Gwang-sik is aware of Dong-hoon's situation and convinces him to keep his job, also providing him with money to pay for So-won's medical bills. Dong-hoon struggles to pay for medical expenses and calls his friend and manager, Gwang-sik, with the intent of quitting his job to help take care of his family. However, she relents after understanding her daughter's mental state and enlists the help of Jung-sook. Mi-hee initially refuses psychological help for her daughter as she wishes for So-won to resume her normal life. Dong-hoon is heartbroken by this episode, and is further hurt when So-won refuses to look at him or speak to him. So-won exhibits symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and briefly mistakes her father for her attacker, screaming at him as he tries to fix her colostomy bag. When the reporters converge at the hospital, Dong-hoon takes So-won to a different room and hides her from the media attention. So-won's attacker is arrested at his home, and the case becomes a media sensation much to the horror of her family and friends. Moreover, once So-won regains consciousness, she is able to identify her attacker with the help of Jung-sook, a psychiatrist. Dong-hoon is advised by a surgeon that So-won will have to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of her life. So-won suffers from multiple internal injuries and has to undergo major surgeries. Upon their arrival at the hospital, they are horrified by the extent of So-won's injuries. The police notify Dong-hoon and Mi-hee of the attack and they rush to the emergency ward. Fortunately, she survives and is able to call an ambulance. One day on her way to school, So-won is kidnapped, beaten and raped by a male stranger before being left for dead. A young girl named So-won lives an idyllic life with her working class parents Dong-hoon and Mi-hee.