"... got a baby coming. A boy-"
But there would be no baby. There would be no wedding anniversary to celebrate in April. There would be no birthday party for Baek Eunhye's husband either, and the presents she'd bought for him would bring no joy, only a deeper grief.
Kim Hyeok blinked.
Birthday presents.
He rewound the tape.
"....silverware in the kitchen. A color TV, a stereo. In the closet I've got some birthday presents for my husband: a camera, a watch, a new coat...."
He rewound it again.
"...a camera, a watch, a new coat...."
Again.
"...a watch..."
He shut off the tape.
A watch. She'd bought her husband a watch.
Why did that matter? Why was it teasing the nerve endings of whatever intuitive power he possessed? Why was it reminding him of Ahn Si-ha?
