Reporter Jang Moon-Ki handed me the audio file he had recorded on his phone. The short recording contained everything: that the client was Director Hong Ah-Yoon, and that Reporter Go Se-Eun was trying to destroy I.O.A.0

I nodded, then said to Go Se-Eun, "How much did you get from Director Hong Ah-Yoon? In exchange for ruining my kids' lives?"0

"It wasn't about ruining them..."0

"I asked how much!"0

My anger shot all the way to the top of my head, and the casual speech slipped out on its own.0

At my completely changed attitude, Go Se-Eun shrank back and stammered before answering. "In exchange for bringing down I.O.A... I was promised 500 million won."0

500 million won was an absurdly small amount to trade for the lives of the girls who had worked so hard to become I.O.A.0

"Damn it. You sold the kids out for only 500 million won?"0

"H-how is that only?"0

"When their whole lives are on the line, 500 million won is nothing!"0

When I barked at her, Go Se-Eun flinched. 0

"Enough. You must've been prepared to go to prison if you got caught anyway, so you've got no complaints, right?"0

I pulled out my phone and was about to call Prosecutor Seo Jae-Ill. Just then, Go Se-Eun suddenly dropped to her knees in front of me.0

Thud.0

"Chief Jung, please, just this once. Huh? I was wrong. I swear, I swear... I won't ever touch the people on your side again. Okay?"0

Go Se-Eun pressed her hands together and begged desperately. Her eyes brimmed with tears and her hands and feet were trembling. She was still a much better actress than Yoon Ji-Hee from Golden Road.0

Even so, I didn't so much as blink and I started pressing Seo Jae-Ill's number one digit at a time.0

Then Go Se-Eun grabbed my leg and pleaded again. "Chief Jung! That recording won't get Hong Ah-Yoon. Hong Ah-Yoon will just dump everything on me and say she didn't know anything. So let's negotiate! Okay?"0

I wondered what the hell she was talking about and stopped my finger on the keypad....0