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"Is anyone there?"
On the terrace overlooking the ocean, Yoo-jin looks back at the voice.
Someone stands behind her.
She gazes at the figure she has never forgotten.
The sea breeze ruffles her hair.
"Anyone ...?"
He speaks once more to the unknown visitor who he can't see.
She just stands there ,hearing his familiar voice, feeling something has clearly changed.
Tears welles up, making her eyes blurry.
Joon-sang's invisible eyes behind the sunglasses slowly move, thinking of the person who has not responded.
He asks her in a whisper.
"Yoo-jin....is that you?"
Yoo-jin's trembling voice continues.
"Is that you ... Joon-sang"
The sound of waves gently fills two of them.
"Yoo-jin" he murmurs her name.
All she can do is standing there while tears spill over, thinking if she may be dreaming.
Joon-sang's eyes are also moist with tears.
They can't move.
A voice comes from the doorway.
"Sir? Can't you find what you're looking for?"
It's the driver of the cart, sticking out his head.
As he sees Joon-sang and a stranger standing on the terrace in an unusual way, he is puzzled .
"Well... Um..." he quips, looking troubled.
" Oh, I'm sorry..."
Joon-sang turns toward the voice.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. I have a visitor coming to see me."
Feeling something strange about the expression "visitor," he continues:
"Can you wait a little longer?"
The driver with gentle face says anxiously.
"I don't mind waiting, sir. I'm afraid you'll miss the boat ."
Joon-sang gets the situation, mumbling, "Yes"
Yoo-jin learns that he have to leave soon, but she can do nothing.
After thinking for a moment, Joon-sang says to the doorway where his driver may be.
'We're going to have to reschedule. Could you go to the dock alone and bring someone with you. I'll wait here..."
The driver blinks in confusion.
"Well...does it mean you won't get the next boat?"
Nodding slightly, Joon-sang says "yes".
The driver thinks for a moment and nods.
"Yes, sir. May I unload your luggage?"
"Thank you"
The elderly driver goes to the vehicle.
"I'm sorry, Joon-sang."
Hearing her voice, Joon-sang turns around.
He shakes his head with a kind face, relieved her apology means her sorry for the change of his today's plan.
The driver, bringing the luggage, leaves it at the doorstep and says:
"Could you tell me about the person who is coming to the dock? A male or a female?
"A male, a little older than me. His name is Kim Hyuk-soo. He had accompanied me back to Seoul. I'll call and tell him the situation."
"I see", says the driver, bows, and turns around to leave.
After the rhythmic, distinctive sound of the cart's engine gradually fades away, Yoo-jin comes to her senses, standing still.
Once again, the sound of the waves surrounds them.
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.* Winter Sonata *..
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