Oh, was this your car?
I'm so sorry.
What happened?
I accidentally hit it while parking. I'll take responsibility for it.
That's fine, it's not a big deal. Just leave it.
I can't do that, not after scratching an expensive car.
- I'll pair for repairs... - No really, it's fine.
I'm so sorry.
Don't worry about it. See you around.
What is it, sweetie?
Someone just rammed your parked car?
It's no big deal.
A minor scratch while parking. I told him it was fine.
Is it someone who lives in our building?
Yeah, you know that guy who came by to say hello? Him.
Oh, that young man! He should've been more careful.
Where's Bi-an?
In his room. Said he was going to bed.
Please excuse the intrusion.
What brings you here?
I couldn't just pretend nothing happened. I didn't think you'd accept money,
So please accept this whiskey I was saving for a special day.
No, thank you. This is too much.
Otherwise I won't feel okay about the whole thing.
This must be some sort of fate.
Stay and have a drink. I also want to thank you for helping us earlier.
Mother, it's too late. It isn't polite...
Well, I'm okay with it. How about a drink then?
Why not? Please have a seat.
Go fix up some finger foods.
Okay.
Sit, sit.
This whiskey's quite rare and expensive. This will be my first time tasting it.
Leave my house this instant!
I hope I'm not being a bother so late in the night.
Not at all.
Let me ask, why are you single? You're well off and you're at a ripe age.
Mother...
What? I'm just curious about our friendly neighbor.
Well, I' m divorced. We didn't last the honeymoon.
Something happen during the honeymoon?
Mother, that's enough.
Right. You'll have to excuse me. Old people are nosy and curious.
It's fine. It's all in the past anyhow.
My ex-wife had another man. I found out on our honeymoon.
My goodness!
I came back from the honeymoon to find she told everyone I cheated on her.
It worked since her family is quite wealthy and powerful.
That's terrible! What bad luck.
What a completely despicable woman!
Mother, it's late. Shouldn't you go to bed?
Yeah, yeah, I'm going. I was being awfully nosy, wasn't I?
- It's fine, ma'am. - Then I'm turning in.
Have fun then.
- Good night, ma'am. - Good night, Mother.
Good night, everyone!
I apologize.
Don't apologize. She's sweet, reminds me of my mother.
I saw on your business card that you're an investor.
Yes. I deal mostly with finance, but the market's not like it used to be.
True. We've hit some hard economic times.
Too true.
You didn't go to bed?
Ah, this? Bi-an's hearing is tomorrow.
I'm writing a letter to the judge promising to take good care of BI-an.
A letter?
Yes, to put the judge's worries at rest.
Hi, Shin-woo.
Hello, Shin-woo.
Hello.
What's this? Should I be knocking to come into my own room?
Of course not. Did you eat?
Of course. It's way past dinnertime.
Why are you leaving? Because I'm here?
Yup.
He's seriously way too honest.
Shin-woo, do you like someone?
Why do you ask?
You've changed. You're much brighter.
Well... never mind! I'll tell you some other time.
Continue what you were doing. I'm going to wash up.
You surprised me!
Why'd you come downstairs? Thought you lived on floor 11.
Going out for some fresh air.
Come with me.
Should a married woman be wandering outside so late?
Enough with your lies. I know you haven't moved here.
I must say, you're as sharp as ever.
Jo Ki-young!
You're right. I don't live here.
Then?
Why are you showing up now after all this time?
I want to make friends with your husband.
We've got a special common factor. You. It makes sense for us to be friends, no?
I already told you, my husband knows everything.
Does he? Then should I just tell him who I am?
Go ahead.
Great. I'll do exactly that.
Your family's company hasn't gone under yet, I hear.
Don't do anything you'll regret.
Still the same as ever.
Still looking down your nose at me and my family.
Go ahead, do what you want.
By the way, your husband seemed awfully interested in the story of my ex-wife.
What is it you want? Tell me.
I don't know. Nothing pops into mind right now.
I'll tell you when I decide.
Be careful going home.
No, you already know what you want. So tell me.
What's with you, so threatening and furious?
Tell me!
Sweetie, you didn't go to bed?
What happened to you?
Said you were going to the store. And you left your phone behind.
The night air was just so refreshing.
So you walked around by yourself?
I had some things to think about. Boy, I'm tired. Coming?
Na-kyeong!
Are you having a hard time raising Bi-an?
I wanted him, remember?
That's what you thought. The real thing might be different.
You gonna send him back if I'm having a hard time?
Believe in me when it comes to the child and everything else.
Then I can do my best to protect our family.
Alright.
I'm heading to bed.
I'm leaving for the hearing.
Alright. Good luck.
Thank you.
I promised to get your son back.
Bi-an will eventually end up with you. Today's hearing won't change that.
I understand.
Go on then.
I'll be back later.
Headed to the art studio?
No.
Then where?
- I am going with you. - It's not somewhere you should go.
If you go, I will go.
No. Go back to your room.
Goodbye.
Kang Hyeong-woo!
I'll go get him.
He won't listen to you. Take Ahn with you.
But...!
Just do it.
Yes, ma'am. Goodbye.
Here's a couple that's always in love.
Hello, Hyeong-woo. It's been a while.
- Let's go in. - Okay.
It's late. Let's go.
Okay. I'll be right back.
I will go, too.
You can't. Wait for me here while I go handle this.
Hyeong-woo!
I'll be right back.
Hyeong-woo, how about a word?
Aren't you curious as to how Bi-an's been doing?
Hyeong-woo, do you know why we can't go in with them?
This is reality. We're strangers to Bi-an.
Doesn't matter if he calls you daddy or how much I adore him.
I thought you had changed much, but guess not.
You still insist on seeing and hearing only the things you want.
You know why we're here, don't you?
We're going to win this case. Eun-young won't get her son back.
Don't be angry. You're the reason she'll lose.
You two are married, right?
If she wins, you'll have to raise him together.
We are married. Bi-an is my son.
That's exactly why it can't happen.
If Eun-young wins, you'll be his father. Can you help raise him?
Frankly speaking, you've never earned a cent in your life.
It may sound harsh to you, but you're different from everyone else.
Someone always took care of you, your mother or someone else.
How could they entrust you with a child?
Of course it's not your fault you're handicapped.
But Bi-an has a real father who can take better care of him.
So who would give him to you?
But I... I love Bi-an.
Exactly. So you don't want him and Eun-young to be unhappy, do you?
She'll get Bi-an back only if you give her up.
Hyeong-woo, if you love them both, you have to let them go.
So the child is now staying with the plaintiff?
Yes, the child was moved last week upon his wishes.
Why the sudden move?
The plaintiff requested the transfer after petitioning for restraining orders.
There was compulsion to some degree.
You know well the child cannot be forced to stay anywhere.
There was no compulsion.
The mother abandoned the child before because she bore him out of wedlock.
It makes no sense that she wants full custody of him now.
We submit as evidence the testimony of Mrs. Yang Mal-sun,
mother of Hwang Jeong-gu, the man who raised the child.
Lies! I never abandoned him!
Quiet. You'll have your chance to speak.
Does the defense have a rebuttal?
Yes. What the plaintiff states are all lies.
It is true that the grandmother Na Jin-sun gave the child to Yang Mal-sun,
the defendant thought the child to be dead.
In fact, she didn't know he was alive until this past winter.
Furthermore, the plaintiff received the testimonial from Mrs. Yang
through bribery and threats.
We submit another testimonial by Mrs. Yang Mal-sun.
I couldn't help it. I needed the money. They promised to repay my debts.
They threatened to arrest my son for child abuse
if I didn't testify against Eun-young.
If she really intended to abandon him,
she wouldn't have written this prenatal diary every day.
The defendant wrote this herself?
Yes. We'd like to submit part of the diary as evidence.
What's important here...
is the child's future and the environment he'll grow up in.
The defendant's husband
Kang Hyeong-woo is handicapped, a mentally disabled person.
Objection.
There's no proof that handicapped people cannot raise children.
The plaintiff is attacking handicapped parents everywhere with that statement.
Furthermore, he's trying to make an exception the general rule.
Sustained. The plaintiff should refrain from such statements.
Let me speak objectively.
Until recently, the husband suffered from severe agoraphobia and autism.
On top of that, the grandmother framed the child to kick him out of the house.
Is that a safe environment for a child?
Objection. The plaintiff is making accusations without solid proof.
Besides, this is irrelevant. The husband and grandmother aren't blood-related.
Can you prove your accusation?
Of course.
The acts the grandmother Shin Jeong-ok committed were recorded on video.
We'd like to submit this as evidence.
The child lived at Mrs. Shin's home until March 24
when she framed the child and kicked him out of the house.
Is it true the child was kicked out on March 24?
Answer the question.
Yes, but...
The prosecution may continue.
These truths show that this environment is unsuitable for raising a child.
We rest our case.
I expect to see more evidence proving these accusations from the plaintiff
by the next hearing to be held at 10 AM on June 12.
What do we do now?
Don't worry.
Hyeong-woo and Chairwoman Shin aren't blood-related
so they can't directly influence the case.
They're just referential details.
I see. Thank you for everything.
Goodbye.
Hello, Mr. Ahn.
Hyeong-woo was tired so I brought him home first.
That's good. I'll take the bus.
Okay. Bye.
We need to talk.
I have nothing to say.
Well I do.
Do you really intend to take this further, hurting everyone along the way?
It's strange. I'm actually gaining energy as we go.
The more I think about it, the more I refuse to let you two have my child.
I didn't expect you to stop.
Bye.
What did you say? They dragged Hyeong-woo into this?
That's not all. They submitted evidence to show that you framed the child.
Evidence?
A video tape recording.
- Video tape...? - Yes.
Was that really you?
I don't know what you're talking about. It must be another one of their tricks.
Good work. You're excused.
Yes, ma'am.
Why haven't they called yet?
Grandma!
Yeah?
Can I borrow your phone to call my daddy?
What?
Don't let him call them. It'll only confuse him.
Oh no, my phone is... broken.
Weird. The house phone is broken, too.
Yeah, weird. Very weird.
Oh-oh-oh!
I'm busy right now. Let's talk later.
Grandma! Your phone is not broken.
Um... the thing is... right!
You can only take calls. You can't make calls.
Very weird... right?
Oh, they're home. That you, Jeong-woo?
- We're home. - Hey.
So, how did it go? We winning?
Bi-an!
Bi-an, go read a picture book in your room.
Okay.
It was just the second hearing. Nothing's decided yet.
But things are definitely working to our advantage.
Tell her the truth. She's worried.
- Let me get changed first. - Okay.
He looks like he's in a bad mood.
He's just tired.
If that's all...
Why are you looking at me?
You're just so handsome.
People used to say Daddy and I looked just alike...
Don't worry about me. Say what you want to say.
My kindergarten teacher said I was handsome 'cause I look like Daddy.
Hyeong-woo is quite good-looking.
My daddy is...
Bi-an.
Yes?
Go ask Grandma for some cake. We bought it for you.
Okay.
How long do you plan to stay as Mr. Shadow?
Until Bi-an's good and ready.
What if he never calls you dad?
Sweetie.
There's no law to change his feelings. I'll just try harder.
You didn't say a word on the way home. What's wrong?
Nothing's wrong. I just felt so pathetic at the hearing.
You've been doing so well. Hang in there, it's almost over.
What is it?
You women are so strong.
Just a thought. I'll go wash up.
Stupid girl... why can't she call and tell us what's happening?
We even closed the restaurant for her.
Mother, you're exaggerating.
Business wasn't good today so we called it a day, didn't we?
Mom, don't worry. We've got a great lawyer on our side.
Right. The chairwoman's on our side. She'll take care of everything.
I'm not very happy about her involvement either.
Geez, I'm dying here.
Ugh, the water tastes funny! Why isn't it cold and refreshing?
Um, sir. The hearing should be over by now.
- Should I give her a call? - Don't!
Everyone relax. I'm sure she's handling it.
Don't pretend like you're not curious!
You were pacing earlier instead of working!
What? What are you babbling about?
That's her! It's her!
Hey, Eun-young. How'd it go?
It went well. Don't worry about it.
Doesn't sound like it went well.
You keeping everything to yourself again like an idiot?
No, no. Nothing's decided today so it's just hard to say.
We know that much. Don't forget to eat, okay? Bye.
What did she say?
Did the other side play some low tricks again?
She wouldn't say but she sounds drained.
What if it's not going well?
Hey, watch what you say!
This is about a mother and her child. What could go wrong?
Don't take it out on me. Geez.
If you love them both, you have to let them go.
What are you doing?
Thank you for coming with me today.
Hyeong-woo?
Hyeong-woo!
I cannot do anything to help.
I am handicapped.
I cannot be a good father.
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