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[This program is suitable for viewers ages 15 and up.]

[Samhwa Barber Shop]

Yoon Bok, let's get going now.

All right.

Oh my goodness!

Are you the woman who abandoned my daughter?

How dare you set up a shop here

right on the road that my daughter took to school?

- Mom. - Let go of me!

You!

Were you meeting up with this woman behind my back?

Madam.

Jae Beom.

I'm going to faint.

- Madam! Madam! - Mom! Mom!

Mom!

[Episode 7]

I'll be right back.

Are you Kang Soo Jin's daughter?

Yes.

What's your name?

Kim Yoon Bok.

I'm your grandma.

Grandma.

Yeah.

Mom.

You're going to be getting a CT scan first.

Why did you dress your child in such terrible clothing?

Don't focus on anything else but your health right now.

It'll be bad if you get any worse today.

All right?

- Soo Jin. - Mom.

Hi, there.

I've heard a lot about you from your mother.

Hello.

I'm... um, well...

I'm your mom's... uh, how do I put this?

Oh, I'm like an uncle to her.

But you can just call me "Mister."

And what's your name?

Kim Yoon Bok.

How old are you?

Yoon Bok.

You said that you wanted to go to the bathroom, right?

What?

We'll be right back.

Listen to me carefully.

We'll be meeting a lot of people from now on.

And they'll ask you tons of questions.

Promise me that you'll answer them in the way I tell you to.

Your name is Kim Yoon Bok.

- I know. - Seven years old.

I'm nine years old now, though.

You're supposed to be in school if you're nine years old.

It'll get tricky if they ask you which school you go to.

Okay, then I'm seven years old.

And you don't go to kindergarten.

You said that you didn't want to attend kindergarten

and I told you that it was okay if you didn't want to go.

I hate kindergarten.

And...

you've been living with me in Mooryung since three years ago.

Ever since I came back from New Zealand.

Since three years ago.

And before that...

My grandma raised me.

She did?

So you've lived with your mom for the past three years?

My mom came back after my grandma passed away.

So it's true.

You don't know who your dad is.

You don't know his name or what he looks like.

Since you've never lived with your dad.

I really don't know who my real dad is.

And...

if you ever talk to someone while I'm not around, be sure to tell me.

So that I can make sure that our stories match up.

All right.

I'm sorry for making you lie like this.

I'm good at lying, anyway.

So, Mom...

is Granny Finger your real mother?

I think so.

Were you surprised?

The curry that she made

tasted just like the curry that you made me.

And you two have a similar scent when you hug me tightly.

Is this the kid?

Is your kid... a boy or a girl?

It's clear that she's a girl.

What are you saying?

How old are you?

Seven years old.

- Big Sis! - Oh, hey!

- What happened? - I told you.

I told you we had to get Big Sis away quickly so that Mom didn't find out.

Soo Jin, I'll really let you have it if Mom doesn't get through this.

It's not like Big Sis made Mom faint on purpose!

If there's anything you need to come clean about, do it now

instead of shocking Mom into that kind of state again later.

Why were you hiding this kid?

Is there some sort of problem?

Is it about money? Is she illegitimate?

Hey, stop it!

Your mother is lying in bed right now because she's ill.

Apparently, she moved to Iceland to study abroad before Hye Na went missing.

Isn't that such a relief?

[Kang Soo Jin]

[Kang Soo Jin ornithologist]

"Mooryung University Ornithology Center."

"Senior researcher."

You can leave now.

Who are you talking to?

You.

And Hyun Jin, and Jae Beom.

So you only want Soo Jin to stay here?

Hyun Jin has work tomorrow.

And you need to take the kids to kindergarten.

You can switch off with Soo Jin tomorrow and take care of me then.

Should I take the kid, then?

I'll feed her breakfast tomorrow and bring her back.

No. She needs to be with me.

Yeah.

She'll be scared if she wakes up tomorrow and doesn't see her mother.

Then have some lovely family time together, just the three of you.

We'll get going.

- I'll visit you tomorrow night, Mom. - All right.

I'll get going now then, Madam.

Thanks for your hard work.

Did you get some sleep?

Yes.

- Get home safe. - Bye.

Drive carefully.

All right.

So...

since when have you been meeting with that woman?

It was purely coincidental...

that I started living in the rooftop room above the barber shop.

But I found out yesterday...

that she's my birth mother.

It's because you wandered around the neighborhood

while holding that child's hand like some sort of stray dog

that you fell right into her trap!

Why would you move into that rooftop room instead of living at home?

Mom.

Please don't get worked up.

I'm sorry. What I did was wrong.

Are you upset because I hit that woman?

I completely understand.

So, what was her reason for doing what she did 30 years ago?

She won't tell me.

What is it?

Jae Beom.

I can't sleep.

Why not?

About the woman at Samhwa Barber Shop.

Look into her for me.

What is it that you want to know about her?

Why she abandoned my Soo Jin.

Nothing will change just because you find that out.

Soo Jin is your daughter whom you've raised for the past 30 years.

And now, Soo Jin has brought her own daughter to you

and is standing before you right now.

Can't you just ignore that woman

and focus solely on your treatment?

I feel like my brain has become affected, too.

Wouldn't it be unfair if I died without ever finding out the reason

when I've been curious about this for the past 30 years?

Look into where she lived, what kind of woman she is

how she gave birth to and raised my Soo Jin, why she abandoned her

and why she came to our neighborhood and set up a barber shop.

A long time ago

when you found out about the woman my husband was seeing

you remember what I did, right?

I called her out in front of her parents, but I was just getting started.

I went to the cram school and gym she went to

and even went to the hair salon that she frequented.

Oh yeah, and that car.

Remember that car?

Apparently, I'd bought her a car with my own money.

That jerk of a husband used our company credit card

to buy that 22-year-old a convertible.

Well, it was mine anyway

so I crashed it into a wall and destroyed it.

But I don't think doing that will be anywhere close to enough to calm me down.

You understand what I'm saying, right?

If you don't want me to wreak havoc

get that woman far away from me, where I will never have to see her again.

Come and eat, Honey!

Honey!

What are you doing? I said, come eat!

[Kang Soo Jin, senior researcher at Mooryung Uni Ornithology Center]

[Enrolled at Mooryung University as bio major in 2000]

[Enrolled in Jaemyung Elementary in 1988]

There was another child abuse incident yesterday, right?

They put a sick child in a plastic bag and locked them out, on the balcony.

Was it the child's biological mother or stepmother?

Their stepmother and biological father.

Ugh, those psychos.

Why are there so many of these cases as of late?

Because our society is getting tougher to survive in.

The stress that society is experiencing is trickling down to everyone

and is affecting those at the very bottom: young, weak kids.

There are many cases in which the perpetrator is the child's mother.

And seeing as how that's the case

the level of stress that mothers feel in society

must be at a dangerously high level.

The article about the child abuse incident.

Hyun Jin. You can write it, right?

Yes.

Next.

Um, yes. This is a huge one.

Do you know what happened last night?

I have no idea.

It turned out that Granny Finger is my mom's real mom.

Really?

So, my mom's mom who raised my mom got very angry

and hit Granny Finger!

Really?

And then she fainted.

You must have been so scared, Yoon Bok.

My mom is quite worried.

Your mom must be so worried since your grandmother fainted.

Also, she's worried about Granny Finger.

My mom's mom has a lot of people who are worrying about her

but Granny Finger only has her two birds.

I apologize.

Nam Hong Hee of Samhwa Barber Shop.

She pays monthly rent for the first floor where the shop is

and took out a long-term lease for the second floor and rooftop room.

Give me her social security number.

Her cell phone number, too.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

Okay, got it.

Her official records about where she used to live

and criminal history will be out later today, or tomorrow.

And information about her tax records and health insurance

will take a bit more time.

And you said you were thinking of sending her out of the country too, right?

Just get things ready for now.

Understood, Sir.

I'll make it so that we can send her packing as soon as you say the word.

There is a growth here, yes.

You can see it, right?

It's not even three centimeters long.

Even if the tumor may be this small

there is very little space inside of our brains

so it can obstruct your blood vessels or neurons

and possibly cause dizziness, pain, and nausea.

So, what you're saying is...

that it has spread to my brain.

That's correct.

Why did you go see the doctor by yourself?

Don't most people go to hear that kind of news with their family?

I didn't want to.

They're my private matters.

There are certain boundaries to be maintained, even among family members.

They did tell me before that

it may spread to my brain if I got any frailer

but they said that there are treatment options, so I'll give it my all.

Also, Soo Jin.

Yi Jin is here now, so take Yoon Bok and go home.

What?

Go and unpack your things.

And don't you dare think about going somewhere else.

How long will you be in Seoul, Big Sis?

Didn't you say that you're going somewhere far away?

Yeah.

What have you been doing this whole time?

[Kang Soo Jin, Jaemyung Elementary]

Honey.

Why are you so obsessed with this woman?

What's so important about that woman, anyway?

I need to know why she took Hye Na.

What are you talking about?

Think about this rationally.

Hye Na fell into the ocean and died!

Everyone else thinks that, too!

You do, and so do the police!

So why are you acting like this, huh?

We're going to have a funeral ceremony for her at a Buddhist temple next week.

All of the elders in the neighborhood

said that we can have a funeral after 21 days.

So, let's put an end to this and just live our lives now.

Okay?

[Those who cannot answer this question are not allowed inside]

What problem do we need to solve to go inside?

This...

is something that I wrote back when I was in high school.

What I really wanted to write was "Nobody is allowed inside."

But I couldn't do that, so I put a difficult problem on the board instead.

Something like a really difficult math problem that nobody could solve

or they had to guess the name of a bird that barely anyone knew about.

So the problem was like a key of sorts.

You're right.

Give me a problem to solve too.

[Kang Soo Jin's favorite thing]

Eating by yourself?

Let's go.

Wow, it's so warm.

The room must have been kept warm even though nobody was here.

Why are there so many books here?

I wanted to go somewhere far away when I was young

so I'd always fall asleep with my bag packed.

But I had nowhere to go.

So I read a lot of books.

Because I could immediately be whisked away elsewhere by opening a book.

How so?

There's an emergency exit door in each and every book.

["The Secret Garden"]

I might have missed this place...

because of those days.

Even though I wanted to leave so badly.

Huh?

A question.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

A different kid.

I'd like it if I could be a boy.

One that is okay with being a bit dirty

and doesn't cry even when he's in pain.

A question.

Do you hate Granny Finger, or do you want to see her?

I hate her.

I hate her quite a lot.

To be honest, I don't think I'll be able to forgive her.

But...

I wanted to see her.

For a long time.

And I think I still do.

You hate her, and yet you want to see her?

Do you...

miss your mom?

Is this the end?

Is this the key?

Wow, the lady from the barber shop is a lot scarier than she seems.

She has a criminal history.

Go on.

Murder.

She was sentenced to eight years but served six years.

Who did she kill?

The man she lived with.

Geez.

Why did she do that?

I've been looking through the court records

but she wouldn't say anything about it all throughout the trial.

Keep looking into it.

And meet with the attorney, too.

[The Story of a Happy Mooryung Mom]

You know how a nine-year-old girl went missing in Mooryung not too long ago?

Yeah.

It appeared that the child was playing alone and fell into the harbor

but things weren't looking good since they couldn't find a body

so they suddenly arrested the mother of the child.

Was the mother involved somehow?

Her mother won't pick up the phone right now

but I'll visit Mooryung this evening.

We should know each others' phone numbers, since we're family.

It's not like you pick up our house phone, anyway.

You called?

Mom.

Is that a girl or a boy?

She looks like a boy, right?

But she's a girl.

And she's the same age as you, so you can be friends.

Hi.

What is it?

Mom told me to take Yoon Bok to the salon and the department store.

No thanks.

Why are you saying that now when I'm already here and willing?

- What is this? - It's not for you.

I give this to my kids. You should feed it to Yoon Bok, too.

Thank you very much.

May I eat it now?

It tastes good.

Wow, this room looks exactly the same as it used to.

Not a single thing about it has changed.

Mom.

Is she wearing clothes like that because she's poor?

Tae Mi!

If a friend of yours is pitiful, you should be nice to them.

Go over there right now and play with her.

She's not wearing clothes like these because she's poor.

She's wearing these sorts of clothes because she likes them.

Yoon Bok doesn't like lace or pink things.

Why are you being like that? She's just a child.

We won't go to the salon or the department store, so leave now.

You're so weird, seriously.

Why are you trying to raise the kid to be like you?

What kind of girl likes those kinds of clothes? That's just what you think.

I'll go, Mom.

Huh?

I'll go to the department store.

With my friend.

Doctor.

When I first got cancer seven years ago

I got surgery, had chemotherapy

and got radiation therapy to get this far.

But right now, I feel more motivated than ever before.

Oh, is that so?

That's a relief.

Please tell me about my body's current state in greater detail.

For example...

what is the probability that I'll live to see

a child who is seven years old now enter college?

I told you this before

but people's lives are not dictated by probability

but life itself.

Tell me in terms of numbers today.

10... percent.

It's just as I thought.

But still, I'll try everything.

I'll stop doing anything else

and I plan to focus solely on my treatments.

Thank you for everything up until now, Doctor.

For what?

You suffered quite a bit because of a disobedient patient like me.

Nobody can easily come to terms with the fact that they're a cancer patient.

But...

I'd like to have a different attending physician from this point onward.

- What? - You'll be retiring soon, after all.

My objective is to survive for the next 12 years.

Until a seven-year-old child enters university?

Yes.

I'd like for them to be someone who will aggressively defend me until then.

And the most important thing is...

that there is a 90 percent chance that I may not survive.

I'd like for my new physician to be someone...

who can be a source of strength for my family if I do end up dying.

Ms. Young Shin takes Soo Jin with her wherever she goes.

She takes her along to the set, the hair salon

and when she goes shopping, as well.

Soo Jin has now been given Ms. Young Shin's original last name

and lives her life as Kang Soo Jin.

We will now embark on a beautiful journey with this special mother-daughter pair.

I need her.

I need her in order to be able to focus and to be at ease.

Grandma!

Oh, my pretty little pup.

You bought new clothes, huh? How pretty!

What about Big Sis?

She went to the family consultation room.

Oh.

All right.

Come here, Yoon Bok.

Look at this, Grandma!

I bought new shoes, too!

Look at the back!

Don't they look like my mom's shoes?

Ah, yes. How pretty.

Wow, they even have sparkles on them!

It almost feels like I'm looking at Soo Jin when she was young.

No way.

Her eyes, nose, mouth, forehead, chin, and skin tone

don't look anything like Big Sis's, at all.

She either takes after her father completely

or she's not Big Sis's biological daughter.

Yoon Bok.

Do you take after your father?

Yes.

Yi Jin.

I raised three daughters, all with different fathers

and taught them that it doesn't matter who one's father is.

I told you to only remember the fact that you three are my daughters.

And among you three is a child I didn't give birth to myself.

But all three of you are my real daughters.

If I raised you, you're my real daughter.

If you ever speak that way to Yoon Bok again, I will be quite angry. Got it?

Got it?

Um... yes.

All right, kids! Come here!

Come over here.

Do you want some warm hot chocolate?

Or do you want juice? Or strawberry milk?

Strawberry milk!

Strawberry milk.

Hot chocolate.

Hot chocolate!

Want me to open it for you?

Yes.

Here, you have some.

Are you all right?

Lift up your hands!

Huh?

You have a purple birthmark?

Yes.

Whoosh!

All right, then.

What shall we have you wear?

I want to wear my own clothes.

Why? You have tons of new clothes, though.

I like my own clothes more.

The guardian of Kang Young Shin?

Please go into Room Two.

I thought I'd be meeting with Professor Baek

since I was supposed to meet her attending physician.

I received a call this afternoon from Madam Cha

and she asked me to be her new attending physician.

At first, I refused.

After all, Professor Baek is the best specialist for breast cancer in Korea

and it's only been two years since I finished my fellowship.

But after I heard what Madam Cha had to say

it didn't seem that she wanted to change her physician due to her treatments.

Then... why?

I think it's because of you, Soo Jin.

What?

My mother underwent surgery...

for breast cancer at this hospital in the same year that Madam Cha did.

She used to talk quite a lot with Madam Cha until late into the night.

After looking at her chart

I think I know why she asked me to be her attending physician.

On days like this, when the patient's condition worsens

and when the doctor needs to relay that information to the family...

and in the more painful and difficult moments that are to come later...

she wants me to be your strength, is what I think.

You've been watching me for a while now, right?

Um, yes.

If there's anything you want to know, don't suffer out here in the cold.

Rather, come inside and ask me yourself.

You mean, in there?

I just wanted to feel her presence from a distance

even though I lived here.

I don't even have the smallest desire to be acknowledged as Soo Jin's mother.

Not at all.

I know that this is shameless of me to ask

but if you can be understanding of my predicament

I'll live here quietly as if I were dead

until the day I truly die.

Well, um, the thing is...

I don't think we will be able to be understanding of that.

We will give you the money for any relevant costs

so please, move elsewhere.

Of course, we do realize...

that it will be quite difficult for you if you move.

However...

it won't...

kill you, correct?

But right now, such isn't the case for Ms. Cha.

Um... you do understand...

what I'm trying to get at, correct?

I will pack my things.

Please give me some time.

Yes, well, then...

please do that.

Um, one more thing.

There is one thing that Ms. Cha dearly wishes to know.

- What is it? - Well...

How do I put this?

Um...

- Why did you-- - abandon Soo Jin?

I put everything on the line...

to ensure that she'd grow up without ever finding out anything.

But if she were to find out the reason for that now...

the many years that I've lived like this...

will be rendered useless.

That is the one thing that I ask you not to pry any further into.

You're back?

You weren't asleep?

I'll take Yoon Bok and go.

No, let her sleep.

Soo Jin.

I'm just so happy right now.

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that you'd give me a granddaughter.

Some people feel assured if they have a lot of cash

while others feel at ease if they own a lot of property.

But I need children.

Children are the future, and children are everything.

The doctors are all saying that I will die soon.

But that's not important

when my granddaughter is sleeping beside me right now.

When I get a bit better...

you will probably leave me.

Fine, go.

I won't ask you to stay.

But...

leave Yoon Bok here and go.

How will you manage to raise Yoon Bok alone

in that faraway place, anyway...

when you're studying, or working, or whatever else?

What are you saying, Mom?

You want me to leave her behind?

Yoon Bok told me that her grandmother raised her when she was young.

I'll be good at raising her, too.

I was so busy when I was raising you girls

so I couldn't do everything that I wanted to do for you.

But I can do a fantastic job of it now, Soo Jin.

So go out there

and chase your dreams to your heart's content.

And you can come back once a year or so to visit.

Couldn't you?

Yes.

I'm on my way to Mooryung right now, Senior.

- So you're going to interview her? - Yes.

I watched the news coverage about her disappearance

but there are witnesses too, so I think she did fall into the ocean.

Call me when you're done.

All right.

She is about 110 centimeters tall, and weighs about 20 kilograms.

She has a purple birthmark the size of a fingernail near her left underarm.

She was last seen wearing a red coat, jeans, and yellow sneakers.

Huh? You have a purple birthmark?

Yes.

And one of her sneakers has already been found in the ocean.

Is she asleep?

Geez.

Today must have been rough for you.

Why don't you go on a little walk?

All right.

Mister.

Yeah?

Where did you go?

Well...

I had... some business to take care of.

Why?

It just strikes me as odd, is all.

What other business could you be attending to, when Mom is hospitalized?

You're the type who'd probably stick around all day

even if Mom tried to force you to do something else.

Did you...

meet with her?

Welcome.

Take a seat.

I'm...

Ms. Cha Young Shin's attending physician.

Yoon Bok...

wanted me to give you this, ma'am.

Are you all right, Granny? I was worried about you.

Get a haircut before you go.

Did Mom send you over there?

Why?

What did she want you to tell her?

I think your mom has the right.

Um...

the right to try and know what kind of person she is.

And the right to express her emotions about this current situation.

You didn't...

go there to get rid of her, did you?

Soo Jin.

Focus only on worrying about your mom right now.

Did you do it?

No.

She's not that kind of person.

Back when I was in school

all of the kids that used to tease me all left to study abroad, one by one.

Don't play dumb, Mister.

Well...

they were kids who teased you since you didn't have a dad

and said your mother was a fake mom, all right?

So, do you know what I did?

I visited each and every one of them and apologized.

Whether they accepted my apology or not.

I have no interest in that person whatsoever.

And I never want to see her again.

As long as Mom doesn't do anything...

I will never see her again.

"The rose of Sharon has bloomed."

"The rose of Sharon has bloomed."

"The rose of Sharon has bloomed."

"The rose of Sharon..."

You were a child who didn't cry, Soo Jin.

Even though it probably would've made you feel better

to cry, even just once.

You seemed to have decided that you weren't going to cry until your mom came.

Was it that you were only able to live your life if I disappeared, ma'am?

You... remember?

Was your life difficult because of me?

The things that happened on that day...

Soo Jin.

Shall the two of us...

follow those birds...

and, step...

by step...

walk into the ocean together?

I don't want to, though.

Go in the water by yourself, Mom.

I want to live.

Ms. Soo Jin.

What's the matter?

It's nothing.

I just remembered something that I'd forgotten.

But I don't know whether it actually happened...

or it's just something that my mind made up.

On November 10th, 1986

on the day before Soo Jin was discovered at the orphanage

she turned herself in at the police station.

And according to the court records

she didn't say anything throughout the entire trial.

And even the public defender assigned to her

just used the facts of the situation

in order to defend her.

Her man must have been a real son of a bitch.

And she didn't want people to call her daughter a murderer's daughter...

so she abandoned her child where nobody could find her.

Um, according to her...

she wanted Soo Jin to remain unaware of this...

Let's keep this a secret.

Madam.

Um, the thing about Soo Jin is...

she thinks her biological mother abandoned her after abusing her.

So wouldn't it be better for her to know the truth?

If I were her mother, I wouldn't want Soo Jin to know about this, either.

The only memory that I am sure of...

is red bean bread.

My mom told me that she'd be back if I ate it slowly.

So I ate it really, really slowly.

I ate more than half of it but my mom still wasn't back...

so I tried to take much smaller bites.

I think I realized around that point...

that my mom...

wasn't coming.

I feel like I may have even known that from the very start.

From the moment that she locked me to that fence...

I felt that day was different from other days.

But all I could do...

was eat that red bean bread slowly.

So I tried so hard...

to take smaller and smaller bites...

but I couldn't take any more small bites.

I think that's when I started crying.

I could only continue to wait for my mom...

if I could continue taking bites out of it.

So you kept waiting for her.

From then, up until now.

But...

today, I recalled a memory that I'd forgotten.

My mom, who I'd waited so long for...

tried to kill me.

I'm angry.

I'm so angry that I don't know what to do with myself.

The person who loved me so much that I felt as if I'd suffocate

is dying right before my eyes.

And my child...

I have to hurry and take her, and leave this place, but...

I bet your heart rate is around 130 bpm right now.

But the average adult's heart rate is between 60 to 100.

So that means that you are quite stressed out right now.

So?

Drink plenty of water.

Around 8 to 10 cups per day.

Make sure you feed yourself properly.

Also, sleep is quite important.

People slowly recover while they're sleeping.

So you have to be sure to move as little as possible right now.

Your instincts will be of help to you.

Just as birds go to a dark, secluded place

and sit tight when they're injured.

Also, which number do emergency patients call?

911?

As for you, you should call me.

Don't think about anything else and just automatically call me.

I'm your 911.

All right?

So, what did that woman say she'd do?

Oh, well...

she said that she'd move.

Get her out of there as soon as possible.

So that I won't ever see her again before I die.

Seeing her together with Soo Jin made my blood boil.

Those two look so alike, don't you think?

I don't care what they do after I die...

but I want to breathe my last breath as Soo Jin's only mother.

I'm sure that the person who abandoned Soo Jin

had her own reasons for doing so.

But when I think about what state my child was in when she was abandoned...

my desire to be understanding of her situation completely vanishes.

There were scars all over my child's body

and there was a lock on her...

to prevent her from running away.

The only situation that I'd be understanding of...

was if...

her mother had died.

I'll be heading home now.

Please give this to Yoon Bok.

How did you know that Yoon Bok likes this?

[I'm okay, Yoon Bok. Thank you.]

You got a haircut, I see.

Oh.

Was she...

doing okay?

She seemed to be quite a resilient person.

She cut my hair without a single word.

And asked me to take good care of Madam Cha.

She's really good at cutting men's hair.

This part right here always pops up a bit.

And it always gave me a bit of trouble, but...

I finally found a barber shop that I really liked...

but she said that she'll be moving soon.

She was packing her things.

Did you tell her to leave?

Um, that's not it.

I did.

She's been working there for 27 years now.

You can't just kick her out like that because you don't like her.

It's not like it was purely coincidental that she was living there.

She strategically moved there, knowing that you were nearby.

So why can't I kick her out?

She has nothing to do with us.

- And she's done nothing wrong to us-- - Yes, she has.

She's not good for my health.

Just the fact that I'm even discussing that woman with you right now

is really putting a strain on the blood vessels in my brain.

If you just did nothing, there would be no reason for us to discuss this.

To me, she's someone I don't even want to meet or think about.

You didn't even blink when you were told that I was on my deathbed...

and yet, you're saying these things to me because I'm trying to make her move?

What do I need to do in order for you to leave her alone, Mom?

Does that mean you'll promise to do anything I ask?

If it's something that I can do, then I'll do it.

Yoon Bok.

I don't care where you go.

Just leave Yoon Bok here before you go.

That's all I ask.

Yoon Bok is my daughter.

I'm going to take her with me no matter where I may go.

All right.

I won't go anywhere for the time being.

I'll live at your house with Yoon Bok.

Is that good enough?

I really don't want to, though.

Being a mom is so unfair.

To think that loving your child more than they love you could be a weakness.

Jae Beom.

Yes, Madam?

Call that woman.

And tell her that she doesn't have to move.

Pardon?

Things must be so difficult for you

so thank you for agreeing to be interviewed.

It's fine.

Um, may I see a photo of Hye Na?

Why?

Um...

I want to use it when I'm writing the article.

No.

I didn't want strangers to see my daughter's face

so I didn't even let them use a photo of her on TV.

Oh.

I'm not going to release it as a part of the article.

It's just that, when I saw the news broadcast about her

she seemed to be similar to a girl that I know--

I'm sorry, but I don't have any photos.

And I've deleted all the photos of Hye Na that I had on my phone, too

because they were upsetting me.

I'm home.

Honey!

Honey!

We had legitimate reasons, which is why we arrested her.

There's no way we would've done it for no reason.

Like what, exactly?

Were they related to Hye Na's disappearance?

I can't give you specifics since it's an ongoing investigation.

Sheesh.

Yes.

We did have concrete evidence of child abuse.

But it wasn't directly related to the case.

Then, by any chance...

do you have a flyer of Kim Hye Na that was distributed when she went missing?

- Why do you ask? - For reference.

Hey, go get a flyer of Hye Na.

What do you want most as a Christmas present?

Um...

a younger sibling?

I'll have to start seeing a man, then.

Where should we hang this one?

- Here. - Here?

Let's put it here.

Wow, how pretty!

Here.

We didn't arrest her for no reason.

We have plenty of evidence.

Even if the child may have died for some other reason

I still think that

she should be punished for abusing her before her death.

Here.

[Name: Kim Hye Na Female, 9 Years Old]

[Date of Disappearance: January 17th, 2018]

[Call Me Mother]

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I didn't know that families could be so big.

It's so nice to have a lot of family members.

We have to leave soon.

Can't we just live like this?

You never should have done this.

Even if you had good intentions

this is kidnapping.

You kidnapped her.

Yoon Bok can't live without me.

I'm her mother and she's my daughter.

So, Kang Soo Jin took Hye Na?

I found Hye Na, Honey.

I'll go and get her.

Run away as far as you can, Big Sis.

You mustn't be caught, no matter what.

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