Every summer, around this time, she dreams of snakes crawling into the house.
The damned nightmare followed her everywhere.
Just like the inevitable return of June, just like right now…
She recalled someone saying, “Snakes can’t crawl in because of the rose bushes.”
Just as she was reaching her breaking point, strange scenes flashed through Heejae’s mind, accompanied by a distant voice.
A school uniform, a worn-out side gate, a man crouching among overgrown weeds. And red roses.
Seizing the opportunity, Heejae used the advisory brief for the “dismissal of a redevelopment association chairman” as an excuse to head to ‘that place.’
To Geumnakri, the place she had erased from her memory after her father’s death eleven years ago.
“You think what I say is pure bullshit, don’t you, Heejae?”
It was the CEO of Geumseong D&C, standing on the opposite side from her client.
The man who had caused her father’s death eleven years ago, Kim Sewon.
Every time she faced him, something that could be a dream or a memory flooded over her.
“Come to me. Don’t stray to dangerous paths like that bridge.”
“You’re so damn beautiful, Heejae, no matter how many times I look at you.”
“If I kill your dad for you, what will you give me?”
The more they surfaced, the more terrified she became. Terrified of everything she had forgotten.
And of the truth this man alone remembered.
“If you remember it, do you have the confidence to handle it?”
