Summary

As part of her preparations to leave Shanghai, Hyeonseo sends money and belongings to her family in North Korea. Min-ho had arranged to receive the packages with his border-guard friends, but a ranking army officer intercepted them. He and their mother were arrested under suspicion that they were receiving goods from a South Korean spy. After a phone call with Hyeonseo and confessions from her mother, the army believes that Hyeonseo acted privately to send gifts to her family and not as a South Korean intelligent agent. The army commanders agree to release Hyeonseo's family if they agree to say nothing about the ordeal.

This twist of bad fortune makes Hyeonseo and Ok-hee reconsider their plan to get to South Korea as it now seems too risky. The two women stay in Shanghai for the time being.

In October 2006, Hyeonseo meets...