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Mom, I'm starting.

Okay, let's do this.

Missed child Kim Hye Na's birth mom is claiming

that kidnapper, Kang Soo Jin, is Cha Yeong Sin's adopted daughter.

Is this true?

My regret is... that I couldn't give birth to Soo Jin myself.

But that's true, she is my daughter.

Then for what reason have you volunteered to do this interview?

Hye Na's mom asserts

that my Soo Jin is spoiled, growing up as a lavish daughter of an actress,

and she even coveted "an only child of a poor family" and stole her away.

I wanted to reveal that was not true.

I would like to talk about what kind of person my Soo Jin is... as her mom.

Kang Soo Jin, I am arresting you without a warrant on suspicion of kidnapping a minor.

Whatever you say from now can be used against you in court.

You may hire a lawyer and...

What are you doing? Get Hye Na in the car.

Hye Na, come on. Let's go.

Yoon Bok. Yoon Bok.

No. No!

Speaking of my Soo Jin,

due to domestic violence, her birth mom couldn't raise her,

so she was put in an orphanage.

Still, her self-esteem was stronger than anyone else's.

Her individuality is so strong that she won't compromise it for anyone.

- I tried to raise and control her in my own way, - Oh dear, Soo Jin.

but there was no use.

Soo Jin was abandoned under a tree at the entrance of an orphanage

and she always remembers how she looked that moment.

As how she was back then,

she brought herself up as a courageous, lonely lady while remaining poor.

Yoon Bok!

That Soo Jin lent her hand to a child.

Yoon Bok!

Mom!

Mom-m!

There are people who think that you have to give birth to a child to become a mother,

woman becoming a mother,

is when you give everything up for a tiny being.

Hye Na's mom just gave birth to a child but she is no mother.

But, my Soo Jin is the real mother.

Mom! Mom-m!

Yoon Bok!

By the way, Mom.. I love you.

Really? I love you too.

~ Mother / Call Me Mother ~

So, to stage her death, did you send her to the port?

Yes.

Why did you do that?

Did you feel sorry for her?

Did you think that something would go wrong if you had just left her as she was?

Wait, Detective.

My bag..

The one that I was carrying?

- Where is it now? - Pardon?

That's Yoon Bok-

No.. It's Hye Na's.

You have to give it to Hye Na.

There is a change of her clothes, her toys, her snacks.

Kyeong Seok, where is the bag?

We took it in as a evidence.

When you look inside you will know.

Clothes, toys. Those are not mine. They all belong to Hye Na.

Can you send it to Hye Na, please?

Hye Na...

where is she sent to?

You must be Hye Na? I was waiting for you.

My name is Yoon Bok. Kim Yoon Bok.

Oh? Your name...

Kim Hye Na

Teacher, can you call the police?

Did you bring the wrong kid?

Yes, Director.

Don't say anything today.

After sleeping in the detention center tonight, we can talk tomorrow with refreshed minds.

Don't worry too much.

Let's do our best and get "not guilty."

Can I...

get a " not guilty" verdict?

An act out of necessity. A justifiable act.

There are more than enough reasons to commit a criminal act.

If you write a reflection statement and get a petition, we might be able to pull through it.

I don't think I can do that.

I won't write a reflection statement.

Don't get a petition, either.

I will pay for my sin.

Did you call me?

Oh, my Detective Lee! What a tenacious brat!

Once you bite a thing, you don't let go of it.

Let's sit.

Have a drink.

What's wrong with you?

Whoa. You killed two birds with one stone.

You put the biological mother and the kidnapper in the jail.

Wait, you found the child safely too. Is it killing three birds with one stone?

When you get promoted to a position in the central office, then it will make four birds with one stone.

Is the investigation going well? There is no issue, right?

She confessed how she planned to kidnap the child,

I've confirmed about her plan to go abroad with the child as well.

But she won't say why she did it.

Why is that so important?

You caught her red-handed. You got her confession.

You found the child intact too.

Just transfer this case to the prosecutor's office.

I... was curious of that reason, that's why I chased her to the end.

Why did you call yourself Yoon Bok, Hye Na?

Because I like Yoon Bok better than Hye Na.

Oh. I have taken care of so many kids for past 25 years,

I remember and called them by their names.

It's because one's name is so precious.

You can't become some other child besides Hye Na.

so you should treasure your name and love it.

Do you understand, Hye Na?

I've been thinking.

I'd like to have a trial with jury participation.

Pardon?

I don't think that is a good idea because public opinion is not favorable to you now.

Before we even get to start a trial, the public opinion's trial is already decided (that you're guilty).

It's better to argue legal principles.

Attorney! I have something I must say to the public.

Even I get beaten to death, I must say it before I die.

What is it?

People say that I was blinded because of a man.

But you know, I just hated and was scared of being left with my child and me, just two of us in this world.

Oppa was the only one who stayed by my side then.

If you were in my shoes, what would you have done?

Do you think you could have done any better?

Ok. Let's try it.

What moves the people's heart is the story-telling after all.

If you are that serious,

we can give it a try.

Hye Na, I will wait for you here.

Are you going to be okay?

Okay. Restroom

Yoon Bok. If you opened this letter,

that means we have been separated.

You must have been very startled. You must have been very scared.

Did you not get hurt?

From now on, you will be meeting a lot of strangers.

People would be asking you various things.

Hye Na!

Is something wrong? Do you need me to help you with anything?

Nothing.

They would make you do things you don't want.

And they may ask you to talk about things that you don't want to talk about.

That's why Mom is writing you a letter.

So that you will remember Mom.

So that you will remember how precious of a child you were to me.

Then it would be easy for you to be strong.

You would be able to straighten your shoulders and look at people in their eyes with confidence,

as long as you can remember how much I love you.

Hye Na,

do you want me to call you Yoon Bok?

When no one is around, when it's just the two of us?

It's okay, Teacher.

Even if everyone calls me Hye Na,

I am really Yoon Bok... at least to one person.

She's coming out.

Wait! Wait!

Why did you kidnap the child?

Did you kidnap her because you remembered being abused as a child?

Please say a few words! [The suspect for kidnapping Kim Hey Na was arrested.]

Is there something you'd like to say? Please say something! [The suspect for kidnapping Kim Hye Na was arrested.]

We, the Muryeong investigation headquarters,

regarding the kidnapping case of Kim Hye Na that happened last January 17,

arrested Suspect Kang for violating the Act on Special Cases concerning the punishment, etc. of Child Abuse Crimes,

and the Act on the aggravated punishment for Child Welfare Personnel etc.,

and suspicion of intent to transport the child abroad.

Last January 17,

we got a report that this child had gone missing.

And we conducted a thorough search around the area where Kim Hye Na had gone missing,

also, in order to rescue the kidnapped child Miss Kim as fast as possible,

we put Amber Alert in effect.

Furthermore, for an open investigation to get the public cooperation, detectives,

regional police, riot police, and etc, we put a force of more than 250 people to be...

How is the atmosphere?

It's not bad. First, the reaction from Noonim's interview was good.

The articles are being published in that direction.

About the reason why Soo Jin had no other choice but to do such a thing.

Well... Related to her personal history.

"As a person, I can understand," "it could happen."

most of the internet comments says like that.

That's right. And on top of that, Hyeon Jin

wrote an article about the other crimes Lee Seol Ak committed.

It seems like the story would be wrapped up like this.

A heroine who had a trauma

rescued a child from a child abuser.

But I'm worried about mom.

She keeps on insisting that she should attend court as a witness for the trial of Sin Ja Yeong.

No, never.

Her condition worsens each day.

That trial is so important.

I must testify.

They need to know what kind of person Hye Na's mother is

so people would understand why Soo Jin did that.

How could the trial be more important than your health?

I can never allow you to do more than reading a book or having a conversation.

We need to win the trial so that I will be healthy.

You could collapse in trial with your condition.

Dr. Jeong, being a mom

means to sacrifice your life while raising your child.

Giving birth and raising kids is an action contrary to your own well-being.

Though I don't know how much of my life is left

I need to use that for my Soo Jin.

Hye Na is easy (to deal with).

She's not a child who would tell other people that I hit her.

I can say I hit her but she wouldn't say it.

But she lies to cover it up even without being told.

I heard there was a recorded file of Hye Na's testimony that Kang Soo Jin sent to Teacher Song Nye Yeon.

Hey Na did that because Kang Soo Jin orderd her to!

But she won't be able to say it in front of other people.

Then the big problem would be

about Lee Seol Ak.

Have you read the article?

The missing child's biological mother and partner in Muryeong. Their two ugly faces!

It seems like the reporter did thorough research.

About Lee Seol Ak's past women.

All those women had children

and those children died one by one.

Among those, there is the testimony of the mother of Lee Won who died recently.

Kang Hyeon Jin..?

Isn't she crazy?

She came to ask me questions from the beginning of the case, that's why I answered. How dare she wrote an article like this?

This woman got money from Kang Soo Jin for sure or...!

So, you really did not know

that Lee Seol Ak abused Hye Na,

that he murdered all those children and that he kidnapped Hye Na

to harm her on that night.

Hye Na knows about me. About the women that I was with

About the children of those women and what happened to them.

Just send a picture. And until tomorrow...

if they don't send 500 million then Hye Na will die, calling out the name of Kang Soo Jin.

How would I know? Oppa never hurt Hye Na even once.

Attorney, the one who kidnapped Hye Na was Kang Soo Jin.

Oppa was just trying to bring Hye Na back to me.

Oh! Kang Hyeon Jin, it's your third exclusive article.

I thought you were lucky at first.

I mean.. An amateur fisher who throws his fishing rod roughly could end up with a huge fish. ("Hitting the jackpot")

Hyeon Jin digged into this case from the beginning. She even went to Muryeong to interview the biological mother.

The police has started to move because of her article about Lee Seol Ak.

The flow of the investigation has been changed.

This is the effect of investigative journalism.

How is Hye Na? Is she doing well?

I'm not sure.

It seems like she's doing well and sometimes not.

She seems to be doing well during the day.

She eats well and plays with friends well.

But at night, it seems like she can't sleep and wanders around.

I heard she keeps waking up because of a nightmare.

What does the counselor say?

She said they would start talking when Hye Na is prepared.

When she gets into the counseling room, all she does is play with sand for the whole 50 minutes.

She said it's also her first time seeing such a child.

Yoon Bok, getting along with other children is easier than you thought.

To a child who needs help, ask if he needs help.

You can do it.

To the child who is playing alone, ask if he would want to play together.

Do you want to play with Noona?

To the crying children,

tell them 'it's okay.'

It's okay.

The hardest part is... staying well yourself.

I'm sorry I can't be with you for that time.

I am very very sorry.

At those times, I read a book.

If only I could read a book, I wasn't lonely.

Writing can be a good way, too.

Ask for a notebook and pen, try writing a diary,

regarding not only your favorite things, but also what you hate and what you are afraid of.

Write down everything including things you can't tell others.

And... keep in mind,

"someday, we will be able to meet again."

Hye Na.

Can you talk about the time you lived with your mom?

Your mom... did she ever hit you?

I was told I don't need to talk about things I don't like to talk about.

I understand that you don't want to talk about it.

But soon, there would be a trial for your mom.

If your mom did something wrong to you

or perhaps she tried to hurt you. We need to know.

And for that, you need to tell us.

Then... would mom get punished?

That would depend on what you would say.

I... won't say anything.

It seems like you are worried that your mom might get punished.

But, if you don't tell me

your mom will not get any punishment and be released.

then... you might end up living with her.

Do you want that?

You visited Hye Na and the accused at their home

and you also requested help from the Child Counseling Center for an investigation.

As a result, the police paid a home visit and interviewed them.

In that process, at least once

has Hye Na mentioned her mom hitting her

or find any evidence of child abuse?

No, but...

That will be all.

But, I have a recording that teacher Kang Soo Jin sent.

There, Hye Na mentions in detail how her mother has been hitting her.

That was the recorded after Kang Soo Jin had kidnapped Hye Na.

It is not admissible as an evidence because it was not recorded under a credible circumstance.

Sustained.

But, Your Honor,

Hye Na mentioned about Sin Ja Young's boyfriend, Lee Seol Ak, during the recording.

The biological mother and her boyfriend of missing child in Muryeong. Their two ugly faces!

There was an allegation that Lee Seok Ak murdered children of his two previous girlfriends.

It is already published on the newspaper and proved to be true.

Whether Lee Seol Ak committed murders or not

has no connection with the current case.

Why did Won died?

Your son, Won, why did he die?

Won, while I went to work,

was playing on the balcony and climbed up a pot

and fell from the fourth floor.

You say that to others but you should say the truth to me.

The truth that you wanted Won to disappear.

No!

Oppa, you said

Lee Seol Ak enjoyed throwing a baseball at my Won.

He threw the ball at the innocent five year old with all his might.

Once

the ball hit just above Won's eye and he got 10 stitches at the emergency room.

It was diagnosed as an orbital fracture.

Then, I said to the emergency doctor there

"My Won

got hit by a baseball while he was walking pass the playground."

I am sure it happened to Hye Na too.

She probably said that she got hit by a baseball on the street and burst her eardrum.

Your Honor, the witness is trying to connect entirely unrelated facts with the present case.

To be here today, I have sacrificed a lot.

It's okay even if I have to face a police investigation

as a mother who killed her child.

But, I wanted to speak out.

Hye Na's mom

You knew

what Lee Seol Ak did to Hye Na.

You knew it all.

I... I know you.

Oppa told me about you from time to time.

He told me that your child was so noisy and made things difficult for you

and that you became happy after your child's death.

Seeing you now,

it seems like it was really true.

Courtroom

Can you imagine what I felt when I received that picture on my cell phone?

Sin Ja Yeong called me and threatened me that she could not guarantee her daughter's life

if I didn't give her 500 million Won.

The accused received the said photograph from the diseased Lee Seol Ak

and therefore didn't even know where Kim Hye Na was.

Therefore, it has to be seen not as a threat to harm Hye Na

but as the accused's expression of worry

that she didn't know what will happen to Hye Na.

Look at that picture.

Look at Hye Na's tied hands and feet as well as her facial expression.

They already wounded the child's emotions and soul.

If they had no intention to harm the child, why would they send that horrible photograph to me?

Because you made me suffer

so I wanted to return that suffering to you.

You have everything, but you took away the only thing that belonged to me.

When I went to get Hye Na at your place,

Hye Na got down from a nice car in front of a nice house wearing nice clothes

and she didn't even budge an inch when I begged her to come home with me.

Isn't a poor mother

as qualified as a rich mother to raise a child?

500 million?

It's big money.

I have never dreamed of touching such big money in my life.

Or rather, I never believed that anyone would give away such a large amount of money for someone else's child.

What I wanted

was to give you the pain of choosing money over the child.

And to smirk at you when you do that. That was all.

Hye Na is not a commodity owned by you.

No child is OWNED by its mother.

You have no right to smirk at my daughter Kang Soo Jin.

What kind of a mother uses her child

to get her revenge? You're worse than an animal.

Noonim!

Noonim!

Mom!

- Mom! Mom! - Please call an ambulance.

Mom!

It's that woman! She's the Reporter Kang Hyeon Jin.

Didn't I tell you that I felt she was bribed by Kang Soo Jin?

But I was wrong!

She was Kang Soo Jin's sister! Cha Yeong Sin's daughter!

These are the malicious articles

that the Reporter Kang Hyeon Jin has been writing against my client during this time.

These articles manipulated public opinion and changed the direction of the investigation.

Kidnapper Kang Soo Jin hired an expensive lawyer to prepare her trial

and misled the public using her family. But all the while, my economically deprived client

is being framed as a child abuser and a kidnapper despite having gone through the pain of losing her child to them.

And she is facing an unfair court trial.

Cha Yeong Sin survived the critical stage.

Still, she got a lot weaker than we imagined.

Right now she could fall in a critical stage anytime again.

I heard that you are going to dismiss your attorney.

Because I could not convince myself

what is the point of defending myself.

You have to come out and see your mother.

Your mother will hang in there.

She will try to no matter what.

But she is not strong. You have to give her strength.

It's so...

hard.

- I know. - No.

You don't know.

But if you gather a bit more strength...

You can't understand.

Her face is lit up. Looks like she's doing well.

- Right? Even we got almost fooled. - Eh?

In truth, Hye Na is hurt more than any other children here.

According to the examinations, due to the results of continuous anxiety,

Hye Na shows the symptoms of depression or other disorders.

But the biggest problem is that Hye Na is not able to acknowledge that she is sick.

She's replacing her painful reality with pleasant emotions.

Like we try to think of good things when we are sad or depressed.

When she first came here she said her name was "Yoon Bok" and not "Hye Na".

Ah... Yoon Bok...

That's the name that she was given by her kidnapper Kang Soo Jin.

Perhaps Hye Na wanted to be Yoon Bok forever.

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Ahjussi, who are you?

Huh? Someone asked me to deliver your bag to you.

My mom... is she doing well?

Yeah. She's thinking a lot about you.

I also think about her everyday.

I... caught... your mom, Teacher Kang Soo Jin.

I... the truth is, I did it to find you.

I was afraid that something bad happened to you.

I also always carried your photo with me.

To show people.

My mom... will she be going to jail now?

That... no one knows.

In the trial, they will consider everything before deciding such as:

'Why Teacher Kang Soo Jin took you?'

'If she did it to save you?'

"If she did it to save you, how dangerous was the situation you were in."

"Was it to the point you almost died?"

"Or just to the point you were just a bit hurt."

That... only you and Teacher Kang Soo Jin know.

Chooncheon District Court

Kang Soo Jin was so worried about the child Kim Hye Na that she was not in her right mind on that evening.

However, because she had to leave for Iceland a few days after

she asked me to verify the child's safety.

Witness, are you powerful?

- Pardon? - Or do you have a lot of time?

What do you mean?

I am just wondering, If the defendant is so worried about the child,

why did she ask you to look after the child's safety and not the police?

Will you be able to secure the child's safety?

No.

Then... the defendant asked you to protect the child's safety instead of the police.

Do you think it was appropriate?

That's all.

Excuse me. The point of my testimony was the pure intention of the defendant taking the child.

Judge

You can cross-exam the witness.

I won't... cross-exam.

Defense attorney, please come forward.

Why have you been doing this since earlier? You are not cross-examining the witnesses at all.

My apology, Your Honor.

The defendant is deeply reflecting on her crime

and does not want to defend herself.

If she is reflecting on her crime then she should explain why she did it logically.

But the thing is, if I cross-exam, she said she would fire me.

I apologize.

If the defendant's motive

was to save Kim Hye Na from harm as an act of necessity,

she would report to the police

or take the child out of the situation,

then she should have asked for help of the professional authorities later.

However, the defendant prepared meticulously for days to make it appear that the child died.

She quit her job and liquidated her assets

and got rid of her cellphone and fled with the child.

Do you think this is a rational action?

No. Witness

What about what she did afterwards?

While she was on the run with the child, Soo Jin obtained a forged passport and initiated leaving the country illegally.

She brought Kim Hye Na into a more dangerous situation and crime.

Don't you think so?

Yes. That's true.

So, rather than rescuing the child

we can see Soo Jin took the minor away from the current protected circumstance,

to put the child under her own control.

So in short, don't you see she intended to turn the minor into her own possession?

Witness, as a police officer who interrogated the defendant,

you can testify on the things that you experienced.

Questioning about motivation of defendant was a part of police's investigation.

Your Honor.

I thought hard about the defendant's motivation myself.

The defendant kidnapped the child and did not threaten the guardian nor requested a ransom.

Her only motive was to take the child and disappear.

That seems to be the only thing. Why did she do that?

Witness

Most of the people that I met during the investigation

said that the defendant and Kim Hye Na seemed like real mother-daughter.

If so, if that is true...

Then if the defendant gave a real mother-daughter relationship to Kim Hye Na,

if Soo Jin acted and felt like Hye Na's mom for real...

then why did the defendant desperately run away with Kim Hye Na

while risking a tremendous consequence in her life?

I think it explains it somewhat.

Rise!

Attorney.

Please relay this.

Mom, are you well?

I am well.

[Resignation]

When did you find out?

When I went to Muryeong and the detective in-charge gave me the flyer.

Then... you should have brought that (resignation) then. Why did you act on your own?

I'm sorry.

Seriously.

I know it's too much to say, but as a reporter I tried my best to write it as accurate and fairly as I could.

What's the use? No one believes your articles.

You ended up helping Sin Ja Yeong.

As for your resignation, it will be processed immediately.

For all this time, thank you.

You punk! Do you know what you have done?

You... now you won't be able to be a reporter anywhere.

Ahjussi. I quit.

Now I think I can't be a reporter anymore.

Where are you?

In the parking lot.

What floor?

Basement 2nd floor.

Why are you there? Your car is in the basement 3rd floor.

Huh?

B24. It's in the basement 3rd floor B24.

Because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find your car, I followed you.

You take after your mom.

You can't drive because you're not in right mind.

It's called a video link system. While a child is testifying, the video will be played in the court.

Though the child can't see us, we can question her.

That's great.

Hye Na is a smart child so she must know that I can hear her when she talks.

If we use this public sentiment well, we might even hope for an acquittal.

What is important is not getting acquitted

but people sympathizing with me.

Hye Na, I'm sorry but I will ask you a few questions.

Yes.

Has your mom, by any chance, ever hit you?

Yes.

Would you please tell us when and how, as much as you can remember?

I don't want to.

Then Ahjussi will tell you a few stories. Would you just tell me whether the stories are right or wrong?

On December 12, 2017, did your mom push you from the stairs?

On December 16, 2017, did your mom hit you with a cart at a supermarket?

On December 20, 2017...

Ahjussi, I don't want to talk about those things.

Why not?

My mom had such a hard time because of me.

That's why she hit me.

When she hit me, she was very upset, too.

And thinking about it makes me feel very upset.

That's why I don't want to talk about it.

Hye Na.

But I will tell you just one thing.

It was a very cold day last year.

Uncle scared me

and had me put Mom's lipstick on my lips.

He pressed me hard and Mom walked in.

Mom!

Mom hit me, saying I was dirty

and she put me in a trash bag and poured trash over my head.

And she threw me away outside.

Mom! Mom!

Hey, on a day like today, the kid will die if left outside.

Let's go watch a movie. I have a movie that I want to watch.

Don't you understand what I'm saying? When we come back from the movies, this kid will be dead.

I don't care! I would rather that actually happened.

Mom...

At that time, I would have died

if Teacher Kang Soo Jin hadn't come to get me.

What do you think about the trial verdict?

Are you going to appeal?

Is the child's testimony true?

Do you think the public opinion has been manipulated?

Please say something!

Do you still think it was an unfair trial?

Please say a few words!

Did you plan this with Mr. Lee Seol Ak?

Please tell us!

How did you feel then?

Chuncheon District Criminal Court Part 14 sentenced Ms. Sin, the biological mother,

to 7 years in prison on charges of reckless and habitual child abuse as defined under the Child Welfare Act,

attempted murder, and violations of the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes

and the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes.

The court also...

It worked out well.

Yes, aigo, it worked out.

It really worked out well.

What worked out well?

What did, huh?

It was the result of the court

allowing the prosecution to charge her with an additional count of attempted murder.

The court also accepted the charge of attempted murder and handed down a heavy sentence to her.

The court hearing the case opined the reason behind such a heavy sentence

as follows: the child victim was cruelly abused by her own mother,

who ought to have loved and protected her child more than anybody else,

and put in an urgent situation that could have led to the child's death. Even though the defendant's acts did not ultimately cause death,

considering the mental and physical anguish the child victim suffered

they amounted to a crime as serious as a murder.

Hye Na, the trial result is out.

Your testimony was taken into consideration and she got a jail term.

Now, you don't have to live with your mom.

What's wrong? Are you okay?

Soo Jin,

I'm so disappointed in you.

Are you not going to see Yoon Bok in the future?

Right now, the only one Yoon Bok can count on is you.

And what are you doing now?

You have to fight for yourself.

When Yoon Bok comes to

know about you, later,

don't you want to be able to feel dignified before her?

I am sorry.

But right now...

I don't have any strength to fight.

Eat a lot and exercise. Those are things you can easily manage even in a detention center.

That's what I did in prison.

Just in case I would see you later.

So that I won't be a disgrace to you,

every day, I used all the energy I could muster to raise myself up.

You can do it too. Because you are a mom.

Defendant, for the last time, do you have anything to say for yourself?

I...

never wanted to become a mom.

Because after I was abandoned at the age of 6, under a tree in front of an orphanage, for a very long time

I lived blaming my mother and missing her at the same time.

For that reason, I was not confident enough to bear the burden of motherhood.

So why did someone like me suddenly take Hye Na and run away?

In truth, I... Even before I saw Hye Na discarded in a trash bag

Even before I saw her

wearing thin clothes and wandering the streets by herself at night,

Where are you hurt?

Even before I saw Hye Na hiding her legs

full of wounds and lying that she liked her mom very much,

I wanted to take her and run away even long before that.

I fell from the stairs too.

Because I was Hye Na

who was hit and strangled by the man

living with my mother.

And because my mother killed that man

and ran way, holding my hand when I was six,

because I knew so well how Hye Na felt...

But I

really did not know it would be this painful.

Before I knew it, I became a mom and Hye Na became my child.

But leaving Hye Na behind and turning away,

having to do the thing I feared the most in the world

to my child with my own hands...

It is so very painful.

Mom!

You asked me why I did not ask for the help of the police or people around me.

Maybe I should have done that.

But Hye Na needed immediate protection.

I hated to repeatedly explain to strangers what had happened to Hye Na.

And before I knew it, I began to hate

the idea of letting go of Hye Na's hand and letting her ride the police car to an unknown place.

More than anything, I personally wanted to hold

the trembling child as soon as possible, as long as possible.

Prosecutor

Defense Attorney

I am sorry for being so greedy.

I have caused troubles to many people.

Even as I was on the run, I was continuously sorry and thankful.

Even if you punish me heavily, I will gladly bear it.

However,

no matter how much I think about it,

even if I think about it again and again,

if I can turn back the clock and return to that time,

I think I will hold her hand and run away again.

Noona, your tooth fell out.

Now... one, two, three!

Noona, what did you wish for? I wished that I can eat corn every day.

It's a secret.

Why?

♪ Don't ask what my secret is ♪

We sentence Defendant Kang Soo Jin

to a suspended jail term of 18 months and two year stay of execution.

♪ You can say that ♪

♪ On the day you smiled the first time we met ♪

♪ I realized that the star was always there ♪

♪ Even if I can have anything in the world, without you ♪

Hye Na, Teacher Kang Soo Jin had a trial today.

She doesn't need to go to jail.

She will return home now.

It's a relief, isn't it?

♪ Nothing can make me fear ♪

Yes.

You are here?

You must have worried a lot because of me, Mom.

I am so grateful that you are released so early.

I am going to pick myself up quickly too.

I am going to take care of you from today.

No, you just go home.

Yes, you should go home for today.

It's my turn today, Unni. It's been a long time. You should go home and rest up.

Yes, Unni. You must need some alone time, too, after all this.

I will take you home.

I haven't had a chance to go home by myself for a while.

I want a solitary bus ride and a solitary walk.

Okay, I won't insist.

And I will take a good care of your mother tonight. So don't worry and sleep tight.

As always, I am thankful.

♪ Even the voice that I've missed ♪

♪ disappeared. There is not even a trace left ♪

♪ Tired after a long, harsh day ♪

Mom, how are you doing? I am doing fine.

♪ I’ll hold you when you’re broken ♪

♪ I will hold you once again ♪

♪ You, who resemble me, I’ll hold you again ♪

Hi-yah!

Hello?

Mom?

Is this Yoon Bok?

Mom, I finished reading the Secret Garden.

Now, I am reading Little Women.

Really? Did you enjoy it?

The social worker-teacher says she's similar to Amy.

But in my eyes, they are not similar at all.

Yoon Bok, where are you calling from right now?

Can you make calls at this time of day?

There is a phone in the dining hall.

Everyone is sleeping and I snuck out to call you.

Are the teachers nice? Are they good to you?

The director pretends to be scary. But actually she's not scary at all.

But her farts stink.

So everyone calls her Teacher Fart.

And the social worker teacher taught me how to play badminton.

Mom, do you know how to play badminton?

No, I'm not good at it.

Then, I will teach you.

She said badminton is a good sport that you can play even when you get old.

I see.

Today, Tae Hwa memorized the multiplication tables up to the 13 times.

Tae Hwa cannot even talk well. But when it comes to multiplication tables, he's better than me.

I still can only memorize up to the 3 times table.

Or is it the 2 times table?

Who is Tae Hwa?

Tae Hwa is a 7 year old boy. He will be adopted soon.

Really?

But, Mom...

When will you come to get me?

I am waiting.

I called you so many times.

After hearing that you came out of the jail.

I even wrote down this place's phone number and address and sent it to you.

Didn't you get it?

Every night before I go to bed, I pack my bag again.

I put in socks and clothes again.

Please come quickly, Mom. I miss you.

Yoon Bok,

I am sorry.

I am so sorry.

Mom,

Mom!

Just one more time,

just one more time please kidnap me.

♪ Take me far far away ♪

♪ I too want to go together ♪

♪ I wonder if I could have said ♪

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♪ Would this one word be enough? ♪

♪ When the tears which suddenly spilled out ♪

♪ can not be rubbed away, ♪

♪ will those shed down with me as one? ♪

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♪ The things I hid behind my smiles ♪

I will never let myself be adopted.

Never, ever.

If I am forced, I won't speak a word for the rest of my life.

I have finished packing my bag and I got a map.

I even got the directions.

Mom, I think I can leave now.

♪ Even if it is as far as there ♪