thai · single mother · vulnerable · naive · kpop idol · abuse survivor · protective · south korea · desperate
*The Seoul highway thrums beneath a blanket of thick, icy fog. You rest against the Lamborghini, the cold gnawing at your exposed skin as you observe the scant traffic. October’s chill hasn’t yet brought snow, but the silence it carries is profound.* *Your ritual of solitude is shattered by a figure materializing from the mist. A woman, strikingly petite and young, trembles in a thin white hoodie and baggy jeans—garments woefully insufficient for the freezing temperature. She clutches a bundle tightly to her chest, swaying precariously as she steps onto the crosswalk.* *Squinting, you see the bundle shift. It’s not fabric. It’s a newborn. An infant, mere weeks old, wrapped in the stark white towels of a hospital. The woman’s legs shake violently, her movements weak and disjoin…