Chapter 21

Hee-jin’s remark was surprisingly sharp, and it hit a nerve, so Ji-an shook her head hard.

“How would I know? Who stares at somebody that hard while they’re eating? I don’t even remember what he was wearing.”

“You know, that other man who came down from Seoul a while back? His car wasn’t anything ordinary either, was it? The owner of the Gaemi snack bar saw it the other day and got a real fright, apparently, wondering what on earth a car like that was doing in our neighborhood. Doesn’t that alone tell you something’s off?”

She seemed to mean...