Chapter 223 – Doubt
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I sent Dorothy away when I saw Philip leave Rachel’s house.
However, the direction Phillip was going was towards Grace’s residence. She intended to bring her along and look around my house on her own.
“You have to know how to give up in moderation. He’s a persistent guy.”
If Damon is important enough to be indispensable to this camp, then neither is it.
It must be one of the mediocre… Workers without any skills.
It didn’t bother her that Phillip brought Grace along to tour her house.
No matter how much I search, nothing will come out.
On the contrary, since I can see Grace’s face, should I say it’s an advantage?
As I expected, Philip brought Grace shortly after.
“Grace. Welcome.”
“Unho, I’m sorry. I came to see you suddenly.”
“You are welcome anytime.”
Philip entered the house with Grace and looked around with sharp eyes.
And be surprised
“No… Where the hell did you get these pieces of furniture…”
Furniture including luxurious looking sofas and beds.
It was a landscape of a house that was hard to see elsewhere. For me, who can use the inventory, decorating a place like this is not a chore.
“Why? Do you like it?”
“Done.”
Philip snorted and began his investigation, walking slowly through the house. He was prostrate on the floor, eagerly examining under the bed.
Looking at him pitifully, I asked Grace.
“…Grace, do you doubt me too?”
“No… Philip asked me to come, but… Just think of it as an occupational disease and understand it. Have you ever seen Damon?”
Unlike Philip, she did not appear suspicious of me.
Also, that guy was the problem.
“I didn’t even know he lived next door until Philip told me.”
Philip, who was looking around intently, approached with a puzzled expression as to what was not satisfactory.
I think I know roughly what to expect, but…
“Are you satisfied now?”
“What did you do with Damon?”
Is this guy bluffing or is he really thinking that way…
“I don’t know why the hell he’s looking for me.”
“Philip, stop blindly accusing him of being the culprit. I’m sorry, Unho. I bothered you. We’ll go.”
Grace drags the lingering Phillip out.
“After Grace, go alone. I’ll treat you properly.”
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Philip couldn’t find any special clues in Unho’s residence.
It was unusual to have luxurious furniture, but it was hard to think that it had anything special to do with this case.
“Philip. This is not the old world. Proper investigations cannot be conducted. It is dangerous to conclude that he is the culprit with only your feelings. And Unho has no reason to harm Damon.”
Grace said as if giving advice to Philip, who came out of Unho’s residence without much income.
If you think about it rationally, she was right.
However, Philip couldn’t get rid of the idea that Unho Park was the culprit.
Time passed and night fell, and the son-in-law was enveloped in darkness.
Philip was quietly sitting by the window, looking towards Unho’s residence.
In this darkness, he honestly couldn’t see well, but he just stared at it in frustration.
It may be lingering.
‘As Grace said, was it a misunderstanding?’
We know very well that intuition is not connected to the truth.
Gradually, fatigue set in.
It is not easy to stare at a dark place endlessly.
“After…”
Philip sighed involuntarily.
He thought he should take a break.
It was then.
A small light appeared from the house next door to Park Woon-ho’s residence.
The drowsiness that came over me suddenly awoke.
The next door is Rachel’s residence.
Phillip took a closer look at it.
It was dark and I couldn’t see clearly, but I could see the silhouette of an adult woman.
It must be Rachel.
Moving with her candle, the place she headed was the residence of Park Woon-ho. Then, as if it were her own home, she opened the door to Park Woon-ho’s residence and went inside.
“That’s… Can’t it?”
Philip’s mind spun quickly.
‘Park Woon-ho and Rachel… What if they were accomplices?’
Rachel was suffering domestic violence from Damon.
Phillip and Grace had warned Damon strongly about it before, and lately they seem to be keeping quiet.
Even so, Rachel’s resentment wouldn’t have gone away.
Park Woon-ho is a man with psychic powers, and even without that, he looks quite strong.
Rachel asked Damon to be dealt with in exchange for her body, and Park Woon-ho dealt with him.
…If this is the case, the hungry spirit will enter.
Otherwise, there would be no reason for Rachel to go to Unho Park’s residence at this late hour.
After that, Philip looked around Unho Park’s residence for a while.
And the dark dawn.
Philip, who witnessed Rachel coming out of Unho Park’s residence, was delighted.
Philip found Grace as soon as the day dawned.
As if it had just happened, Grace’s face was full of tiredness.
“Grace. Those two are suspicious.”
“Those two?”
“Park Woon-ho and Rachel. Somehow, they seem to be accomplices in Damon’s disappearance.”
“…Is that the sound again?”
“No, listen to me. Last night, I saw Rachel go into Unho Park’s residence and come out at dawn.”
Philip’s face looked a little excited even though he had stayed up all night.
However, on the contrary, Grace heard his words and woke up at the same time as she felt an unknown frustration.
“…Is that…Is it true?”
By that time, Grace was also suspicious.
I admit that Damon is a son of a bitch, but I shouldn’t kill him casually.
“…First, I’ll meet them and see.”
“You?”
“He said he’s wary of you. I’ll go alone and talk.”
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After hearing about their relationship from Philip, Grace decided to visit Rachel first.
She doesn’t even know why…
He found Rachel first before Unho.
As Grace headed to Rachel’s residence, somehow complex emotions swirled around her.
And I was worried.
‘If they are really the culprits who dealt with Damon, what should I do?’
Grace’s thoughts became complicated.
“Grace, welcome.”
“Rachel…”
Rachel greeted Grace with her relaxed face.
The house was neat and quiet.
The two sat across from each other at the table.
“Dorothy?”
Asked Grace, who looked around.
“I went out to play.”
“…”
“…”
An awkward silence passed between the two.
Grace studied Rachel’s expression.
Certainly, as Philip had said, her face looked calmer than usual.
In the end, Grace spoke first.
“What is your relationship with Unho?”
Slightly surprised by Grace’s question, Rachel soon put on a calm face.
“What kind of relationship?”
“…That…”
Grace was about to answer, but for some reason she found it difficult to get her words out.
“Are you asking me because you think I’m Unho’s lover or something like that? Of course not.”
“Ah… You mean?”
What did Philip mean?
He’s an old colleague.
It was hard to think that Philip lied to make them criminals.
“He’s been very gracious to me… So I just stop by from time to time to clean it up.”
Could Philip be wrong?
“Cheong…So? Is it late at night?”
“When he is sleeping, he comes out quietly.”
Grace said Rachel’s words were so calm that she thought for a moment that it was her.
She did, but she couldn’t believe what she said.
Late night cleaning?
She was definitely weird.
“Have you ever…Was that bothering you?”
“Yes? Me? Oh, no. What am I…”
“Doesn’t Grace have feelings for him?”
“Yes?!”
Grace’s face flushed for some reason.
“Didn’t you come here because you were wondering if I was sleeping with him? Then you don’t have to worry. He and I don’t have that kind of relationship.”
“That, that’s…”
Grace somehow felt like she was stopping Rachel. She couldn’t go on like this, she thought.
“Rachel. I… Came here because of Damon.”
When Damon’s story came out, Rachel’s face hardened slightly.
“What do you mean?”
“Philip… Thinks that Rachel and Unho are involved in his disappearance. I’m here to confirm that.”
“…Damon.”
A faint rage flashed across Rachel’s face for a moment.
Grace did not miss that figure.
But Rachel quickly puts on a calm face.
“He is…”
“…?”
“Is he a human being so worth seeking out?”
“Yes?”
“Right now, my daughter and I are living a blissful life without him. But why are we looking for him so hard?”
“That, that’s…”
“To send our mother and daughter back to hell?”
“Oh, no…”
– Knocked up.
Then the door opened and Dorothy appeared.
“Sister Grace! What’s going on?”
Dorothy, who went out to play, has returned.
The child’s expression brightened.
“Uh, uh…Just…”
Dorothy greeted Grace warmly.
Grace doesn’t feel like talking about Damon in front of her kids.
Certainly, as Philip said, he became suspicious.
But her mother and daughter’s life seemed incomparably more comfortable than before.
Before, it was an expression of no dreams or hopes.
Because of that, she asked to move her place several times, but she didn’t listen.
Why are you looking for Damon…
As Rachel said, Damon…Was a human being who had no reason to seek it out.
Still, she thought, Grace needed to meet her luck. She seemed to have to meet him before he could decide what to do next.
