A Mothers Secret Chapter 34: Queen's Regret
Mei wakes up in a hospital bed with Yuzu beside her. Yuzu perks up upon seeing Mei awake at last. Yuzu moves to be beside her. Mei tries to say something but finds she cant move her jaw to talk.
"They wired your jaw shut because of the damage it took Mei," said Yuzu.
Mei shot Yuzu an angry look. She was still mad about finding that bottle. Yuzu, sensing her anger, finally had enough of that mess.
"Still mad huh? Let me ask you something, did you really look at that bottle hmm? If you did, you would have seen it was still sealed. It was a gift from my boss for doing a good job, and I didn't even open it. So maybe before you decide to get all holy than thou, you should check your facts first." Yuzu bluntly said.
Mei searched her memory. She was so sure that Yuzu was drinking that she didn't check the bottle. I didn't even occur to her that Yuzu was trying to tell her the truth. She just wanted to be mad and that cost her speech and her car. The pain in her right leg let her know it also costed her mobility as well. Mei looked and saw a cast just below the knee all the way to her foot.
"Yeah, you busted up your leg real good too." Yuzu stated as she sat down."I didn't even want that stupid bottle, you can ask my secretary. Oh wait you can't can you?"
Yuzu sat with her legs crossed which one was kicking and she had her arms folded in front of her. Yuzu's stare toward Mei was a mix of anger and worry.
"Mother?"
Mei looked up with a start. She saw Neoko looking at her with a look of great worry. Neoko went quickly to her mother's side.
"Mind the jaw Neoko, they wired it shut so it may cause some pain if we get too rough on her," said Yuzu.
Neoko looks and nodded at Yuzu. She then gently pressed her head next to her mother's. Ian walked in and stood next to Yuzu.
"How's the patient mom?" Ian asked.
"It may take awhile but she will be ok, that's what the doctor said. the jaw has to heal as well as her leg." said Yuzu."Why don't you two get something from the vending machines ok?" Yuzu added.
The teen duo left, leaving the two mothers alone. Mei couldn't look at Yuzu. Yuzu got up and went to Mei's side.
"Are you done being over-dramatic over stupid stuff now?" asked Yuzu.
Mei nodded with eyes watering.
"Good when we get you home we concentrate on you getting better," said Yuzu.
"Oh our lawyer called, he wants to talk to you and Neoko about your current condition" Yuzu added.
Mei looked at Yuzu with a confused stare. What could the lawyer want at this moment?
Yuzu saw the expression that Mei had. She walked around with arms crossed.
"Remember when your grandfather collapsed when you were younger?" asked Yuzu.
Mei slowly nodded.
"Well because of this little stunt, you are not able to run Aihara Academy like he wasn't" Yuzu continued.
Mei's eyes widened, she did not like where this was going. She suddenly got worried for Neoko.
"Yeah, you know where this is going." Yuzu said.
Mei was mad at herself, why did she fly off the handle over something so trivial. Now she may have put Neoko in jeopardy because she had to overblow a stupid bottle.
Yuzu wasn't finished, "The lawyer is going to wait till you get home to fill you in all the details. He didn't want to hit you up in the hospital."
Neoko returned from the vending machines with Ian. Mei had tears in her eyes when she looked at her. Neoko looked at her mother with a puzzled look, then at Yuzu.
"Whats going on?" Neoko asked.
Yuzu gave Mei a quick look, turned to Neoko, and said, "Neoko, the Academy's charter when it was created states that an Aihara must lead as chairman. It was that way when your great-grandfather collapsed and Mei took over his duties. It is that way now with your mother being in this condition."
"In short sweetheart, You will lead Aihara Academy until your mother can return," stated Yuzu.