Note- I’m sorry about the previous chapter, guys. I just checked it now and can’t do anything about it. The app doesn’t allow us to delete locked chapters. So, I am also hopeless about it.

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Time passed by as the shooting continued. The next shoot for Joon-won was on Monday, and he was ready for it. He continued to prepare the entire day, locked up inside his hotel room. Hea-Jung dropped by but could only walk away after seeing how serious he was, and it was time for another shoot. 

The place of the shoot was actually at the police station set in the reception hall. The scene was pretty simple. After his confession about everything, the police bring back the shop owner to ask if he could figure out which guy threatened him back at his shop during the kidnap. 

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Joon-won was once again pretty early, and so he quickly changed into his costume, got his makeup done before taking a seat. There were still another 45 minutes for the shooting to begin, so he just started reading his script. But as he was doing that, he heard a very familiar voice behind him.

“Joon-won, why did you not call me about coming here? I called you, but you didn’t even lift it. I went to your hotel, and they said you had already left. I come here, and you are already in your costume with your makeup done, happily reading your script. I’m very sad, very sad.” Emphasizing on her last two words. He looked up and saw she was also already ready with her costume and makeup done. 

He took out his phone and noticed a few missed calls, but it wasn’t on purpose that he didn’t pick them up. His phone is on silent from the moment he arrives on the set, so he didn’t know she was calling. 

“I’m sorry, I forgot to call you.” Hea-Jung just snorted at his comments and sat on a chair before going through her script. Joon-won knew she was probably pissed off and so just continued to do his own thing instead of poking the bear. 

It didn’t take long for the other actors to arrive and the director to call them. The director did his job as he went over the scene before telling them to take their places. 

Joon-won walked into the same interrogation room he acted in a while back. He took his seat and was ready to act. But, instead, he just went over the scene in his mind, waiting for the director’s words to act.

“READY! SET! AND ACTION!” 

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The shop owner was back at a very familiar place. He was there only a few days ago and once again was brought in for another ‘friendly’ chat, at least according to the people who brought him. But he knew the conversation in the room was anything but friendly and was terrified about it. 

He tried to escape the town as soon as he got out of the room, but the police gave him a quick warning about making him a wanted criminal if he runs, which just made him remain silent, hoping the bad party in the equation didn’t come after him. 

“Hello, is anyone there? It’s been over an hour already. Can I at least get some water. I’m very thirsty.” Hoping to grab someone’s attention. It was hard to be alone in a place like that, so he just wanted to see someone.

As soon as he said that, the door burst open, and a very familiar female officer came inside with a very annoyed expression. She looked at him and said, “Can’t you wait? Why are you so noisy? Now get up, let’s go.” As she walked by his side before grabbing him by the arm and yanking him towards the door. 

Getting pushed out by her, he could only catch the door frame and ask with a stutter, “Where are you taking me? Ease don’t tell me you guys are still planning to lock me up for that kidnap? What I said is true. Please believe me.” 

The woman just caught his arm and pulled him out, and took him to another room across the room before throwing him in and locking the door. The shop owner, who fell down, looked up and saw that everyone in the room were police officers. He also noticed the guy who interrogated him and threatened to kill him a few days earlier in the group. 

Now his mind was completely filled with fear as he thought everyone in the room would finish him off, especially after seeing the violent police officer. He simply closed his eyes, waiting for what he thought was inevitable.

“What did you do to him? Look how scared he is.” He heard an old voice, but he listened to the female officer from behind before he could see whom.

“I didn’t do anything, sir. I asked him to move, but he was shouting nonsense about us killing him and stuff. I think this guy has lost it.” And even after that, she kicked him on his ass. So he tumbled further and heard the old voice again.

“All right, now stop. This looks very bad on the police if you continue to be like this. Now come on, stand up. How long will you be on the ground?” The shop owner slowly stood up after hearing that and looked to see an older man in front of him.

The old man smiled and said, “Well, nice to meet you. Thanks for coming forward to be the witness. With your help, the case finally moved forward. I’m the chief of this station.” 

“Tch, he never came forward. So we had to drag him out for the information we had.” The shop owner could hear the fiery woman’s sneer behind him. He simply bowed to the chief in front. 

“Alright, now let’s begin. First, help us catch the guy you saw that day. Now point out at the person who threatened you.” The chief also seemed to ignore the officer as he looked at the glass. The shop owner turned and saw six people standing on the other side of the glass. All six of them had one thing in common, a missing finger.

The shop owner looked at the six people than at the chief before saying, “But I don’t know what that person looks like. He was wearing a black mask, I only know he doesn’t have a finger because he reached out to me.” 

The police chief hummed and then said, “Then can you remember the voice?” 

With everyone staring at him, the shop owner hesitantly nodded and said, “I can try, but no guarantee.” 

The police chief patted the shop owner and said, “It’s ok, try your best. No one is putting any pressure on you. Just try your best to remember.” The shop owner could only nod at his words. He wanted to shout when he heard there being no pressure when there were 5-6 police officers in the room, looking at him with expectation. 

The police chief bent down and said to the mic, “From the right, each one of you talks for a few seconds.” The people on the other side seemed to be confused as they looked at each other before the one on the right started to speak. 

After he was done, everyone in the room looked at the shop owner, but he could only slowly shake his head, and so the people continued as the shop owner only shook his head. That was until he heard a voice strangely similar. He looked up and saw that it was the 5th guy who was speaking. The shop owner leaned in and saw his eyes before feeling terrified.

He stumbled back and stuttered, “That’s him. Those eyes and that voice. It’s him. That day he was the one who came into my store and threatened me while eating candies.”

The police chief looked at the shop owner and asked in a deep voice, “Are you sure?”

The shop owner could only nod as even though he thought he forgot, it seemed like those eyes and voices never left his mind.

The police chief once again patted him and said with a smile, “Alright then, you can go back. Give this man some money for his help before dropping him off at his house. Also, don’t mishandle him if you do.” And he didn’t end the sentence there as he gave the order to the female officer. The female officer nodded before taking him outside the room. 

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Joon-won slowly walked out with Hea-Jung by his side. The shooting was still happening, and so they had to remain quiet. Their appearance was done in the scene.

Joon-won looked at Hea-Jung, who was looking at the shooting and said, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you. I’ll remember that.” He was talking about the beautiful improvisation Hea-Jung did. 

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