Yeong-shin, the son of Shin-ho and Hye-yeong, cannot stop thinking about his mother who left him in his father's care while she went to work in Japan. Meanwhile, his father's business is failing and he finds it increasingly difficult to support his family.
Hye-yeong reclaims her son from the boy's father and moves back to Seoul where she starts a business with money that she believes came from her brother. It is, in fact, from Shin-ho--her ex-lover. Shin-ho is driven to backruptcy because of his generousity and his wife pleads with Hye-yeong to leave Seoul for the sake of her husband's piece of mind.
Dok-s looks up an old friend who has retired from a life of crime and who has started a family. However, he convinces his friend to help in one more jewelry heist. In the course of the robbery, he is captured by police, but vows revenge against Dok-sa as soon as the opportunity presents itself.
A nurse discovers that a pair of infants had been accidently switched during their stay at the hospital but, because they have already checked out, she opts not to say anything to cover up her mistake. Seven years later, the truth is revealed and the parents agonize over what to do.
Sang-jin promises to marry Seong-ok when he returns from studying abroad, but he cannot locate his fiance upon his return. Instead, he marries Yun-kyeong. Several years later, a friend brings Sang-jin a 10 year old girl and claims that she is his and Seong-ok's daughter
