Chapter 9
"Um Li what time does school get out again?" asks Eli as he looks out the window and sees the green Lexus pull up the driveway.
"Three twenty, why?" asks Li as he stands up.
"Then why is Sakura home at ten thirty?"
Li walks to the front door and opens it to see Sakura park the car and get out. She walks up to the house holding her bookbag, a red bag and a letter in her other hand. She is studying the letter not even seeing Li and Eli standing there.
"Why are you home?" asks Li.
Sakura screams and looks up at Li and Eli, "Oh don't scare me like that. I got sick this morning so the nurse told me to come home and get some rest." She says as she walks into the house past them both and turning her attention back to the letter, which she hasn't opened.
"What's that? And you got sick? Are you ok?" asks Li as he closes the front door and follows Sakura to the kitchen.
"Yes I got sick and I'm fine, just going to relax is all. Oh and it was on the drivers seat in the car. It wasn't there this morning but when I left school it was there. It's got my name on it, well my Chinese name. It's just a letter I know that but something tells me I don't want to open it." Says Sakura as she opens the freezer and pulls out some ice cubes and drops them in a glass. She puts the letter in her bookbag and opens the fridge to pull out the milk.
"You hate milk." Says Li as he watches her pour a big glass.
"I know but I have a craving for it, besides it's cold and won't upset my tummy." Says Sakura as she puts the milk back in the fridge.
"I think I'll go wake up the girls. They have slept long enough." Says Eli as he turns and walks down the hallway.
Sakura takes a big drink of milk and scrunches up her face from the taste.
"I told you. What's with the red bag?"
"What's with the questions Li?"
"Moody much?"
"Nope. Oh there is something else, there was this woman at school today she was standing under the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard and staring up at the nurse's office window, I swear she could see me. She had long brown hair and looked a lot like you. Same intense amber eyes and cold hard stare."
Li just raises an eyebrow.
"Anyway I'm gonna go lay down. Do my homework or something." Sighs Sakura as she heads for the stairs.
"Want some company? I know you suck at school work I can help." Says Li as he follows Sakura upstairs.
"Ok. Hey maybe you can help with the mystery of the letter."
"Can I open it?"
"Sure here you go." Says Sakura as she opens their bedroom door and hands Li the letter. She puts the red bag on the table and drops her bookbag in the middle of the floor. She peels off her clothes and grabs her bookbag again and drags it to the bed where she lays down and pulls out her english work.
Li opens the letter and makes sure he stays out of Sakura's way until she is lying down. He sits on the bed beside her and begins to read the letter, while gently rubbing her back and ass.
"Who's it from?" asks Sakura as she answers some questions for enligsh.
"It's from my sister. My oldest sister." Says Li as he reads the letter.
"Why would I be getting a letter from her?" asks Sakura as she puts her pen down and looks at Li.
"It's about the murder the other night. I knew it was her."
Sakura sits up and stares at Li, "What do you mean?"
"You weren't with us when she was. She used to rip her victims hearts out and dye them black, it was her trade mark. Nobody does it anymore because she asked us not to. She works with the gang in China now. The woman you say under the cherry tree, you said she looked like me right."
"Well yeah, was that your sister?"
"More than likely. My mother wasn't too happy about me splitting up the leadership between the five of us. I was the only one meant for leader but it didn't feel right."
"Well what does she say in the letter?" asks Sakura as she grabs the letter from Li's hands and starts to read it.
"Just some stuff about you and us. Nothing big." Says Li his eyes shift to the red bag on the table. He gets up and walks to it. "What's in the bag?"
"Girly stuff, you know pads and tampons and stuff." Says Sakura plainly.
"Oh ok. Um how about I go make you a nice cup of tea?"
"Li that would be heaven." Says Sakura as she looks up at him with a smile.
Li nods and leaves the bedroom.
Sakura waits for a moment and then she gets up and grabs the red bag. She looks through it to see that the nurse gave her. Basic stuff like vitamins and some reading material. Sakura pulls out one of the booklets and shoves the bag under the bed.
"Hmm, how you change during your pregnancy." Reads Sakura. She pushes her english off the bed and she gets under the blanket. She props herself up on some pillows and starts to read.
"Hey Li I heard Sakura was home." Says Madison as she walks into the kitchen to see Li boiling water.
"Yeah she got sick. She up laying down I'm making her some tea."
"Oh that's so sweet Li. I'm gonna go see her." Says Madison brightly as she turns on her heel and heads upstairs. Madison knocks on the bedroom door but she gets no response, so she opens the door and sees Sakura asleep on the bed under the sheets. Madison sees a booklet in Sakura's hands and she walks over to the bed and pulls it out of Sakura's grip and reads the front. "Oh my god." Says Madison as she looks down at Sakura who moans in her sleep and rolls over. Madison sees Sakura's homework on the floor and she picks it up and slips the booklet inside and puts it in Sakura's bookbag.
"What cha doin Madison?" asks Li as he walks in with a tray of tea.
"Oh Sakura has just shoved her work on the floor so I picked it up and out it in her bag. She was asleep when I got in here, I didn't want to wake her."
"Ok, Meilin and Eli were looking for you just after you came up here."
"Ok thanks." Says Madison and she walks quickly from the bedroom, closing the door behind her. "I got to tell Meilin and Eli." Mumbles Madison as she runs for the stairs.