The Director is a forceful man. Maybe he pushed his son into something. And LuHan felt that he had to comply...

Seeing hoe tense the situation is at the moment, SeHun tries to calm both of them down. "Now, now LuHan Hyung, dont get so upset. Kris Hyung is just trying to look out for the hospital as a whole, since you're only interested in the patients."

LuHan looks away, looking irritated.

"Isnt that eight, Kris Hyung?"

Kris gave his usual smile. "You dont have to bring me into this conversation."

"But I do. This hospital couldn't exist without you. Everyone says so."

I vaguely listen to the three of them, without really listening. My mind races between thoughts.

Ughh...without realizing it, I'm already trying to shield LuHan from blame. As in who controlled the cover-up matter's when I now knows that it was him who made the mistake.

I can't be alone with LuHan now. I'll only be more confused.

They're still discussing the television situation.

LuHan told me to wait for him before going home today,but......

I take off my white coat and quietly leave the office.

I exit the hospital and turn on on my cellphone, my usual routine when I leave work.

But what if LuHan calls...? I'll keep my phone off.

I turn toward the hospital and look up at it. The building towers over me.

LuHan was protecting the hospital, wasnt he?

If he went to such lengths as a cover-up to protect this place, shouldnt he be showing a little morr interest in it?

The more I think about it, the less I understand you...

I reached my building, only to find a familiar car parked outside.

LuHan's car....

The car door opens.

"LuHan...."

"I asked you to wait..." His face looking unhappy.

"I'm sorry. I was thinking about something and it slipped my mind."

"Get in," he urged.

LuHan's hand rests on my back.

I instantly backs away at his touch.

"What's wrong?"

I shake my head in answer. 

"N-nothing's wrong..."

This is the hand that killed my mother. With this hand...

My body is on the verge of trembling, a fact that I desperately try to conceal.

I could easily escape from his touch....But...doing that would compromise my revenge.

"Are you alright?" he asked concernly.

"Y-yes..."

I follow his lead and get into the car.

"Will you go somewhere with me?" he asked while his eyes focusing on the road.

"Okay..."

To avoid eye contact, throughout the journey, I look out the window and watch as the world goes by.

"Are you feeling alright?"

"What do you mean?" I feign ignorance.

"Yesterday, you took off."

That's right.. I didnt want to say that I was visiting my mother's grave. So I simply calls in sick.

"I'm sorry. I hope that my absence didnt cause anyone much trouble."

"That doesn't matter. You seems pale lately, I am worried about you."

"...I am? I haven't noticed. I must have been more tired than I realized. Eversince I came to Seoul General, its been one stressful event after the next."

"Yeah. Well, dont push yourself too hard. You're an MVP at the hospital now." he said with a smile.

"Is that all I am?"

LuHan looks at me with a puzzled look.

"I..I mean...so you were worried about me as your colleague from the hospital."

Now he looks at me with surprise in his eyes.

"I wouldn't come all the way here to check on you if I was speaking as a colleague."

His face blushed a bit.

"....Good." i smile at him.

Its time to show my resolve.....

Maybe this makes me a terrible woman but I'll work my way deep into your heart......

LuHan stops the car at a park on a hill.

I got out of the car and link my hand around LuHan's arm.

He turns to me in surprise.

"Is...this okay?"

It's pretty innocent, he wont mind.

"Sure."

The front scenery was breathtaking. The night scenery of Seoul.

We stood there while admiring it.

"I wasnt really sick,"I admitted.

"?"

"Ever since then.... I haven't figured out how to distance myself from you at work."

"You've been worried about that?"

"Maybe you think it's awful of me to have been thinking of my personal thing other than the patients while I'm at the hospital...I felt like everyone's eyes were on me and had to remind myself to act normal. But then telling myself to act normal just made me nervous...I needed to recharge so I took the day off."

"So that's it..."

"And that's why today, I didnt wait for you. I was just beginning to relax and was worried that I'd just start to feel nervous again."

"....."

I let go of my hands around his arm and hug him.

"But I'm glad you came to see me.. The truth is I've wanted to see you. I dont think I could've stayed away for so long."

I felt his hands on my back.

" But....that's just me,isnt it?"

"No...its not," he whispered at my ear.

I push myself slightly from his body, just enough to look up at his face. "it's not?"

"I wanted to see you too...I dont know why but I feel so calm when I'm with you."

I rest my head on his chest.

"You once said that to me and then you fe asleep."

"That's right. It was the first time I slept so well in a long time."

"You werent sleeping?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Dunno..."

"You mean you can't tell me?"

"Its not that. But its thanks to you that I can sleep now."

"How is that so?"

"Coz you gave me the push I needed to perform on Ms Han's operation.."

"So that operation was somehow different for you?"

I looked back up again to his face.

"Maybe it is."

Thats the first time he admitted it....He's letting his guard down.

"So maybe you wont be needing the sleeping pills anymore?"

He looked shocked. "You know about that?'

"I saw them. I saw you sleeping in the on call room once. You left them on the side table."

"Oh. Well, I havent taken them since then."

"Oh..."

I thought I could switch out the pills but I guess that's no longer an option....

"That's great."

As I say it, I realize that somewhere in my heart I feel so relieved.

"Shall we sit?"

I nodded.

I let go of him and we sat on a bench.

My body involuntarily flinches at the chill from the wind, prompting LuHan to remove his jacket and place it on my shoulders.

"You're not cold?"

"No, I'm fine."

The warmth of LuHan's body radiates from the jacket on my shoulders.

So warm and it smells like him.

"What?" he asked.

I shake my head.

Something warm falls from my eyes.

Impossible! Whats going on with mr...?

"Jiyoon?"

I looked at him,still in shock. 

"I'm sorry. I dont know why these tears...."

LuHan puts an arm around my shoulder.

Please stop being so nice to me....

I am going to betray you. Take your life.

You and I are enemies...

We say nothing more to each other until the car pulls up to my apartment building.

"Well then..."

He cuts me off. "Will you be okay by yourself?"

"Yeah...Good night."

The second I enter my apartment, I release all my pent up tension and let my body slide to the floor.

Every time he's nice to me....it hurts....

I definitely can't keep this up, I've got to do something...

I was the tears from my face and finally feel a bit refreshed.

I'm in no position to be crying like this. There are things I have to get done.

If I let my plan for revenge distract me, I'll be more careless at work.

And then I would become just like him...

I decided to look over the details of the operation and open my bag.

Huh? The documents arent here...

That's right, I put them in an envelope and carried it separately.

Which would mean its in LuHan's car...

There's no way he's still outside right?

I open the curtain and look at the place where his car had been.

Right...he wouldn't still be here.

"I'll just ask tomorrow."

Ding Dong!!!

Whi could it be at this hour?

"Yes?" I asked thru the intercom.

"It's me."

"LuHan..."

Wait...Is there anything that I dont want him to see?

My eyes settled on the photo of my mother.

I quickly turn the frame around.

"Hang on."

Click.

LuHan is standing there, holding the envelope I left in his car.

"You forgot this."

"Thanks. I was just looking for it. Thank you for going to the trouble."

LuHan smiles at me.

"It looks like you're feeling a bit better."

I return his smile. "Yeah..."

"Thats good."

He lightly touches my cheek.

My just-recovered heart starts racing wildly.

I..I cant take it.

I place my hand over LuHan's.

"Jiyoon," he whispered softly.

I can think about how I'll do it when the time comes. But for now....I just want it to be over with.

I sink into his chest.

"Dont leave me alone."

"Jiyoon..."

Bang!

No!.The photo....

I reached for the frame but he is quicker. He picks it up. 

"Good...It didn't break,".as he says the words, his eyes fall on the photo.

He seems to gasp.

"Who is this?"

Does he know?

"Your mother?"

"Yes."

"She...."

"She's always calling. She's a worrier."

"Hmm..You...look alike."

LuHan's hand lifts the frame.

"Dont look too hard. It's embarrassing."

"No its not. You both have such nice smile."

Despite saying that, I noticed he didnt smile at all.

"I'll tell her you said that. That she was complimented by a brilliant Tokyo doctor."

"Yeah...well..Goodnight."

"You're leaving?"

"I have to. My car is blocking the entrance."

"Okay. Well, goodnight."

"Bye."

The door thuds shut.....

He didn't realize, did he?

But, if he did?

Either way, I have to be quick about this.

If I keep hesitating, these last 12 years would have all been for nothing....

The next day.

Today LuHan has been sitting still at his desk. It looks like he's thinkinv about something.

Maybe he realized who my mother is after all.

"Hey.."

"Hmm?"

"Did something happen?"

"No...Just thinking about the operation. Did you read the documents?"

I nod.

"Okay."

"Dr Lu, Mr Zhao is here." Gayoon came into the office to inform.

"All right. I will be there in a  moment."

Why is LuHan meeting Lay?

"LuHan...um..."

"The new machine he showed us the other day...I was thinking we could use it here."

"Oh...okay.."

But is that really all it is?

I looked over the patient's chart.

But I can't shake the thoughts that LuHan and Lay are now meeting.

What could they be talking about..?

Click.

"I'm sorry I've kept you..."

Lay flashes his friendly smile as usual.

"Not at all. For you I'm always available."

LuHan left without realizing I was there.

I quickly walk up to Lay.

"Mr Zhao.."

"Dr Jeon."

"What did LuHan talk to you about?"

"It was amazing. The new product I was telling you the other day.... Dr Lu says that he will be considering it."

"G-great..."

So that really is what he wanted to talk about... I guess I'm reading too much into things.

"Thats reallt great."

"Yeah, So I have to hurry up and get the quotations ready."

"Sounds good."

"Thank you! See you around."

"Yeah...Um..."

"Hmm?"

"LuHan...Di he say anything else"

"Anything else?.Not really."

I get the feeling that he looks away from me for a split second.

"Why are you asking something like that anyway?"

"Oh...Nevermind.Sorry, I shouldn't have stopped you."

"Please. i'm glad I've got to tell you of the good news. You better celebrate withe once the deal is finalized.

"You got it."

Lay gives a small fist pump, then leaves.

I just feel like he was hiding something....

Did LuHan asked Lay things about me?

Crash!!

"Ahh!" the person uttered.

I bumped into SeHun and the medicine he's carrying scatters all over the floor.

"I'm sorry. I was distracted."

"Likewise, dont worry about it. "

I pick ul the medicine and stuff it back in its bag 

"Here you are..."

As I'm handling the bag of medicine to SeHun, I notice the name written on it.

"This is LuHan's?"

Sehun looks worried. "Whoops...busted...

"Those are sleeping pills arent they?"

"Dont tell anyone okay?"

"I thought he stopped taking these..."

"He was feeling better for a little while and told me that he didnt need them anymore but he just called and asked me for a new prescription."

"He did?"

"Hey, dont looks so sad about it. Lots of doctors take this stuff. It you suffer from insomnia,its worth to take something weak like this and get some sleep."

"You're right."

"You are a sweet person,"he said randomly.

"I beg your pardon?"

"The pills are nothing to worry about. I take good care of Hyung."

"I'm counting on it. Surgery cant survive without him."

"Okay, okay!.See ya later."

He started taking the pills again. This could be my chance. 

But can I really do this?

"Ha!.You said that?"

I returned to the office to see the Director sprawled out on the couch laughing happily with Kris and LuHan.

"Thanks to the both of you. It looks like we have a bright future ahead of us. This is an auspicious event."

Auspicious?

You cover up a fatal error committed by your son.

Everybody acts like nothing happened and the hospital grew bigger and bigger.....

Should you really be anticipating a bright future for this place?

He spotted me.

"Oh..if it's isnt Dr Jeon."

I bowed to him, pretended I heard nothing and left the office.

I have to do it.

I have to summon the courage and do the deed.

Not only LuHan but the Director tok...they have to pat for what they've done...what unconscionable things they had done...

Their remorse should be as great as what has been lost.

I release my left hand, whicb had been balled tightly in a fist and stare aymt the little bottle of white pills.

I take a sleeping pill from my pocket and open the capsule.

If I just change the contents of the capsule...

Several days later.

Another unpopular early morning.

I look at the whiteboard and saw the 'On Call' card next to LuHan's name 

At this hour, he must be taking his nap 

I aporoach his desk and look for the pills.

Its not here, he must have brought it with him to the on call room.

click.

I open the door and heard LuHan's breathing softly.

Looks like he's fast asleep...

I slowly approach his sleeping figure, making sure not to wake him up.

Just as I thought. A pill case is on the side table.

If I put this capsule in that case....then its goodbye forever.

I watched LuHan's sleeping face.

Why did it have to hapoen like this?

I wish we could have met under different circumstances.

My hand tightens around the poison-containing capsule in my pocket. 

Goodbye....LuHan...

I reach for the pill case........