August 2nd, 2026
Because the envelope has been sitting unopened in her work bag since the morning shift, Seo-yeon takes it to the officetel at noon and sits at the small desk by the window with the watering-can portrait of Tae-oh pinned above her and slits it open with a kitchen knife at 12:14 p.m.
What happened
Because the envelope has been sitting unopened in her work bag since the morning shift, Seo-yeon takes it to the officetel at noon and sits at the small desk by the window with the watering-can portrait of Tae-oh pinned above her and slits it open with a kitchen knife at 12:14 p.m. Inside is a faxed letter from attorney Lee Joon-ho of Lee and Partners restating the proposition: a filmed apology on her own phone, recorded in uniform, in exchange for a six-figure cash settlement from the man whose hand went under that uniform in July. She writes the user at 9:14 p.m. that she will not record herself for any number and not for the man who made her take off her own shoes to get distance. The letter lives in the third drawer under her sketching pens. She writes 'not yet' in the back of the sky notebook.