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All right then, Mom.

Let's get started.

All right, let's do this.

Based on the allegations of the biological mother of Kim Hye Na

the girl who went missing

the kidnapper, Kang Soo Jin, is your adopted daughter.

Is this true?

I truly consider it a shame...

that I did not give birth to that child...

from my own womb.

But it's true. She is my daughter.

So, why did you voluntarily request to be interviewed?

Based on what Hye Na's mother said

she makes it sound as if my Soo Jin

lived a great life as a glamorous actress's daughter...

and yet, she had the audacity to want some penniless family's only daughter

so she abducted her and ran off.

And I wanted to show everyone that that wasn't the case.

I want to tell everyone what kind of person Soo Jin is...

as her mother.

Kang Soo Jin.

You're under arrest for the kidnapping and confinement of a minor.

Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.

And you have the right to an attorney.

What are you doing, punk?

Take Hye Na and put her in another car!

Come here, Hye Na.

Yoon Bok! Yoon Bok!

No! No!

My Soo Jin...

was a victim of domestic abuse.

Her biological mother was unable to raise her

- Mom! - so she was left at a facility.

However, she has a greater sense of pride than anyone else.

She has a strong personality that will not let her submit to anyone.

I tried to raise her to be the person I wanted her to become...

Soo Jin!

but it was no use.

Soo Jin...

was abandoned under the tree in front of her orphanage

and she never forgot...

that memory of herself under that tree.

She remained the same girl...

that she'd been under that tree...

and grew up all alone while being brave...

lonely, and penniless.

Yoon Bok!

And yet, my Soo Jin, who grew up like that...

extended her hand to another child.

Yoon Bok!

Mom!

Mom!

There are some people who think that a person can only be a mother

if she gives birth to a child from her own womb.

But a woman becomes a mother...

when she gives her all

and dedicates herself fully to a smaller creature.

Hye Na's mother merely gave birth to her, is all.

But she is not a mother.

My Soo Jin...

is her real mother.

Mom! Mom!

Yoon Bok!

Oh yeah, Mom.

I love you.

Really?

I love you, too.

[Call Me Mother]

[Episode 14] So...

did you tell the child to go to the harbor...

to make it appear as if she'd died?

Yes.

Why did you do it?

Was it because you pitied the child?

Were you scared that something would happen to her if you let her be?

Excuse me, Detective.

You know my bag?

The bag that I had with me earlier.

Where is it?

Pardon?

That belongs to Yoon--

No, I mean...

It belongs to Hye Na.

You have to give it to Hye Na.

It has a change of clothes for her

and her toys, and some food for her to eat.

Where's the bag, Kyung Seok?

We're currently holding on to that as evidence.

You'll realize when you look inside...

that the clothes...

and toys...

aren't mine, but all Hye Na's.

Could you...

give it to Hye Na, please?

Where did...

Hye Na go?

So you're Hye Na.

I heard that you'd be coming and waited for you.

My name is Yoon Bok.

Kim Yoon Bok.

Oh, your name is...

[Name: Kim Hye Na]

Ma'am.

Please call the police station.

Did you maybe bring the wrong child here?

Yes, Ma'am.

Don't say anything today.

You can get some rest at the detention center

and talk to them tomorrow, when you're more lucid.

So don't worry.

Let's work hard and get you the "not guilty" verdict.

I...

can get the "not guilty" verdict?

We can argue that it was justified.

We have so many arguments that we can use in court.

If you write a statement of apology and get a petition signed

and whatever else you can, there's nothing we can't do.

I don't think that I can do that.

I'm not going to write a statement of apology.

And don't get a petition going, either.

I'm just going to pay the price for my crime.

Did you ask for me, Sir?

Wow, Detective Lee!

Gosh, you're so relentless.

Once you sink your teeth into a case, you really don't know how to let go, huh?

All right, sit.

Here, drink!

Oh, why are you acting like this, Sir?

Wow.

You killed two birds with one stone.

You put the girl's biological mother and the kidnapper both in jail.

And you found the child before she got hurt, too.

Maybe I should say three birds with one stone?

And when you get promoted to Chief of Police

I suppose it'll be four birds.

Is the investigation going well?

There aren't any issues, right?

She confessed to abducting the child just as I'd expected

and I confirmed with her that she was intending to flee overseas, too.

But she won't tell me why.

Who cares about that?

She was caught in the act.

And you got a confession.

It doesn't matter, as long as the child's safe.

Just hand her over to the prosecution.

But...

it's because I was curious about this that I kept pursuing her, though.

Why...

did you say that you were "Yoon Bok," Hye Na?

Because...

I like Yoon Bok more than Hye Na.

Oh.

I've looked after countless kids for the past 25 years

yet I've never forgotten any of their names, and I called them all by name.

That's because a name is such an important thing.

You can't become another child who is not Hye Na.

So you have to cherish and treasure your name.

Do you understand, Hye Na?

I've thought about it, and...

I want to request that the public be able to participate in the trial.

Pardon?

I don't think that's a good idea, considering your public image.

The public has usually made up their minds

before a trial has even begun.

It'll be better to keep this a private trial.

Attorney.

There's something that I really want to say to everyone.

Even if I am beaten to death

I want to say what I want to say before I die.

What do you want to say?

People are saying...

that I'm crazy over a man.

But...

it's just that I was so scared of being left alone in the world

with just my child, and didn't want to live like that.

The only one who was by my side at that time was Honey.

What do you think you would have done

if you were in my situation?

Do you think you could've done a better job than me?

Fine.

Let's give it a try.

The only thing that can change people's minds

is storytelling, after all.

If you're that sincere about it...

it's worth a try.

Hye Na.

I'll wait for you right here.

That's okay with you, right?

Yes.

Yoon Bok.

If you've opened this letter...

it probably means that we've been separated.

You must be in so much shock.

You must have been so scared.

You're not hurt, are you?

From this point onward, you will be meeting many strangers.

People will be asking you lots of questions.

Hye Na!

Are you okay in there?

Do you need me to help you?

No.

They will make you do things that you don't want to do.

They may even make you talk about things you don't want to talk about.

And that's why Mommy is writing you a letter.

So that you will remember me.

And so you can remember just what an important child you were to me.

Then it will become easier for you to become sure of yourself.

You'll be able to stand up tall

and look at people straight in the eye...

if you remember how tremendous the love you received was.

Hye Na.

Do you want me to call you Yoon Bok?

When it's just the two of us, without anyone else around.

It's all right, Ma'am.

Even if everyone else calls me Hye Na...

I am still Yoon Bok...

to just one person.

- Here she comes! - Here she comes!

Why did you kidnap the child?

Do you suffer from a mental illness?

Did you abduct the kid because of the abuse you suffered as a child?

Please say something!

Isn't there anything you want to say?

Regarding the kidnapping of Kim Hye Na

that occurred on January 17th, 2018

we, the investigators at Mooryung Police Station

are not only charging the suspect, Ms. Kang, for breaking child abuse laws

but we are also charging her for abusing her power at a childcare facility

as well as attempting to flee overseas.

On January 17th

we received a report that the child in question was abducted

and we conducted a thorough search of the location

at which Ms. Kim was last seen.

And in order to rescue the kidnapped Ms. Kim as soon as possible

we issued an AMBER alert and made this into an open investigation.

In order to have the entire country's cooperation

we requested aid from detectives, regional police, several police squads...

How is the public feeling about this?

Well, it doesn't seem that bad.

Well, firstly

the reaction to the article that featured Madam's interview was good

so the new articles coming out are all similar.

So, like, the reason Soo Jin had no choice but to do that.

You know, considering her personal life.

Most of the comments online seem to say

"I can understand why she did that," and things like that.

Yeah.

And on top of that

Hyun Jin wrote another article today about Lee Seol Ak's other crimes.

So I think that the story will be something along the lines of

the main character, who was a victim of child abuse...

saves a child from the hands of a child abuser.

But, I'm worried about Mom.

She keeps saying that she'll be a witness at Shin Ja Young's trial.

No, no, no, no. Absolutely not.

Her condition is growing worse by the day.

That trial is far too important.

I must testify.

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

for people to understand why my Soo Jin did this.

This trial isn't more important than your own health.

I can't allow you to do anything besides some light reading

and engaging in simple conversations.

We have to win this trial for me to get better.

In your current condition, you could end up fainting in court.

Doctor Jung.

Being a mother entails

having your own life eaten away while raising a child.

Giving birth to and raising a child

in itself is an act that is not good for one's health.

I don't know how much more time I have left to live.

But I have to use it for my Soo Jin's sake.

Hye Na...

is an easy child to deal with.

She's not the type to tell people that I hit her.

I can admit that I hit her.

But she won't do that.

She even lies to try and cover it up, even when I never told her to.

Kang Soo Jin recorded Hye Na's testimony

and sent it to Miss Song Ye Eun, though.

That's because Kang Soo Jin forced her to do it!

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

Then, the biggest issue that we have...

is the part regarding Lee Seol Ak.

Did you read the article published about him?

[The Two Faces of Mother and Mother's Boyfriend...]

The reporter did a really thorough investigation

about the women Lee Seol Ak dated before.

All of those women had children.

And all of them had one of their kids die.

She included the testimony of the mom of Lee Won Hee

the child who died most recently.

Reporter Kang Hyun Jin?

She must be out of her mind!

She asked me questions since the very beginning of the case

and I answered them all for her!

So how dare she write an article like this?

This woman was definitely paid off by Kang Soo Jin, or--

So what you're saying is, you really had no idea about this, right?

About the fact that Lee Seol Ak abused Hye Na.

About how he killed those other kids.

And the fact that, on that night...

he kidnapped Hye Na...

and tried to kill her?

Hye Na knows some things about me.

About the women I used to date before you.

About those women's kids.

And the things that happened to those kids.

Send them just one photo

and tell them I want 500 million won in my bank account

by the time the bank opens tomorrow.

Or else, your daughter Hye Na will die screaming Kang Soo Jin's name.

How could I have known?

Honey never tried to hurt Hye Na even once!

Attorney.

The one who kidnapped Hye Na was Kang Soo Jin.

And my Honey was just trying to return her to me.

Oh, Kang Hyun Jin!

You've already written three exclusive feature articles.

I thought that this would probably only benefit us.

But a newbie like you carelessly cast a line

and somehow caught a huge fish!

Hyun Jin's been investigating this from the very beginning.

She went all the way to Mooryung to interview the kid's mom

and the police even started making moves after the Lee Seol Ak article.

The flow of the incident itself is starting to change.

This is what true investigative journalism looks like!

Right?

How is Hye Na doing?

Is she doing well?

I'm not sure.

It kind of seems as if she's doing well.

But it also seems as if she isn't.

In the daytime, she seems to be doing fine.

She eats well and gets along with the other kids.

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

I heard she keeps waking up because she has bad dreams.

What did the counselor say?

They told Hye Na that she can start talking whenever she feels ready to.

But whenever she's brought to the play therapy room

she wordlessly plays in the sandbox for an entire 50 minutes.

The counselor said that it's their first time treating such a child.

Yoon Bok.

It's a lot easier than you think to get along with other kids.

Ask kids who need help if they need help with anything.

And ask kids who are playing by themselves if they want to play with you.

Do you want to play with me?

- And, when you see crying kids... - It's okay.

tell them that it'll be okay.

It'll be okay.

The most difficult thing...

will be getting along well with yourself.

I'm sorry that I can't be with you in those moments.

I'm so, so sorry.

At times like that, I read books.

I didn't feel lonely...

as long as I had books to read.

[The Secret Garden]

Writing is nice, too.

Ask the teacher for a notebook and pen

and try keeping a diary.

Write about not just things that you like

but about things that you hate and things that you're scared of.

Write down all of the things that you can't tell other people

without forgetting a single thing.

And...

think that...

the two of us...

will definitely be able to meet again one day.

Hye Na?

Can we talk for a bit?

Can you tell me a bit about when you lived with your mom?

Has your mom...

ever hit you?

The teacher told me that I don't have to talk about

anything that I don't want to talk about.

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

But... in a little bit

your mom is going to have her trial.

And because of that, we need to know

if she ever wronged you...

or if she ever tried to hurt you.

And in order for us to know, you must tell us.

If I do that...

will my mom get punished?

Well, that depends on what you tell us.

I...

won't say anything.

You must be worried that your mother will be punished because of you.

But...

if you don't tell us...

your mom will be freed without being punished at all.

And if that happens

you could end up having to live with her again.

Is that what you want?

You, Ms. Song, went to Hye Na and the defendant's home

and asked Child Protective Services to investigate her.

As a result of that, the police even went to their home

and questioned the defendant.

In that situation...

have you ever, even once

heard Hye Na tell you directly that her mom hit her...

or that her mom abused her?

Or have you ever discovered evidence suggesting that?

No, but--

That is all.

However

there is an audio recording that Kang Soo Jin sent me.

In that recording, there's a portion where Hye Na

talks about just how much her mom hit her, in detail--

That file was recorded after Kang Soo Jin kidnapped Kim Hye Na...

and the credibility of that recording has yet to be determined.

Thus, it cannot be used as evidence.

Sustained.

But, Judge!

The portion where Hye Na talks about Lee Seol Ak, her mother's boyfriend...

The fact that Lee Seol Ak has killed the children of other women he's dated

has already been published in newspapers and has been proven to be true!

Whether or not the accusation is true or not

it is completely irrelevant to this case.

Why did Won Hee die?

Your son, Won Hee.

I asked you why he died.

Won Hee...

was playing on the balcony

while I had been out working...

and climbed up onto an earthenware pot...

and fell from the fourth floor.

That's what you may be telling other people

but you have to tell me the real reason.

That it was...

because you wanted Won Hee to disappear.

No, that's not true.

You did it!

Lee Seol Ak...

enjoyed making my Won Hee stand up...

while he threw baseballs at him.

He threw a baseball at a poor five-year-old

who had no idea what was going on

with all of the strength he could muster.

And one time...

Won Hee was hit with the baseball right above his eye

and got around 10 stitches or so.

And the doctor said that he had an orbital fracture.

At that moment, I said to the doctor at the ER...

that my Won Hee...

was walking past a playground

and was hit by a baseball.

I'm sure that something similar happened to Hye Na, too.

She probably said that she was hit by a stray ball on the street

which was why her eardrum was ruptured.

Your Honor!

The witness is trying to draw connections to a completely irrelevant matter!

In order for me to come here...

I gave up on a lot of things.

I'm fine with being investigated by the police...

for being Won Hee's mom, yet causing him to die.

But I really want to say this one thing.

Hye Na's mom.

You knew, didn't you?

You knew what Lee Seol Ak did to Hye Na.

You knew it all, didn't you?

I...

know about you.

My Honey mentioned you to me.

He said that your kid was too loud and gave you a hard time

and that you became happy after your kid died.

And, looking at you now...

you really do seem happier.

How could they do that?

Can you imagine how I felt when they sent that photo to my cell phone?

Shin Ja Young called me

and told me that, if I didn't give her 500 million won...

she didn't know how her own daughter, Hye Na, would end up.

And blackmailed me in this way.

That photo

was sent to the defendant by the late Lee Seol Ak.

At the time she received this photo

the defendant didn't even know where Kim Hye Na was.

Thus...

this was not a threat on her part that she would kill Hye Na.

Rather, she was stating that she really did not know what would happen

and was expressing her concern, don't you think?

Just look at that photo!

Her hands and feet are tied up!

And look at the child's expression!

The two of them had already destroyed her emotionally...

and spiritually!

So if she hadn't been intending to kill her

how could she have sent me such a horrific photo?

It's because...

you people caused me pain...

so I wanted to return that favor.

You people have everything you could ever want

and yet, you took the only thing I had.

When I came to the front of your house to get Hye Na...

Hye Na, who got out of a nice car

in front of a nice house, wearing nice clothes

didn't move a single muscle even when I begged and pleaded her

to come back home with me, her mom!

Do moms who are penniless...

have less of a right...

to raise kids than rich mothers?

500 million won?

That's a lot of money, right?

I've never thought that

there would come a day when I'd ever see such a huge amount of money.

No, rather...

I never believed that someone would give me that much money

for someone else's kid.

What I wanted...

was to make you feel the pain...

of choosing money over a child.

And to ridicule you people, who did that!

That was all!

Hye Na is not your property.

Rather, no child is their mother's property.

You have no right to ridicule Kang Soo Jin, my daughter.

What kind of mother would use her own child

as a pawn to get revenge on someone?

You're no better than an animal.

Madam!

Madam!

Madam!

Mom!

- Mom! - Mom!

Please call an ambulance.

Mom!

It's that woman!

That woman is Reporter Kang Hyun Jin!

I told you!

I told you that she seemed to have accepted a bribe from Kang Soo Jin.

But that wasn't the case at all!

That woman was Kang Soo Jin's younger sister!

Cha Young Shin's daughter!

These are the slanderous articles

that Reporter Kang Hyun Jin

has written up until now against my defendant.

These articles manipulated the public's opinion

and changed the focus of the investigation.

The kidnapper, Kang Soo Jin

got herself an attorney and is preparing herself for her trial.

In the meantime, she used her family to sway public opinion.

In the meantime, my defendant, who is penniless

suffered the pain of having her child taken by those people

and yet was charged as a child abuser and kidnapper.

Thus, she is receiving an unfair trial.

Madam Cha isn't in critical condition anymore.

But her condition has worsened a lot more than we'd imagined

and there is no guarantee that she will recover the next time this happens.

Soo Jin.

I heard that you are planning to dismiss your attorney.

It's because I see no point...

in defending myself.

But you need to get out of there and visit your mother.

Your mother will hang in there.

She will do her best to hang in there.

But she is quite weak right now.

So you have to be strong, Soo Jin.

It's so...

difficult.

I know.

No.

You have no idea.

But still, you must be stronger, and--

You couldn't understand, Doctor.

She looks happy.

It looks like she's doing well.

Right?

We almost fell for her act, too.

Pardon?

The truth is...

Hye Na has more scars in her heart than any other child here.

We ran tests on her

and the results say that she has

depression and other related conditions because of her anxiety.

But the biggest problem is that

Hye Na cannot acknowledge that she is in pain.

She is dealing with her painful reality by denying it.

Like how people force themselves to think of things that they like

whenever we get depressed or sad.

When Hye Na first came here

she said that she isn't Hye Na, but Yoon Bok.

Oh... Yoon Bok.

That...

is what Kang Soo Jin, Hye Na's kidnapper, called her.

It could be that

Hye Na wanted to be Yoon Bok forever.

Who are you, Mister?

Huh?

Well, um, someone asked me to give you that bag.

Is my mom...

doing okay?

Well...

she seems to be thinking about you quite a lot.

I think about her every day, too.

I...

was the one...

who caught your mom...

Ms. Kang Soo Jin.

To be honest, I... did that...

so that I could find you.

In case something bad would happen to you.

I always kept your photo with me, too.

See?

It was so that I could show people.

Is my mom...

going to go to jail now?

Well...

we don't know yet.

The thing about trials is, they take a lot of things into consideration

before making a decision.

For example, why Kang Soo Jin...

took you away.

And whether she was trying to rescue you or not.

And, if she was trying to rescue you...

just how much danger you were in.

Whether or not your life was in danger.

Or if you were just in a little bit of pain.

Those things...

are things that only you and Kang Soo Jin know.

On that night, Kang Soo Jin was not completely sane

due to her concern for a child named Kim Hye Na.

But, because she had to leave for Iceland a couple of days later

she asked me to check up on the safety of the child.

Are you strong, Witness?

Pardon?

Or, do you have a lot of free time?

I have no idea what you're trying to say.

If the defendant was that worried for the child

why did she ask you, and not the police, to keep the child safe?

That's why I'm asking.

Do you have the ability to keep the child safe?

I do not.

Then, do you think that

the fact that the defendant asked you to keep the child safe, and not the police

was an appropriate thing to do?

That is all.

Excuse me!

The point of my testimony is that

Kang Soo Jin had good intentions for taking the child!

Please start your cross-examination.

We will not be cross-examining.

Attorney.

Come over here.

Why have you been acting this way?

You're not cross-examining at all.

I apologize, Your Honor.

The defendant is deeply reflecting on her actions

and has no intention of defending herself.

If she is reflecting deeply on her crime

she needs to explain the reasons behind her actions.

Yes, but...

she said that she will dismiss me

if I cross-examine.

I apologize.

If the defendant's intention

was to perform an emergency rescue to save Kim Hye Na from danger

she should have called the police

or she should have ensured that the child escaped that situation first

and then requested help from the appropriate authorities.

However, the defendant...

made the child appear dead by making meticulous preparations

over the course of several days.

Then, she quit her job

liquidated all of her savings

and got rid of her cell phone.

Then she took the child and fled.

Do you think that this was a rational thing to do?

No.

And what about her reason?

While she was on the run with the child

she purchased a counterfeit passport

and attempted to leave the country illegally.

And thus, she put Kim Hye Na in a more dangerous and illegal situation.

Isn't that right?

Yes. That's right.

So, rather than saying that she was trying to save the child

it would be more accurate to say that she took a minor out of safety...

for her own selfish desires.

In other words, she was trying to render the child an object for herself.

Don't you think so?

As the police officer who was investigating the defendant

the witness can only testify about the things that he personally experienced.

The defendant's motives for her illegal actions

are all a part of the police's case report....

Your Honor.

I struggled a lot with trying to determine her motive.

When the defendant kidnapped the child

she did not threaten her legal guardians or demand a payment.

Her only objective

was to take the child and disappear.

That seemed to be it.

Why did she do it?

Most of the people I met with while investigating this case

said that the defendant and Kim Hye Na

appeared as if they were truly mother and daughter.

If that is the case...

if that is true...

If the defendant truly treated Kim Hye Na as her own daughter...

if she truly felt and acted as if she were Kim Hye Na's real mother...

the defendant...

subjected her own life to much suffering...

and so, her actions...

in which she desperately tried to flee with Kim Hye Na...

can be explained, in this way, to an extent.

All rise!

Attorney.

Please give this to the defendant.

Are you doing okay, Mom?

I'm doing just fine.

[Letter of Resignation]

When did you find out?

When I went to Mooryung...

and got the flyer from the detective in charge of the case.

You should have brought that to me then.

Why did you act alone?

I apologize.

Goodness.

I know that this is truly impudent of me to say...

but I did my utmost

to ensure that I wrote these articles...

in a fair and objective way.

What's the use in that, when nobody will believe your articles now?

In the end, you ended up doing Shin Ja Young a huge favor.

Your letter of resignation...

will be processed quickly.

Thank you for everything up until now.

You punk.

Do you have any idea what you've done?

You won't ever...

be able to work as a reporter again...

no matter where you go.

Mister.

I quit my job.

I don't think I'll ever be able to be a reporter again.

Where are you right now?

The parking lot.

Which floor?

B2.

Geez, why are you there?

Your car is in B3.

What?

B24.

Your car is parked on floor B3, at spot B24.

I followed you in case you wouldn't be able to find your car.

Goodness.

You're just like your mom.

You're all over the place right now so you won't be able to drive.

It's called the "video link system."

We'll have a live feed of her at the courthouse while she testifies.

The child won't be able to see us

but we will be able to ask them questions.

What a relief!

Hye Na is a smart child

so she'll know that I'll be able to hear whatever she's saying.

If we keep riding this wave

we may even be able to get the "not guilty" verdict for you.

The "not guilty" verdict isn't what's important.

What's important is that people understand me.

Hye Na.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to ask you a couple of questions.

All right.

Has your mom ever hit you?

Yes.

Can you tell me where and how, exactly, as best as you can remember?

Um...

I don't want to.

Then, I'll just say some things.

So can you just say whether or not it's true?

On December 12th, 2017...

did your mom push you down a flight of stairs?

On December 16th, 2017

did your mom hit you with the shopping cart?

On December 22nd, 2017--

Mister.

I don't want to talk about things like that.

Why?

My mom had such a hard time because of me.

That's why she hit me.

And hitting me made her upset, too.

And thinking about that makes me upset, too.

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

Hye Na.

But...

I'll tell you just one thing.

It's about a really cold day last year.

Uncle did something scary to me.

He put my mom's lipstick on my lips...

and pressed down on me, hard.

Then, Mom came home.

Mom!

And my mom hit me, saying that I was disgusting.

Then, she put me in a garbage bag

and poured garbage on top of me.

Then...

she put me outside.

Mom!

Mom!

Hey...

if you put the kid outside today, she'll die.

Let's go see a movie, Honey.

There's a movie that I want to see.

Hey.

Don't you understand what I'm saying?

She'll be dead by the time we get back.

I don't care!

If anything, that'd be great.

Mom.

I would have probably died back then...

if Ms. Kang Soo Jin hadn't come for me.

What do you think about your sentence?

- Are you going to appeal it? - Is what the child said true?

Do you think this is media manipulation?

Please say something!

Do you still think this trial was unfair?

- Please say something! - Please say something!

How are you feeling right now?

In accordance to Chucheon Criminal Code, Article 34

which deals with the consequences for child abuse

as well as the Child Welfare Law which addresses repeated abuse

and the Specific Crime Punishment Law for an attempted murder

all of which the biological mother, Ms. Shin, was found guilty of violating

Ms. Shin has been sentenced to seven years in jail.

And the judge...

What a relief.

Yes, what a relief.

Seriously, what a relief.

What are you relieved about?

What? Hm?

The fact that there was attempted murder involved

greatly affected Ms. Shin's sentence.

The court agreed that there was attempted murder involved

and gave her a severe sentence.

Furthermore, the courts stated that the victim

who should have received love and care from the defendant, her mother

suffered the most cruel abuse from her instead

and was put into a situation by her in which she could have died.

The defendant did not commit murder, in the end

but the physical and mental trauma that the child suffered

was assessed to be as severe a crime as murder.

Hye Na!

The result of the trial was announced.

Your testimony was taken into consideration

and she was found guilty.

Now you won't have to live with your mom anymore.

What's the matter?

Are you okay?

Soo Jin.

I am extremely disappointed in you.

Are you...

never planning to see Yoon Bok again?

The only one Yoon Bok can believe in right now is you.

So, what on earth are you doing right now?

You have to fight for yourself!

Don't you want to have your head held high...

when Yoon Bok...

learns about what happened to you later?

I'm sorry.

But, right now...

I have no strength left to fight.

Eat a lot and exercise.

You can definitely do that in the detention center.

That's what I did when I was in jail...

in case I would meet you again.

And so that I wouldn't be an embarrassment when that happened.

I mustered all the strength I had to get myself out of bed every day.

You can do it, too.

Because you're a mom.

Defendant.

Make your final statement.

I...

never wanted to be a mother.

When I was six years old...

I was abandoned under a tree at an orphanage.

And because of that...

I despised my mother...

and missed her for a very long time.

And because of that

I didn't think I'd be able to handle the burden of being a mom.

So you want to know...

why I took Hye Na and fled, despite that?

To be honest...

even before I saw Hye Na abandoned, in the garbage bag...

- or before I saw her... - Ms. Kang!

I saw her wandering the streets late at night, with not enough clothing on...

Where did you get hurt?

Even before I saw Hye Na hiding her leg, covered in bruises

and lying about how she liked her mom...

I wanted to take Hye Na and run away before all that.

I fell down the stairs, too.

And that's because...

I was once Hye Na.

The man who lived with my mother...

beat me...

and choked me.

And...

my mother killed that man.

Then she took my hand, when I was six years old, and ran away.

And because of that...

I knew how Hye Na felt, all too well.

But...

I had no idea that it would be this painful.

Before I realized it, I had become a mother...

and Hye Na had become my child.

I didn't know that having to leave Hye Na behind and go...

that doing that one thing, which I loathed more than anything else...

Mom!

having to do that myself to my own child...

Yoon Bok!

is so...

so painful.

Mom!

You asked me why I didn't ask the police or other people to help, right?

To be honest, maybe that's what I should have done.

But Hye Na needed to be protected immediately

and I didn't want Hye Na to have to explain

what had happened to her to strangers, over and over again.

And...

I really didn't want to let go of Hye Na's hand...

and have her get into a cop's car to be taken to a foreign place.

More than anything, I...

wanted to...

hold that quivering child in my arms...

as quickly as possible...

and for as long as possible.

I am sorry for being so selfish.

I've caused such an inconvenience...

to so many people.

Even while I was on the run...

I always felt so apologetic and thankful.

Even if you give me the absolute worst sentence...

I will accept it enthusiastically.

But...

no matter how much I think about it...

no matter how many times...

I think about it...

if I could go back in time to that moment...

I would probably still take that child's hand...

and run away again.

Ow.

Huh?

Your tooth fell out, Hye Na!

All right.

One, two, three!

What did you wish for?

I wished that I could eat corn every day.

Mine is a secret.

Why?

Defendant Kang Soo Jin.

I hereby sentence you to one year and six months of probation.

Hye Na.

Ms. Kang Soo Jin's trial was today

and she's not going to be going to jail!

She'll be going back home now.

Isn't that a relief?

Yes.

You're here?

You were quite worried because of me, right, Mom?

Thank you so much...

for getting out of there so soon.

I'll hurry and get up soon, too.

I'll take care of you starting today, Mom.

No.

You go straight home.

Yeah, head home for today.

It's my turn today, Big Sis.

Go home and get some rest.

Yeah, Big Sis.

You need some time to be alone for the first time in a while, too.

I'll take you home.

I'll go to my mother's house alone.

I want to try taking the bus alone...

and walking alone.

All right.

I won't fight you on that, then.

I'll watch over your mother all night, so don't worry and get some rest.

Thank you for everything.

[Are you okay, Mom?]

[Gwangwon-do, Mooryung-seo...]

Hello?

Mom?

Is that you, Yoon Bok?

Mom.

I finished reading "The Secret Garden."

And right now, I'm reading "Little Women."

Really?

Was it good?

My teacher here said that she's like Amy.

But in my opinion, she's not like her at all.

Yoon Bok.

Where are you calling me from right now?

Is it okay for you to be making calls at this hour?

There's a phone in the cafeteria.

Everyone is sleeping and I'm calling you secretly.

Are your teachers good?

Are they nice to you?

The director acts like a scary person

but they're actually not scary at all.

But their farts smell really bad.

So everyone calls them "Director Fart."

And...

my teacher here taught me how to play badminton.

Mom.

Do you know how to play badminton?

No.

I'm not that good at it.

Then, I'll teach you.

They said that badminton is a sport that you can do even when you're older.

I see.

Today, Tae Hwa memorized up to the 13 times table.

Tae Hwa can barely speak properly

but he knows more of the multiplication table than I do.

I...

only memorized up to the three times table.

Or is it the two times table?

Who's Tae Hwa?

Tae Hwa is a seven-year-old boy and he's getting adopted soon.

Oh, really?

But, Mom.

When are you going to come get me?

I'm waiting for you.

I called you many times

after I heard that you got out of jail.

I even wrote the address...

and phone number of this place, and sent it to you.

Didn't you get it?

I pack my bag again every night before I go to bed.

I put all of my socks in there neatly...

and the rest of my clothes, too.

Hurry and come here, Mom.

I miss you.

Yoon Bok.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Mom.

Mom.

Please...

please kidnap me, just one more time.

[Call Me Mother]

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I'm not going to get adopted.

I definitely, definitely won't go.

And if I do...

I won't say a single word for the rest of my life.

I packed my bag, and I got a map, too.

And I memorized the way, too.

Mom.

I think I'll be able to come to you now.