Death in the Afternoon

“Tell her… that I’m dead. Just say I died like that…” “He died.” Since she never saw it herself, it’s only right to say she was told he died. Hee for shine, On for warmth. “Heeon.” A name given by a patron whose face she never even knew. Holding onto the only trace he left behind, Heeon quietly continues her life— but life refuses to be generous. Caught up in an unwanted incident, with no one she can properly call a guardian, after endless hesitation she calls a mysterious contact number her friend had silently pressed into her hand. The person who appears before her is none other than Cha Jaegyeong, Executive Director of Jaegyeong Motors—the company where she works. “I am Ms. Kim Hee...