Emergency Instinct - Chapter 55
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Understanding that feeling, the woman police officer shared more of her story.
“Mother did that. After marriage, even when grandmother tormented her, she swallowed it all and endured. Worried it would be hard on your father if he knew, she hid it even when she was physically abused.”
“Mother….”
“As that continued, her heart became sick. Even when looking at your father, she couldn’t smile sincerely.”
Ji-an choked up and grasped her mother’s hand.
Mother showed a faint smile saying she was fine now. But her eyes were full of sadness.
“I always regretted it. If only I had been honest from the beginning. If I had, Ji-an…. Your father might still be by our side.”
Tears of regret flowed down Mother’s cheeks.
“Father was in so much pain when he found out later. On the day of the accident, that day he learned the truth. He said he would cut ties with Mother. That he would take us and leave.”
“M-Mother….”
Ji-an’s eyes shook rapidly at this unknown fact.
“When I heard about the accident and went to the hospital, he kept saying he was sorry. Until his last moment, your father only said sorry before he left.”
“Mother. It’s not because of you. It was just an accident.”
Remembering grandmother’s abusive words calling her the woman who killed her husband, Ji-an hugged her mother tightly.
“I know. Still, it hurt. I was always sorry….”
Mother smiled faintly with wet eyes full of longing.
And she spoke with an even more tender voice.
“Ji-an, don’t hide things. Live by speaking honestly. That way you won’t have regrets.”
Mother’s advice born from experience pierced Ji-an’s heart even more.
As she slowly nodded, Mother gently stroked Ji-an’s hair and whispered.
“Mother will work hard on rehabilitation. I’ll be able to walk into your wedding ceremony. March will be enough time.”
Wedding ceremony? March?
Ji-an paused and lifted her head at the words that suddenly pierced her ears.
“Mother. What do you suddenly mean by that?”
“Huh?”
“Whose wedding ceremony?”
“You two are having a wedding ceremony in March, aren’t you?”
At Mother’s rather confused words, Ji-an’s gathered tears quickly dried.
“Who said that? That I’m getting married in March?”
“Oh, no. Well….”
Mother opened her mouth in surprise.
“Ji-an, you didn’t know at all?”
Ah, Seo Tae-jun. This man really….
Ji-an sighed and shook her head.
They had just started loving each other, and now a wedding ceremony? Ji-an felt dizzy at his actions that skipped countless steps.
“Oh my….”
Mother, who couldn’t close her surprised mouth while looking at Ji-an, let out a deep sigh. Only now did she realize something had gone wrong.
“You two really need to have a conversation with each other.”
Ji-an felt the same way.
She had to speak up.
She had to stop this man who was going too far ahead alone without looking around.
***
Throb.
Tae-jun furrowed his brow and rubbed his forehead.
The faint scar on his forehead seemed to throb.
His cold eyes had been glaring at the investigation report on Cha Bo-kyung for a while.
It was absurd that Cha Bo-kyung was involved in their affairs. But ridiculously, even the hospital was messily entangled.
“This is serious.”
Finally his mouth opened heavily.
“Yes. It seems we need to resolve this quickly.”
Kim Manager’s expression wasn’t good either.
“We have to. This problem could be fatal to Hanyeong Hospital as well.”
Tae-jun gritted his teeth.
The incident was bigger than expected.
Manipulating Park Soon-ja from behind was just the tip of the iceberg.
The more they dug into Cha Bo-kyung, the more new criminal acts emerged.
In short, there was nothing real in her life, and most things were unjustly obtained with money.
The most serious problem was the medical license acquisition process.
The medical school process was suspicious too, but circumstantially there were even traces of taking proxy exams with forged identity.
After obtaining her medical license, before coming to Hanyeong Hospital as a resident, she started as an intern and resident at a local hospital with no connections.
At the local hospital where she worked, no one knew much about Cha Bo-kyung in detail. She mostly wore masks and had no presence.
The conclusion was one.
There existed a proxy doctor who substituted for Cha Bo-kyung.
In fact, during the period she worked as a resident, there were records of her leaving the country for extended periods. It would be impossible without having two bodies.
Identity forgery and illegal medical license acquisition. And during her time working as a resident at Hanyeong Hospital, she even performed illegal medical practices.
It was serious criminal behavior that should be immediately referred to investigative agencies.
“We need to find Cha Bo-kyung’s proxy doctor right away.”
“Yes. But it’s not easy to find traces.”
To avoid being caught, they would have deliberately hidden it. Perhaps they had already sent them overseas.
Cha Bo-kyung being around Ji-an was also a problem, but they couldn’t let her continue working illegally at a hospital that deals with patients’ lives.
They had to stop Cha Bo-kyung’s medical practice immediately.
“Let’s start with the hospital director right away. Until we find the proxy doctor, she can’t notice, so let’s suspend Cha Bo-kyung for hiring irregularities.”
Cha Bo-kyung’s attendance was also a mess, and there were several accidents that the hospital director had covered up and handled behind the scenes.
For now, they could tie her hands and feet by linking her with the director.
“Request cooperation from investigative agencies, and consult with lawyers to proceed as quietly as possible.”
“Yes, understood.”
Even though they were deceived, just hiring an unlicensed doctor was a big blow to Hanyeong Hospital.
“You’re maintaining security around the hospital room properly, right?”
“Yes. Don’t worry.”
“You can go. If there’s any suspicious movement, report to me immediately.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
After Kim Manager left, Tae-jun closed his heavy eyes.
This incident wasn’t just damage to the hospital.
Even if she didn’t work properly, there were definitely patients that Cha Bo-kyung had seen during that time. It would take quite some time to handle everything.
It was when Tae-jun was pressing his throbbing temples.
His phone buzzed with a short vibration and a message alert.
[Want to meet after work? 6 o’clock. My place.]
Looking at the screen, Tae-jun thought he had seen it wrong for a moment. But looking again, it was definitely a message from Ji-an.
Feeling his headache disappear instantly, an excited smile spread across his lips. It was the first date that Ji-an had initiated with him.
***
Ding dong.
Six o’clock in the evening.
The doorbell rang at the studio-type resident lodging.
Before grasping the door handle, Ji-an took one last look at herself in the mirror.
She had left work an hour early to prepare for the date.
Her hair was let down loose for the first time in a while, unfamiliar makeup. With a skirt she wouldn’t normally wear and a cream-colored coat added, it clearly showed she had put in effort.
Steel your heart. Don’t get enchanted.
Ji-an took a deep breath.
Today, she planned to try the simple date she had always wanted to have when she got a boyfriend.
If they walked the streets normally like others, laughing and getting excited while sharing each other’s stories, she would naturally be able to say the things she hadn’t been able to say before.
The instantly burning passion was nice too, but Ji-an found it too overwhelming to keep up with his pace.
She wanted to do her best to show him that they could arrive at the same place even if she walked slowly to match his steps as he quickly moved ahead.
Swallowing dry saliva, Ji-an resolutely opened the door.
“Huh?”
Suddenly a large bouquet of roses appeared. Behind it, along with Tae-jun’s handsome face like an intoxicating flower fragrance.
Thump. Her heart beat.
This was really unfair, wasn’t it.
He looked at her with surprised eyes for a moment. Then he soon held out the bouquet, narrowing his eyes and giving a wonderful smile that melted sweetly.
“You look especially beautiful today. Dr. Hong Ji-an.”
Though she had dressed herself up, Ji-an blushed shyly at his compliment. The bouquet she was receiving from a man for the first time also made her heart flutter.
But what made Ji-an’s heart race even more was his languid smile and his comfortable appearance without a tie.
His relaxed appearance was somehow more attractive.
He had only unbuttoned one shirt button, but she couldn’t take her eyes off him.
Ji-an unconsciously lowered her gaze with a reddened face and muttered.
“Why, even flowers…”
“I just picked them up on the way.”
He said he picked up a bouquet that anyone could see had effort put into it.
At his playful words, Ji-an unconsciously smiled.
“Thank you. Wait just a moment. I’ll put this down and come out.”
Ji-an left him standing at the entrance and went inside.
She smelled the flower fragrance one more time and gently placed it on the dining table.
She had never thought she liked flowers, but it seemed she liked them because Tae-jun gave them to her. Judging by how she kept smiling like this.
Suppressing the smile that kept spreading, Ji-an once again calmed her nervous heart.
Anyway, he’s an expert at making people lose their minds. This is why whenever I’m with him, I keep getting enchanted and can’t say anything.
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