Episode 7: The Night He Lost Everything (Rewritten)
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She took a slow breath.
Unsteady.
Her fingers tightened around the blanket.
"They… blocked my way," she whispered.
Silence filled the room.
Heavy.
"I asked them… 'Why are you doing this? Please… let me pass.'"
A faint smile touched her lips.
Not humor.
Pain.
"But they laughed…"
Her eyes lowered.
As if she could still see them.
"They said… 'Did you really think we'd let someone like you go?'"
Her voice broke.
"And then…"
A pause.
"They attacked."
Her mother gasped softly, covering her mouth.
"I fought back…" Gi-woo continued, forcing each word out.
"I didn't just stand there…"
Her breathing became uneven.
"But there were five of them…"
A tear fell.
"And I was alone."
Her father's fists tightened.
"They had sticks…" she whispered.
"They kept hitting me… again… and again…"
Her voice trembled violently.
"I couldn't protect myself…"
Tears streamed down.
But she didn't stop.
"The reason…" she said hollowly,
"… I defeated one of them during training."
Her father looked up sharply.
He couldn't accept it…
He lost to me… and his pride was shattered.
A pause.
"So he brought his friends."
Her voice dropped.
"And took it out on me."
The air suffocated.
"Oh, my daughter…" her mother cried.
Her father lowered his head.
"I'm sorry…" he whispered.
"I couldn't protect you…"
She shook her head weakly.
"No… don't say that…"
A breath.
"It's my fault…"
Silence.
"I wasn't strong enough…"
Her father inhaled deeply.
"The investigator is here," he said quietly.
"He wants your statement."
She nodded.
"I'll tell them everything."
🏥
Outside the emergency room—
Hyun woo stood frozen.
The white lights above him felt cold.
Empty.
Tears fell endlessly.
"Mom…" he whispered.
"Please… wake up…"
His legs trembled.
"You told me to be strong…"
His voice broke.
"So you can't leave me…"
He pressed his hand against the wall.
Barely standing.
"I miss you…"
Silence answered him.
Nothing else.
📞
A phone rang.
Sharp.
Breaking everything.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Dong Wook… I'm calling from the hospital."
A pause.
"… Is everything alright?"
Silence.
Heavy.
"I'm sorry…"
"… She is in a coma."
"What?!" his voice rose instantly.
"I'll be there!"
He ran—
Only to stop in front of his father.
"Where are you going?"
"To the hospital."
"What happened?"
"…She's in a coma."
The old man froze.
"…No…"
His voice trembled.
🚔
At the police station—
"Kim Tae-sun," the investigator said coldly.
"… Do you understand what you've done?"
Silence.
"Five against one girl?!"
Still nothing.
His jaw tightened.
But he didn't speak.
Questions came.
One after another.
Relentless.
No escape.
"… Do you admit your guilt?"
Silence.
Then—
"…Yes."
One word.
Low.
Final.
And with that—
Everything changed.
🚪
Back at the hospital—
The doors opened.
Hyun woo lifted his head instantly.
A doctor stepped out.
"Family?"
"I am!" Hyun-woo rushed forward.
Hope filled his eyes.
"Doctor… my mom… she's okay, right?"
Silence.
Too long.
Too heavy.
"We did everything we could…"
His breath stopped.
"But…"
That word—
Destroyed everything.
"…we couldn't save her."
Nothing.
No sound.
No air.
"… What?" he whispered.
His knees gave out.
He fell.
"Mom…"
A broken whisper.
Then—
A scream.
"MOM!!!"
It echoed through the corridor.
Raw.
Shattered.
Endless.
And at that moment—
His world ended.
👉 In one night…
He lost his mother.
And his brother.
💔 But is Tae Sun really the only one to blame?
Or is there someone else…
Pulling the strings from the shadows?
💭 And when the truth comes out—
Will it heal him…
or break him completely?
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