We can understand why she wanted to escape those situations — anyone would. But leaving your 5-year-old child with the very person who hurt you that much is unforgivable. And on top of that, she went back only to sign the divorce papers for her abuser, yet she never came back for her child.
From the moment she abandoned him until she “looked for him” again, almost 15 years passed. During all that time, she was living her life with her new family, without caring about Hyesung at all. She only showed up when she found out that Hye was going to marry a rich alpha. That’s not maternal love — that’s opportunism.
No one is judging her for wanting to escape a toxic relationship; that part is understandable. What people are judging is how terrible of a mother she was to Hyesung. And the fact that she has more children and none of them speak to her says a lot about what kind of person she is.
Hey, don't forget why she leave her child- she met new alpha nad wanted new start. That's it. Her circumstances make her choices understandable, her reasoning makes her a piece of shit.
BTW, when her new alpha and new kids learned about what she did, they also dropped her. When none of her kids want to do anything with her, it might be just her being a terrible parent.
personally, i get why she did that bc she's also suffering like in the ines you've mentioned but...
what im mad abt is that when they finally met, that woman gaslit hyesung saying he didnt even search for her. bruh wtf? why does it have to be the hyesung who needs to adjust? why should he be the one to do the searching for that sorry excuse of a "mother" who abandoned him to abuser? he's got his hands full with traumatic past, low self esteem, struggle daily financially, being homeless, etc. while the mother was living happily with her own family, well until they dumped her. anyway, if she really loves hyesung, then despite the father saying hyesung didnt want to see her (ofc that was obv a lie), she should've been finding ways to atleast see or talk to him. but no, she only came forward after hyesung got married to dojin then gaslit and blamed hyesung for not searching for her either. wtf, that's not how apologetic mothers are. then now she's living luxurious life bc dojin's providing for her. what a coincidence, did she just appear only to leech? if she atleast has conscience, she would never accept it. what a bitch. leeching off her abandoned son's husband behind her son's back.
but yea, my issue with her is how dare she blame hyesung for "not searching for her". like bruh, hbu? you're the parent. it's ur responsibility to care for your children. wtf? and now, she's leeching off her abandoned son's family without any conscience? stupid bitch.

Ngl I love hyesung and he has every right not to want to talk to his mother. But some comments are treating her as a villain with no sympathy. She was beaten, raped, and prostituted out by her husband, who was a decade older than her and had full financial control over her life. She was not the one who beat and traumatized Hyesung - that was his father.
Should she have taken hyesung with her? 100%. But how can you judge someone out in that situation??? She was a victim too….
Now Dojin… what a piece of shit man. Pmo so bad.