Chapter 67 - Don't make me lose my sanity

"Today, we have an important guest with us."

Ahn Hana taps her fingers on the table as the host finishes his introduction. Earlier, they requested her for an interview. She agreed under the condition that it had to be a live broadcast. They were more than happy to do it.

"Miss Ahn, you are an important person to the killer." The host asks her a deep curiosity in his tone. "The 100th-days murders were connected to you. How do you feel about it?"

The host is either crazy or a fool. She smiles at the host. "The murders were his love letters to me."

There are loud gasps. The host does his best to keep a poker face. She's calling them love letters. The show's rating would increase if she keeps talking this way. The director signals the host.

"Love letters?" The host prods her to say more. "I don't quite understand."

"He announced his love for me to the world." Her voice is warm. Her eyes glimmer strangely. She repeats, "Each murder was a love letter for me."

The host feels his blood turn cold. He swallows down his saliva. He's talking to a psychopath. He glances at the director helplessly who gives him a nod to continue. The host doesn't want to continue. he wants to run away from the woman.

"Miss Ahn, what happened that night?" The host asks the questions that everyone wants to know. "Why did you disappear a year ago? Did you meet the killer that night?"

Ahn Hana looks at the camera quietly. Each person in the room is holding their breath and waiting for her words. The atmosphere is stiff and strangulating.

"After he made love to me, he left me that night." Ahn Hana speaks in a gentle and loving manner. "I was also sick. He told me to fight the disease and survive. He was happy that I was pregnant. The detectives and other people were going to bother me because of the case. So, I went away to a place where I could fight the disease and give birth to the child quietly. Our son name is Ha-Neul. I know that he is mad at me for leaving him alone. I want to use this opportunity to apologize to him."

Instant silence. The host doesn't know what to say or ask. Everyone is in trance. Who is this lunatic speaking like that in front of the camera? This is a live broadcast. The whole nation will turn against her.

The trance is suddenly broken. A man storms inside and slams his hand on the table in front of Ahn Hana. "Ha-Neul is not his son. I am his biological father. He's not the killer's son."

Everyone's eyes turn to Do Sejin who is looking at Ahn Hana with extreme loathing in his eyes. He never imagined that she would go this far. Did she not think about the child's future for once?

The host finds his voice. "Is it true?"

Ahn Hana is not perturbed by Do Sejin's actions. She sighs weakly and says, "Yes, he ɨmprėġnȧtėd me. But, I am the mother. I will decide who is Ha-Neul's father. Ha-Neul's father is the man who sent me 36 love letters."

Do Sejin covers her mouth tightly. "Stop it. Ha-Neul is my son. Stop calling him that psychopath's child. Just stop it, woman. Don't make me lose my sanity."

She strikes his face hard, but he still doesn't let go of her. Seeing the man and woman nearly fighting each other, the director indicates the host to finish it quickly. The camera turns to the host who finishes it with short rushed polite words.

Do Sejin drags her out of the place forcefully. He wouldn't listen to anyone or stop to answer any question. He takes her straight to his home. The live broadcast is seen by the whole nation. He can't imagine people's reaction. Before the killer, the angry masses might come and kill her.