♪

Thank you, sir.

♪ You little devil, you got nothing… ♪

[Jae-sik] The outfits were different
every time.

One day, a nurse costume.

-The next, a bunny rabbit.
-[cell phone vibrates]

Sometimes even… a schoolgirl uniform.

[Se-hun] Hi, Ms. Choi.

[music continues]

Ah, no.

I'm on a trip.

No, just me. Without the wife this time.

Not yet. I'm not writing.

[shower running]

I don't have anything down.

[Jae-sik] See,
he's a pretty famous author.

[scoffs] He probably thought
I wouldn't know.

-[Su-hun] Yeah.
-[Kang gasps] An author?

-[water splashing]
-[Su-hun] Yeah.

[rock music continues]

[woman moaning faintly]

[fervent moaning intensifies]

-[music ends]
-[Kang scoffs]

Why would a famous author do that?

With a wife and everything.

[scoffs] Guys like that are the worst.

They might act normal,
but they're really perverts.

[Kang chuckles]

So I guess that's what he was doing here
that day, before the accident.

-No.
-sh*t.

That day

was different.

A bit suspicious, actually.

[intriguing music playing]

Suspicious?

Yeah. [smacks lips]

What I heard from his room was unusual.

Now, I wasn't trying to listen in.

[Kang chuckles softly]

What did you hear?

What I heard…

[music rises, halts]

WIFE

[huffs]

[suspenseful music playing]

What I heard was both of them…

[music intensifies]

PARK HYEONG-JONG

-[music halts]
-Ugh! What is this? What are you doing?

-[tuts]
-[cell phone vibrates]

-[vibrating ends]
-[tuts] Yes, Mr. Park? What is it?

[Hyeong-jong] Mun-oh, where are you?
Come on. What's taking you so long?

What? Where do you think?
What is it you want?

[Hyeong-jong] Mun-oh, do you know
who's here with us right now?

Do you know who just showed up? [chuckles]

I have no idea.

[intriguing music playing]

Well, who is it?

[Hyeong-jong] Oh, good idea.

[Su-hun] Can you take it?
You have long arms.

-[Hyeon-suk] Here. I'll set it up.
-[Hyeong-jong] One, two, three.

-Ah, Mun-oh! [chuckles]
-Hey, Mun-oh.

-[chuckles] Here we are again, huh?
-[tense music playing]

[chuckles] Good to see you.

What brings you here?

[Hyeong-jong] Surprised
to see him, Mun-oh?

He was having dinner
with the president of a publishing house,

and I saw him on his way out
and asked him to join us.

The president? Good for you.

Hey, why were you in the bathroom
for so long? What were you doing in there?

I even tried calling you.

I wasn't in there that long.

Uh, anyway, I hope I'm not
interrupting your night out.

-Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
-No, not at all.

To tell you the truth, this is exciting.

Meeting you
really made my night, actually.

[Hyeong-jong] Totally.
I mean, it's always an honor to…

[chuckles] …well, have you join us.

[woman] He hasn't stopped talking
about you ever since your lecture.

He's been bragging
that he met an amazing author.

Going on and on about how he knows you.

-[laughs]
-[chuckles] That's great.

I didn't see your lecture.
I had no idea you gave one until just now.

He's always been like that.
Quiet, keeping his cards close.

In fact, I didn't even know
that you two went to university together.

Oh, is that so? Eun-joo and I were
just talking about you the other day.

Eun-joo?

Yes, my wife went to university
with us too, but one year behind us.

Ah.

[soft jazz playing]

You two talk about me?

[chuckles]

H-How's Eun-joo doing these days?

She's doing well.

And our son Se-yun is going
to Yeonseo University now.

He's in your writing class.
That's why your name came up.

Ah, I see.

I didn't know that.

So… what was my husband like in school?

[chuckles]

Pretty taciturn back then too.

He would always sit behind everyone,
in the last row, watching.

It made me a little nervous.

-[laughs]
-[splutters]

-[Su-hun] But that's Mun-oh's way.
-So you haven't changed at all, Mun-oh.

[Hyeong-jong and woman laugh]

So, uh… you met with
the president of a publishing house?

-About your next book I guess, huh?
-Oh no, the one after that.

My next one is
in the editing stage already.

No, we got together
to talk about ideas. That's all.

Interesting.

How do you usually… get your new ideas?

-Huh?
-[tense music playing]

What do you do to find your ideas?

[inhales deeply]

It's complicated.

What?

Would you rather not say?

Just curious. That's all. [sighs]

For example…

[tense music rises]

…do you travel,
go somewhere new, for instance?

Or maybe…

find a way to experience new things,
things that deviate from the everyday?

[tense music continues]

I've never felt the need to go that far.

I do travel a lot, though. Why?

[music abates]

[Hyeon-suk chuckles] The truth is that…
he's asking you that because he's curious.

After writing his first novel,
he found it difficult to write another.

Yet you've written so many.
He wants to know how you do it.

[Su-hun sighs] Is that so?

[Hyeon-suk chuckles]

[Mun-oh] Why would you do that?!

I said why?!

Why would you say that, huh?
That I'm not able to write?

How could you say that to Kim Su-hun?
Out of everyone, you chose him?

Why are you keeping all these secrets?

It's embarrassing how little I know you.
You went to school with him? So what?

Why didn't you tell me?

Was it too hard to mention him
after he stole the girl you liked?

-What'd you say that for?
-Because isn't that her name.

Ahn Eun-joo, Kim Su-hun's wife.

What's going on? Who is that woman to you?

You said it was all in the past,
but do you still have feelings for her?

I'm sick of you keeping everything secret!
It's not right!

I am not keeping secrets!

-It's not like that.
-[scoffs]

That means you still have a serious
obsessive fixation on Kim Su-hun.

-Otherwise, you would have told me.
-I'm not obsessed!

[grunts]

[huffs]

Kim Su-hun is twisted and dangerous.
Do you know how sick that guy is?

[scoffs angrily]

[door opens]

[door slams]

I would if you told me!
How the hell else would I know?!

[grunts]

[sighs]

[blows air]

[breathing heavily]

[tense music playing]

[Jae-sik] That day

was different.

-A bit suspicious, actually.
-[Kang] What?

What did you hear?

[Min-hui] Let go!

-[Su-hun] Cut it out!
-[Min-hui] Should we call your family?

-Want me to?
-[Su-hun] You threatening me?

Keep it up. I dare you!
See what it gets you.

[Min-hui] What?

What's it gonna get me? You're pathetic!

Fine, you son of a b*tch!
Is that the way it is?

Then I will show everyone who you are!

I can prove it too!

-Oh yeah. Surprised, as*h*le?
-[Kang] So they were fighting?

No, no. Uh, not exactly fighting.

More like they were each making threats.

[music ends]

They were?

So… what was it like when you went inside?

[smacks lips] He told me
to leave the tray outside the door.

Why were they making threats? Why now?

[cell phone vibrating]

And what was the proof she said she had?

-[vibrating stops]
-Hello?

Ah, yes, I'll head back right away.

-Okay.
-[call disconnect chime]

-I should get back now.
-Sure, bro.

-I took up your whole break.
-No, not at all. It was fun.

-It was nice seeing you.
-[chuckles]

-See you later.
-Yeah.

Come and visit me.

-Okay.
-All right? See ya.

Oh, yesterday.

-This other young guy was here yesterday.
-What?

He asked me what happened
just before the accident, same as you.

Who was he?

-Did he tell you?
-Don't think so.

Oh yeah, he said
something a bit strange, though.

He asked if it was an accident.

[chuckles] And was there a chance
it was intentional.

-[eerie music playing]
-Intentional?

Yeah. I thought
it sounded off the mark too.

I witnessed the accident myself,
after all.

And then, after he left,
I thought about it all for a while.

And I realized,

what made the guy suspect it was m*rder,
unless he'd heard the threats too?

And I know he didn't.

So, what made this guy start asking
if it could have been m*rder?

Who is he?

What does he know?

[intriguing music continues]

[scoffs softly]

Oh dear God.

[music fades]

[moaning]

[Min-hui] You told me to wait,
and this is all you have?

[moan echoes]

[Min-hui] Did you think
this would be enough to get rid of me?

[Su-hun] Will you shut up,
you crazy b*tch?

-[moaning echoing]
-Don't push your luck.

[moaning and grunting]

-[Su-hun] Enough already!
-[indistinct chatter]

[Su-hun] Take what I'm willing to give you
and get lost, you stupid leech.

[woman moaning]

[tense, discordant music playing]

[moaning continues]

-[Min-hui] Let go!
-[Su-hun] Cut it out!

[Min-hui] Should we call your family?

-Want me to?
-[Su-hun] You threatening me?

Keep it up. I dare you!
See what it gets you.

[Min-hui] What? What's it gonna get me?
Oh, you're pathetic!

Fine, you son of a b*tch!
Is that the way it is?

Then I will show everyone who you are!

I can prove it too!
Oh yeah. Surprised, as*h*le?

-[music halts]
-[whimpers, grunts]

[silence]

[suspenseful music playing]

[music intensifies]

-[music abates]
-[panting]

[thunder rumbling]

[rain pattering]

[unsettling music playing]

[music ends]

[soft, dreamy music playing]

[soundscape fades]

[dramatic sting]

[snoring, breathing agitatedly]

[gasps]

[whimpers anxiously]

[sighs]

[breathing heavily]

[breathing softens]

Kim Su-hun.

I can't believe it.

Who are you?

[unsettling music playing]

What have you done?

[line ringing]

[music continues]

[sighs]

[grumbles] Hurry up.

-[line ringing]
-[sighs]

-[line clicks]
-Oh, Lee Kang!

[breathes shakily] Find the other guy.
The other guy.

[Kang] Professor? [exhales dazedly]

-What time is it?
-Just listen! Find out who that guy is!

You know, the one… [splutters] The one
who brought up the possibility of m*rder.

Go to the hotel
and try to get some more information.

Check the security cameras if you have to!

-He's the key. [coughing]
-[suspenseful music playing]

We'll find out what she had on him.

[Kang] Professor, please calm down.

You're the one who told me
not to get worked up.

I was gonna come
and tell you tomorrow anyway…

but I think I know who that guy is.

What'd you say?

[suspenseful music builds]

[music peaks, abates]

[music fades]

[grunting]

[panting]

[exclaims]

[shaky breathing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[cell phone trills]

[line ringing]

[line clicks]

Hey, sis.

[suspenseful music continues]

[shudders]

I'm scared.

Dad m*rder*d someone.

[music rises]

[sniffles]

Yeah, m*rder*d.

[breathes shakily]

[tense, discordant music playing]

I think he did it.

[music building]

[Se-yun sobbing]

[sniffles]

[music swells]

[music fades]

NOTES FROM THE LAST ROW

[lively, percussive jazz playing]

[music fades]