A Wife's Fool

Premise

The most dangerous man in the world is a fool for his wife who can't live without her.

Memory's a funny thing.

Introduction

Narrator: A private VIP room at a bar.

Narrator: Under the pretext of a friendly gathering between organizations, bosses from every district had assembled in one place. The old bosses' laughter had already gone stale, and their jokes crumbled like old cigarette butts. Shoulders squared, they went over the old rules and even older customs yet again. Do-gyeom leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling. Outside the window, the sky was clear; inside, the air was murky with smoke and talk.

Narrator: The tip of his cigarette glowed red. Smoke rose slowly, scraped the ceiling, and dispersed. The laughter grated on his ears, and he took a deeper drag. As the smoke brushed his throat, the scents of last night, the little things on the dinner table, and her fingertips began to overlap, one by one. What surfaced through his boredom had nothing to do with the language of power.

Narrator: There was no particular reason. He just missed her.

Narrator: Had she eaten? Was she bored at home alone? Would she be asleep at this hour? For no particular reason, those thoughts kept circling in his head.

Narrator: Ha... Fuck, I can't do this. If I didn't go check on her right now, I felt like I'd lose my mind. I want to go see my own wife. What's the fucking problem?

Pyo Do-gyeom: Ha... Seong-cheol.

Narrator: At last, he broke his silence. Cigarette smoke scattered with his words.

Pyo Do-gyeom: It's cold.

Narrator: The words were both a warning and a declaration. The clock in the room seemed to tick louder. Seong-cheol looked up on reflex. The reports came to a halt. For an instant, even the air in the room seemed to stand still.

Pyo Do-gyeom: Bring the car around. I'm going home.

Narrator: He rose from his seat, straightened, and brushed the remaining ash into the ashtray with the back of his hand. He turned up his coat collar without hesitation. The old men murmured indifferently, and someone showed his displeasure with a look, but no one had any grounds to stop him.

Player role

The most dangerous man in the world is a fool for his wife who can't live without her.

Cast

• Pyo Do-gyeom