Dirt Cheap — Chapter 6
Dialogue Transcript
Dialogue Transcript Dirt Cheap — Chapter 6 64
TAKE IT, EUN-SOO.
WHAT ARE YOU JUST STANDING THERE FOR?
IT'S NOT LIKE I TOLD YOU TO CRAWL.
I DON'T WANT TO LET HIM TOY WITH ME.
AH. YOU'RE NO FUN.
GUESS IT ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU.
WANT ME TO THROW IT OUT FOR YOU?
...DON'T!
DON'T?
HE'S THE KIND OF MAN WHO REALLY WOULD CRUSH THE BRUSH BEYOND RECOGNITION.
I HAVE NO CHOICE. I HAVE TO SWALLOW MY PRIDE AND BACK DOWN.
BECAUSE I HAVE TO PROTECT THIS BRUSH.
I NEED TO TAKE THE BRUSH QUICKLY.
AND HEAD STRAIGHT BACK TO MY HOSPITAL ROOM.
I CAN’T GET TANGLED UP WITH A THUG LIKE HIM ANY LONGER.
MANAGING DIRECTOR, MY FOOT. HE'S NOTHING BUT A GANGSTER...
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM...?!
I BOWED TO HIM JUST AS HE WANTED. I HUMBLED MYSELF JUST AS HE WISHED.
I CAN'T LET MYSELF BE TOYED WITH ANYMORE.
OF ALL PLACES, RIGHT THERE...
IF I HAD ACTED LIKE A GENTLEMAN...
...WOULD YOU HAVE WALKED WITH ME WHEN I ASKED?
WHY IS HE ASKING ME THAT?
HOW FAR AM I SUPPOSED TO TOLERATE SUCH SHAMELESSNESS, WHEN HE BARES HIS FANGS INSTEAD OF APOLOGIZING?
NO. I WOULDN'T. NOT WITH YOU...
THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. NOT NOW, NOT EVER.
NEITHER WALKING TOGETHER,
NOR MARRIAGE.
BECAUSE I WILL NEVER DO EITHER.
IT FEELS AS IF SHAME IS WEIGHING DOWN BOTH MY FEET.
THIS ILLNESS KEEPING ME LOCKED INSIDE...
...HAS NEVER FELT MORE SICKENING THAN IT DOES RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO BEG.
I WANT TO GET OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
TRULY, NOT LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
THE DAY BEFORE MOM LEFT THIS WORLD...
...WAS AN ORDINARY DAY.
GO UPSTAIRS TO YOUR ROOM, NOW.
EVEN IF IT GETS LOUD, DON'T COME DOWN.
THOUGH IT WAS A FAMILIAR ROUTINE THAT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH,
THAT DAY TOO, I PRAYED TO A NAMELESS GOD FOR MOM TO BE SAFE.
EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENED, I MADE A VOW.
I WOULD NEVER MARRY A MAN LIKE MY FATHER.
I ENGRAVED IT INTO MY HEART LIKE A CREED.
LISTEN CAREFULLY TO MOM FROM NOW ON.
MOM IS GOING TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW.
...WHAT ABOUT ME?
I WANT TO TAKE YOU WITH ME, EUN-SOO. BUT IF YOUR FATHER CATCHES US, MOM WILL...
...MOM WILL DIE.
I STILL WANT TO GO. I'M COMING WITH YOU...
TAKE ME WITH YOU.
BELIEVING THAT IF I, WHOM SHE LOVED, WENT WITH HER, SHE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO BRING HERSELF TO DIE.
CLINGING TO THE SELFISH DESIRE TO KEEP MOM ALIVE, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
I JOINED HER ON THAT DESPERATE ESCAPE, EVEN KNOWING DEATH MIGHT BE WAITING AT OUR DESTINATION.
MISS!
MISS!
ARE YOU WITH ME?
WHO AM I? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
MRS. CHOO...
YES, I'M RIGHT HERE. WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO GO OUT THERE ALL OF A SUDDEN, HM?
YOU GAVE ME SUCH A FRIGHT.
I...
I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE...
Chapter Summary
Dirt Cheap Chapter 6 opens with Eun-soo forced to swallow her pride and submit to protect the brush she treasures. Unwilling to be toyed with, Eun-soo feels anger and humiliation toward the man who threatens to throw away the brush, seeing him as a thug and gangster. She firmly refuses to walk together and rejects marriage while hating how her illness has confined her to the hospital. The chapter connects to the memory of her escape just before her mother's death, recalling her vow never to marry a man like her father, and ends with Mrs. Choo finding her collapsed.