Kaouthara, thanks for reviewing the last chapter! And now, the real drama begins with Ethan and Harumi Mars in Like Father Like Daughter…
Chapter Six~Rain Of Sorrow
Day One
Ethan Mars was running. Running down the street to get to his house on Bridgewater Road. He had left Harumi and Shaun once again. He ran towards the park and they wasn't there. But this time, he hopes that both of the kids are at home safe and sound, without Harumi burning down the house with a burning cigarette.
Once he walked into his house, the living room couch was flipped over on the floor. The kitchen was a mess with steaming pots and the oven was on. There was a broken glass on the floor with water splashed on the kitchen floor. Ethan was wondering what happened while he disappeared for three hours straight?
"Harumi!" Ethan called out. "Shaun!"
He immediately climbed up the stairs and went straight to Shaun's bedroom. He wasn't there when he turned on the lights to his room. He ran over to Harumi's bedroom. Her bedroom light was on and on her bed was a two pack of menthol cigarettes, a sheet of non smokers patches, and a receipt.
Harumi was here, but where was she and Shaun? He turned around to see that the bathroom door was closed and he tries to open the door, but it was locked.
"Harumi, Shaun, are you in there?" Ethan asked on the other side of the bathroom, until he decided to slam his body against the door, three times until the door was finally open. He looked to his right to hear the bathroom tub still running and someone was in the bathtub.
His blizzard blue eyes widened with fear. Harumi was in the bathtub trying to commit suicide once again. Her wrists were cut once more and she was unconscious. He immediately stopped the bathtub water from having it full up to Harumi's nose nostrils, pulled out her fully clothed but damp body onto the floor and examines her face and body.
She was pale as a ghost. She was certainly not breathing. Ethan tries to wake her up, but she wasn't responding. He did the next thing perform CPR on the emo teenager.
"Harumi, wake up," Ethan said, as he places his hands on her flat chest. "Please, you got to breathe,"
He pushed his hands onto her chest three times until her mouth opened as she thrown up bathtub water. As she spitted it out, she lean over to her right to catch her breath and slowly regained her eyesight. Her blue eyes widened with fear as she was looking at the rim of the bathtub, until she felt someone touching her shoulder. She immediately slapped Ethan's hand back.
"Don't touch me!" She retorted back to him. He was expecting a hug or maybe hearing her crying, but she pulled out a negative response towards him. She pulled herself up as she looked around her surroundings, before she started hugging herself while her back was leaning against the mint green tub.
Ethan stood in front of her as he looked at her frightened face. "Harumi Grace Mars, what happened? Do you know where your brother is?"
She slowly looked at his worried eyes before as she heard a voice in her mind.
"Harumi, don't let him take me away!"
"Shaunie," Harumi mumbled under her breath. "Little brother,"
"Harumi, I'm right, but you need to tell what happened?"
"I… I don't know."
Philadelphia Police Station
8:15 pm
Harumi was sitting in one of the chair at the Philadelphia Police Station. She was dressed into new clothing as she was still suffer from a mild hyperthermia. Her knees were hugging her chest as her arms were wrapped around her legs. She was sitting next to her father, Ethan as she was still shaking in fear of what happened over an hour ago. Her brother is with a police officer she hopes, but why was he negative towards her and puts her to sleep? She felt Ethan's hand touched her hand as she immediately look to her right.
Her frightened eyes was looking at his worried eyes, before he reached over to her and places a small kiss on her damp forehead.
"Mr. Mars," Harumi and Ethan turned to look at Detective Ash with a man who was in his early fifties with a blue button up shirt and a black signature tie. "This is Lieutenant Blake. Could you please tell him what happened?"
When Harumi looked at the other man somehow he looked very familiar to her, so she decided to look away from him.
"It was this afternoon." Ethan stated. "I went to the park with my daughter Harumi and my son Shaun. Harumi decided to take a little walk around the park and I was playing with Shaun for a bit and he wanted to go on the carousel. So, I put him on one of the wooden horses then I went to go find Harumi and once I return for Shaun." Ethan looked down at his hands on his legs. "Both Harumi and Shaun both disappeared, until my daughter happens to show up at the house, but the main reason is that my son Shaun… disappeared."
"Do you two remember what time did you arrive at the park?"
"I think it was about…"
"Four fifteen." Harumi said softly as Blake and Ash looked at the emo teenager.
"Yeah, it was four fifteen, because I remember to look at the clock when we arrive at the park."
"What was Shaun wearing?"
"He was wearing a coat… a beige coat," Ethan explained. "And some pants… green pants,"
"Wait…" Harumi said softly. "When he was with me, he was just only wearing a red transformers t-shirt, green pants and he didn't have on his shoes."
"Hold on for a second," Blake said, before continuing. "How can Shaun be with you and happen to be with your daughter when you were searching for them? Were you in the park when they left together?"
"I stayed in the park where I can keep an eye on both of them," Ethan replied. Harumi knew that he was lying, so she rested her feet on the floor and looked at her father.
"Hey, father of the year," Harumi called out. "You weren't in the park and I wasn't as well. Remember I was walking outside the park to get some fresh while listening to music?"
"Wait, you don't remember your own daughter was walking around the park?" Ash asked Ethan, before the father turned around to face him. "How can Shaun and Harumi just left you, if you were next to them?"
"I don't know," Ethan replied. "I honestly don't know," he looked over at Harumi who happened to be feeling better now, since she was looking down at her feet, but she was still terrified of what happened earlier with the police officer and her little brother.
Ash turned over to Harumi who was in her own little world, until he got her attention. "You two said that you both arrive at the park together four fifthten,"
Both Ethan and Harumi nodded.
Ash turned to face the emo teenager. "You and Shaun both left the park around and went straight home, right?"
Harumi nodded slowly before he turned to face Ethan. "Mr. Mars, you call the authorities around seven thirty. Why did it took you two so long to call the police?"
Ethan decided to go first with his story. "I searched the whole neighborhood for them. I went to the usual places that Harumi hangs out with her friends, which I don't know what their names are. Shaun on the other hand, he would probably be with his sister even though she is irresponsible sometimes."
"Harumi, do you have a cell phone?" Blake asked.
"Yes, I do, but I called him and he didn't answer his phone." Harumi explained. When I arrive home, his phone was sitting on the kitchen counter."
"You didn't have your phone on you, Mr. Mars?" Ash asked him.
"It was just an honest mistake," Ethan replied. "I was on the phone calling… a friend."
"Who's this friend?" Harumi asked. "I want to know,"
"Anyway, Harumi, I need to hear you side of the story of why did it take you and your brother so long to call for help?" Ash changes the subject. "You're fiftteen years old and you're watching over your ten year old brother at home, but what were you doing? Were you waiting for him to come home?"
"Actually, I'm sixteen, mister," Harumi corrected him.
"She's about to be seventeen this friday," Ethan added.
"Dad, seriously?!" Harumi hissed at her father. "OK, here's my story, my brother and I were getting worried. We were about to call for help, until this police officer came at the door saying that our nosy ass neighbor had a complaint about my music playing through the house."
"What was the name of the officer that came to the door to see you and Shaun?" Blake asked. "Maybe, he brought your brother here."
Harumi and Ethan's face light up when Blake's said that maybe the police officer might have brought Shaun here and he was safe. But she had to confess that the officer attacked her once she noticed his face.
"His name was officer… John Sheppard."
Ash and Blake looked at each other before looking back at Harumi. "I'm sorry, Harumi, but there's no police officer with that name."
"What?" Harumi said confused. "But he came to the door and told me his names. I also told him that me and Shaun were home alone."
"Don't mind, my daughter," Ethan told them "She is taking medication to help with her depression which causes her to lose part of her memories."
"Dad, I'm telling the truth," Harumi said to him as she whined.
"Harumi!" She heard a familiar voice of her upperclassman friend, James Izumi walking towards her.
"James-sempai?" Harumi stood up from her sit and so as Ethan, while he stood next to his daughter protectively. Blake stood up as the running upperclassmen stopped in front of the police lieutenant with his arms crossed.
Blake looked down at the blonde haired boy.
"Hello, son," he greeted.
"Dad," James said surprised. "I didn't expect you to be here. I thought that you would be at home by now."
Harumi was wide-eyed at James. This was James' Izumi real father. Lieutenant Carter Blake was his father. The son of the police lieutenant looked up at his father as he was asking questions about what he was doing here at his father's workplace at such an hour.
Blake turned to face Harumi. "I… I believe that you met my father, Harumi." James said, before rubbing his hand behind his head, as he looked up at Ethan. "Mr. Mars, it's nice to see you again."
"Nice to see you again, James," Ethan said, crossing his arms.
Harumi was blushing at James before she turned away to not look at him or Lieutenant Blake. This was really an awkward situation that James and Harumi was in right now.
Ethan Mars' House
8:46 pm
The police decided to investigate the home where Ethan, Harumi, and Shaun was in. Harumi wanted to prove that she was telling the truth about the police officer and how were she and Shaun were home alone, until Ethan discovered Harumi earlier. Her mother Grace was with Ethan and Harumi as well, when the emo teenager stayed close with her mother on the way back to the home where it all started. Blake and James followed them as well, since the son was involved with Harumi, Shaun, and Ethan earlier today.
As they arrived at the home, Ethan and Blake led the two teenagers on the couch as they sat at opposite ends. the police officer that Blake gave him a command was watching them making sure that they didn't tamper with the evidence in the house. Harumi watched as two police officers and Blake were searching around the house.
"Wow, it looks like a fucking war in here," Blake commented on, before he smelled something in the air that was good. "What did you cook?" He turned to face Ethan, until Harumi cleared her throat to get the police lieutenant's attention.
"Chicken stir fry,"
"You should try Harumi's cooking, Dad," James suggested.
Harumi blushes at James' response to his father.
"Wait, has he been here before, Harumi?" Ethan asked his daughter.
"No talking you two," Blake told them. "Just shut the fuck up and let us do our job."
James and Harumi sat back down on the couch as they stay quiet.
The emo teenager was looking at the new guy who happens to be in his early thirties, wearing an expensive suit and having black sunglasses on which looked confusing to her. She looked at the right end of the couch to see that James was texting on his iPhone, before he looked up at her as she turned away. She was still blushing until she heard her calling his name.
"This is awkward," James commented.
Harumi nodded. "Yeah, it sure is, James," she replied.
"So, you last name isn't Izumi?" Harumi asked.
"Yes, but it's my mother's last name," James replied. "I like James Izumi better than James Blake."
"Why don't you like your last name to be Blake?" Harumi asked. "Was you mother married to your father?"
"Yes, she was for about ten years until she died when I was ten years old." James explained. "My Dad wasn't the kind of guy to get married to my mother, but he knocked her up and I ended up here in this world. My mom was everything to me."
Harumi giggled. "Let me guess? You're Dad is an asshole," she whispered.
"Yes, a lieutenant asshole," James whispered.
Both Harumi and James laughed.
"Harumi Mars?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Norman Jayden, FBI," he had his hand out for her to shake and she did. "Can we talk for a minute?"
"Uh, sure, but where?"
"Can we talk outside?"
Harumi lead the way to the backyard as Norman closed the door behind him. The emo teenager was looking through the kitchen window as she watched her mother in despair as his boyfriend, Steve was comforting her. Ethan on the other hand was leaning on the kitchen counter near the stove before he grabbed a spoon to check on his daughter's cooking.
Harumi taken a deep breath before turning to face the FBI profiler, who was ready to talk to her. "How can I help you?"
"I just want to ask you a couple of questions," Norman told her as she listened carefully. "Your father does care about you, doesn't he?"
Harumi nodded.
"Are you like his only daughter that he will ever love?"
Harumi nodded again.
"Before, your brother ran away, did you notice anything peculiar?" Norman asked the question. "Like something out of the ordinary with your father or around you at home or at school?"
"Well… somehow today… I was being stalked."
"How were you being stalked?"
"I was walking around the park until I noticed this blue car was following me, every time I walked away from it. Harumi explained. "When I walked faster, it was getting faster as well."
"Do you remember the make or model of the car that was stalking you?"
"It's was a blue… muscle car… I think a Chevrolet Malibu."
"Anything that's on your mind?"
"Harumi shook her head. "No, not at the moment,"
"Well," Norman said before pulling out a small piece of paper. "If you remember anything, give me a call."
Harumi taken it and study the paper before placing it into her back pocket. Norman opened the door the house as Harumi went in first and walked back into the living room, where she noticed that James was talking to Gary for a second before he turned around to face the emo teenager walking towards him.
"OK, it looks like we haven't find anything," Blake said climbing down the stairs.
"What?" Harumi said surprised. "What do you mean that you haven't find anything? Are you the police?"
Harumi looked to see what was in his hands. It was two packs of the menthol cigarettes that she bought from the store earlier and also her lighter. Harumi was wide-eyed at the stuff that the lieutenant had in his hand.
"Why you have my cigarettes?!" She hissed.
"Dad, those are Harumi's cigarettes," James said. "Give those back. She brought it with her money today,"
"When did you leave this out of the report?" Blake said waving them away from the emo teenager who was jumping up to grabbed them.
She stopped jumping and answer the question. "It was very irrelevant to speak of, since I was the one who bought them and needed them in the first place."
"Harumi Mars, you have been on police files for two years now," Blake explained. "You've ran away from home three times and don't let me explain what else happened, because I break your father's heart since he doesn't know what else you've done."
Harumi crossed her arms and looked away from him. "You win," she muttered.
"Since you're a minor and I might as well confiscate them." Blake said walking past them and walked towards the door, before he stopped and turned around to face Harumi once more.
He snapped his fingers as he held out his hand to her. "For reals?" Harumi asked and he nodded.
Harumi pulled out her chain wallet and take her identification card and gave it to Blake.
"I'll see you at home, son," Blake said before leaving out with the police officers and Norman Jayden as well.
"OK, Dad, be careful," James said before he closed the front door to the Mars' home.
Harumi slowly walked away from James as noticed one of Ethan's boxes that says fragile. She immediately grabbed it and thrown it on the floor.
"Harumi!" Grace shrieked.
She ran over the kitchen and picked up the nearest chair and thrown it over the couch which James ducked. She flipped the kitchen table as she pushed it to the living room. Harumi was about to the next chair that was close to the sink and she was about to throw it out the window, until Ethan held her in her arms as she was squirming her arms and kicking her legs to be let go.
"Harumi, it's OK," Ethan said with a soft voice while using comforting words to calm her down. "I'm here, Harumi." Ethan softly patted her head as she slowly stop moving and kicking in his arms. Daddy's here for you and I'm will never let anyone hurt, baby girl,"
Grace has never seen this type of behavior before in Harumi's life, not even James. James sees this girl as a shy but sweet at school, but at hope she was different, like a monster in a cage wanting to get out and feed on its prey.
Ethan held Harumi in his arms as he ran his fingers through her brown hair, before he looked up at James who was shocked at her monstrous behavior. "James, I think you should leave," Ethan suggested. "Harumi is have a moment now and she wants to be alone."
"Of course," James replied before he grabbed his grey raincoat and left the house without another word.
Once she heard the door closed, Harumi opened her blizzard blue eyes looked at her mother, as she slowly remove herself from her father's grip. "Mom," Harumi started talking. "I'm sorry,"
"Harumi Mars, what was that you have just pulled?"
"Grace, I can explain," Ethan explained. "Harumi is diagnosed with something that affecting her depression,"
"My daughter is not sick, Ethan," Grace told him.
Harumi looked away from her mother and looked up at her father. "So, did the pigs find anything besides, one of them taking my cigarettes that I paid with my own money and also my ID which he took as well?"
"No, they haven't, but some of them ended up taking half of the dinner you made." Ethan explained. "But they're going to keep looking through the night,"
Harumi walked over to the stove to see that half of the chicken stir fry was taken by the police officers. She throw her hands up in defeat as she swears under her breath.
"Do they think it's the Origami Killer?" Grace asked.
"It's hard to say," Ethan replied. "But it's a possibility,"
Grace walked towards the living room as she covered her face before turning around to face the man known as her ex-husband. "Ethan, what happened? I mean how hard it is for you to take your eyes off our daughter and son?"
Grace turned to face her daughter. "Harumi, even though you just came out of the hospital and having hallucinations of you meeting that cop isn't helping the police finding your brother,"
"Why you have to be all up on me, Mom?" Harumi asked. "I was telling the truth about that cop."
"Harumi, help me!"
Harumi was wide-eyed when she heard Shaun's voice in her mind. "I think that cop kidnapped Shaun."
Grace turned to her ex-husband as Harumi was still wide-eyed. "Ethan, was it bad enough that Harumi changed?" Grace asked. "Or was it bad enough losing Jason?"
Ethan and Harumi looked up at Grace with shocked blue eyes.
"What did you just say?" Harumi said as walked towards her. "I am not crazy and neither as Dad. We're all suffering still Mom, but none of this isn't our fault. Not even what happened to Jason."
Harumi started to cry as she was defending her father. Ethan was wide eyed at the emo teenager as she stood in front of him. She didn't have to defend him since it was his responsibility to watch both of the kids, by court order of the share custody plan.
"I'm sorry," Grace apologizes. "I didn't mean to say that… it's just that… I miss him so much and you Harumi…"
"What about me?" Harumi asked. "It's not my fault that Jason's dead and Shaun got kidnapped by a police officer who was the Origami Killer."
"Then, how come you can't remember what he looks like?" Ethan asked.
"I can't… Somehow, I can't… Everything went blank when I was attacked and all I can hear is voice of Shaun calling for help."
Grace walked towards the couch and sat down on it, as Ethan and Harumi can hear her sobbing quietly. Harumi looked down at the floor before she looked back up at her father who wanted to comfort his ex-wife, but he stood there, just he always does whenever the family argues.
"Dad,"
Ethan didn't respond to his daughter. He turned to walk towards the kitchen sink as the emo teenager can hear both her mother and her father crying at the same time. Harumi didn't know how to respond as well. All of this felt like her fault from the beginning. If she would have stayed in the park and waiting for her father or call the police earlier, none of this would have never happen.
She leaned her back on the black refrigerator as she slowly fallen on the floor, as she hugged her knees close to her. Harumi started to cry as well. This was her only emotion that she held in heart, besides being shy and angry at certain people.
"Don't worry, little brother," Harumi sobbed quietly, so Ethan and Grace couldn't hear her. "I will find you; I promise."
Duh, Duh, Dah! James Izumi is actually James Blake. Carter Blake is his father, but he looked more like his mother, but the only thing that he has from his father, Blake is his hazel eyes. I'm glad that I was able to return to this but I will be able to return back to My Love Will Never Die Too soon, once I finished writing down the chapter.