Chapter 86 - The End

At the outskirt of the city, they find a house registered under the names of Hong Yi Hwan and Ahn Hana. It is burned to ashes. They never find Im Jihoon or his body. They didn't find Im Jihoon's phone at the location where it was last disconnected. Either someone picked it up or it was already destroyed. They tried to pinpoint his location through CCTV, but he was easily lost. The man was an expert.

When Ahn Hana turns at Do Sejin's doorstep, he knows that everything had changed. She isn't wearing the same dress that she wore when she left his house. Though she looks clean, she has a scent of blood on her.

"Do Sejin, still want?" She asks him with a bitter smile. "Still dare to love?"

He embraces her. "Still dare."

"However, Ahn Hana cannot love you." She looks up at him. "She can only love Hong Yi Hwan. There cannot be anyone else."

That's her final answer to him before she goes to her bedroom and picks up Ha-Neul in her arms.

"Your mother and father will be together with you from now on," She tells the baby with a sweet voice. Her voice wakes up Ha-Neul who blinks her eyes at her. In Ha-Neul's vision, there are two people who are holding her. She laughs when she sees the familiar man. She has not forgotten her mother either, though they have been separated for some time. The family is complete.

Do Sejin hears her words. He feels his heart clench tightly. He knows that the father is not him.

Next day, the detective arrives. They have suspicions on Ahn Hana regarding Im Jihoon's disappearance. Im Jihoon's family can't believe that he was the magnolia killer. Her wife refuses to believe that her husband, who was once called the Prosecutor Justice, could commit such heinous crimes.

"Where were you yesterday?" The detective asks the pale woman.

"She was at the house," Do Sejin answers for her. Luckily, he didn't tell anyone other than Jung Kwang-soo that she left. He asked Jung Kwang-soo to keep quiet after seeing her message in the recording. "She didn't leave the house once. After I came back with Ha-Neul yesterday morning, we have been staying together."

Im Jihoon had talked to his wife yesterday morning. The detective glances at the woman. The woman seems crazy, but she's too skinny to kill a man like the magnolia killer. Her phone has been at home too. In any case, they have no evidence. The detective leave after telling them to be cautious. The magnolia killer might come back.

Only Do Sejin know that he won't come back ever.

Ahn Hana moves out of Do Sejin's apartment to her new place. She takes a job at another law firm, even though Jung Kwang-soo begs her to come back and work for him. She doesn't stop Do Sejin from visiting Ha-Neul or spending time with her. In everyone's eyes, there is nothing wrong with Ahn Hana. She has turned into her old self - the same blinding sun that awed the world.

After two months, she finds out that she's pregnant again. Do Sejin doesn't dare to ask who the father is. His family and Jung Kwang-soo naturally ȧssume that the child is his. Ahn Hana says nothing. She doesn't try to clear things. As usual, there is a barrier between them - a silence that shouldn't be broken.

"Ha-Neul, you will have a brother soon." She coos to her daughter. "We will become a family of four then."

He knows that he's not included in the family of four.

She gives birth to a son. On the certificate, she keeps the father's name empty. On Ha-Neul's certificate, there's at least Do Sejin's name. He knows that she still doesn't think of him as Ha-Neul's father. Do Sejin gets the answer that he didn't want to know. Both of her children follow her surname - Ahn Ha Neul and Ahn Jae Hyun.

Do Sejin doesn't dare to disturb the silent agreement between them. In front of the world, he is a part of her world. He comes to her home every night after work. He cooks for her while listening to her children. Sometimes, he hears her talking to herself.

"Oppa, don't mind Do Sejin. He helped us once. This is the little that we can do to show our gratitude. He has also accepted us."

"Oppa, Jae Hyun looks like you more."

"Oppa, I am content that you are always inside me. I am never alone."

"Oppa, our children are growing up well."

The silence between Ahn Hana and him is all he has left with.