He smirks.
"Do you want to run away together? Go to another country… anywhere, not here."
She felt that Kim had taken this seriously.
"Darling!!! Please calm down. Think logically. My job, my house, My parents, my life, everything is here. I can't just easily leave all of this behind. Why should we run away? Have we done something wrong or illegal?"
He pleading "Pleeease. My love, let's get out of here. I'm begging you."
"Kim, now that this has come up again, one question has always been on my mind—whhhy my Father so against it? You know too. Do you have an answer for it? Even my Mother, no matter how hard she tries, she can't persuade my Father and always ends up in arguments and fights. I don't know! Maybe you did something…"
He cuts her off upset "We've talked about this before."
"I know, my love. I know. My Father knows something and he's never told me and apparently doesn't want to. You know it too but I don't want to know anything about your past. I know you've hidden the past from me but it doesn't matter to me at all. I have you… I love you. We have each other and that's what matters, nothing else. Be patient, my love. Everything will be fine. I promise you."
He breathes in deeply and at length, distressed and restless. He tries to hold back his anger, changes the view on the car's camera and puts it into multi-window mode,
"I don't know. I'm afraid it will be too late. I'm afraid everything will be ruined. I'm very afraid of the future. Please don't do anything that takes my peace away."
She softer and with kindness.
"Believe me darling, the past doesn't matter to me at all and I won't go looking for it. The only thing that matters to me is you, yourself, who is always with me and will remain with me. Never leave me."
He takes a deep breath and calms down.
"You are everything to me."
She becomes filled with joy at these words.
"I know, my love. I believe in you. But…"
His face suddenly tightens. In an instant he changes, worried and distressed, pressing the phone harder to his ear.
"But!!!?"
She in a harsh tone.
"Whenever you want… to drink, come to my house. We'll drink together. Ha ha ha ha. you know my address?"
He is so happy at this. It's as if the world has been given to him. With his hand clenched into a fist he jumps up And whispers "Yeah.... yeah"
"Yes ma'am. Absolutely."
She says goodbye and continues driving.
A little later she enters a house. The same house Kim went to the night before with the gift.
She shouts "Hello… Hello… I'm here. Mooom, daaaad?"
Her mother quickly comes toward in a state of distress and great fear.
"Be quiet. Lower your voice. Your father's angry again."
"Father is always angry."
"What are you doing Sun-hee?"
"Hi. Mom, I just said hi."
She clutches herself chest, sinks to the floor with difficulty, tears streaming from her eyes.
"I'm tired. I can't go on. I wish I would die soon."
She hugs mother and kisses her cheeks.
"Mom, don't say things like that. Please."
"What should we do about your father?"
"It will be fine. Today I'll fix everything."
In another room, Park Sun-jun is sitting on a single armchair with a newspaper in his hands, pretending to read but tilting his head and trying to catch the conversation between Sun-Hee and kyong-Hee.
Sun-Hee quickly opens the door to the room and enters ."Hello, Dad."
He becomes flustered and holds the newspaper in front of his face. He coughs but doesn't reply.
She approaches "Hello, Father. How are you?"
He puts the newspaper aside angrily and gives her a cold, indifferent look. He holds the newspaper in front of his face again.
"Does it matter to you whether I'm fine or not?"
"Daddy … Dad, what kind of thing is that to say? Of course it matters to me… Are you taking your medicine on time?"
He looks at her angrily.
"Why are you making both yourself and Mother suffer so much, Dad? Look how bad Mother's condition has become."
He angrily throws the newspaper on the table.
"Only your Mother?! What about me? Didn't I tell you this boy has no right to come here? Didn't I change the door entry code last time? How does this six-headed snake dare to come into my house in the middle of the night?"
He points to the gift package Kim brought last night.
"And even bring this nonsense."
She is happy to see the gift but has to hide her smile and happiness from Dad.
"So I'm supposed to not give my house's entry code to my daughter, my only child!"
He took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.
"Park Sun-Heeee … why did you give him the house code?"
She closes eyes, calling herself to calmness. She gives a cold smile.
"Fine, Father. Calm down. Take a deep breath. I also came to talk to you about these things. I'm your daughter. Aren't I? You are my Dad too. Believe me, I love you with all my heart. But Dad… I love Kim too... I love him with all my heart… You and Mom both know this. In the beginning you didn't act like this! So why are you tormenting us so much now?"
"Meee!!! You to …"
"Dad, let me speak. Please don't say anything. Because it's gone too far and I'm starting to get upset. I'm human too. I have desires. I have dreams. I have a heart. Daddy, I have a heart too and I have fallen in love. Do you remember ten years ago? I don't know what problem you had with Kim's family! Every time I asked you about it , you never answered. At some point I decided not to ask anymore and not to care what happened in the past. Kim agreed too… even you too. If you don't want to be honest with your only child, that's fine Dad… But... But please care about my life and my choice. Don't you want your daughter's happiness? Then stop being stubborn. Let everyone live happily together… For your information, I didn't give him the house code."
Her mother stood by the door, silently behind Sun-Hee, looking tired and broken, silently crying and pleading with her father.
"Dad… I'm the happiest person on earth with Kim. Please. Please don't be so cruel. Please don't destroy my life. Kim said until you give permission we won't marry. That's why nothing has happened for ten years. Because of you. Because of your bad behavior. I suggested to Kim that we run away together. Go to America."
His eyes widened in shock and his breath caught in his chest. He acted as if he were hiding something! He had no reaction to "run away," but when she said "America," his breath caught and a kind of fear crept into him.
"America!"
His behavior showed that he was hiding something again.
Sun-hee noticed. But she didn't react.
She knew that there were many secrets in her family and that they were somehow connected to the Kim family.
Everything that had happened in the past was so terrible and she was trying to lock the past in the past.
"Dad… if Kim had agreed, we would have left months ago. Because of you. out of respect for you. Cause of Mother… Cause of my family he refused. I wish he had been selfish and agreed. He says you are like his family. So my dear Father, stop being obstinate. Let the past stay in the past. Let's live. Let's go on. Please agree to our marriage."
A heavy silence filled the air. The sound of Mother's sobbing broke the silence.
He breath caught in his chest. He fell into thought. He thought of the past and saw only darkness. Blood. Bodies lying on the ground. Broken limbs. Crushed necks. They had been slaughtered. A severe trembling of fear crept into him. His face turned pale.
Someone stood in the shadows, tall and strong. He came towards him with slow steps and an indescribable fury. With every step he took, his body trembled. He was lying on the ground staring at the demon coming towards him. Frozen and unable to move. He couldn't even run away. He stood in front of her. His whole face was covered in blood and his face was not clear. The heat of his anger was unbearable and indescribable.
He gulped, his whole body and face sweaty from fear. He took the newspaper from the table again.
"Kim Hwa-ho said that! I don't believe it. The only one who knows him is me. Do you understand? In the whole world. The only one who knows him is me."
"Yes, Kim said it."
"Sweetie , let me tell you a little about the nature of this wild animal."
He shakes his head worriedly and smiles coldly "ha ha ha. He said?"
She frowning and upset.
"Daddy."
"Shhhh... Sweetie. Let me tell you a story about this six-headed snake… Kim Hwa Ho… He loved his family. The family who abandoned him in his adolescence. Left him alone. In his youth, his father declared that his son Kim Hwa Ho was dead and even held a funeral for him. But… but… but he still remained loyal to his family and never left them. Never. Do you even know what happens when he gets angry? No one, NO ONE has seen his rage up close. He's a wild tiger who tears apart anyone who comes within a step of him. This wild beast has a mental problem. Since his adolescence he's been hospitalized in psychiatric wards. Always under treatment with psychiatric drugs. My daughter, this man has a personality disorder. Not bipolar… He has a personality disorder… not bipolar… he is multiple / dissociative. A real demon. I can't… believe me, I can't place my only daughter into the claws of a raging tiger with my own hands. He'll destroy your life too. He'll destroy all our lives."
She listened to her father's words in surprise.
"Destroy my life too? Why? Has he destroyed someone's life before?"