Joohyun couldn't fathom why she rejected Shin's marriage proposal, not just once, twice but thrice. 

Ito na yun e. All her life ang ideal family setup niya e yung family na naayon rin sa depinisyon at standards ng lipunan - a husband, a wife and then their future kid. 

But she couldn't bring herself to say yes to Shin.'Pag tinatanong siya ng moms niya bakit, sinasabi na lang niya hindi sila nag-work out after dating for almost eight years. But there's a bigger reason, one she's still trying hard to ascertain. 

Hindi niya naman ma-confide sa moms niya yung confusion niya, kasi it will go back and definitely touch on her desire and goal to not have a "family" like what they have, and masasaktan niya sila. 

She couldn't tell her other friends, kasi si Seulgi lang nakakaalam ng dahilan at nararamdaman niya na yun. 

So she decided to talk to someone who's both a stranger and someone inevitably connected to her - her biological mother. 

Her moms always had the contact info of her real mother at sinasabihan lang siya ng mga ito na kapag gusto na niya mag-reach-out sa kaniya, just say it at tutulungan nila ang dalawa na magkita. 

Joohyun resolved it's time. 

They met in a dainty tea house. Nung pumasok biological mother niya, alam na alam niya kaagad na ito nga nanay niya. 

They look so much alike, hindi maikakaila na mag-ina sila. 

"Joohyun," her mother said. 

"Hi," she softly greeted her. 

"I will just cut to the chase, kung okay