

The first time we actually met was before this introduction. We dated on and off and lived together while I was supporting my aunt at the end of her life in Idaho. He struggled with mental health challenges a great deal of his life. Through my shock, I had a desperate yearning to understand what happened leading up to him suiciding and how he did it. I had to make a connection with someone that knew him. And at the same time knowing what's so is so. Like the seconds following a car accident. Pleadingly, the words escaped my lips gravely, "No, no, no, no." This isn't happening. I skimmed the lengthy text message for the words I knew were coming, "Zach is no longer with us." I paced my hallway, wide eyed, heart pounding. Stumbling upon a factory where the brothers have children’s organs removed to accommodate the drugs, Tae-sik rescues one child just before surgery and becomes enraged at the prospect So-mi may already be dead.I got up abruptly with dread. In the process, he discovers that their drug ring operates around kidnapped children. Now on the run, Tae-sik pursues Man-sik and Jong-sik. He fights off half a dozen detectives and escapes from the police station. At the same time, Hyo-jeong’s disemboweled body is discovered, and Tae-sik realizes that So-mi’s life may also be in danger. However, the delivery was part of a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader, Mr. Tae-sik makes the decision to face the outside world in order to rescue So-mi. Mistaking Tae-sik for another mule, the brothers that lead the gang-Man-sik and Jong-sik-promise to release Hyo-jeong and So-mi if Tae-sik makes a delivery for them. When the traffickers find out they kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. So-mi’s mother, Hyo-jeong, smuggles drugs for a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-sik with the product.

His only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Having once done time behind bars, CHA Tae-sik now leads a quiet life.
