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Chapter 33 - "an accident "

Flashback

Mr Jung: So what's the plan for Sung-jin

Ricky:(addressing Hae Won) Take the floor

Hae Won :Well ...he doesn't deserve anything grand. I will make sure he dies quick and nobody will care about him.

Mr Jung :Don't  forget not getting caught

Hae Won: That's the best part,(smirks)he's going to kill himself.

Ricky:(confused)  How?

Hae Won :Simple, Mr Lee planted him into our company because he trusts him to get information which might benefit his company.

Mr Jung: And how's that going to kill him?

Hae Won :(pours herself a drink) Well we have that building we're constructing, I'm pretty sure he could have a little accident which could result in him dying there

Mr Jung: What kind of accident ?

Ricky: Wait is it about that guy from last week.

Hae Won: (smiles) Yes

Mr Jung :Which guy?

Ricky :Last week  when we went to check on the progress of the building one of the construction  workers almost died, he fell  from one of the floors but he had his safety ropes on.

Mr Jung: And how will that apply to Sung-jin ?

Hae Won: He'll  clearly be on the look out for any information he can get, we've  been keeping this project on the downlow  even most of the board members  are curious about what we're actually doing.So in any building where will you find the most important information

Mr Jung: The restricted areas

Hae  Won:Exactly!, so if we mark one of the semi  finished rooms as a restricted area we will  definitely peak the interest of our little spy. He'll probably go in there  thinking it's  already finished and without notice  he'll  be falling  and he won't have any  safety rope to save him .

Mr Jung:(impressed) I must admit that's pretty amazing

Hae Won :Yes...and it will be simply labeled  "an accident "

Mr Jung: Leaving Mr Lee defenseless

Hae Won: Well a man like him will never be defenseless, but it will  have a toll on him. Sung-jin is practically his second son so in those days when he mourns we'll establish the next phase of the plan.

Mr Jung: But Mr Lee isn't one to have emotional attachments

Hae Won: Well Sung-jin is still his right handman. Whether he likes him or not we still benefit because with the head of security down any rats could slip through whilst Mr Lee  looks for someone new.

Present time

Member #1:(nervous) What's going on?

Hae Won: I don't know ,I'll have to check it out

Member #2:(mad)Get us out of here!

Hae Won: Okay okay, let's go back the way we came

As they are rushing back they  hear someone yelling from the restricted area.

The board members argue over who is going to go in and eventually Hae Won  goes in on her own.She turns on her phone's flashlight and she sees Sung-jin who seems to be struggling to hold onto  someone else

Sung-jin: Hurry  up he's about to fall

She quickly runs to him only  to be disappointed by the person who he's trying to save who is none other than Mr Lee.She just stands there  contemplating whether she should just push them both or help them and eventually she comes to her mind and helps  Sung-jin pull him up.

As soon as Mr Lee is pulled up he continues to cry  like a big baby .

Hae Won and Sung-jin just look down at the body of his assistant which fell to the last floor and is now surrounded by a pool of blood.

Hae Won: What a shame.

Sung-jin: He was a good kid.

Soon after an ambulance and police officers arrive.

Mr Lee's assistant is taken away whilst the police take everyone's statements.

Detective Min:What happened here Miss Park Yeona?

Hae Won:Well we had asked the board members to come and see how the project has been progressing. Half way into the tour we heard the alarms go off so we started making our  way out since everyone was scared.We then heard someone yelling . We were all scared but I ended up going in anyway. There i saw Sung-jin, he  was trying to pull up Mr Lee so I helped him....(crying)  that's when I....I... saw the body of that young man down there

Detective Min: Okay I see that you're quiet traumatized by this but I need you to calm down and answer a few more questions

Hae Won: (struggling to breath )Okay can I get a bottle of water or something I don't feel well.

Detective Min: (worried) Okay give me a second

He heads to his car as she sits with her head hanging low and her ears covered as though she's having an attack of some sort but it's all a front so she can talk to Ricky without being  caught.

Hae Won: (nervous) Did you manage  to escape?

Ricky:Yes ,it's as if I was never there

Hae Won:(relieved)Good

Ricky: By the way ...I'm watching you from one of the hidden  surveillance cameras. When did you get so good at acting?

Hae Won: Practice makes perfect

Ricky: Im impressed ...anyway he's headed back to you.Ricky out!

The detectives squats to her level

Detective Min:Here's your water

Hae Won: (nervous) Thank you very much sir.

She nervously drinks her water making him fall deeper into her act

Hae Won:(calming down) Okay what we're your questions?

Detective Min:Why would you have a tour at night?

Hae Won: I'm dealing with people who are busy during the day so I thought this would be best for all our schedules.

Detective Min: You knew it was risky  bringing people to a construction site so why didn't you protect your people?

Hae Won: I gave them all helmets  and  warnings.

Detective Min What about Mr Lee and his assistant? They didn't have helmets.

Hae Won: They weren't on my guest list nor were they part of the tour.Nobody told me they were coming, it was  shocking seeing them in that situation.

Detective Min: And why was this room not locked?

Hae Won: None of the rooms have locks yet ,We're still shipping them from America.There was a sign though which clearly stated that they shouldn't enter that room .

Detective Min :(suspicious ) I see...

The detective checks in with the other officer's and Park Yeona's statement checks out with the rest.It's just down to Sung Jin's and Mr Lee's

Mr Lee:(nervous ) I told Sung-jin I was coming. When  we got here we were a bit late so we decided to go in by ourselves. It was a bad decision as we got lost and ended up in that room where that poor boy unfortunately died

Detective Min :(suspicious) Is that so?

Mr Lee: Yes sir

.....

Sung-jin:He did tell me he was coming, but when he didn't show up. I assumed  he was nolonger coming since he is a busy man  .Whilst on the tour I got a text saying that they had arrived and were coming in.I didn't want to bother Miss Park so I went down to get them since I already knew the way .As I was going down I heard a sound  coming from the restricted area

FLASHBACK

Help me! Somebody help me!

Sung-jin:(surprised) No-one is supposed to be in there

Help us please!

Sung-jin:(worried) There are people in there!

He rushes in only to see Mr Lee hanging on to a cable and his assistant hanging  onto his leg

Mr Lee:(desperate)  Help me!

Sung-jin assesses the situation as he's about use the cable to pull them up it breaks but he manages to hold onto  Mr Lee's hand.

Mr Lee: He can't pull both of us up!

Mr Lee starts kicking his assistant and he eventually loses his grip .In a matter of seconds he lands on the last floor and  bleeds out

Mr Lee:(mad)Pull me up you fool!

As Sung-jin is about to let go of the ungrateful bastard Hae Won walks in

Sung-jin:(half-heartedly)  Help me!

They pull Mr Lee up

Present time

Detective Min :(waving his hand across his face)Sung-jin

Sung-jin:Awe I'm sorry I kinda zone

Detective Min :What happened  after you heard the sound?

Sung -jin:I went to check on it and it was Mr Lee ,He was holding onto a cable,the assistant was already dead at the last floor.I tried saving my boss but he was quite heavy and in a matter of seconds Miss Park rushed in and helped me.

Detective Min :(suspicious) I see.

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