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[Episode 9]

I found Hye Na, Honey.

Mom.

"Mom"?

Kim Hye Na!

Hye Na!

Hye Na!

You guys go inside.

Kim Hye Na!

Kim Hye Na!

Hye Na!

Where is she?

I saw her come in here.

Where's my daughter, Hye Na?

Damn it!

Let's talk for a bit.

You...

are Kang Soo Jin, aren't you?

The woman who stole my daughter away.

You actually have something to say to me?

How could you have something to say after kidnapping my child?

Give Hye Na back to me right now.

If you don't, I'll call the police.

I have no idea what's going on here, ma'am.

But how about you calm down a little and sit before continuing, hm?

Get out of my way.

Hye Na!

It's me. Mommy's here.

We have to go home now.

Hurry and come out.

You know that Mommy hates hide and seek, right?

Hye Na.

Are you in here?

You're in here, aren't you?

Come out of there!

- I told you, Mommy is here! - I'm sorry!

Let's keep this discussion between us adults.

Get out of my face!

Get out of there!

Ma'am.

I'm sure the child is quite taken aback.

So she'll be too scared to come out if you keep yelling like that.

You have to calm yourself first

in order for the child to be calm and come out.

All right, come over here and have a cup of coffee.

Mom.

We were all deceived by Big Sis.

What are you talking about?

That kid isn't Big Sis's daughter.

Who, Yoon Bok?

Her name isn't even Yoon Bok.

Her mom came all the way here looking for her!

So?

What did you do with the child?

She ran off.

But I don't know if her mom caught her.

You should've gone after them! Why are you here?

I did!

I went all over the neighborhood looking for them!

What about Soo Jin?

I have no idea. Her phone is off, too.

Call Hyun Jin and Jae Beom.

And tell Attorney Sang Deok to come, too.

Are you raising her by yourself?

It must have been quite difficult for you...

for a pretty young lady like you to raise a kid by yourself.

What about the child's father?

Did you break up with him?

Hye Na's father...

was a tall and handsome man.

I...

really liked him a lot.

So, when I gave birth to Hye Na...

I was so happy.

Honey.

Yeah.

This is our baby.

Isn't she so pretty?

Yeah.

Um, here.

Um, use this to buy the kid's clothes...

and her diapers, too.

You didn't need to bring anything.

I was a bit late because I was scraping this money together.

Thanks.

Don't worry, Honey.

I'll save this money and work hard to earn some more

and raise our Hye Na well.

Why is the baby crying so much?

I don't know.

I even fed her some formula before, too.

Do you want to try holding her?

No.

I'm good.

If Hye Na just hadn't cried liked that...

If Hye Na had been just a little bit cuter...

would he still have left me like that?

I wanted to be happy.

I just wanted...

to be happy, like everyone else.

Mom.

Mom.

Mom?

Ugh, stop calling for me, already!

How is it that you're always saying "Mom, Mom," all day?

Do you know how much it annoys me to hear that?

What do you want?

Why did you call for me?

I asked you why you called for me!

Because I'm hungry.

Ugh, damn it.

But it was so difficult for me...

to become the mother of a child.

I'm sorry, Hye Na.

I don't think...

I'll be able to become a good mother to you.

18.

20.

21.

22.

23.

Mothers who have had terrible thoughts after having their children know

just how terrifying...

your child's gaze can be.

What are you doing over there?

What are you doing, Mom?

I'm just counting to see how many I have left.

I'm going to the bathroom.

You know, Mom.

If you happen to die, by any chance

and don't come back, then who will come for me?

You're asking who will come for you?

I told you.

It's just the two of us now.

You'll have nobody if you don't have me.

So...

you have to become a good child!

Am I...

a bad child?

Go and sleep.

I have a headache.

Since your head hurts...

do you want me to make you a caffe latte?

Do you have milk?

And sugar?

My Hye Na...

likes the caffe latte that I make for her.

It must have been so difficult for you, all alone.

With nobody to help you.

There was just one person.

One person who helped me.

Hey!

Are you kidding me?

These are so heavy, so why are you asking to go back to the bathroom?

It's all the way in the basement!

Go by yourself! Or hold it!

Mom.

How is it that you still can't go to the bathroom alone at your age?

Let's go to the bathroom.

Thank you.

Let's go.

Let's go!

He wasn't exactly a kind person.

But he knew exactly what a woman needed.

That was the first time since I'd given birth to Hye Na...

that I'd smiled like that.

Oh, wow!

Yeah, blow it up! There we go!

Harder! Blow!

I started thinking that it would be so nice

if Hye Na were this man's child.

Look how big you made it, Hye Na!

Hye Na.

That was really fun, wasn't it?

I'll make you the caffe latte that you like, Hye Na.

Nice and sweet.

What Mommy did was wrong.

I was so busy living my own life...

that I didn't pay enough attention to you, did I?

Mommy will be better to you from now on.

On your birthday...

I'll fry you pork cutlets and gather your friends.

And whenever you go on field trips...

I won't forget about it, and I'll make you kimbap.

And I'll brush your hair nicely in the mornings.

Oh yeah, Jjing.

I have to buy you a new Jjing, too.

Remember Jjing, whom you loved?

I bought her for you.

So that you wouldn't be bored by yourself.

Hye Na...

we have to go home now.

Let's go.

I'll buy you a caffe latte.

Mom.

You didn't know that kids don't grow taller if they drink coffee?

Um...

really?

Shall we just head straight home, then?

Also, about Jjing.

Yeah.

Yeah, Jjing.

Let's buy you a new Jjing.

And buy you a new cage for her, too.

Do you remember the day that you bought Jjing for me?

If I buy you that...

will you be okay with being alone?

This is very important to Mommy.

Uncle could end up asking me to marry him this time around.

And you might even get a younger sibling.

It'll only be three nights, so you'll be okay, right?

If you get scared, turn the TV on before you go to bed.

Mom.

You're going to come back, right?

Were you worried that I wouldn't be coming back?

Since I'm going to be leaving...

send me off with a smile, okay?

All right.

What a good girl.

My mom is pretty, right?

And she looks like she's in a good mood, right?

I wish...

that we could be inside of that bag, too.

Right?

Mom.

Did you get there okay?

Yeah.

Did you go on a plane, too?

Yeah.

I let out a scream without realizing it when the plane took off.

That huge thing was really actually able to go into the air!

What were you up to?

I played with Jjing.

Jjing?

The name of the hamster is Jjing.

Oh.

Mom.

Yeah?

How's the ocean?

Is it pretty?

It's really, really blue...

and really wide.

I played in the sand and swam, too.

And I saw the sun set for a really long time.

You know, Hye Na...

Yeah?

Mommy...

was really, really happy.

I'm glad, Mom.

I always wanted to become happy.

And I felt that I was truly happy here.

Yeah.

You'll only be happy if I'm happy, right?

You need to be happy for me to be happy.

Thanks.

But, Mom.

Yeah?

Are you unhappy when you're with me?

I'll have to hang up now.

International phone calls are way too expensive.

I'll call you again later.

When?

Maybe tomorrow?

Sweet dreams, Mom.

But, Mom.

We can't just buy a new Jjing.

Jjing is dead now, after all.

I'll buy you a hamster...

that is even cuter than Jjing.

Oh, do you want to get a cat instead?

You like cats, after all.

Let's go home.

Mommy...

needs you.

Uncle has been waiting for you, too.

Let's have you, me, and Uncle, the three of us...

become one family again.

Okay?

But you know, Mom.

Hye Na is...

dead now, too.

Hye Na can't go home anymore.

What do you mean by that, Hye Na?

You're right here.

You're Hye Na.

My name is Yoon Bok.

Kim Yoon Bok.

And I'm living at my grandma's house with my mom.

We're going to go far, far away.

Don't mess with me!

You're Hye Na!

You're my daughter, to whom I gave birth!

Do you...

hate Mommy?

Do you resent Mommy becoming happy...

that much?

I don't like you or hate you.

Because you're not my mom anymore.

Whether you become happy or unhappy...

I can't do anything about it.

Because I'm not your daughter anymore.

Wait!

You can...

keep that kid.

I don't need her anyway.

You have to become okay first, ma'am.

You have to become able to live a normal life

with or without her. Only after that--

To be frank...

I think that you're a really strange person.

You stole away a kid that had nothing to do with you

and came this far.

If I report you to the police...

what will happen to you, I wonder?

You have...

considered that possibility, right?

I think about that every day.

About what will happen to me if I am caught.

And it frightens me so much.

And it will become an indelible scar for Hye Na, too.

But I made up my mind when I found Hye Na in that garbage bag.

If Hye Na had remained like that

she would have been dead by morning.

And Hye Na had coolly accepted that fact.

She didn't scream...

or cry.

She always messes with people's minds like that!

No matter how much I hit her, she comes back, asking to be hugged.

Do you know how creepy that is?

Do you know how much I hate being made into...

the worst mother in the world?

You really are pitiful, Hye Na's mother.

Hye Na loved her mother so much.

And to think that you were unaware of that, until the very end.

Do your best, then.

I...

I am going to forget about all this and move on with my life.

I'll just live on as if I'd never given birth to a child...

even once, and...

pretend that this was all a bad dream.

I definitely warned you.

Don't you dare think of returning her to me because things become tough.

Because I...

will definitely not take her back.

I may be lacking in many ways...

but I will do my best and cherish her.

Thank you...

for letting Hye Na go.

Wait, so, Granny.

If you saw something, you have to tell us!

We let you sleep in the warm place and even let you order food.

So it's not fair that you're not telling us anything.

Do you have candy?

Ugh.

I can't let you have this.

- Why? - Because you won't talk.

Granny.

I'll ask you again. Is this the girl?

- The girl you saw? - Yeah.

- What's her name? - I don't know.

How do you know it was her, then?

She's the girl who carries that mouse around!

Even though she'd barely eat

she was sure to keep her little mouse fed.

And she gave me candy, too.

She was the only person who gave me candy.

So how could I not know her?

Wait.

What kind of clothes was she wearing?

Like, the first thing you noticed?

Well... um...

She was wearing a hat.

But I don't remember her outfit.

Would you like some coffee, Granny?

- Shall I get you some coffee? - Yeah.

- All nice and sweet? - Yeah.

Everything is in working order, right? And there are no faulty bits.

The tank is all filled up.

I'll only borrow it for a couple of days.

Sure.

But, what kind of delivery are you making?

Are you going camping?

It's a little bit of both.

Come on, what kind of delivery is it, already?

Something that can't spoil.

On that day...

it snowed quite a bit.

That's right.

It snowed a lot.

She was walking while holding that teacher's hand.

But she was dressed just like a boy.

But you can't deceive my eyes.

And how did you know that the person was a teacher?

The child used to call her "my teacher."

That teacher fed her

and I saw her cutting the child's nails, too.

Um.

And where was that, exactly?

Well...

the bus stop.

Which... bus stop?

The bus stop in front of the Oceanside rest stop.

Did they take the bus and leave?

Yeah.

Which bus?

I don't remember that.

Oh.

Did you see the child's face?

Did it seem like she was being taken against her will?

Or...

I thought, "What a relief."

"That child will never be hungry again."

"She'll never come back here again."

Yoon Bok.

Mom.

You don't have to smile.

It's okay.

You can cry.

Let's cry.

Mom.

What's your name?

Kim Yoon Bok.

I'm your grandma.

Grandma.

I didn't know that there were such pretty grandmas in the world.

I want to hurry and become healthy

and put on makeup so that I'll look pretty

and dress in nice clothes

and adorn myself with tons of sparkling jewels

and show you that side of me.

I can't only show myself to you in a sickly state, after all.

All right.

Mom said...

she wants you to send Yoon Bok up to her room.

Can you come here and zip me up?

How do you think my clothes look?

They're so, so pretty.

You look just like a queen.

I do, right?

But why did you put on these sorts of clothes, Granny?

Are you going somewhere?

I've played many roles...

throughout my lifetime.

When I was young and naive

I played the role of Ophelia.

And when I was betrayed by a man and went mad...

I played the role of Medea.

But, tonight...

I think that I will have to take on...

the most difficult role of all.

What kind of role is it?

Demeter.

A woman who loses her daughter

whom she loves very much.

So, does that person...

end up never being able to find her daughter again?

I don't know.

I think that my version of Demeter will lose her daughter, Persephone, forever.

Yoon Bok.

What is your real name?

Hye Na.

It's Kim Hye Na, Granny.

I'm not your grandma, right?

Hye Na?

Please forgive my mom.

The reason why my mom did all this...

and lied to you...

was all because of me.

I was the one who was in the wrong.

I was so happy...

when I thought that I'd gotten...

such a small and pretty real granddaughter such as yourself.

I'm sorry.

I must take back the affections that I gave you.

Because I...

am a person who will soon be facing death.

So I can't love too many people.

But, in exchange...

I will give you this.

This is a necklace that my mother gave me

and it has brought me lots of luck.

I had this on when I first met Soo Jin.

And somehow, I get the feeling

that you will need lots and lots of luck.

Shall we have Soo Jin start?

Yoon Bok is...

not my child.

She was one of my students...

who was being abused by her own mother.

If I had just let her be...

I thought that she would die.

That's why I took her.

I had no intentions of deceiving you.

What do you mean, you didn't mean to deceive us?

Did you have any consideration for Mom at all?

Mom loved her so much!

But she's lost her granddaughter, whom she treasured so much, so suddenly.

Don't you know how much pain you have caused Mom

when she is the type to love people quite deeply?

I'm sorry, Mom.

I'm sorry, Yi Jin.

You have no idea how thankful and apologetic I was...

because Mom loved and treasured Yoon Bok so much.

But...

to be honest, I had no idea what to do, either.

So...

did you meet with her mom?

Her real mother came here for her.

Today, the child's mother came by.

That person...

agreed to give Yoon Bok up to me.

And she returned to Mooryung.

No way.

How could a mother give up her own child?

Do you think a mother could give up her own blood-related daughter so easily?

Even if she made up her mind to give up her daughter

she can change her mind again at any time.

It's not like you two signed official papers

agreeing to make you the legal parent!

So, what are you planning to do now, Soo Jin?

I am...

planning to leave tomorrow.

For Iceland.

I think that the documents will be ready tomorrow.

If you carry forth with this

we will be living with a bomb for the rest of our lives.

As soon as word about this gets out

news about Mom will dominate all of the web searches.

Let's not even do this.

You know that my husband is aiming to be a superintendent public prosecutor.

One can't become chief prosecutor through skill alone.

They take things such as personal morals, family

and our standing in society when choosing a superintendent public prosecutor

and when deciding to make him the deputy prosecutor general

and head of the High Prosecutor's Office, then the prosecutor general!

Have you ever seen a prosecutor general whose sister-in-law is a kidnapper?

So, what do you think, Yi Jin?

First, we have to return the child to her mother.

After we do that

we have to give her some money and shut her up forever.

There's no other way.

At first...

I thought the same thing as Big Sis Yi Jin, too.

If word about this gets out...

then I, who researched this incident...

will have to face a lot of hardship at work, to put it lightly.

You knew, too?

You were researching this incident?

I was quite angry at Soo Jin, too.

But when I thought about things from her perspective...

I realized that the person who will be in the worst situation if this goes wrong

is Soo Jin.

She took this on, knowing that she was risking becoming a social pariah forever.

I saw the photos she took of the child's wounds, too.

And I think that it's true...

that Yoon Bok could have died.

But she's neither our kid nor Soo Jin's!

It's her mom's duty to protect her.

And right now, I'm doing this in order to protect my own kids.

Don't you feel apologetic toward my kids, Big Sis?

You tried to send her to the same kindergarten as my kids.

If people find out that she was kidnapped

what do you think will happen to my kids?

And what about the pain that my kids will feel?

I'm sorry, Yi Jin.

You're completely right about everything.

And I'm sure that Yoon Bok feels quite sorry, too.

Because she really liked Tae Mi and Tae Hoon.

She said that she was so happy

that she could have such a big family, if only for this short time.

She knew that it couldn't last forever

but she said that...

she just wanted to spend her last few days here like this.

At any rate

I support Soo Jin's decision.

It's true that things will become quite difficult if she's caught.

But if there is even the smallest possibility that she won't be caught

then I want to help her and make that happen.

And what if you end up getting fired as a result?

Will you still be able to say that?

I thought about all of the different outcomes.

If worst comes to worst and I am to get fired

I won't die, at the very least.

And I'm going to do all that I can to make a breakthrough before I get fired.

I'm going to dig deeper into this incident regarding Soo Jin

and write a special feature about child abuse, for example.

Thank you so much, Hyun Jin.

I'll be more careful.

I will also respect Soo Jin's decision.

But, as the head of this family who must protect her family...

if Soo Jin continues on...

and insists on...

putting our family at risk...

I have no choice...

but to remove Soo Jin from our family.

If you insist on not giving up that child until the end, Soo Jin...

I, your mother, will give you up.

You will no longer be my daughter.

Attorney Sang Deok

will explain to you the details

regarding the dissolution of adoption.

- Mom. - Mom!

The dissolution of an adoption

describes a situation in which an adoptive parent and an adopted child

sever their relationship after the adoption is legalized.

If there is a legal settlement regarding the dissolution

you can get the necessary documents and file them at your district office.

I've prepared these for you.

We must finalize the dissolution before you become a criminal

in order to minimize the damage that your family will incur.

To be honest, I was quite angry.

Because I didn't think that Soo Jin would choose

that child over our family.

But to be honest, the thing that made me most angry...

was that when you were in such a difficult and dangerous situation...

all you wanted from me...

was money.

You didn't ask me what you should do.

I am not your biological mother

but I still did raise you for all of those years.

If my own daughter couldn't think to turn to me in such a dangerous situation

for something more than money alone...

being such a mother is meaningless.

I'm sorry that I couldn't ask you for your advice about this.

I felt that this was something that I had to do alone.

And I didn't want to put the family in danger alongside me.

But, Mom...

if you felt that you meant nothing to me...

that truly is a misunderstanding.

I've never thought of you more than I do these days.

If you were my biological mother, and not my adoptive mother...

and if you hadn't made me realize that such perfect love was possible...

I would never have been able to muster the courage to bring her here.

I truly am sorry that I couldn't be a better daughter to you.

But...

I can't give Yoon Bok up.

Please forgive me.

Let's call it a day. I'm so exhausted.

Be sure to listen carefully to Attorney Sang Deok's explanation

and give him the documents after you've filled them out.

Leave early tomorrow morning.

There's no need for you to go out of your way to say farewell

since I...

don't think I'll be able to wake up early tomorrow.

Madam!

You can't do this!

If you send Soo Jin away like this

you know better than anyone else that you will be the first to crumble!

This isn't what you want, and you know it!

Jae Beom.

You're wrong.

I won't crumble.

All this time, I thought that Soo Jin was still a young girl

so I acted as if I were a young girl's parent.

But this time...

I guess that I could say that...

I've realized that I need to...

develop as a mother, too.

Soo Jin has gotten herself a child, in this fashion...

so I must let Soo Jin go, in every aspect of the word.

Be sure to dress Yoon Bok warmly when you take her and leave.

What did Granny say to you before?

She gave me a necklace.

This is the necklace that Granny's mom gave her.

A lucky necklace.

So she gave you this.

She said that she thought that I'd need a lot of luck.

Is it okay if I keep this?

Of course.

This is something that is quite important to Granny

and it seems like she wanted to give it to you.

What did Granny say to you, Mom?

Well...

she told us to leave early tomorrow morning.

I'm sleepy, Mom.

All right.

Let's hurry and get some sleep since we have to leave early tomorrow.

Mom.

Hm?

Sweet dreams.

Yeah.

Sweet dreams to you, too.

Wait.

Please rewind a bit.

Here.

Stop.

Zoom.

[Mooryung Bus Terminal]

Clothes that make me look like a boy when I wear them.

My lucky necklace.

Fried rice that is all prepared if I just pull on a string.

["Mom, I'm going to run away"]

I'll return this to you.

Because I've memorized it all.

The sound of paper money crinkling around.

A large, white feather from a bird.

This is something that is precious to Mom.

And...

my mom, at 38 years old.

The things that I like.

Mom...

Goodbye.

After passing Moa Mart...

and passing Hotel Cleaning

and passing the playground...

Samhwa Barber Shop.

Mom.

I think I'll have to leave now.

I can't have you get separated from your family because of me.

I...

enjoyed being Yoon Bok.

I loved you as much as the distance between...

the heavens and the earth, Mom.

Aw.

I miss her already.

Yoon Bok.

[I think I'll have to leave now, Mom]

Yoon Bok!

Yoon Bok!

Yoon Bok!

Oh, Hye Na!

Hye Na didn't fall into the ocean.

I know.

A woman maned Kang Soo Jin took her away.

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If Yoon Bok is going back to her mother who abandoned her...

I don't have the right to be a mother.

I made my own daughter cry tears of blood.

I kicked her out.

I got a call from Hye Na's mother.

She asked me to release an article saying that

Cha Young Shin's daughter is the kidnapper.

I think the police went to the house.

You're Kang Soo Jin, correct?

It seemed to me that you had good intentions for taking the child.

But the only way you can survive is through turning yourself in.

Chungmyeong Station.

Yoon Bok knows where Chungmyeong Station is?

We went through there when we first came to Seoul.

Uncle.