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*In the Present*

Seokhyun was still smiling at the memory of that day when he caught a glimpse of Rachel's true nature.

"I wanted to see if she would show me that side of hers," he went on. "But all I saw was a scared little brat who was pleading for her mommy and daddy. It was pathetic. I expected more."

Hobin was sitting still while Jina and Jiwoon were visibly disgusted.

"That's his reason to kill a person?" Jiwoon winced. "What are we gonna tell the motive is in the court? That he wanted to see her sexual awakening?"

Jina was at a loss for words. She came across many criminals but this guy was probably one of the worst she had seen.

"Why did you use the dog?" Hobin asked.

"I wasn't supposed to use him," Seokhyun recalled. "If she had been a good girl and shown me her truly wild side, I wouldn't have used him. Then I thought, maybe fear would make her awaken her sadistic nature. I was merely coaxing her to show her true face to me. But alas! It didn't work. She only became weaker and more pathetic."

"You molested her naked body but didn't rape her," Hobin stated.

"I don't want to have sex with her!" Seokhyun chortled. "How could I? Her weakass self didn't entice me the way she did in that video! She was weak and I was disappointed. I thought touching her would make me feel something but all I felt was disgust. She couldn't turn me on so she deserved what she got! It was all her deeds…"

He let out another manic laughter which sent chills down Jina and Jiwoon's spine. Only Hobin remained unaffected.

"And the hair? Why did you tear it off with such force?"

"I don't like girls with long hair," Seokhyun shrugged. "I tore them off so that I could see her properly in her true form. Bald and naked. I wanted fear to give rise to her inner self."

"How did you smuggle in the alcohol?" Hobin asked.

"It wasn't hard," Seokhyun replied. "Bought it off a cheap drugstore and poured it in an alcohol bottle in the basement. No one checked the place much. It was cleaned only once a month by the servants so sneaking stuff in there was easy. And the place is soundproof. No one heard Ratty's barks that night. I knew the house inside out and carried out my plan with ease."

"And the acid was your last resort to melt off Rachel's so-called 'mask'," Hobin concluded. "What did you do next?"

"I buried her in that shallow grave on purpose," Seokhyun stated. "I knew that no one was going to find her there because the people in that house are disconnected from each other. This was my last punishment for Rachel for not listening to me! She was rotting under her parents' feet but no one knew. She was alone in that dark basement. Even the stench of her body couldn't reach them because the place was kept shut. Only the old madam's lover used that route and he didn't turn up for weeks. The servants don't go there unless they clean it. I wanted to see how long it would be before they found her."

"And you'll emerge victorious thinking that you got away with her murder," Hobin guessed.

"We're servants, doctor," Seokhyun sighed. "No one looks at us. We're ignored and mistreated. We'll remain in the background. Who would think that someone like me could kill an untouchable beauty like her?"

"But the moment she died, I felt alive," he went on. "I was aroused. I felt as if her death was my sexual awakening and now, I crave more, doctor. I want more."

"Too bad you'll spend the rest of your life in prison," Hobin said. "The face you've tried to see never existed. What did you do with the page from the burn book?"

"Burn book?" Seokhyun laughed. "You really think that a riffraff like me will be in her burn book?"

Seokhyun laughed loudly. "I'm not important to her, doctor. I didn't touch her burn book. I've already admitted to her murder. I don't think I have any reason to lie about the burn book."

Hobin studied him. He knew that Seokhyun was not lying about this. But then, who took the third page?

"I'll let the police deal with you now," Hobin declared.

He stood up to leave but Seokhyun let out another laugh.

"Don't worry about me, doctor," he said. "I'm a psychopath. I know it myself and I don't deny it. I have nothing to hide because I've let go of all facade. But you...you my friend, are still hiding."

Hobin slowly turned around to face the man.

"I can tell, doctor," Seokhyun prophesied. "You're hiding your true face too. I was wrong about Rachel but not about you. You're hiding behind a mask but for how long? You have to come out someday."

"That's where you're wrong," Hobin whispered. "I have nothing to hide."

"Do you, doctor?" Seokhyun challenged him. "Both of us know very well that only a psychopath can recognize another psychopath. The moment you entered the room, I knew that you were different. I knew that you're hiding just like me."

Hobin rolled his eyes and turned away but inside, his heart was beating fast. He did not betray his fears but Seokhyun seemed to know what was going on. The man was determined to take him down because now, Hobin interested him.

"You'll have to reveal your true face someday, doctor!" Seokhyun claimed. "And when you do, you'll target the one you love the most! I can tell, doc! No one is safe from you!"

Seokhyun let out another menacing laugh which was echoing in Hobin's ears as he left the interrogation room. He tried not to shake in fear but the psychopath was correct. He was hiding something in his heart and it was going to come out soon.

The image of his blood red eyes and the raven-like wings was swirling in his mind, haunting him. But the scary part was not the monstrous sight of himself in the mirror.

He was scared of the hatred which overcame him every time his eyes turned red. The raw hatred which ached to burn down everything in his way.

Above all, he was afraid of losing control of the monster inside him. It was sleeping now but Hobin knew that it was going to wake up some day and cause chaos.

And when it woke up, no one around him would be safe. No one.