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" please believe me. "
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JUNG EUNAE

i watched as the detective grabbed the knife that was played as the fake murder weapon, off the table. her gaze went up and locked onto mine.

"miss eunae, there were traces of your fingerprints on this knife." she said.

but that makes no sense.

i literally stopped breathing. "no...that–how??"

"this is your knife, isn't it?" she asked, sternly sliding it to me. i touched the handle, bringing it up to my face to examine it.

that's when i noticed that the knife had looked like the one i bought earlier this week–for cooking. i had a lot of knives, because i liked to cook.

i didn't kill her. i didn't kill im haeun.

"i–i didn't do it–" i started, shrinking under the gazes of everyone else. "it makes no sense–i didn't do it!"

"then why is there traces of you on the knife? we found a handgun in your apartment, a knife that belongs to you, all the evidence leads to you, eunae-sshi."

i clenched my fists in my lap. "please believe me. i bought that knife–it is mine. i bought it for cooking. i have a gun for defense. i use all those things that a regular person would, not a murderer. i'm not the murderer, please–" i pleaded.

"we aren't saying you are the murderer, please understand us. but, you are the one that has the most evidence leading to."

"why else would your knife be used as a decoy next to the victim?" detective asked.

i suddenly felt a hand on top of mine, and i looked down to see daniel's hand on top of my hand, comforting me. his thumbs brushed my knuckles unnoticeably softly and lightly, but i would never oversee the small action. i had barely just met daniel, but why did i feel so safe with him? was he an angel sent from heaven?

i stopped staring at my angel and felt my cheeks heat up a little.

but regardless, i couldn't stop my eyes from burning–i felt so wronged, knowing i didn't do it. i didn't do it.

and the person in this room that did do it had gotten away with it.

someone took that knife in my room to frame me. but who?

"that's all for today." detective said, packing up the things. "we're going to be investigating deeper, please expect us at your doors soon."

i was full of negative emotions, that i couldn't choose which one.

i didn't do it.

i didn't kill her.

i stood up from my chair, exiting the room in silence. i could feel daniel's gaze burning into my back, but i ignored it. i couldn't think about anything else except for the situation i had gotten myself into.

"eunae, if you did it, please turn yourself in." another voice said behind me. "so it can be over with. why are we suffering because of your actions??"

i whipped my head around and glared at park jihoon. "i didn't do it. if you were in my situation, you'd understand, because i didn't kill anybody. i would never." i said, trying to control my fury towards the guy i had tried to be nicer to before.

daniel stepped up and glowered at jihoon. "you out of everybody should know how it feels to be wrongly accused, jihoon. don't blame anyone else if you don't know the story–the more you press on about it and pressure someone else, the more i think that you're the one trying to hide something."

"me? you're trying to befriend her and protect her? i hope she knows how you're really like, daniel." jihoon scoffed.

i cocked my head to the side. they know each other?

"the past is the past jihoon. i can accept it, but you're the only one who seems to not be. you're only burying yourself and her deeper." daniel said back. i noticed his knuckles turning white from them being clenched.

"i'm not burying her any deeper than you already have. i see right through you daniel. i hope you know i know everything you're hiding." jihoon spat out, before walking away.

her? who is her?

i was confused, and it seemed like those words from jihoon had went straight into daniel, telling by the fact that he looked like he was in complete fury and misery.

"w-what was that about–" i started, but daniel let out a long sigh and shook his head.

"let's go home and forget about it. i don't want to talk about it right now." daniel said, his tone slightly cold as he turned and walked away.

is there more to this story than i see?