(Episode 79)
Stay right there!
Apologize, Ms. Min.
Apologize.
- You... - I'm sorry, Ms. Yeo.
Because of what I had you do,
Ms. Min became angry with you...
and were even slapped.
She's not just anyone,
she's supposedly your right-hand woman.
Wasn't that a bit harsh?
Or were you angry...
that your right-hand woman helped me?
Sorry, Ms. Yeo.
I was excessive.
I apologize.
Good job.
Now, the employees won't complain.
It'll be a pain in the neck if they talk about her...
being slapped by you.
This is my loyalty...
toward you, Stepmother.
That conniving snake.
Watch it.
I'll be a minister soon.
But seriously,
where is the diary?
Shall we start our meeting?
Okay.
Here are the design magazines you asked for.
- Thanks. - Thank you.
Yes. I had put it in my office safe.
Did someone come in and take it?
They found my safe?
Hi... Honey.
Why are you home so early?
I had some documents to prepare for the confirmation hearing.
- Did you check on Hye Bin? - What?
Of course.
She's sleeping after taking some medicine.
Honey.
Help me.
What do you mean, help you?
What is Assemblyman Son doing?
You met him secretly so many times.
Didn't you have contingency plans?
It'll hurt us both...
if it gets out later.
Please take my side.
I won't forget...
what you do for me.
Please help me. Please?
Sure. I'll tell Mr. Song to prepare documents...
on our real estate, tax filings, educational records, and whatnot...
they may review for you to have tomorrow.
Thank you.
That's right.
You can't do anything without me.
And thanks to that, I'll be able to find your weaknesses.
Anyone can get those stupid documents together.
You're just a useful husband...
that I need at the moment.
(Chief Director Kwon Ju Hyung)
Who is it?
It's me, sir.
I wanted to show you this.
They're Lora Mattress and Lora Shoes' balance sheets...
for the past five years.
Why are you showing this to me?
Aren't we on the same side?
I'm asking you to fight with me.
It's nice having you on my team.
Although, I don't know how you feel.
Well...
It's not bad having someone on my side.
It's good to have someone who's always on my side.
Since we both want the same thing.
Look at this.
As you can see, Mattress was doing well...
with high sales and no debt.
The money flow was good.
But Shoes had half the sales.
But they kept investing huge amounts of money.
Here. Look at this.
There were several times when Mattress's funds...
were sent to Shoes.
They were paid off right away, but still.
This is trickery.
I'm sure...
it was because they had an investor with deep pockets.
You know her very well too.
Lady Choi Sook Ja.
Ki Seok's grandmother, I believe.
I'm getting hungry now after talking for so long.
How about chicken and beer?
Pardon? Well...
- Let's go. - Let's go somewhere else.
No.
I need to do something there.
(Nosang Chicken)
Mr. Yoon.
You have guests in the room.
Okay, cheers, my right-hand woman.
Pardon?
Ju Hyung.
Where were you? The boss should always be here.
I'm sure you know Ms. Kim.
She'll be...
my right-hand woman from now on.
Right-hand woman?
Everyone here seems to have a right-hand and a left-hand person.
I wanted to make you my right-hand man,
but after I thought about it, Ms. Kim was a better fit.
Might as well go with someone who is beautiful.
I came to ask you for a favor.
Let me meet Lady Choi.
I'm the chief director of marketing at Lora Networks now.
Hold on.
I need to use the restroom.
Let's talk more when I get back.
With both my right-hand and left-hand persons.
You're doing well, right?
Yes.
Ju Hyung...
is a good guy.
Yes.
It's so strange.
Why do you seem like a stranger?
I'll go now.
Gemma.
(I killed that woman.)
I killed...
that woman.
I killed her.
No secret lasts forever?
Nonsense.
Many secrets stay buried as if they're dead.
They never wake up.
Did she...
really kill...
Ju Hyung's mom?
(Kwon Ju Hyung)
Hello?
Why did you just leave?
I wanted to ask you something.
I'm sorry.
Someone must've broken into Ms. Min's office earlier.
There was a huge scene. Did you hear about that?
She accused Ms. Yeo of stealing from her...
and slapped her in the face.
I had no idea.
I see.
You're always so fearless,
so I thought you had sneaked into Ms. Min's office like some spy.
Did Ms. Yeo say something?
To me?
Obviously not.
She's Ms. Min's right-hand woman.
This?
(For your review)
I'll bring this to her,
so you should go prepare for the meeting.
Please be careful, will you?
It'll be a pain for me if you get fired again.
Hello?
Gemma? Did you fall asleep?
No, sir.
Regardless, it seems something went missing from her office.
I wondered if you knew anything about it. That was why I called.
Since you're my right-hand woman.
See you tomorrow.
Sir.
Let's meet at the office tomorrow early at 6 a.m.
I'll go to your office.
That early?
Okay.
I think Gemma took it.
I think Ms. Min was looking for a diary.
She wants to give me the diary?
You really did take it.
Why are you giving this to me?
Probably the same reason I stole it from Ms. Min's office.
And it's similar to the reason...
you brought me back to Lora and made me a chief.
You're not wrong,
but I made you a chief...
purely based on your skills, whether or not you believe it.
Although I am grateful,
I don't know if it's right of me to read someone else's diary.
I'm sorry.
I've made a poor judgment.
Thanks, my right-hand woman.
It'll be a while until the others start arriving,
so take your time reading it.
I feel suffocated day after day.
(I feel suffocated day after day.)
(These jerks are trying to kill me by draining the life out of me.)
These jerks are trying to kill me...
by draining the life out of me.
Not a chance.
(Not a chance.)
Someone else is going to die.
Um Sang Mi.
(Um Sang Mi.)
Um Sang Mi.
Ju Hyung's mom.
If I kill her,
will I be a murderer?
(If I kill her, will I be a murderer?)
No.
I am giving her freedom.
You're not a mom, a wife,
or a daughter-in-law.
You're just a sick monster.
I've simply...
killed a monster.
You're better off dead.
You crazy woman.
All of us really hated that woman too.
Ms. Um said she didn't want it, but she kept forcing her to eat it.
We told her not to come, but she kept showing up.
Every time she fed her that porridge,
she mixed in some white powder.
What?
Well... She said they were vitamins.
The nurses joked among ourselves...
that it was poison.
You're here early.
Thank you...
for yesterday.
For not telling Ms. Min.
I heard...
you were even slapped.
It wasn't because of you, so don't get the wrong idea.
Why do I need so many documents?
These are the past three years' income tax, property tax,
joint land value tax, criminal records,
and reported assets...
that we must submit for your confirmation hearing.
I'm getting a headache already.
Of course.
But it'll clear up miraculously once you become a minister.
Also, you have to submit evidence of your education and experience,
as you probably know.
Of course, I know.
Here.
Let me know if there's anything I need to step in regarding.
And here.
This has the questions and answers for the confirmation hearing.
So? Do you think it's possible?
Well...
There are several things that concern me.
It'll take a lot to clean it all up.
Both money-wise and time-wise.
What should we do?
If we proceed like this, you may be hurt as well.
Proceed.
I need to deal with that much if I want to remove her as CEO...
and divorce her.
Yes, sir.
Hee Kyung.
You've underestimated the world.
You should finally learn a lesson.
(Pulses Krill56)
It's good.
Oh my. Hello.
Lady Choi.
It's been a while, Chef So.
No. I guess you're the owner now.
My gosh. Please, have a seat.
Thank you.
So...
would you like some coffee?
No, thank you. I'm good.
I'm sorry I couldn't attend Gemma's mom's funeral.
Sorry.
Don't be. We have no right to say anything to you.
The truth is,
I came to ask you for a favor.
I see. What...
Please make sure...
Gemma never sees Ki Seok again.
Tell her to stay away from the chicken place too.
This is where our relationship ends.
If she has a conscience,
she'll agree.
Okay, then. I'll go now.
Work hard.
Goodbye.
The funeral was just an excuse.
She came to tell us to make sure Gemma stays away.
(Dry sauna)
What do you think?
Don't you think it needs to be hotter?
It'll start to get colder.
Let's make it hotter. The elderly would prefer that.
Okay, we'll do that.
Also, it looked like...
they liked listening to people sing or play instruments.
Why don't we contact organizations that volunteer their talents?
That's a good idea.
I'll post it on our website.
You can go first.
I'm going to stay longer.
Okay.
Hello.
Amor mio.
I tried and tried, but I couldn't hold back.
I loved you too much, so I was fine if I died.
That was why I came to see you.
Juliet.
What?
We're like Romeo and Juliet.
Soo Yeon.
How great would it be if you weren't Kwon Soo Yeon...
but had a different last name?
- Oh my gosh. - Oh my gosh.
I know Romeo and Juliet.
I played Juliet back in the day...
when I used to act in plays.
Juliet.
Here.
I'm home.
Join us, Auntie.
Nice. A late-night wine party.
Here's your glass.
Okay.
Here you go.
We may be late, but we should still celebrate.
Ms. Min Hee Kyung...
My talented and beautiful stepmother...
was appointed Minister of Gender Equality and Family.
I was named a candidate. I wasn't appointed yet.
Okay, let's drink.
Congrats.
Thanks.
Soo Yeon.
What was that doctor's name? Zi Kang Soe?
Do you still see him?
How do you know him?
I have eyes and ears everywhere.
I've been running a business for years after all.
Are you kidding me?
Why are you digging into my private life?
Well, he's different from a thug who blackmails people for money.
Stop playing hard to get.
He comes from a good family.
You'll get a lot of crumbs falling off the table later on too.
Crumbs?
Having crumbs fall off the table makes you a good family nowadays?
It's always so much fun...
listening to Auntie and Stepmother talk.
Ju Hyung.
How long will you call me Stepmother?
Why don't you call me Mother?
My real mother passed away,
and everyone knows you're my stepmother.
So what's the harm?
Father is my stepfather too...
but I call him Father.
Ju Hyung.
Sorry, Father.
That's right.
Kim Gemma lost both her father and mother as well.
Both of them died in a hit-and-run accident.
On top of that...
they never found the killer in either case.
That's enough.
What does that have to do with us?
He's right.
Let's not talk about that and ruin a celebration party.
Hye Bin.
Hye Bin. What's wrong with you?
I thought you were sleeping.
What?
Did I ruin your night?
I guess I'm not family.
You were all hanging out together but didn't call me.
Hey. We thought you were asleep.
Are you mad, Hye Bin?
Are you?
That's right.
You know I'm crazy.
I'm crazy.
I'm a crazy wench!
Hey. Hye Bin.
- Hye Bin. - Hye Bin.
- Snap out of it. - Let go!
Hye Bin.
- Just kill me instead! - Hye Bin.
Just kill me!
- Stop it. - Hye Bin.
Hye Bin.
I killed...
that woman.
Did she really...
kill Mr. Kwon's mother?
"Evil witch."
"That witch killed me."
"She poisoned my food."
She killed me."
That was...
what my mom said to me as she died.
Her mother-in-law too?
She killed them both?
No way. She couldn't have.
No. She's more than capable of it.
She tried to kill me too.
Yes, Assemblyman Son.
Yes. I'm preparing them...
without a hitch.
How is the party's response?
It's all thanks to you.
Yes.
Come in.
That...
It was you after all.
How did you open my safe?
Someone entering politics should be more careful.
Did you forget that you had left it open?
I am curious though.
Why is this so important...
that you hid it...
with expensive gold bars and cash?
And although someone broke into your safe,
you didn't call the police.
I'd like to have you locked up in the holding cell, but...
But you can't.
Because that's not your diary.
What's your deal?
How dare you mess with me?
You brat.
Nonsense.
I wouldn't mess with someone busy with a confirmation hearing.
But I wonder if that confirmation hearing...
is really going to happen.
You'll be a sitting duck.
You little impertinent...
Minister of Gender Equality and Family?
Withdraw from your nomination.
What?
If you need to come to terms with it...
and contact reporters...
A day should be enough, right?
Are you mad?
Behave.
Someone like you...
should never step foot into politics.
Not just you,
but the rotten Assemblyman Son and his gang.
The nation can't be toyed with by disgusting pieces of trash...
who are much more despicable...
than any thief or robber.
So I need to stop it.
What a patriot.
What? Should I sing...
the national anthem for you?
Don't underestimate me.
Do you think this is all the evidence I have?
Fine.
I'll release all the evidence that I've gathered...
like a refreshing waterfall onto society.
Wait. That's right.
This is a little preview.
(Red Shoes)
That brat. You want to ruin my career?
You'll send everything you've gathered to media agencies?
Tomorrow by noon.
I don't know what I may do if you don't withdraw by then.
Just kill that brat.
What if Gemma has solid evidence?
There's still time.
Watch and see what I do.