Her Perfect Lie

# EPISODE 1 - THE FALL

Rain poured heavily over Kang Mansion, the sound of thunder echoing through the cold marble halls.

The mansion was never warm.

Not with all the silence buried inside its walls.

Nine-year-old Kang Min Ju sat quietly in the corner of the living room, hugging her knees to her chest. Her small eyes kept glancing toward the staircase.

Her older brother, Kang Hyun-woo, had been acting strange lately.

Quiet.

Distant.

Broken.

He barely smiled anymore.

That night felt wrong.

Too quiet.

Too heavy.

Min Ju slowly stood up and began walking toward the stairs.

"Oppa?" she called softly.

No response.

She climbed a few steps.

"Oppa...?"

Then-

A loud crash.

A scream tore through the mansion.

Min Ju froze.

Her eyes widened.

At the bottom of the stairs lay Kang Hyun-woo.

Motionless.

Blood slowly spread across the white marble floor.

Everything stopped.

Her breathing.

Her thoughts.

Time itself.

Then footsteps.

Fast. Panicked.

Her mother rushed in first.

The moment she saw Hyun-woo, her face turned pale.

"No... no..."

She fell to her knees beside him, shaking.

Then her eyes moved.

Toward Min Ju.

Standing on the stairs.

Frozen.

Trembling.

And something changed in her mother's expression.

Shock became rage.

Disbelief became hatred.

Her voice shook as she screamed-

"What did you do?!"

Min Ju's lips trembled.

"I... I didn't..."

Tears blurred her vision.

"I didn't do anything..."

But no one listened.

Servants gathered.

Whispers spread.

Her father arrived.

Cold.

Silent.

Unreadable.

The ambulance came.

Doctors rushed Hyun-woo away.

And Min Ju stood there alone.

No one held her hand.

No one asked if she was okay.

No one asked what really happened.

That night, inside Kang Mansion, a truth was buried.

And a villain was created.

Kang Min Ju.

At only nine years old.

Her life was ruined.

Far away, hidden in the darkness outside the mansion gates-

That night, no one asked what really happened.