Lee Bo-young reunites with her mother Kim Mi-kyung, a victim of domestic violence

Lee Bo-young has forgiven her mother, Kim Mi-kyung, for abandoning her when she was 7 years old.

In the 12th episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Agency', which aired on the 12th, Go Ah-in (played by Lee Bo-young) found out that the woman cleaning her office was her mother, Seo Eun-ja (played by Kim Mi-kyung), who abandoned her when she was 7 years old.

On this day's broadcast, Go Ah-in learned that the woman who cleaned her office was her mother, Seo Eun-ja, who abandoned her when she was 7 years old. I recognized the bracelet I gave my mom the day we broke up. Even after an unexpected reunion after 35 years, Go Ah-in poured out her resentment in harsh words to her mother, who could only say "I'm sorry."

Goa-in said, "I was scared to death. A mother is more important than her child's life, but I guess I was more precious to her. Don't forgive me," and turned away coldly. However, there was an opportunity that made me understand my mother's fear of losing her life. It was at a commercial filming site where a mother who lost her daughter in a car accident meets her daughter in virtual reality (VR).

The mother, who suffered from the trauma of not being able to save her daughter after seeing her daughter hit by a truck right in front of her eyes, sobbed to her daughter whom she met in virtual reality, saying, "I'm sorry. I did it because I was scared of dying." Tears also flowed from Goa-in's eyes as he remembered his mother, Seo Eun-ja. The orphan who went to her mother's house that way was able to receive her meal and hear her story.

After finding Seo Eun-ja, who had run away, her husband became so abusive that she had to run away again. Since then, she was unable to contact her daughter and continued her life of running away without even registering her address for fear that she would continue to come looking for her. Goain started eating the rice prepared by his mother and the sausage side dish that brought back memories from his childhood. “Don’t get me wrong, eating this doesn’t mean I forgive you,” he said bluntly, but in fact, it was a moment that brought him one step closer to forgiveness and reconciliation with his mother.

Kang Han-na (played by Na-eun Son), who went camping alone with her father, Chairman Kang (played by Young-chang Song), accepted a meeting with the son of Seoksan Group (played by Dong-ha Lee), whom she had previously rejected. However, Chairman Kang, who knew the relationship between his daughter and Deputy Director Park (played by Han Jun-woo), said, "Wouldn't it be nice to live with a self-made man who doesn't do business?" and recommended that his daughter choose love rather than work, but he was a person who would never live as someone told him to. I knew the truth well. So, I gave myself permission to live the life I wanted. There was support saying, “I hope Kang Han-na lives as happily as Kang-na in the Kang family.”

There was another person who knew Kang Han Na well. This is her older brother Kang Han-soo (played by Jo Bok-rae). Knowing that Kang Han-na's confrontation was an act to hide his relationship with Deputy Director Park, he met his opponent and friend, the son of Seoksan Group, and leaked false information. “Secretary Hanna is getting arrogant because we went to study abroad together, so I’m thinking of sending her out, so step on it.”

The son of the Seoksan Group, who was said to specialize in stepping on people, was rightly abusive towards Deputy Director Park. He called Deputy Director Park with his finger and ordered him to pour wine, and then threw wine on Deputy Director Park's face when he stopped pouring for fear of overflowing, humiliating him. Even so, Kang Han-na, who was barely able to deal with An Ha-muin's attitude and who was known for his bad behavior, could no longer hold back her anger. He shouted, “Say it somewhere without being rude,” and poured wine on the face of Seoksan Group’s son.

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr