Prologue 2

We're starting the story of Season 2! The action takes place at the beginning of October, where it is early autumn. Welcome to Season 2 Reader!

I was at the most popular market in Seoul with Min-ho. My 2-year-old son. We were heading for the shopping car when a man bumped into me, which caused the groceries to fall out of my bags and I fell to the ground. Min-ho began to pack the spilled groceries into bags, and an older man helped me up from the ground.

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice you," he said, and I looked at the man I already knew very well. It was none other than the 456 player, but to me the more familiar Gi-hun Seong, my best friend's cousin.

-It's okay - I said shaking my pants.

"Please, mommy," my son said, pulling my hand to take over the heavy bags he couldn't lift.

"Thank you, honey," I replied and stroked the black and haired boy's hair.

"I know you from somewhere," said Veronica's cousin.

-Because mommy is famous all over the world!- shouted Min-ho excitedly. He loved appearing on my social media, even though I rarely wanted to show him so that he would have a perfect childhood and be on the Internet as late as possible.

-Mrs. Beverly Scoot. I'm your fan. Can I take a picture?

-Sure, no problem, but I've been Beverly Hwang after my husband for 2 years- I replied and took a picture with the man, who smiled sincerely. I haven't seen him since I finished playing. He has changed. He cut his hair and put on more normal clothes than before-It was nice to meet you, but we have to go back with our son now-I said and said goodbye to the man and went with Min-ho to the car. I packed my groceries into the trunk and fastened my son in the seat for him and sat behind the wheel. When I came out of the parking lot, my son spoke up to play our playlist, which I always turned on when I was driving with him. I parked my car in the underground parking lot for the residents of the apartments. I took out my groceries and unfastened my son. And we went to the elevator where Min-ho pressed the button with the number 9 where our apartment was located.

-We're here now, daddy!- shouted our son and after taking off his shoes he ran to the living room where my husband and his father were sitting.

-My man is here!- he shouted and took him on his lap and hugged him to his body. After Il-nam's death, it was hard for us, but we made it and lived like a happy family. Min-ho is horribly similar to Il-ho in appearance. They both have black hair and brown eyes, he inherited the shape of his face from me, but he has Korean features. The only thing you can see that he is my son is that he is like me in behavior.

-It's nice that you're greeting your wife- I said jealously and went with the shopping to the kitchen with a view of the living room. In-ho played our son a cartoon on the TV and came up to me kissing my bare neck.

-Better now?- he asked, his hands wandering over my body.

-In-ho... Not now... Not in front of my son," I moaned quietly. This man knew what to do in me in the worst moments.

-Dad, we met a mommy fan today!- Min-ho shouted next to us. We didn't even know when he was walking off the couch and appeared next to us as my husband's hands were resting under my pants.

-Truly? That's great," he said, stepping back from me.

-Yes! I'll go continue watching the cartoon," he said and disappeared, and In-ho began to unfold the second plastic bag.

"It was Gi-hun," I said quietly, and the man looked at me angrily.

-What did he want? After all, he won 45.6 billion won. Did he blackmail you? And most importantly, did he recognize you?

-Nothing happened, he just bumped into me and I dropped the plastic bags. He helped me up and Min-ho picked up the food and put it in plastic bags. He wanted to take a picture with me and that was it. Nothing happened, but it was kind of subdued. He didn't smile very much, and when he did, it was forced to smile. All the joy from it was gone – I confessed.

-These are the effects of this game and you can't help it. You still succeed that he survived, you know that. Min-ho do you want dinner yet?

-Yes!

-I'll do it to him. You calmly hide your shopping and record what you need," my husband said kissing me on the cheek and went to reheat the naggets I made yesterday.

***

It was 5 p.m. when all three of us were watching some cartoon on Netflix. Both In-ho and I were terribly bored because our son was very hooked. I was browsing the internet in search of some cool trends on tik tok until I came up with an idea to spend my time better.

-How about a walk at sunset?-I asked and both boys looked up at me.

"It's going to be dark in an hour," said In-ho.

-I know, but we'll go to the park, to the bridge, and go back to the apartment. A little walk won't hurt us.

-Daddy, agree," said Min-ho jumping on the man.

-Okay, so be it, but you wear him- he said and I nodded. None of us liked to do it because Min-ho was picky about wearing clothes, and he is only 2 years old. After the attempts, I managed to dress the boy in black pants and a gray sweatshirt. I, on the other hand, opted for black pants with a pink top, while my husband opted for a brown sweatshirt and pants of the same color as me. We took our son's jacket in our hand so that he wouldn't be cold later and left the house, heading for the park, not knowing yet who we would meet on the bridge.