Sana packed up her desk. It’s a little insulting to have someone from HR supervising the whole thing, but it’s company policy to make sure she doesn’t take anything she shouldn’t. Chae-ryeong stands to one side with the two paralegals watching quietly. This is the last thing she needs to do. They have already had a farewell party, one with the rest of the managers and similarly ranked employees and one with just the legal team.

Some of their clients insisted on taking her out for lunch and she has received farewell gifts throughout the week. Her apartment has been packed up and she is ready to take Mi-sun home. Sana has mixed feelings about leaving Seoul. She remembers coming to the city as a teenager, scared but with a will to survive and make it. There were good times and bad times. Good times with Sung-kyung. They were two girls in the big city. Making it work. Struggling, crying, laughing together. This city had given her more than it had taken. It gave her friends, Kyungsoo. A sharp pain shot through her.

Would she even see him? It had been just over a week since she told him about her plans to go home with Mi-sun and take care of her sick father. A month’s notice. But then Suho had personally delivered the news that she was more than welcome to leave sooner. A replacement was found and could start immediately. No, there was no need for her to train them. Suho would handle that. No, they didn’t need her to explain anything to them. They were aware of her