{"id":6777,"date":"2026-09-06T21:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=6777"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:29:38","slug":"part-6-sofia-was-alive-but-the-message-she-sent-from-korea-suggested-kang-jun-had-prepared-for-trouble-long-before-maria-luisa-escaped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=6777","title":{"rendered":"PART 6 \u2013 Sofia Was Alive, but the Message She Sent from Korea Suggested Kang Jun Had Prepared for Trouble Long Before Maria Luisa Escaped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Luisa did not sleep that night.<\/p>\n<p>Neither did I.<\/p>\n<p>She sat at the restaurant table with Sofia\u2019s photograph, her old contract papers, and a notebook arranged in front of her as though neat piles could make the situation less dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>I made coffee at two in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>At three, she had not touched it.<\/p>\n<p>At four, I replaced it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know coffee does not improve if you stare at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think better while drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou made that rule up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am your mother. I am allowed to invent rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She finally took a sip.<\/p>\n<p>Then she said, \u201cKang Jun knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnew what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat something could happen to Sofia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told her to trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the man who called.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man you already distrust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen perhaps the entire thing is bait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean we ignore her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re agreeing with me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am capable of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould I be worried?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConstantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At dawn, the promised message arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Not through email.<\/p>\n<p>A courier delivered a small envelope addressed to Maria Luisa by hand.<\/p>\n<p>Inside was a flash drive.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is never good in movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone gives a person a mysterious drive, trouble follows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou watch too much television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have more free time now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She retrieved an old laptop that had never been connected to our personal accounts.<\/p>\n<p>I approved of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou learned something in Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of unpleasantly useful things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The drive contained one video file.<\/p>\n<p>Sofia appeared on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Older than the photograph Elena had shown us.<\/p>\n<p>Her hair had been cut short. A faint bruise colored one cheek. She sat against a plain wall in what looked like a small room.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa leaned closer.<\/p>\n<p>Sofia spoke in English.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Maria Luisa Santos is watching this, Kang Jun was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa inhaled.<\/p>\n<p>Sofia continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said you would understand why I couldn\u2019t contact my family. He said you would also understand that people sometimes call obedience a choice when they have removed every safe alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt my hands turn cold.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa did not move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know you,\u201d Sofia said. \u201cBut I know enough about you to believe you left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She glanced toward something outside the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image flickered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa whispered, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sofia continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are records. Not only about me. About others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa straightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat records?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sofia, of course, could not answer us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey kept everything because they believed no one inside the system would ever be able to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they told you I have property, they are trying to locate something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa\u2019s eyes sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot transfer it,\u201d Sofia said. \u201cLocate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She lifted a small key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sent the real location to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video cut.<\/p>\n<p>No goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>No explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the blank screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa replayed the final ten seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Then she paused on the image of the key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you recognize it?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why keep looking?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she wanted me to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat beside her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat records?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContracts. Payments. Names. Travel. Maybe communications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough to expose them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough to explain what happened to her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd enough to make them frightened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was what worried me.<\/p>\n<p>People who rely on secrecy do not become gentle when secrecy fails.<\/p>\n<p>Elena arrived at eight.<\/p>\n<p>We showed her the video.<\/p>\n<p>She cried silently through most of it.<\/p>\n<p>When the screen went dark, she covered her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Maria Luisa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was as though Elena needed to hear the words twice before trusting them.<\/p>\n<p>Then Maria Luisa asked, \u201cHas Sofia ever sent you a key?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMentioned a storage unit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bank box?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena shook her head repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe hasn\u2019t spoken to me in years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about your mother?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe died three years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSofia didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That hurt all three of us in different ways.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa returned to the paused frame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key is ordinary. Could be almost anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena suddenly sat upright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father had a box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA metal document box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he died, Sofia took it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe kept old certificates in it. Family papers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa considered that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did your father die?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwelve years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore Sofia left?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few months before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she take the box to Korea?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould she have?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That possibility gave us our first real direction.<\/p>\n<p>The second came from Kang Jun.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa called him.<\/p>\n<p>He did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>She called again.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>After ten minutes, her phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>She answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you tell Sofia to trust me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No greeting.<\/p>\n<p>I approved.<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun\u2019s voice was faint through the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou received her message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen she is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A long pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI discovered certain activities after you left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActivities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not interrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll interrupt whenever I want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see freedom has improved your manners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt destroyed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the people connected to the network were using contractual arrangements beyond what I understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou expect me to believe you didn\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew enough to be responsible for my part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the only one I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encountered Sofia twice,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe second time, she asked me about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had heard that you were preparing to end your agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted help?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted to know whether anyone had ever actually left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what did you tell her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat you intended to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had not yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you gave her hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave her a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKang Jun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also told her that if she ever reached a point where she needed someone outside the network, you might understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa\u2019s voice dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had no right to involve me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The immediate admission surprised her.<\/p>\n<p>It surprised me too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause by then I had begun to understand that you were not the only person who had been trapped by systems men like me considered orderly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent.<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun was not a man who confessed easily.<\/p>\n<p>Even partial honesty sounded unnatural in his voice.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa asked, \u201cDo you know what records she meant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have suspicions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her expression tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if I am correct, speaking openly is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you call me instead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not call you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t play games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lowered his voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen carefully. Do not travel to Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa stared at the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the people looking for Sofia expect you to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is exactly why I may need to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you remain as stubborn as ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaria Luisa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Something in his tone changed.<\/p>\n<p>For perhaps the first time, he sounded afraid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not come here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The call ended.<\/p>\n<p>I pointed toward the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe finally gave useful advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa was already standing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe confirmed everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said not to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said they expect me to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich means they need something from me there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are not going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew what I meant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hoped age had softened you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt softened you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am still terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou threatened a supplier with a ladle last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe deserved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena stared between us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you seriously considering Korea?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa looked at Sofia\u2019s frozen image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I\u2019m coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is my sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich makes you emotionally involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you aren\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa had no answer.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree tickets, then,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Both women looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Maria Luisa said immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did not think I would let you cross an ocean toward the same people again by yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re sixty-five.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know. I celebrated the birthday personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could be dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo could leaving you alone with your decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena almost smiled again.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa gave up.<\/p>\n<p>We left the restaurant with our most trusted employee and told almost no one where we were going.<\/p>\n<p>The flight felt different from my first journey.<\/p>\n<p>Then I had traveled with hope.<\/p>\n<p>Now I traveled with knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge was heavier.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul looked much the same.<\/p>\n<p>Glass buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Cold air.<\/p>\n<p>People moving with purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa moved through it as though entering an old dream she had once escaped.<\/p>\n<p>Her shoulders stiffened.<\/p>\n<p>Her voice became quieter.<\/p>\n<p>I touched her arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re here with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSay it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some tension left her face.<\/p>\n<p>We checked into a small hotel under Elena\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Then Maria Luisa called Kang Jun.<\/p>\n<p>This time he answered immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou came.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told you not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a long history of ignoring men who tell me where I can go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She refused to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>That surprised us.<\/p>\n<p>He gave her an address instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaria Luisa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother and Elena are with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElena?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSofia\u2019s sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The silence deepened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was unwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not bring her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can argue when we arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>The address led us to a quiet office far from his old corporate headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>No sign outside.<\/p>\n<p>No receptionist.<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun opened the door himself.<\/p>\n<p>Time had changed him.<\/p>\n<p>More gray at his temples.<\/p>\n<p>Deeper lines near his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Still controlled.<\/p>\n<p>Still elegant.<\/p>\n<p>But tired.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheresa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa whispered, \u201cMa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat? He does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise, Kang Jun smiled faintly.<\/p>\n<p>Then he saw Elena.<\/p>\n<p>The smile vanished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should not be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena stepped forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is my sister?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou helped her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That answer disarmed her.<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun locked the door behind us.<\/p>\n<p>Then he opened a metal cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were files.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens.<\/p>\n<p>He removed one.<\/p>\n<p>SOFIA REYES.<\/p>\n<p>Elena made a sound behind me.<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun placed the file on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the complete record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa opened it.<\/p>\n<p>Pages.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Travel dates.<\/p>\n<p>Payments.<\/p>\n<p>Medical reports.<\/p>\n<p>Behavioral notes.<\/p>\n<p>I felt sick.<\/p>\n<p>Elena covered her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you have this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I took copies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun looked at Maria Luisa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who believe Sofia possesses their original archive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa touched one page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly is in that archive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefine everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContracts. Private agreements. Payments made to officials. Clients. Facilitators. Recruiters. Women brought in under false job descriptions. Settlements. Threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena sat down heavily.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa\u2019s voice became cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Sofia stole it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun closed the file.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe copied it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why are they using me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they believe she told you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I remembered the video.<\/p>\n<p>The key.<\/p>\n<p>The person who supposedly had the real location.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Kang Jun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said she sent the location to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa turned toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We had assumed someone else meant an unidentified third person.<\/p>\n<p>But Sofia had said Kang Jun was right.<\/p>\n<p>She had said Maria Luisa was the only person she should trust.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Elena.<\/p>\n<p>Then Maria Luisa.<\/p>\n<p>Then back at Kang Jun.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa understood first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t send the location to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Kang Jun said.<\/p>\n<p>He looked toward Elena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe sent it to her sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never received anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jun opened Sofia\u2019s file and removed a photograph.<\/p>\n<p>A family photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Elena.<\/p>\n<p>Sofia.<\/p>\n<p>Their parents.<\/p>\n<p>Behind them stood an old house.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Luisa pointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe metal box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena\u2019s face went pale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe box your father owned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena stared at the photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Then at the paused image of the key on Maria Luisa\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p>Her breath caught.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t a storage key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elena looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the key to our old house.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=6778\">Click Here to continue read next: PART7: The Key in Sofia\u2019s Video Did Not Lead to Korea at All, and the People Following Us Realized the Truth Before We Did<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Luisa did not sleep that night. 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