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[Episode 14]

How did Sunae...

I said I would explain but she insisted on talking to Jihun herself.

It must be hard on him. Meeting his mother and all.

Are you okay?

You have to understand him.

He trusts you, adores you as a woman...

He browbeat you because he needed to hear the explanation.

I didn't want to see you hurt.

Sunae, Jihun is coming.

I wanted to explain everything myself. But now he's here.

I'm going.

Mary.

Mary.

Mary, don't.

Sunae. Are you clear again?

When? For how long?

What's between you two?

Sunae.

Mary went through a lot.

How did my boy turn out so well?

Didn't you want to see your boy?

Don't blame her, Jihun.

Seeing you brought back my memory in part.

But I'd still blank out for days at times.

Don't worry. You'll be fine.

I need to tell you something.

It's not Mary's fault.

Jihun.

[Kim Insuk]

Hello?

Does he understand?

I doubt he will.

Now we'll go our separate ways.

And Mother?

She placed you under surveillance again.

More closely than before. She suspects you're up to something.

Mary, if it's too much, end it now.

No. It's already started.

Jihun, Johnny, Byungjun, they all have to see.

I know that.

What worries me is your insistence on rushing in like a moth to a flame.

Jihun knows everything.

He can't see me slink out of the ring just when the fight starts.

And you. Would you want that?

Mother is frightening. I've got to know what she'll do.

I've got to finish this fight, for my self-respect if nothing else.

I won't go back to what I was.

I've got to fight back.

Okay.

But aren't you bringing Byungjun home?

I'm still his legal guardian.

I won't bring him or Jihun back into this house of horror.

- Ah, apple. - Tomato here.

Here's my seal impression. Uh-uh.

Where have you been?

What did you get, huh?

A present for my mom.

How nice.

For me. And... For you.

- What's that? - A couple phone.

Huh? Sweet?

Your boy's speed dial #1. Call me anytime.

You want to see your boy's face, say, "Han Jihun."

Han Jihun?

Han Jihun.

Wow!

Try James Dean.

Oh my.

No more lugging around magazines. Just say my name.

This is nice, really, but I like seeing you in person best.

What's the name of your work again?

JK, ma'am. Only commies haven't heard of JK.

So I can just say JK? "JK."

Is that the news?

Hadn't you heard? About the holding company transfer.

Aren't you a JK counsel?

Come on, he's been busy with his mom here.

- What's this? - My negligence.

- Negligence of what, exactly? - It came certified in Byungjun's name.

It states Jo Dongho's transfer of JK Medical shares is void...

What? So we have to release them?

Is Byungjun back yet?

No. He's in America. This was initiated by Ms. Kim.

So the fortune-teller, his selection of JK Medical was...

I just called him. But he left the country yesterday.

They don't know when he'll be back.

Didn't you hear me tell you to watch her?

She's been under 24-hour surveillance. No visitors, family, or otherwise. If I...

You call this surveillance? How could you not see this coming?

What's that?

It's time I left the estate.

This a show?

You think I won't let you go because you know all our secrets?

No. I'm accepting responsibility.

Who's on the estate?

If as you say K hasn't had any visitors, who is she working with?

Gardeners, maids, security, intelligence.

Even Mr. Kim.

If K so much as glances at them, I want to know.

Yes, ma'am.

There are only two ways you'll leave this estate.

In a coffin. Or in handcuffs.

Leave us.

I heard.

Don't let it worry you.

We have Dongho's signature. The statute of limitations alone...

Please leave.

I need some time to think.

Okay.

You should count your blessings.

Can you explain your reasoning?

It holds the spirit of your late son.

Didn't you know it wasn't for you?

Has something happened?

Kim Insuk asserts the transfer of JK Medical stock is invalid.

Did she submit a complaint?

She sent the proof via certified mail.

I've never seen Ms. Gong so upset, not when facing down the board.

Not even when her husband died.

She has it now.

Okay.

She suspects someone is helping within the estate.

I'll be careful, don't worry.

Things will happen fast.

You should get those gems we talked about.

I was going today anyway.

Okay, Kijung. Dongjin's home.

You hear?

About K.

She demanded the return of the JK Medical stock via certified mail.

Sorry.

But it's kind of silly.

Like you say, it's tossing eggs at a boulder.

It may be a cornered rat squealing, but you'd better check to be sure.

Ms. Gong is on her way.

She got it?

I just gave it to her.

Be careful.

As you predicted, she's on the lookout for whoever's helping you.

She would be. That's what makes her, her.

We'll go with you.

No need.

Not a bad counter attack.

Tell me how much. To end this here, now.

Shall I make an offer?

Keep your small change.

Return the JK Group holding company shares.

How long have you been plotting?

Since you first came to the estate?

When Dongho died.

You tried to declare me incompetent, take away my son, buy me off with $5M.

That's when.

And Han Jihun was part of your plan?

Not at all, but I won't deny he gave me wings to fly.

But he has nothing to do with this.

If not Jihun, then who?

That's for you to find out.

Whoever it is, anyone here that takes your hand is barely human.

Human?

Human.

Of all of us, who do you think is least human?

You. Ms. Gong Sunho.

It's your last chance, so go ahead.

Why aren't I human?

Do you know how long I've waited for this day?

Every time you failed to treat me like a person, I wanted to tell you this.

Calling me K? I could handle that.

Taking Byungjun? Yes, even that.

Because I had Dongho. Because I loved him.

With him gone I might as well be dead. Might as well curl up and die.

And what did you do?

Knowing I never took a dime of JK's money,

you treated me like a thief, had me watched.

Took away my cell phone, even tapped what I had?

My husband was dead.

Dead.

No one told me.

You just said if I didn't comply with the prenup, I couldn't go to his funeral.

You're only happy if you can kick me, when I'm down, until I break.

Poor you.

You brought it on yourself.

It would have been so simple if you'd just given up.

Even if it killed him, even if it meant annulling the marriage...

I should never have let him live with a monster like you.

When he died... I should have pushed you over a cliff.

I wish you had. You should have ended it.

You should have had me committed and broken my arms and legs.

If you had, you wouldn't be here. And I wouldn't... The child...

Do you know what I did for the momentary success you gave me?

Do you know what I lost for that so-called success?

What you lost?

Yes. What was most precious. And most painful.

It's not a success if it costs you everything you have.

If the most precious thing is torn from me just to bask in your light for a while.

Whatever it is, is it worth fighting a war over?

Do you want it back?

Fine, I'll give it back to you.

I'd give my life to have it back.

But no one can do that, not you, not me.

And that is our tragedy.

We failed.

Your life, mine, both failures.

You don't think you are?

It doesn't matter.

As a mother, a wife, as a person, you've failed.

What does it matter who runs into the abyss?

Or who pushes whom over a cliff?

So long as it's over?

Alright. I'll push to the end.

If that's what you want.

Yes, it is.

When I'm on the edge, you've got to push me over.

I will.

What are you fighting for exactly?

I'm guessing it's not for money.

You guessed right.

And it's not just about getting Dongho's shares back.

If I knew we might have cut a deal.

It's a shame you didn't tell me.

You want to know?

You've made me curious.

For my...

Dignity.

Dignity?

Yes. Give it back.

My dignity you have trampled on. That dignity, which you don't possess.

If that's what it is, I guess the deal is off.

Why didn't you call first?

Did something...

Just checking on my gems.

[093-D - Conversation with Ms. Gong & Mr. Kim]

Did you call me? Mother.

- Are you helping them? - Huh?

K. Are you helping her and Jihun?

The ink is barely dry on your new will. How could I?

K couldn't do this alone.

Whom do you suspect?

Someone she trusts.

It's not Mr. Han.

He'll follow her blindly, but he has no interest in JK property disputes.

Even if she asked he'd have refused.

You sure?

Yes. He's been busy anyway. He found his mother.

His mother?

Yes.

Good. That gives us something to use against him.

But we still don't have all the facts. Dig deeper.

Okay.

Tell me.

How did he find her? From that US Army file you asked about?

I think so.

Why was it classified? Were his parents criminals?

No, I don't think so.

Okay. You may leave.

Mr. Kim, Jihun found his parents.

Find out how, who they are, and what that CID file has to do with it.

You didn't know?

- How could I? - What?

I'm not associated with JK anymore.

Not what?

Ms. Kim should get whatever she's owed.

Nice and clean. JK Manual, Chapter 7.

Not that I care anymore. I'm hanging up.

The lawyers are taking measures against Ms. Kim.

And they're fully prepared to sue Jihun for malfeasance.

All that's left is to wait and see what Ms. Kim will do next.

Do you know why I retained Mr. Han?

You had to for Ms. Kim.

Was there another reason?

For a day like this.

Like this? Mom.

I've prepared restraints.

Against the day Insuk went crazy.

I know how to get her out of the way.

What do you mean?

Mr. Han was up to something when he escaped from Pyeongchang.

We'll take another look.

I got the gem.

Dongho is forgoing his inheritance.

Forge a document to get it all, even the JK Medical stock left him by his father.

Are you prepared to go that far?

We have to tie him down so he can't run off.

If he has means, I suspect he'll fly away.

Fly away and never come back.

Well? Is that a sapphire or what?

It's perfect.

But not in court. This kind of recording is inadmissible.

I never intended on going to court.

Play.

What the... Mother, you knew this and let them stay at the estate?

What now?

This is when they were being held in Pyeongchang.

He acted like he assaulted her to get security to open the door.

Now it's time for some payback.

We'll hunt these two animals down with the public opinion.

Public opinion?

Yes. We'll use public opinion.

Show the world who Ms. Gong really is.

Destroy JK's public image.

And drive Mother to her knees.

I should have thrown in with you sooner, Kim Insuk.

This is the story.

Act One.

The two orphans are long-time friends.

Insuk made Jihun into a star prosecutor to get him on at JK.

They crossed over the line at JK's Pyeongchang Club.

Act Two.

The two of them plot to take over all of JK.

The greedy Insuk gets Jihun to falsify evidence

to threaten Gong Sunho.

They even used her poor unknowing son to try to obtain assets.

High profile enough?

Will it make the public turn against them?

Why bother? If it goes to trial they'll lose.

You have proof.

Dongho never complained, not once in 18 years.

The odds are against us. They could win.

But old lady Scrooge stealing from her own son, well, that's another story.

She'll have an uphill battle.

I agree with Mother.

K is raving.

We tried to settle it quietly, but she refused.

Reporters are amoral scum that prints anything for a story.

Bloggers are no better.

They'll feel sympathy for the noble woman that tried to avoid a scandal.

And if it doesn't work?

What's Act Three?

Act Three is a work in progress.

Don't use anyone at the estate to break the story.

Find someone outside.

We're looking now.

And Jihun. Lay him off.

Actually...

He resigned yesterday.

Will he really try to help her?

Yes, I believe so.

An affair?

It's a smear campaign against you and Jihun.

To get a verdict before it gets to court.

They're already plotting it out.

If I try the same thing it will look bad.

The third act? What's Act Three?

She didn't say.

We have to work fast. I don't want Jihun hurt anymore.

About that.

He resigned.

Jihun, you can take this long off?

Of course. I found my mom. I'd quit if they didn't give me the time off.

Hello.

She's with JK...

We're friends. I heard he found his mom.

Did you resign? To help Insuk?

Jihun, I don't know what you're thinking, but this fight isn't a game, so...

Didn't you hear me?

How many times do I have to say I don't care?

Mother is ending it, once and for all.

You'll be involved, whatever you say.

So what's Mr. Han doing? Does he know what's going on?

It's best if we leave him out of this.

Involving him is just what Mother wants.

Does this weaken our hand?

This isn't about a weak hand. It's about the risks we're taking.

In that case, we'll fight fire with fire.

Fire with fire?

What's Mary like? I mean, what was she like?

Oh...

The kind of girl that gave you the last of the milk.

That used the money she earned sewing bears to buy you lollipops.

That's my mom. Just thinking of the nice stuff.

We don't know what she's been through.

How can you forgive her?

It's not forgiveness. It's trust.

She never stopped taking care of you, however much it must have hurt.

That's all the explanation I need. She looked after you.

Now you should look after her.

Trust her? Or look after her?

Both. You have to trust her to take care of her.

The key here is to smear their image, to make them out to be immoral.

- Understand? - Sure.

Above all don't let the IP address be tracked.

Change the proxy settings constantly.

Ms. Gong has started.

I know.

What will you do?

Affairs, murder, theft, I don't care.

So just leave. All I care about is spending time with my mom.

You have a responsibility. Shouldn't you at least explain?

You think what I did was some kind of game?

I meant it. As one-sided as it was.

I won't make excuses or say it meant nothing to me.

If it comes out, it comes out.

People will see it as immoral, whether you meant it or not.

Ms. Gong will see to that.

The damage to Ms. Kim will be irreversible.

If you have any feelings for her left, shouldn't you stop it?

What do you care anyway? What's between you two?

What, are you her brother? Her lover? Is that it?

The Que Sera Sera case.

I was there, too.

If you start to explain, you have to finish.

As I was trying to get Mary out, Steve pulled his gun on me.

You know what comes next?

So to save you, she...

Yes.

It was self-defense. Why didn't you report it?

You think everyone is equal before the law?

I was a soldier. Mary was an orphan.

In Korean law, never mind American, what do you think would happen?

Never mind, you studied law. You believe in it.

And that's why Johnny was abandoned?

I was on the commander's staff and had the file marked confidential.

Four years later Steve's younger brother was in CID and reopened the case.

They found Wilshire living in America with a girl whose shoe was at the scene.

So to avoid the CID they had to abandon the child?

It wasn't out of selfishness like you thought.

She changed her name to Kim Insuk,

came back to Korea and got on at JK as a contract employee.

The great fugitive.

Not so much me, but Mary...

Don't you owe Ms. Kim something?

Whether out of guilt or to cover her own sins,

you know what would have happened to you without her.

I'm not interested in fiction. There's only one thing I'm interested in.

Johnny Hayward's murder. Will you tell me about that?

I'll make it easy. Did Ms. Kim kill him?

Is that what you think?

Sorry. I'm a simple prosecutor. I don't like complicated answers.

What? You think I'd drag her into court?

What mother would kill her own son? Unless they are crazy.

Exactly! What mother would use a knife to kill her son?

Does that make sense? No, it doesn't. So explain!

All I want is the truth about what happened.

That's all.

If she killed him, why did she do it?

Was there no other way? Just tell me.

You know how miserable she was at JK?

You think that justifies her actions?

Of course not. But think about this.

To finally be accepted at JK, to be a part of the family

and the boy you had to abandon suddenly shows up...

Can you understand why she didn't acknowledge him?

We're only human, I get that. But murder is something else.

Does that excuse murder to your way of thinking?

That's not for me to say. You should ask her yourself.

Still protecting her?

How long do you think you can cover for her?

You really want to know?

Yes. Can't you tell it's driving me crazy?

I haven't slept for months. It's like something died inside.

Mary.

Mary...

Didn't kill him.

If you'd done something, if you'd killed him,

the body would still be here.

Then where is he? Where has he gone?

Why, why did he leave?

Team One, breach the perimeter. Team Two, remove the CCTV tapes.

Delete the remaining files and get out. Understood?

Sir.

All done here.

- Then send it out. - Sir.

Who are you?

What're you...

Start cleaning.

Mr. Ha, trouble.

- What is it? - They're roughing up the office.

What?

Sir, trouble.

- Security, sir. - Yes?

Dongjin's looking for you but he can't reach you.

And?

The safe house is under attack. Shall we move out?

Stand down for now. I'll look into it.

Sir.

- How long? - About 15 minutes, sir.

Move as quick as you can.

Head down, geek-boy.

There!

- Wrap it up. - Sir.

Move!

- We have a problem. - A problem?

Both. You have to trust her to take care of her.

Mary. Mary...

Didn't kill him.

I'm a killer. Aren't you scared?

No, not you. I believe in you.

Jo Dongjin sent his own security team. We were almost too late.

Who sent them?

Who knows? But we'll find out.

I don't know who it was.

We were wired cash to come here and remove some files. So we did.

Was it Kim Insuk?

Who is that?

I'll look into that.

It's strange. A bunch of thugs barging into our safe house?

I'm sorry.

It's been handled. You needn't worry.

Don't worry about JK holding company business?

It's got to be an inside job.

We'll find out, sir.

How about I talk to them?

This is the head of JK Electronics.

You'll answer if you know what's good for you.

I'll multiply what you were paid by ten. By one hundred.

Was it Kim Insuk? Or Han Jihun?

I don't know.

First the carrot, then the whip.

Me, I can get you 10 years for this. Think hard.

Think hard and tell me.

Let's see his phone. Mr. Om, get it.

He wouldn't take calls from just anyone.

Right, Mr. Om?

Yes. Quite right.

Your phone.

You came yourself?

Not enough to declare her incompetent, you have to add an affair?

Quite a repertoire Ms. Gong's got.

You send these clowns?

You think that will help K? "Former Prosecutor Hires Thugs?"

Invasion of privacy, defamation of character,

that's a nice rap sheet you're working on.

Shall we see whose charges carry the most weight?

You can't be seen here.

I'm going to see Mother.

And then?

I'll tell her that the second she releases the CCTV, I'll release this tape.

You think she'll make a deal?

If she doesn't, I won't tell her where I got the tape.

That's nice of you.

Both of us stand down?

Yes. If we start fighting fire with fire, we both get burned.

I knew you'd turn tail when it came to a fight to the death.

I'm here to make a deal, as equals.

As equals?

There is no second chance in my book. If you're not giving up, get out.

You'd change your mind if you knew what I've got.

Shall we see what you've got, then?

Hello. It's been too long, ma'am.

You said he's not involved?

Sending those thugs. Who do you think you are?

Well, sometimes a fist is more effective than the law.

I'm sorry it came to that.

We know you're with her, however you try to sugar-coat it.

You must know she's finished in society.

I brought Ms. Kim's witness. Shall we hear the witness testimony?

Witness?

You brought a witness here?

The Director of JK Medical should be particularly surprised.

How so?

I can pay anyone with JK Medical $10M and they'll leave the country.

You're still so naive.

Come in.