Rang hands Anderson the drink of whisky while they are both on board the cruise ship. Both are viewing the sea from the aft of the ship. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I am alright. How are things going on here, Rang?"
Rang sighed, "We, too, don't know, what we are doing."
Anderson said with a smile, "It's okay. Now I am back, I'll take care of it."
"However, where have you been for the past few years? What have you been up to all these years? How did you end up…? I have lots of questions."
"Tell me first about what happened at the bomb blast night?"
Rang said, "We only heard the bomb-exploded sound. When we arrived at the bar, the place was totally collapsed. We looked in every nook and cranny. But you were nowhere to be found."
He continues, "We explored the entire country. I looked into the news, met the journalists, and the cops. However, there is no information about you. When you called and said that you were in Seoul, I was ecstatically happy."
"How did you end up in Seoul?"
Anderson remarked, "It beats me too, where I have been in the last five years. It's entirely blank in my head. The bombing night is the last thing I remember. It's utterly blank after that."
Rang wonders, "What? Don't you have any recollection of what happened in the previous years? How did that happen?"
"Yes. I awoke in a stranger's house. I'm not sure where I was. I hurriedly fled away from that place, so I didn't even remember the place. I had no strength, and all I felt was so feeble."
He recalls how, as he ran into the roadways, he appeared frail, with messy long hair and chapped lips.
"Somehow, I ended myself on the streets. Kim's thug from the tiger club recognized me. They had me beaten."
"What? Kim? He had the audacity to beat you? What happened after that?"
Anderson paused for a moment. "Nothing. I somehow, survived from that place."
"It's good to hear that. You made it back safely."
Han-na rushed to Lee's office in a hurry. "Bo-ra, what did you message me? What on earth was Lee doing in Aera's place?"
"No, he only wanted to apologize to her. That's all… he didn't go to investigate her. Don't misunderstand, he went to check how she was doing. He feels sorry towards her, for what he has done to her."
"Then you should have been accompanied by him. Why did you leave him on his own? Is he not returning yet?"
"No."
At Lee's office, Bo-ra and Han-na are waiting. Lee appeared after a few minutes, his expression bewildered. She approached him, "What happened, Mr. Lee? Is everything alright?"
Han-na is looking at him with curiosity. Lee begins, "No, I made a tremendous mistake."
Bo-ra is blankly looking at him, "What mistake?"
"When I arrived at Aera's place, her mother and father were already there."
"What? Her father and mother? That's simple not doable. They couldn't possibly have come to Seoul. You mistook someone else instead of them."
Lee shouted, "No. I am sure. They were her parents. And... They…They are Mafia figures."
"Mafia! That doesn't make any sense. They work as a florist. How could they…"
"You and Han-na have been searching for a 50-year-old man. That 50 years old man is him. Jeson is his name. For over five years, the whole criminal branch has been looking for him."
He continues, "Aera is unaware of his father's activities. When she know about his father, she seemed so distressed. I can't even see her face. She looked so pathetic."
Han-na said, "You are a cop, why did you go apologize to her in the first place. You are doing all of these on purpose. What do you want from her?"
"Don't even try to get close to her again." As he said, he walked away violently while Bo-ra was immersed in shock.
Aera is lying in her bed, her eyes open, staring up at the roof. She abruptly stood up and walked up near to the photo frames, fiercely peering at them. She reached for a photo frame of herself, but there was also a picture of Aera with his mother and father, behind the photo frame. On the spur of the moment, she flung it onto of the ground. She frantically tossed all of the photo frames on the floor.
While Han-na was drinking in a bar seemed so depressed. Bo-ra is pondering about what Lee said when he went into Aera's house. Suddenly she remembers Han-na, picks up his phone to call him. But she came to a halt.
"Father, calm down. It's all good now. We don't have to feel guilty towards Aera, now that she knows." Said Lucas.
"Aera isn't something, I'm concerned about right now. I knew she'd find out everything about us one day. I'm concerned for your safety. What brought you here? I ordered you to wait for my command before doing anything." Said Aera's father.
"Yes, dad. But how long shall I remain hidden like Aera? I'm afraid I won't be able to make it. It's okay. Now onward, I will take care of it."
"I won't let you do anything. Stay away from this business."
"Yes, dad." Lucas noticed her mother's face, "Mom, why are you looking so down. Is it because of Aera? Mom, don't be so hard on yourself. Come on mom, she is our blood line. She is going to be fine."
Aera's mother says, "How long are we going to stay at these hotel? What if anyone find out about us? We should leave here as fast as we can."
"Mom, we will leave, once Aera is convinced. She needs some time. Until then we should stay..."
"No, Lucas. It isn't safe for us to be here. We will take care of Aera later."
"Okay. You two don't have to be concerned about her. I will look after her. Just stay here for a night."
Aera's father says, "Did you hear any news regarding Cheong? He hasn't been seen in two days. I haven't heard anything about him."
"Yes, dad. Something doesn't sit right with me. Cheong is now missing after Min-joon's death in a Hotel. I'll have a look into that. And there was a cop at Aera's house in this morning. Did you know who he was?"
"Yes, he is Lee. He handled all of the Mafia's cases five years ago. He was assigned to the Criminal Division. After that, he left the country. But now he is again because of us."
Lucas interrupts, "No way, dad. He was completely unaware that we had arrived. He went to Aera's house to apologize. Why would a cop show up at Aera's house to apologize? I should investigate it first."
The next morning, Bo-ra appeared to be deep in thought. "Han-na, what are you doing here?" Park asked as Han-na entered.
He replied, "I left my diary here. I've come here to get it."
Bo-ra was looking at Han-na, suddenly a thought popped into her mind. 'I want a beautiful girl like her to take care of me.' Han-na said that when they both went to Aera's house. He looked at Aera affectionately while he said that.
Jenny contacted Bo-ra when she was in danger, and she tried to flee, but Han-na stopped her and said, "What happened?" "Wait, I'll give you a ride." When they arrived on campus.
Bo-ra said, "Come inside."
Han-na explains, "I have important work to do. You go." Bo-ra remembers when he exits the campus with a sorrowful eye.
When they were fighting about Anderson issues. Han-na says, 'Yes, I won't hear you. Just go back and do your detective work with him. But, I have a favor to ask you. Leave Aera alone from this business.'
Bo-ra said again and again, "Leave Aera alone. Leave Aera alone."
She dashed towards him without warning. While Han-na was attempting to start his bike, Bo-ra appeared in front of him. "What?"
"You… you like Aera?" Han-na is completely expressionless.
Both of them are in the park. Bo-ra starts, "Do you like Aera? How?"
Han-na begins, "Yes, I love Aera. I came to Korea because of her."
Bo-ra gives him a startling look.
"You know Shin, right? Aera has been looking after him. She was the one who took care of his college bills and allowance."
She wonders, "How did you know about that? Wait…. How did you know about him?"
"Shin is my brother. To be precise, Shin is my half-brother. We shared the same father, not mother. Shin's mother was not married to my father. But she was pregnant because of my father."
"Her mother was abandoned by my father. Because of his pride and reputation. After that, we immigrated to China. I, too, am unaware that I have a younger sibling."
"However, I've recently been aware of this. I argued with my father, but arguing is pointless, like crying over spilt milk. All I want to do is look after my brother. So I gave him some money. However, he refused to accept any checks."
"When I attempted to reach Shin, all he responded to was, 'I don't want anything of you. I have Aera and that's all I need.' I got enraged when I heard that. So I desperately wanted to meet her. How could she have mesmerized my brother?"
"When I met her, all of my rage at her dissipated. She didn't just take care of my brother. She took care of lots of Shin's. She treated my brother as if he were her brother. You know what, that's where it all started."
"I fell in love with her. I'm not sure why I was drawn to her. However, I did. I walked to Jungnim Streets often to see her from afar. I followed her into theaters, convenience stores, and other places. But I never approached her or attempted to speak with her."
Han-na stares at her, "I am sorry for being rude to you."
"It's okay."
"But I never used you, in order to get to Aera. It happened in some way."
Bo-ra stated with a smile on her lips, "We all did things in order to protect her. So don't be sorry. I feel you."
"Haven't you visited Shin at once?"
"Yes, I visited him once. But he refused to look at me. He despises me a lot."
"It is going to be okay."
"What are we going to do next? Shall we resume our business now that you've returned? Or..." said Rang.
On the snooker table, Anderson uses a cue stick to strike the white cue ball. "Yes, what are you even asking about me? We've already begun. First and foremost, we must return to our place."
"Our place? Means your house?"
"Yes, house. Prepare the house. We all should head back to our place. When we dealt the business in the casino cruise, everyone looked down on us. They all think we are some kind of cowards. Some assumed we were hunkering down. Are we, Rang?"
"No."
"Yes. Then we start our business on land this time. Shall we begin, gentleman?" As he examined the black-coated individual, he said.
"Ahh... I hadn't forgotten about Jimin. How could there be another Mafia story? It is driving me crazy. How could Aera handle this?" lamenting Jenny.
She continues, "I had a lot of doubts about her parents when Aera told me about them. But Mafia..." As she said, she drank a shot of soju.
Jenny was seated across from Han-na, Bo-ra. Han-na says, "May be she is crying now."
Jenny said, "No. She won't cry. She stopped crying."
"What? Stopped crying…!"
Bo-ra explains, "Jin-won, Aera's friend. He was also our friend too. He was, nonetheless, close to Aera. He adored her a lot. Aera had never left his side."
"Now, where is he?"
"He was dead."
Han-na exclaims, "Dead!"
Jenny explains, "Aera met Jin-won, when she was in High School. Aera doesn't easily get connected to anyone. If she is connected to them, she won't leave them at any cost. However, she had quickly grown attached to Jin-won."
"They grew inextricably linked. Jin-won had two favorite things that he adored. One is Aera and the second is a Mercedes-Benz car. He was desperate to get his hands on that car. Two of them were ecstatic."
"One day, they both got into a fight."
"Aera, how could you come to Musical University? That doesn't make any sense. First, you should figure out what you are good at."
Aera said, "Beats me. How could I find out what I am capable of?"
"That is your only work now. You have time, just figured it out. After that, if you want to learn music, then you go with me."
Aera answered after some contemplation, "Okay. Deal."
Jenny continues, "Everything went well. However, we received some bad news one day. Someone was trying to commit suicide on the School terrace."
"We all rushed toward the terrace. When we looked up, Jin-won was standing on the terrace parapet wall. Aera was shocked. She dashed up the steps to the terrace."
"When Aera approached him. He appeared befuddled. He had a bruise on his face as well. Aera attempted to communicate with him."
Aera said, "Jin-won, it's me Aera. What are you doing at that place? Come down, or you might fall."
He replied, "I thought I'd fall without ever seeing you."
"What are you blabbering? Please, come down. I'd like to share something crucial with you. You advised me to figure out what I was good at. I figured it out. Aren't you curious about, what I am good at it?"
"It's good to hear. From now on, you won't need me. You should take responsibility of your own life."
Aera cries out loudly, "No. How could I survive without you? I need you. And I will always need you. Don't abandon me in this fiery pit alone."
"No, Aera. I do not deserved to be here. My father and mother are terribly missing me. They require me to be up to."
"No, Jin-won. You've got it all wrong. They want you to be happy all of the time. Don't do anything…" As she said, she tries to reach him.
"Aera, please do me a favor. Live your life as much as happy." Just as he said, he fell off the parapet wall.
Aera rushed toward the wall "No, no, no… Jin-won..." He fell.
Jenny said, "She saw when Jin-won, fall from the parapet. Aera passed out on the Terrace. We then took her to the hospital. She spent a week in the hospital. Despite the fact that her parents were aware of her existence, they didn't even attend."
"Aera finally ceased crying at that point. She didn't speak to anyone during her week in the hospital. She managed to pull herself out of the traumatic situation by herself. She has been frightened of heights since that incident."
Jenny's phone rings, as she mentioned. She stepped away after picking up the phone. Han-na is looking at Bo-ra. "Don't worry. I won't tell Jenny anything about your love."