Chapter 10: A Question
Everyone stared at the new arrival in surprise. "Why was she here? Was she just here to visit with her son or maybe to antagonize him? If so, they would love to help with that one." Brought you by the minds of Monk and Yasu.
From behind Lluela, they could see Martin with an apologetic smile. He shrugged when Naru gave him a questioning stare. He wouldn't have been able to stop her even if he wished as hard as he was capable.
"Mother. Father. Why are you here?" Naru asked in English, stepping forward and away from Mai.
"To take you to England for the case of course. You can't not take it. Plus, I've already bought your whole group flight tickets," she responded in the same language. Before Naru could voice his annoyance she pushed him aside come over to Mai. "Mai! It's been so long! I missed you!"
Lluela threw her arms around Mai, squeezing her in a tighter hug then even Monk could give. She had caught her healing had between their chest, causing spasms of pain.
Mai grimaced, but hugged back. "Mother, Mai's wrist is broken. You're making it worse," Naru said in his usual tone. You would think that he was an emotionless robot if you didn't know what indicators to look for.
"Oh Oliver, you're such a good boss. Why can't you date sweet little Mai? Oh, even better! Why don't you marry her? That would be so cute. You'd make such cute babies!" Lluela yammered on in English, effectively confusing Monk, Ayako, Masako and Yasu plus the two kids.
"Um, why exactly do we have Naru's mommy and daddy standing in our office?" Yasu asked.
"That's because we have a case waiting in England for you guys. So chop, chop. Let's get packing," Lluela said in Japanese, surprising even her husband. When exactly did she learn English?
Everyone stared at her without moving. "The plane leaves at midnight. That gives us three hours. The tickets are nonrefundable. Noll, I will be very angry if you make me wait any longer for you to take this case," Lluela said with a scary smile.
That made everyone, even Martin, leap into motion. The women moved toward the door, except for Mai, to go pack their corresponding mate's things and their own. Mai and the men began gathering equipment.
"Nah uh, Mai, you're coming with me," Lluela said, a sly grin creeping across her lips as she grabbed her uninjured wrist.
"But…" Mai began before being cut off.
"No 'buts', let the men do the heavy lifting." She pulled her out the door in one sweeping motion.
The walk to Mai's apartment was most definitely no a quiet one. Lluela jabbered on about unimportant happenings in England. Something about a marriage that Mai could really care less about. All she cared about was finding something sweet to eat.
They got into Mai's apartment and she had began packing before something Lluela said caught Mai's attention. "So how's your relationship with Oliver going? Have you guys had sex yet?"
Mai's medicine bag dropped onto the floor with a loud thunk! as Mai's face turned tomato red. "Good lord Lluela! To ask such a question! Have you no shame?"
"None what so ever which answers my question. I won't be so shameful though as to ask how it was. That'd be despicable," she said, laughing loudly, "You'll definitely make me very pretty grand-babies. You guys looked so cute when you were kissing earlier. I'm going to have so much fun teasing the two of you."
Mai sighed, finishing her and Naru's packing, going over to the fridge. She fished out her piece of cake that was in a portable container before grabbing the bags.
"Come on, Let's go. Naru will start getting annoyed soon," Mai said.
"Noll needs to calm his horses," Lluela said, but followed closely behind her anyway.
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"Your mom has no self-control at all," Mai said, shaking her head once they had boarded the plane.
"You're not the one who had to live with her for nearly 14 years out of your life your life," Naru said with a grin," How about you take a nap, this is going to be a long flight."
"That sounds nice," she said, leaning against his shoulder and quickly falling asleep.