When the Cellphone Rings: Episodes 7-8
by mistyisles
There’s nothing like a near-death expertise to make folks push previous their fears and open up to one another (however don’t do this at house — real-life cliffs aren’t so light with the touchdown). Our leads have relied on the phantasm of anonymity to check the waters, however now it might be time to dive in, threat rejection, and naked their hearts in the end.
EPISODES 7-8
Selecting again up on the backside of the cliff, Hee-joo loses consciousness simply as Sa-eon comes racing to the rescue. When she wakes, he’s proper there by her aspect in a hospital ward, and all it takes is her quiet however verbal “Don’t go…” to make him fully fold, promising to not go away her aspect.
Her accidents are miraculously minor (as a result of the purpose is bringing our couple collectively, not medical realism), and Sa-eon steps proper into the position of caretaker. He brings her fruit and prepares it to her liking. He washes, dries, and brushes her hair. He sleeps on the sofa in her room. And he secretly returns the kidnapper’s cellphone to her bag, (gently) waving apart her makes an attempt to admit. He retains insisting she must relaxation, however I believe he’s additionally reluctant to lose the barrier supplied by their nightly cellphone calls that has allowed them to talk truthfully for the primary time.
Working example: he steps exterior on the regular time, declining a name from her private cellphone so she’ll name him on the kidnapper’s cellphone as a substitute. Then he proceeds to flirt together with her (making her concurrently irritated, jealous, and bewildered) and invite “the kidnapper” to assist catch the confederate who pushed her off the ledge.
Based mostly on her description of the particular kidnapper, he releases a composite sketch to the media. He additionally broadcasts that he was the precise goal of the assault, and that the wrongdoer has been blackmailing him. Sure, this stirs up all types of gossip about what blackmail-worthy issues he may need finished. No, he doesn’t care so long as it retains Hee-joo out of the highlight. Plus, he will get to close down his father’s try at milking the incident for sympathy factors.
However Hee-joo can’t stand watching Sa-eon shoulder all of the stress himself and decides it’s time to come back clear. Sa-eon agrees to satisfy face-to-face with “the kidnapper,” however first he sends her on a scavenger hunt of kinds by way of an amusement park. (He says he’s attempting to assist her loosen up, however in that case perhaps don’t ship her to a spot she associates with childhood trauma? Although, to be truthful, he solely noticed a photograph of her visiting these locations together with her siblings and doesn’t appear to know The Automotive Accident That Modified All the pieces occurred later that very same day.)
Then, lastly, Sa-eon reveals that he already knew she was the caller. She asks — tearfully, incredulously — why he doesn’t hate her for it, however he says he doesn’t know the way. “Inform me not love you,” he provides, and so they kiss like they’re attempting to make up for 3 years in a single evening.
Regardless of Hee-joo’s lingering worry that that is all a dream (an precise nightmare about Sa-eon leaving her in the midst of the evening doesn’t assist the anxiousness), their relationship instantly shifts into one filled with smiles, snuggles, and mild dialog. (And aw, Sa-eon admits he’ll miss their cellphone calls as a result of he appreciated the feisty aspect of her that got here out when she was pretending to be the kidnapper.) However when he takes his first-ever break day to spend time together with her, his workers name him in for an pressing… shock occasion. Lol. They simply wish to cheer him up from all of the current stress, however it has the precise reverse impact.
So what’s the precise kidnapper as much as? Being irritated at his confederate for pushing Hee-joo off the mountain, for one factor. And raging about how he desires to take every part from Sa-eon. And, now that it’s clear Hee-joo doesn’t need a divorce anymore, sending her ominous messages. Certainly one of these is a seemingly random selection present clip with a information scroll on the backside referencing the lacking orphans case Sang-woo is investigating.
When the kidnapper exhibits Sa-eon this similar clip, although, it’s interrupted by an much more ominous message: “You’re the killer, Baek Sa-eon.” Sa-eon responds brilliantly, releasing the video (minus the accusation) in a press convention and asking a room filled with reporters for help in decoding what the blackmailer is attempting to speak.
As a substitute of going straight to Sa-eon in regards to the messages, Hee-joo first asks Sang-woo for extra info on the lacking orphans. Sang-woo takes her to the outdated mansion, however they determine to not discover the place at evening. However Sa-eon — who has no qualms about poking round at midnight — is already there and sees them drive off collectively. This pings his hazard radar, so he chases them down. Whereas this does make him appear to be a reckless driver at finest, Sang-woo isn’t precisely making himself any much less creepy in my guide, both — when he admits he additionally knew Hee-joo might communicate, there’s a tough edge to his voice and he doesn’t clarify how he knew or why he by no means stated something.
As soon as they’re alone, Hee-joo exhibits Sa-eon the kidnapper’s messages and admits she was afraid to ask about his secrets and techniques — however not due to what they is perhaps. She spent so lengthy desirous to run away for worry of how he’d reply when he found her secret, and he or she’s afraid he’ll really feel the identical approach. All she desires is for him to share his secrets and techniques together with her, so she will settle for him unconditionally like he accepted her. (Gosh, I really like her a lot. Different drama {couples}, please take notes!)
Sa-eon doesn’t fairly inform her every part but, however he does trace that he may find yourself throwing away his title and household — and, if that occurs, “the one Baek Sa-eon I wish to stay on the planet is the one which belongs to you.” And since they’ve had this stunning dialog, Hee-joo is unshaken when In-ah exhibits her a DNA report proving Sa-eon isn’t his father’s organic son.
So sure, Sa-eon is a stand-in for the true Baek Sa-eon: the boy his mom locked within the basement and, more than likely, the boy our Sa-eon noticed his adoptive grandfather, CHAIRMAN BAEK JANG-HO (Jung Dong-hwan) drown in a lake one evening. Oh. A person who seems to have been Sa-eon’s actual father nonetheless runs a fish store by that lake, and within the wake of all of the information about Sa-eon being blackmailed, he calls Sa-eon’s workplace with the easy message: “That man is alive.” Sa-eon goes straight to the fish store, solely to seek out the person unconscious in a burning constructing. He makes an attempt a rescue, solely to be knocked unconscious himself by an explosion.
That’s the place it ends, in fact, however let’s return to In-ah and that DNA report for a minute. That was what made her ditch her personal wedding ceremony, and apparently her father despatched it hoping for that actual end result. (Additionally, she claims she’s right here to assist Hee-joo, not supplant her, and I actually hope she means it.) The household entanglement additionally appears to contain some nice wrongdoing on Chairman Baek’s half and a contract granting Hee-joo’s stepfather something he desires from the Baek household. So it’s an excellent factor our couple have one another to lean on, as a result of I’ve a sense the very individuals who compelled them collectively within the first place will quickly strive their hardest to tear them aside for good.
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