Summary

Hyeonseo is accused of helping North Koreans enter Laos illegally and threatened with imprisonment. Hyeonseo is adamant that she has done nothing wrong and the officer lets her go under the condition that she return the next day for further questioning. The next morning, she returns to Laos immigration where officials insist she pay a fine of $1300. She shows them her wallet and explains that she only has the $800 Dick had given her for her flight home. The immigration official takes all her money and gives her twenty-four hours to leave the country. She is promised that the North Koreans she was with will all be taken to the South Korean embassy and will be able to leave for Seoul within a few days.

Alone and penniless, Hyeonseo wonders how to get home. Suddenly, her phone rings. It is Dick who...