The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 64

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Episode 64

 

 

The woman remained silent for quite a while.

 

“I am….”

 

She kept trying to speak, but proper words didn’t seem to come out.

Her eyes were so swollen from crying that she probably couldn’t see properly.

I asked gently to avoid stimulating Lim Do-i further.

 

“Should I come back later?”

 

Park Noah was also hospitalized in the same hospital and was receiving treatment.

 

However, the woman shook her head.

The woman who kept moving her lips slowly spoke after taking a few sips of the water I had given her.

 

“I didn’t know the church my husband attended was… such a strange place.”

“Then? You need to tell me everything you know.”

 

This was important for Park Noah’s sake.

 

That child who had collapsed.

Sung Tae-hyun’s fragile heart pounded just thinking about that day’s situation.

 

I felt suffocated as if I might be consumed by trauma again.

 

Isn’t this too much?

 

I muttered to myself and tried to ignore the rising memories.

It wasn’t something I could show to the client.

 

“I only knew my husband attended a normal church. My father-in-law… no, my former father-in-law… was a devout religious person, so he’d been going since childhood….”

“Is that so?”

“…I heard Noah was baptized too, but I’ve never actually been to that church. My husband always took him.”

 

Lim Do-i spoke with clouded eyes as if recalling memories.

 

Tears dripped down, wetting her face again.

Lim Do-i was the most tearful client I could remember.

I took out a new handkerchief and handed it to her.

 

“Are you saying you only knew your husband had a religion?”

“…Yes.”

 

Lim Do-i let out a trembling breath as if anxious.

 

“It was just a show marriage anyway.”

 

I roughly knew that already.

She now seemed angry, gripping my handkerchief tightly and crumpling it.

 

“Anyway, anyway. We were a show couple. It was a marriage my father told me to have.”

“Yes.”

“Even at the wedding, there were no religious ceremonies or anything like that at all.”

 

The woman bit her lips as if resentful.

 

“As you know, my father is no ordinary person either.”

 

Lim Sang-jin? That’s right.

He was even being treated as a VVIP ‘guest’ within the Kardia Cult.

That bastard.

 

“…He’s someone who would never do anything that interferes with business. My father is….”

 

Lim Do-i let out a trembling sigh.

 

“Anyway, my husband never showed any sign of religion, not at the wedding or anywhere else.”

“You’re talking about normal situations, right?”

“Yes. I don’t have a religion anyway, so I didn’t know much about it.”

 

…Or perhaps Lim Do-i and Lim Do-hyuk might have been excluded from that ‘religious’ group.

Lim Sang-jin was wearing a black mask as a VVIP.

 

Moreover, that group had been dividing people into classes from the beginning, talking about elites.

Even if they were from the same family, there was a high possibility they were filtered out by that cult’s admission conditions.

 

“That bastard had many secrets from me. He was only good to the child. I didn’t even know what that man was doing!”

 

At this point, they were just about the level of people sharing a house.

Park Mu-hyun seemed to have taken quite a big hit from his divorce with Lim Do-i.

 

She seemed to have nothing but ill feelings toward Park Mu-hyun, even aside from the child abuse case involving Park Noah.

Of course, marital affairs were something I, as an outsider, couldn’t fully understand.

 

“But even to Noah… such… huu….”

“Ms. Lim Do-i.”

 

I didn’t have a third handkerchief to offer.

So instead, I called Noh Hae-min, who had been sitting quietly in the corner of the hospital room.

 

Noh Hae-min, who had been dozing off in his seat, perhaps tired from last night, jumped up and handed the woman a handkerchief.

 

“Here you go.”

“…Thank you.”

 

It seemed like all of Ilchul’s handkerchiefs had gone through Lim Do-i.

 

This should be enough.

I had informed her of new facts she didn’t know.

 

I had included some cushioning words so that Lim Do-i wouldn’t be too shocked.

 

“When I was kidnapped by Cardia.”

“…What?”

 

The woman froze as if shocked.

 

Ah, should I have said it more gently?

Noh Hae-min shook his head as if flustered, but it was already spilled water.

I’d have to give a statement to the police anyway.

 

“Kid…”

“That’s not the important story right now. Anyway, I saw Lim Do-i’s father.”

“…!”

 

The client froze with a very surprised expression.

But soon Lim Do-i shouted with an angry face.

 

“What did you say?!”

“You didn’t know this either.”

“I didn’t know… I didn’t know. Ha, what is this… Is this some kind of hidden camera-“

“Of course not.”

 

Lim Do-i was chewing her lips and crumpling Noh Hae-min’s handkerchief.

Noh Hae-min carefully poured and handed her another glass of water.

 

“Don’t tell me Do-hyuk is-“

“Probably not. He was kidnapped with me.”

“…!”

 

I hadn’t intended to shock Lim Do-i.

 

She seems quite surprised though.

This is why you have to be careful when conveying facts accurately.

I shook my head at Noh Hae-min as if giving him a lesson.

 

Noh Hae-min seemed to understand nothing.

 

“Father is… there…”

“It’s a rather complicated situation.”

 

Since Park Mu-hyun had already sent the custody change agreement, there was no need to go to trial.

However, I needed at least proof.

 

That way, it would be easier to deal with any new circumstances that might arise later, such as if Lim Do-i wanted to take away even parental rights from Park Mu-hyun.

 

“I’m only asking to be certain.”

“…Ah…”

“Have you ever lived with Lim Sang-jin or received financial support from him?”

 

Lim Do-i immediately shook her head.

 

“As I told you before, never. I can prove it too. The moment I got divorced, Father said he wouldn’t consider me his daughter and kicked me out.”

 

She poured out her words without even breathing.

 

That’s settled then.

Even if they changed their minds and started a custody battle over the child, there was enough evidence to argue back.

There was no evidence that Lim Do-i had abused the child.

 

Moreover, I actually knew of Lim Do-i’s innocence.

 

‘The believers’ testimony.’

 

Surprisingly, Park Mu-hyun was quite a famous person in Cardia.

There wasn’t a single believer who didn’t know him.

Not that it helped Park Mu-hyun much.

 

Last night. When we escaped from the religious order.

In the quiet car, Noh Hae-min opened his mouth with a gloomy expression.

 

“…But I don’t actually feel good about it… right, Manager Yoon.”

 

At the sudden remark, Manager Yoon Ha-young just stared at him quietly.

It seemed like she wasn’t thinking much, but Noh Hae-min seemed to take it as agreement.

 

“Those kids were nice though…”

“What do you mean?”

“Ah. There were friends who helped us infiltrate the religious order.”

 

Everything that followed was like a fairy tale.

There was no way to describe this other than children’s literature, not even young adult literature.

 

“So, the kids who came to take pictures of you and Manager Yoon Ha-young-“

“Yeah. They helped. They were actually really nice kids.”

 

I was so amazed that I burst out laughing.

 

Is it okay for such a fairy-tale-like person to be rolling around in the legal field?

He’s like a unicorn I’ve never heard of even during my undergraduate years.

 

“Well I’ll be…”

“It’s fortunate, right?”

“It is fortunate, but were you okay? You weren’t hurt anywhere?”

 

I looked at Noh Hae-min and Manager Yoon Ha-young in bewilderment.

If the religious order assigned them as surveillance to our office, they must have been quite trusted.

And yet they didn’t cause any harm?

 

“Huh? Yeah. They got hurt. They even told me their names so I could enter the Religious Order, and also….”

 

Noh Hae-min stared blankly at Manager Yoon Ha-young.

She simply nodded her head.

 

“Yes. You just need to show the difference in power.”

 

What was this supposed to mean now.

 

“By any chance, anything that could be legally problematic-“

“There was no such situation.”

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young answered firmly, then closed her mouth again.

 

“…So those kids helped with the infiltration?”

“Yeah. Oh, they said they’d give testimony if needed too.”

 

Only then did I realize.

 

The girl who had been coming and going from our office like commuting to work for several days with Noh Hae-min was none other than Kim So-yeon Anemone.

Manager Yoon Ha-young had infiltrated Cardia by borrowing that child’s name.

 

But it was truly an incomprehensible fairy tale how children who had been brainwashed for so long at Cardia were so easily influenced by Noh Hae-min.

 

“Senior, what exactly did you do?”

 

I asked out of courtesy anyway.

Noh Hae-min answered nonchalantly.

It was so natural that I even had the absurd thought that maybe those children had originally known Noh Hae-min.

 

“Huh? Well. Just ate delicious food, gave career counseling. Oh, I also told them my school grades were completely terrible.”

 

So as an ordinary person like me, it was bound to be difficult to understand.

Anyway, Kim So-yeon had been influenced by Noh Hae-min and poured out stories about Park Mu-hyun to him.

 

“Even within the Religious Order, hardly anyone knew about the Radiance Corps? The people who abused Noah.”

“I see.”

“More people didn’t know about our client… well, Ms. Lim Do-i’s existence. Since Cardia is such a closed Religious Order.”

 

In such a Religious Order, they abused a child claiming they had destroyed Ecclesia 111 or something.

And that too, in order to make Lim Do-i return.

Park Mu-hyun’s gleaming eyes wouldn’t easily fade away. It was too excessive.

 

“Good.”

 

I slowly returned from my thoughts and faced Lim Do-i.

Noh Hae-min was sitting a little distance away, watching us.

 

I had learned yesterday in that way that Cardia and Lim Do-i were unrelated….

Nevertheless, I wanted to confirm it again from her own mouth.

 

“…Then… Noah is….”

 

The woman asked desperately with a trembling voice.

Lim Do-i had only wanted interview negotiations with Park Noah from the beginning. I nodded my head.

 

“He’s currently receiving treatment, and after the custody change agreement, the guardian will be changed to Ms. Lim Do-i.”

“Ah… then… I can see the child again….”

“Yes.”

 

Lim Do-i’s body collapsed onto the blanket.

Lim Do-i’s shoulders, stained with half hope and half sorrow, kept trembling.

 

I waited a little for the woman to calm down, then conveyed what would follow next.

 

“Since we’ve proceeded with the child abuse report regarding Park Noah, an investigation will begin soon.”

“….”

 

Lim Do-i nodded her head.

The woman who had stopped crying was now making a firm expression with swollen eyes.

 

“I will cooperate fully.”

“Of course. Considering Park Noah’s psychological state, the Police and Child Protection Agency will proceed carefully with the procedures together. You don’t need to worry too much.”

 

Of course, my kidnapping case too.

 

I had no intention of just letting this slide.

I meant Lim Sang-jin, who was still greatly influencing Haeil despite having already stepped down from Haeil.

Of course, there was no evidence that Lim Sang-jin was connected to my death, but.

 

‘They’re all the same bastard anyway.’

 

Lim Sang-jin was the human who created the current Haeil.

I was willing to kindly escort his stiff body all the way to the torture device.

 

“Then….”

“Regarding Ms. Lim Do-i, there will probably be a separate investigation.”

“Ah….”

 

She nodded her head.

 

“…I understand. Of course it should be done.”

 

* * *

 

And several days later.

I heard that the first investigation regarding Park Noah had already been completed.

 

However.

 

“Ms. Lim Do-i.”

 

During Lim Do-i’s police investigation that I attended, I ended up hearing an absurd story.

 

“Park Noah testified that his father never hit him or abused him.”

 

Lim Do-i’s face stiffened and froze.

 

“Rather, Park Noah said that his father was actually trying to protect him.”

 

The police officer’s emotionless voice stabbed at Lim Do-i’s heart repeatedly.

 

“Among everything you’ve told us so far, not a single word is false—are you certain of that statement?”

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