Chapter 2: It’s Mine
Kang Jinhee, the housekeeper working at Ha Dohoon’s house.
She lived alone after losing her young daughter and divorcing her husband.
The only thing she really knew how to do was housework, so she made a living working as a housekeeper for various families.
Most of her jobs were short-term due to demanding employers, but Ha Dohoon’s house, which was relatively easygoing, became the place she worked at the longest. She prepared meals for the family every day, packed snacks for the kids, and did the cleaning. Her day started early in the morning and didn’t end until late at night.
In other words, she was the one who had observed them the longest, up close.
Unlike the chatty housekeepers in other homes, Kang Jinhee never involved herself in her employers’ personal lives. She was just a worker being paid to do a job—there was no need to dig into their private affairs.
But that resolve didn’t quite hold when it came to this small boy.
“Maybe I’m just getting old...”
Or maybe it was because he reminded her of her late daughter.
Kang Jinhee had started working because of a sudden debt. Pressed by collectors, she followed her husband into the workforce. Desperate to make money, she had to leave her daughter home alone while she worked, often returning late at night. Her good, sweet girl had never once complained, always welcoming her mother home with a smile. Even the day of the fire, she smiled as she saw her off.
That smile—her little girl’s smile—was reduced to ashes in the flames.
She had wanted to die.