A Mothers Secret Chapter 12: Hate's Rise
"Trouble? what kind of trouble?" Mei asked.
"Remember Ms. Kachita ?" Momokino asked.
"How could I forget her. Once a year she is always pestering the council to have me removed over some minor thing or another." Mei lamented.
"Well this time she has help from the new council chairman who promised moral choices and from you yourselves?" stated Momokino.
She then reached into her bag and produced a newspaper. She then opened it to the marriages and engagements section. She then folded back the paper and laid it in front of the Aihara couple. Then she pointed at the article: Aihara /McGregor wedding.
"You knew this before you asked me if I was married didn't you," asked Mei.
"Of course, I needed to know if you were going to hide it from me."
"So what's the complaint now?"
"That you are not showing a good example for the students, and that you are not using funds for the building refurbishing of the school but instead using it for you Mansion here," Momokino said.
"So you are saying that they are only doing this because we are married?" asked Yuzu.
"Looks like it, they just added the fund thing to give it legitimacy," Momokino said.
Yuzu looked like she was stabbed in the heart. She hurriedly got up and went to the couple's bedroom. Momokino watched Yuzu leave then turned her attention to Mei, who was still looking at the paper Momokino brought.
"I took no pleasure in that Mei, I support you both! You know that. But this woman getting more and more aggressive each year and frankly, I'm worried about you two."
Mei sighed as she leaned back in her chair. "The fund accusation is no big deal, I got detailed records of every penny spent since I became Chairman of the Academy." Then Mei turned to a serious expression. "But now she is attacking my marriage, no my wife! That I won't forgive."
"Mei, don't do anything we will regret. I'm still on your side on this, but if you go off the handle, My ability to help you on the council will be hampered," stated Momokino as she tapped the table with her finger.
"I won't do anything stupid. I'll just go and talk to her maybe find out what her deal is. If that doesn't work I'll bury her at the council meeting once and for all." Mei growled.
Momokino got up and took the paper and stuffed it back into her bag. "Ok, I'll see you there at the meeting next Saturday. and I hope you are successful in talking sense to that woman to avoid that meeting or witch hunt I should say. Now go look after Yuzu, she needs you now."
Mei saw Momokino out the door. She then went to the couple's bedroom where she saw Yuzu sitting on the bed with her head down. Mei sat next Yuzu.
"Hey, you ok?" Mei asked.
"Yeah, I'll be alright."Yuzu said.
They sat in silence for awhile, then Yuzu laid back on the bed with her legs dangling down to the floor.
"Mei?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry."
Mei laid back next to Yuzu on her side so she could see her.
"There is nothing to be sorry about. I proposed to you remember?"
"Yeah, but I didn't think this would happen so soon though."
"It was bound to happen sooner or later."
"Yeah, why us? why now?"
"I don't know. But this woman is causing me some gray hair to show up."
"Mei I'm worried"
"It will be okay I going to talk with this woman tomorrow and get it stopped."
The next day finds Mei knocking at a door to a modest home. A woman, who appears to be a little older than Mei answered the door and looks and recognizes Mei immediately.
"What do you want?" Growled Ms. Kachita.
"Just to talk and to clear this mess up," stated Mei.
Kachita stepped out revealing black hair tied up behind her head with a suspicious look on her face. She was also wearing a t-shirt and blue jeans that have seen better days.
"There is nothing to discuss now you-"
"Why do you hate us Ms. Kachita?" Mei asked.
Kachita looked at Mei blankly" I don't hate you I hate your wife."
Mei was shocked to hear that someone in this wide world would hate Yuzu. The concept alone was shocking in itself. What did Yuzu do to warrant such hate from a woman she has, as far she knows, never met?
"Why? what reason could you hate someone you haven't even met" Mei inquired.
"Because Twenty eight years ago she caused my boyfriend at the time to lose his job. Because nobody else would hire him because of it. He then ended his life leaving me alone in this world! It's my life goal to hurt her and the ones she holds dear!" she screamed.
Mei looked at her puzzled. "You were the one who was going with Mr. Amemiya while he was engaged to me? and you have been holding a grudge this whole time? Why would you still hold a candle to that man?"
Ms. Kachita coldly answered. "Why would you easily reunite with someone who left you so long ago? Now please leave! We have nothing more to say to each other!"
The door slams shut in front of Mei's face.
