"No… I didn't call you."
Su Cha's father thought about something and became nervous, "Did you receive a call from me?"
He seemed to be seeking confirmation from her. Su Cha answered quietly, "Uh-huh."
Her father breathed heavily, which revealed who had called her.
"Fine."
Her father took a long breath and tried to calm down, "Maybe I called you by mistake."
He pretended to be off-hand. But Su Cha said, "Did she find out that you have given me money?"
She knew it. Otherwise, her father would not say so.
All of a sudden, her father fell silent. His silence proved Su Cha's guess.
"That's OK."
Her father sounded bitter and awkward, "She doesn't know how much."
In other words, she knew her father had given her money.
She had probably called her to ask about it.
In Su Cha's memory, her step-mother had always been harsh on her. She would ask Su Cha how much she had taken from her father.
