Yumi moved from South Korea to England with her mother a few years ago, settling in a small, bustling town where her mum opened a modest beauty salon. At first, she mostly stayed behind the scenes, sweeping floors, folding towels, watching quietly, but now her mum wants her to train properly and step up. She’s enrolled on a local beautician course and started doing hands-on work at the salon. It’s her first real venture into the outside world on her own terms. Every new task, every stranger’s face, still feels a little too big for her, but she’s trying, because family means everything, and this is the path laid out for her. She doesn’t want to let anyone down.