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They only had one video call during all those years. Mary Lou still looked beautiful, but her eyes were different—always busy, always far away. When Theresa asked why she didn’t return home, her daughter simply said: “I’m very busy, Mom.” After that, Theresa stopped asking questions, afraid of what she might hear.
As time went on, Theresa’s life improved financially thanks to the money her daughter sent, and people even told her she was lucky. But despite that, she lived in deep loneliness, eating alone every day. Every Christmas, she set a place for Mary Lou, cooked her favorite meal, and cried in silence. After twelve years of waiting, she finally made a decision that changed everything: she would travel to South Korea herself. Without telling her daughter and despite never having left the country before, she bought a ticket with trembling hands and began her journey.
