Mark pulled a chair over from the dining table and sat opposite Detective Jun who sat on the couch. She placed her phone on the coffee table and Mark glanced down at it, noticing it was voice recording.

“Sorry, I just need to message my friend and tell him I might be late, do you mind?” Mark asked politely.

“Not at all. You're friend is?” Detective Jun asked.

“Jaehyun.” He replied as he texted him. The detective showed up, so I'll come when she's left.

He popped his phone back in his pocket and returned his attention to the detective.

“First, I would like to ask you about the attack yesterday morning.” Detective Jun asked. “Can you explain what happened Mark?”

“Well, this guy came up from behind me and blindfolded me. I tried to fight back but he punched me in the stomach. Then he just kept punching me and kicking me.” Mark explained.

“And you mentioned that he said something to you?” Detective Jun questioned.

“Yeah, he said that if I fought back that he'd do the same to me as he did to Doyoung.” He replied.

“So you did what he said?” She probed.

“Well yeah, I mean he was already beating the shit out of me. I didn't want to end up in hospital like Doyoung.” Mark scoffed.

“Why do you think he did this?” She asked him,  keeping a steady gaze on him.

Mark frowned at her. “What do you mean?”

“I'm going to disclose this piece of information only to you, Mark, but Doyoung was sexually assaulted. Why do you think he did that to Doyoung but stopped at beating you up?” She asked.

Mark made sure he looked shocked at the news that Doyoung was sexually assaulted. “He was what?! Holy shit.” He ran his hands through his hair and then noticed Detective Jun was watching him, as if analysing his every move. “I don't know why he did that. How would I know?” He said, feeling the need to defend himself.

Detective Jun sighed and gave him an unimpressed look. “I'm going to be frank, you are my main suspect in this Mark.” She leaned forward with her elbows resting on her knees and looked into his eyes as she spoke to him. “Doyoung has said that it was you, along with your friends, Lucas and Jaehyun who attacked him in the bathroom that day. I have a second witness who was at the scene at the time who can also verify this. Your classmates all seem to be pointing the finger at you too. How do you explain this?”

Mark was starting to panic. Maybe he hadn't thought things through properly. Detective Jun was pulling his carefully devised plan apart right before his eyes.

“That's just because they don't like me!” He retorted.

“Because you bully and harass them?” She countered, raising her eyebrows.

“No!” He stood up, his chest rising and falling as he breathed heavily and stared wide-eyed at the calm detective before him.

“Mark, it's only a matter of time before I have enough evidence to arrest you and bring you in for formal questioning.” She said calmly.

“I want you to leave, now.” Mark said, staring at her darkly.

He pointed towards the door and watched her as she silently stood up, picked up her phone off the table and walked towards the door. She opened it but turned back to face him.

“I would contact my parents if I were you. To let them know of the situation.” She advised before shutting the door behind her.

“What the fuck!” Mark shouted into the now empty room. He placed his hands on his head and paced back and forth, trying to figure some way out of this fucked up situation.

His mind raced as he thought through all his options. There was absolutely no way in hell he was contacting his parents. He would rather die than to have them find out everything. But, the detective said that it was only a matter of time. That must mean she didn't have enough evidence just yet. That also meant that the pipe they had left couldn't be traced back to them. In hindsight it was a stupid mistake to have left it but who cares if it doesn't count as evidence against them?

Mark suddenly stopped. He took a breath in and slowly exhaled, his lips pulling up into a dark grin.

It was time for phase two. Sooner rather than later.