Everyone hates Mondays.

For Kang Seulgi, she especially dreads this one because this Monday marks the beginning of their last week in Italy.

Huling linggo na nila. Mag-oopen na ang borders ng Italy and hindi na ma-eextend visa nila.

Balot ng mabigat at malalim na katahimikan ang loob ng hospital room. Nakatingin sa malayo si Seulgi habang nakatayo siya sa may bintana. Nakatungo ang ama niya habang nakasandal sa pader. Nakaupo si Yeri sa may gilid, sapo ang mukha ng mga palad.

Nasa ganito silang kalagayan ng binasag ang katahimikan ng pagpasok ni Jennie.

"Seul, buksan niyo ang TV!"

Nagitla si Seulgi. She immediately the TV.

And what she saw made her un-hate this Monday.

On live broadcast is the young man whose steps Seulgi have been retracing ever since she arrived in Italy - the young man who hurt her mom.

"I decided to come clean, after months of fleeing to safety in the US, to admit to a crime that no one should have done in the first place - I assaulted a woman because the color of her skin is different from mine, because I viewed her as nothing but a spreader of a virus, when the truth is the exact opposite," he said as cameras flashed before him.

"I made this decision after reading two things - one is an open letter posted by the woman's daughter, Kang Seulgi, on a Facebook group of philosophy students and enthusiasts in Rome. I was a member of the group."

Everyone turned their head towards Seulgi. The surprise and shock were registered on the faces of her father, Jennie and Yeri.

"She wrote me this:

To the young man who hurt my mom:

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