Chapter Twelve
Soujiro sped down the highway. His thoughts were jumbled. Kenshin had seemed so disoriented. He was normally always in control. Yet tonight his looked as if he had been through complete hell.
'Good, now he knows what we've gone through,' the protective older brother side of him approved.
He pressed down on the pedal with more force accelerating to dangerous speeds.
It had just been moments ago that he had lied to Megumi and told her to go on with the surgery.
He refused to let Kaoru die because of a legal matter that he was sure a nice bribe could make disappear.
A migraine was making its way into his head as he thought of everything that had gone wrong.
Sagara should not have known anything. Kaoru was supposed to just be a little bit malnourished; not have a life threatening disorder. Kenshin was supposed to sign the papers without any qualms, and he wasn't suppose to care.But most of all, she wasn't suppose to love him. Soujiro gripped the wheel tighter as he remembered that tiny barely noticeable spark she had when she spoke about Kenshin. Even after all that he had done he still held her heart; that one fact alone hurt Soujiro most of all. She was supposed to hate him, despise him, just as he and Enishi both did.
'Nothing else could possibly go wrong.' He concluded as he swerved to the right and into the clinic's discreet entrance. He never noticed the sleek sedan that had trailed him the whole way.
Oh, he would soon find out just how wrong he was.
With Sano
"Hiko-sama," Sano greeted, eyes gazing downward.
"Shouldn't you be with my baka-deshi right now? From what the reports are saying he's dug himself in pretty deep." Hiko said, downing a shot glass of sake easily.
"He's the last person I want to see right now," Sano answered, "Though I do have some questions for you, sir."
Hiko sighed, "I'm not obligated to answer them, but if you feel the need to- shoot."
"Why, sir?" Sano asked, "Why would you arrange this marriage if you knew he didn't love Kaoru?"
Hiko downed another glass.
"It was a smart move, business wise." Hiko said.
"That's a lie. I suspect that you would sell away Kenshin's happiness for a business deal, but Kamiya-sama would never compromise Kaoru, he never would've authorized it if he knew it would compromise her happiness," Sano accused.
"Fine, you really want to know that truth?" Hiko demanded, his eyes piercing, "Then promise me this; you'll keep them together. You'll make this annulment go up in flames, and I shall tell you why Sojishiro and I did what we did."
Sano kept Hiko's gaze for a moment, before giving a slight nod.
Hiko sighed, and down another glass before clearing his voice.
"Sojishiro was diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer's a couple of months before the engagement. He knew he didn't have much time, and he also knew that Shishio, his eldest son, could not lead the company. Kamiya Inc. was his creation, he had built it from the ground up so, he wanted to ensure its survival. The only logical explanation at the time was to make Kenshin majority owner, and to do that there had to be a marriage.-"
"But, why?" Sano questioned still confused as ever; his eyes were wide though as he learned of Sojishiro's well kept secret, "Why couldn't Kamiya-sama just leave the company to Soujiro or Shishio? They're both older than Kenshin."
Hiko sighed.
"Because, Soujiro and Shishio aren't Sojishrio's biological sons."
