(All characters, organizations, and events in this drama are fictitious.)
(All child actors were shot under supervision.)
(Episode 19)
Ms. Kim!
Get me the key to Soo A's room! Hurry!
Good grief. That rude wench is trying to kill the little child.
- My gosh. - Here it is, Ms. Hong.
Hurry up.
Goodness.
Hye Rim.
Soo A!
Calm down, Soo A!
- My gosh. - Soo A! Wake up!
What have you done to her?
Did you just slap me?
You wicked girl.
Once Gi Yun finds out the mean things you did to Soo A,
he'll get sick of you no matter how much money...
you strut about with!
How can he get sick of me?
I paid 100 million dollars to get him divorced.
You should know...
Gi Yun and his business would falter if I took back the investment!
He can always have another kid,
but he must seize the money while he can.
What did you say?
I shouldn't have associated with someone like you!
Ms. Kim! Put her on my back!
Soo A, get on my back.
Goodness, Soo A.
What do you want?
Would you do this...
if Soo A was your biological daughter?
What did you say?
Are you saying I abused her because I wasn't her real mom?
I did not lay a hand on her.
All I did was scream at her because she wouldn't listen.
Is a stepmom not allowed to scream when the kid won't listen?
Beating isn't the only way to abuse someone.
If the child feels terrified, that means the child is abused.
Hey, is it that wrong for Soo A to miss her mom?
Is it a big fault that she can't call you mom?
You can't force her to call you that.
You must first show your love to make her want to call you mom.
That's how you really become a mother.
You don't deserve to be a mother.
I don't deserve it?
That's nonsense!
Is something bothering you?
I had a bad dream.
Soo A fell into a deep pit and began to cry.
She cried out for help...
trying to find me,
but I couldn't get to her.
I hope everything is okay with her.
I'm sure everything is fine. It was just a bad dream.
Right? It must be a bad dream.
(Personnel Announcement)
(Hwang Sung Il, dismissed)
This looks good.
And keep it confidential until the day of restructuring.
Yes.
Do you really think we can let Mr. Hwang go?
Not only is he a founding member of WJ Entertainment,
but he's also Assemblyman Yang's friend.
- You're planning a restructuring? - Yes.
I'll get rid of the good-for-nothing who get paid without doing work...
and fill the agency with actors who'll bring in more money.
What should I do with Mr. Hwang?
He was your friend, so I thought I should leave him around...
even if he did nothing.
No.
He may be a friend,
but I can't let him bring damage to your agency.
Sung Il is a friend and my wife's ex-husband too.
It does seem odd to people that they still stick around...
in the same agency.
We'll let Mr. Hwang go.
Yes, I understand.
She clearly suffered from psychological trauma.
She'll need psychiatric treatment.
Psychiatric...
This little girl needs...
psychiatric treatment?
- Goodness. - Hey.
Why does this little girl need psychiatric treatment?
That poor girl.
Goodness, her mom is in prison,
and she can't see her although she needs her.
That Jaclyn, her so-called stepmom, is such a wicked woman.
I would also get mentally ill if I were her.
- Grandma... - Goodness.
Soo A.
Are you up?
Do you recognize me?
Grandma.
I don't remember Mommy's face.
What? What do you mean?
I miss her,
but I don't remember her face.
- What? - What?
What does she mean?
She seems weird.
Hey, Realtor.
Is the owner of the office on the seventh floor...
still out of reach?
I kept reaching out to him, but he wouldn't sell it.
Darn it. I need to buy out the entire building,
but that office is the only one I can't get.
I'm sorry.
Right, you said...
you wanted to meet the owner of that office,
so I scheduled a meeting for today.
"NA Entertainment?"
Come in.
Let's go inside.
"NA Entertainment?"
You.
You're here.
Na Seung Pil, it was you? You're the owner of this unit?
Are you two acquainted?
- Realtor, you may go. - Goodbye.
Why are you here?
Why did you buy an office in WJ's new building?
To make you angry.
What?
Forget it. How much do you want?
I'll give you a good price, so move out.
No, I can't do that.
I prefer seeing you every day and teasing you instead of money.
I raked in every penny I had to buy this office...
as soon as I heard WJ would move their office here...
and looked forward to a day like this.
Fine, go ahead and hold out.
Once your agency goes under, you'll have to sell...
this office too.
Let's wait and see whose business goes down first.
We're going to have lots of fun from now on.
- I'm home. - You're here.
What's wrong?
Did something happen today?
Soo A almost suffocated to death because of Jaclyn.
Mother.
Stop exaggerating.
What?
I got mad at Soo A,
but she couldn't handle it and collapsed, so she saw a doctor.
What did you do to her to make her collapse?
She was that harsh on her. She wouldn't collapse for no reason.
She needs psychiatric treatment.
What did you say?
Soo A!
Soo A.
- Hello, Daddy. - Hey.
She seems fine.
Daddy, I miss Mommy,
but I don't remember her face.
What?
Soo A, I said I was your mommy.
Really?
What's wrong, Soo A?
Pull it together.
I'm sorry.
She needs to rest, so stop it.
She was examined by a psychiatrist.
She has childhood depression...
and temporary dissociative amnesia or something.
She needs treatment because of psychological trauma.
How can Jang Gi Yun's daughter become an embarrassment...
who needs psychiatric treatment?
I spent a fortune on that girl! How did she turn out like this?
She got only the best education to make her...
the best among her peers.
So why is she like this?
It's because Shin Ju Kyung raised her as a weakling.
I'll make her the best among her peers, just as you want.
So don't worry about her.
Forget it.
From now on, you'll stay out of Soo A's education.
You stay out of this.
You aren't helping her grow up into a strong woman.
What?
Honey, you must be tired. Let's go.
That wicked vixen.
She holds Gi Yun by the leash.
Honey, don't worry about Soo A and leave her to me.
Just focus solely on your business.
Since Soo A doesn't remember her mom's face,
it's a chance to make her think I'm her mom.
But what will we do...
if Shin Ju Kyung wants to raise Soo A after getting released?
Do you think a criminal who served time will get custody?
I will not give her visitation rights,
and I will get restriction orders against her.
Great. Make sure that woman...
can't get close to Soo A or us.
(Pureun University Hospital)
Why are you here?
To have a look at my wrecked leg?
Gosh. That's right.
I had to take a look, so I took time off my busy schedule.
What was that?
Really, you should've led a better life.
Both you and your sister were too greedy.
Both of you really bullied such a kind man like me.
That was why the deity punished you like this.
What?
You scared me.
Here. This is a dismissal notice.
We had a structural adjustment.
Unfortunately, you were to be dismissed.
I thought handing it to you in person...
would be meaningful.
Why are you firing me?
You're incompetent.
Look at your leg.
A manager needs to move around. So it's impossible, right?
You worked hard until now.
Gi Yun, you... You came to annoy me, didn't you?
That's right. You got it correct.
Jang Gi Yun!
That scumbag.
Have you heard?
A celebrity is giving a special lecture at the upcoming concert.
"A celebrity?"
They're coming to coach us how to act.
I wonder who will come.
I hope it's Jung Woo Sung.
Ye Kyung. Have some water and eat slowly.
He's right. You might get an upset stomach.
I'm going to get better quickly and get discharged.
Now that I'm jobless, I need to find one and earn money.
I can't be broke when Ju Kyung gets released.
So Jang Gi Yun ended up firing you, too.
Woo Hyuk. I will not visit Ju Kyung anymore.
If she sees the state I'm in, she'll have a harder time in jail.
When you visit her, tell her I'm on a business trip.
Got it.
For today's performance, along with actress Oh Na Hee...
of WJ Entertainment,
Chairman Jang Gi Yun and Ms. Jaclyn Taylor...
have come to hand out snacks and cheer you on.
A round of applause.
Gosh. Please stop.
Hi.
I'm Chairman Jang Gi Yun of WJ.
We hope the time we spend together...
becomes...
an unforgettable memory.
Right.
Isn't that man your ex-husband?
I think I saw him on TV.
So it is him.
What about that woman?
Is she the one he had an affair with?
So it is her.
My goodness.
Those two came to make your blood boil, right?
Eat them.
What did you think about today?
It was a big surprise, right?
Her expression tells me she liked it.
I was about to refuse your visit. But I came to say this.
No matter how hard you try to trample over and provoke me,
you won't have it your way.
Hey, Jaclyn.
Are you happy now that you're his wife...
after ruining one's family?
Listen, Shin Ju Kyung. Even if you want to ruin our family,
you can't without any money.
Don't you know your divorce was in exchange for 100 million dollars?
It was abnormal from the start how you were by my side...
despite being penniless and nowhere near my class.
Where you are right now is perfect for you.
Your current life is what suits you the best.
Quit talking rubbish. Now get lost.
Soo A. Don't you want to know how she's doing?
- Did something happen to her? - Yes.
How is she?
Soo A is seeing a psychiatrist.
What?
She's being outcasted and bullied by her friends at kindergarten...
for being a murderer's daughter all because of you.
Soo A...
Soo A will most likely be labeled...
a murderer's daughter her entire life.
I was found not guilty of the murder!
Good grief. You fool.
Do you think the world believes that?
You will always be an obstacle in Soo A's life.
You're really selfish for a mom.
Your daughter will forever suffer because of you.
And yet, you don't reflect on yourself.
You can't meet Soo A even after your release.
Seeing you will only worsen her mental illness.
I will ask for restriction orders.
What?
You're going to stop me from seeing Soo A?
Look carefully at what Soo A's like right now.
Daddy, I miss Mommy,
but I don't remember her face.
Soo A, I said I was your mommy.
Really?
Soo A.
My Soo A.
If I were you,
I would disappear from Soo A's life.
To atone for your sins of turning Soo A into such a mess.
I beg you. Please disappear from our lives.
Please do that for Soo A.
My poor Soo A.
Soo A.
Soo A!
Soo A.
Is it tough because of me?
Did I cause you...
to get bullied by your friends and fall into depression?
I must've become...
a bad mom to you.
Soo A.
I'm sorry.
I'm terribly sorry.
What?
Ju Kyung?
Ju Kyung!
Oh, no.
Ju Kyung!
Please step aside.
Look over here.
One, two, three.
Okay.
Nice.
Jaclyn.
You look gorgeous.
It's the best day of my life, so looking gorgeous is a must.
Aren't we moving into our new company building today?
Wait.
Director Cho. Where are my things?
Like my scripts, toothpaste, and toothbrush.
Mr. Hwang. I'm sorry.
Your contract has been terminated.
Whose contract?
Mine?
Me? For real?
I should've told you earlier,
but I couldn't bring myself to say it.
- You rude jerk! - Come on.
How dare you fire me?
I have no power whatsoever to fire you, Mr. Hwang!
Then who did it?
It was Gi Yun?
My gosh. He dares to fire me?
You ungrateful punk.
Mr. Hwang.
- Why are you here this early... - Where's Hee Chan?
I'm here. What is it?
- Hey. - You jerk.
I even bought you a meal despite my tight budget.
What is going on?
If you enjoyed that meal,
you should've stopped me from getting fired from WJ!
How can you let Gi Yun let me go?
You got fired?
Let go of me! I couldn't help you either.
I asked him not to fire you,
but he said no...
because you were causing damage to his agency.
Other staff members all said you never made a penny as an actor,
so he had no choice but to let you go.
An assemblyman in his third term...
can't even stop his childhood friend from getting fired?
If you're that incompetent, how will you manage politics?
I'm never voting for you again!
My gosh. I just lost a vote.
What am I going to do now?
Goodness, what about me?
(Shin Ju Kyung, the former chairwoman of WJ Entertainment,)
(makes an attempt to take her own life in prison.)
(Her life is not in danger.)
Ju Kyung.
What's wrong?
Hey, Woo Hyuk! Where are you going?
Gosh, Jaclyn.
It would be even more meaningful if we took our wedding photos...
here at our new building, right?
Of course.
Staff members, let's take a group photo. Gather around.
Quickly.
Don't be shy. Come on.
Get closer. And smile for the camera.
Sir, please take a good picture.
Give me a finger heart.
One, two, three.
Let's clap for the couple.
What have you done to Ju Kyung?
Why would you harass that poor woman even in prison? What did she do?
Let go of me.
My jacket!
I didn't do anything!
I knew something wasn't right when I heard you were visiting her.
But after you went to see her, she tried to take her own life.
Ju Kyung tried to kill herself?
How cruel were you to her during the visit...
that she got the idea to take her own life?
She should've died instead of just getting an idea!
That would've been perfect! I'm guessing she isn't dead.
Darn it.
What?
You jerk.
Oh my.
- Goodness. - Darn it.
Guards, what are you doing? Why are you standing around...
watching him make this scene?
- Come. - Darn it.
- Come with us. - Let go of me!
Will you let go of me?
I'll kill you!
- Let go of me! - Darn it.
- Let go of me! - Are you okay, honey?
No, I'm in a foul mood...
- because of him. - Let go of me!
Come on! Hey!
I'll kill you!
- Let go of me! - She tried to kill herself?
I didn't think what we said was all that shocking.
Gosh, I knew it.
How will she survive the tough world with such a weak mentality?
Darn it! It's just my luck!
And all this happened on the first day at my new building.
Jung Woo Hyuk, that punk.
(WJ Entertainment)
Why did you do that?
Why?
Why did you do something so foolish?
How can you be so foolish against those who'll stay behind?
Soo A, Ye Kyung, and I are all waiting for you!
So what about us?
Soo A became ill because of me.
I don't want her to suffer anymore.
What will happen to Soo A once you take your life?
She'll enter elementary school, go to college,
and get married when she's older!
She'll need her mom in the course of her life.
Do you think she'll be happy if you aren't there...
when she misses and needs you?
What can I do for her?
She wouldn't need me.
No, every child needs their mother.
It doesn't matter how foolish the mother is.
She's the first world and universe the child sees when they're born.
If you tried to kill yourself for Soo A's sake,
you must now brace yourself and live for her.
That's how you'll be a good mother to Soo A.
Will I ever get a chance...
to be a good mom to her?
If you die, it means you're abandoning her.
A mother who lives for her child no matter what happens...
is a true mother.
Promise me...
you'll never have such a foolish idea again.
Keep your promise.
You're an important person to me.
Woo Hyuk.
How is she? Is she okay?
Yes.
Why did she have such a foolish idea?
I hope she'll never do that again.
She made the wrong choice because she was stressed out.
But she won't do it again.
She's a strong woman.
Goodness, you're here.
(WJ Entertainment)
Did you just say, "You're here?"
I was going to call you for a meal. I'm glad to see you.
Take a seat.
You can't do this to me.
I was the founding member of WJ Entertainment.
I know I don't bring in any sales, but you can't fire me like this.
Who said it was because you didn't make any money?
It's not because of that?
Even if you hadn't brought in money,
I would've let you stay.
We're losing money on you.
What? Losing money?
We used more on you...
for outfits, food, makeup, and other necessities...
compared to what you made.
But still! How dare you fire me?
What other choice do I have? This isn't a charity!
Fine.
I'll never return here because of your cheap,
dirty, and disloyal ways.
Have a great life.
You should...
take this.
What is this?
I wanted to give you a bonus to comfort you.
A bonus to comfort me?
Do you think a few dollars are...
enough to make me feel better?
No, thank you!
It's not just a few dollars.
Hey! I don't want this money!
It is I, Hwang Sung Il!
I'm not a snob who's driven by money!
Gosh, I'm dying to do that.
I'll take the thought...
and accept this.
I deserve this too.
I gave my entire life to WJ Entertainment.
Bye.
Goodness.
Ju Kyung, why did you do that?
My heart sank when I thought the worst had happened to you.
Hey, let's eat.
Shin Ju Kyung, you can't die.
Why would a mother leave her child behind and die?
How cowardly.
Deity, if you exist,
please forgive me.
Forgive me...
for trying to throw my life away,
leaving my loving daughter behind.
I will live...
and protect her...
no matter what hardships come my way.
Never will I run away like a coward again.
Even in the fiery pit,
I will love and protect...
my daughter Soo A.
(The Elegant Empire)
You better be prepared when Shin Ju Kyung returns from jail.
Why should I be scared of her?
She has a daughter with Gi Yun, while you don't.
Shin Ju Kyung will use Soo A to win Jang Gi Yun's heart?
Let her try it if she can.
Soo A?
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)