Chapter 15

Madison, Meilin and Eli stay downstairs and wait for Li to come back down. When he does he only has a backpack on and he walks to them, "Listen keep everyone safe and I will be back soon."

"But why are you leaving us too?" asks Meilin softly.

"I'll be back." Says Li the coldness now gone from his voice. He walks out the front door and down the driveway to see a black car sitting there waiting. The window rolls down on the car and Li looks inside to see his mother sitting there waiting.

"Hello mother."

"Li. Are you coming?"

Li climbs into the car and they drive off. "Where are we going?"

"You will take a privet plane to Hawaii where Sakura awaits your arrival." Says Yelen as she heads for a privet airfield.

Sakura digs through her closet trying to find something nice to wear to meet Li in when she hears a knock at her apartment door. "Who is it?" calls Sakura as she walks out of her room and down the hall.

"It's Tia."

Sakura looks through the peephole and sees Tia looking around. Tia was the first friend Sakura made when she arrived on the island. Of course everyone knows Sakura by her new name Alex Li and they knew nothing about her past. Sakura smiles and opens the door.

"My god Alex you are getting huge. As big as a house."

"You know Tia if I wasn't in such a good mood you would regret that."

"So why are you in a good mood?" asks Tia as she steps into the apartment and smiles at Alex (Sakura).

"Oh I just had a nice morning is all. So why drop by?"

"Well I wanted to see how you are doing. You seem to be getting sadder lately and I was worried about you."

"Oh I'm fine. I don't mean to be rude but I do have some things to do today so.."

"No problem I have to head to work anyway. Just thought I'd stop by and check in."

"Thanks Tia."

"Sure thing Alex. Well I'll talk to ya later." Says Alex as she walks out into the hall.

"Ok bye."

Tia waves and heads for the elevator and Sakura closes the door. "Well if Li is flying in it will take some time. I'm going to have a nap." Says Sakura as she locks the door and heads for the bedroom. When she about halfway down the hall she hears the phone, she runs the rest of the way and grabs the phone, "Hello?"

"Sakura it's Xander. Yelen just picked up Li about two hours ago. He's in the air now."

"Can you please call me about an hour before he is due to land. I want to take a nap and I'm scared I will miss meeting him at the airport."

"I will Sakura. You have been very tough to live like this. We have heard that Fóo has been asking about you quite a lot since you left. Meilin, Madison and Eli of course have no idea what happened to you. And well Li can tell you the rest. I'll call you later ok."

"Yes thank you Xander." Says Sakura before she hangs up the phone. Sakura lays down on the bed and gently rubs her belly as she drifts off to sleep.

Sakura groans as she hears the phone ringing. She slowly opens her eyes and picks up the phone, "Hello?" she asks her voice a bit crackly.

"Sakura Li will be landing within the hour at the international airport."

"Thank you." Says Sakura before hanging up the phone. "God I was only asleep for a few minutes." She looks at the clock and sees it's eight at night. "I stand corrected." Says Sakura as she gets up and walks into the bathroom and cleans up. She changes her clothes and grabs her keys and leaves the apartment. She locks the door behind her and puts her keys in her pockets. She heads for the elevator, and just as the doors open she looks up to see Kale standing there. "Kale?"

"Oh hey Alex. I was just coming by to see if you wanted to go out?"

"Actually I was heading for the airport. Someone is flying in that I have to meet." Says Sakura as she steps into the elevator.

Kale pushes the main floor button and the doors slide closed, "I can drive you if you want? I mean you can't drive and getting a cab now, well you know it's crazy."

"Thank you Kale that would be the best." Smiles Sakura.

"So who's coming in?"

"Oh a good friend from home." Says Sakura as the doors open to reveal the busy lobby.

"I'm parked right out front." Says Kale as they walk through the crowd.

Once they are in the car and driving down the road Kale asks, "What's with your tattoo?"

"Tattoo?"

"The one on the small of your back. When you first got here you were wearing skimpy clothes and you could see it a lot. I just kept forgetting to ask you about it."

"Oh well, I saw the design once and I liked it."

"Does the father of your baby know where you are?"

"Um no he doesn't. I had to leave him and everything I held dear eight months ago."

"Alex why is it you never talk about your life before you came here?"

"I just don't want to."

Kale just nods and they drive the rest of the way in silence. When they get to the airport Kale pulls right up by the front doors. "You want me to wait?"

"Oh no don't worry there are lots of cabs. Thank you for the ride Kale you are sweet." Says Sakura with a smile as she climbs out of the car. She closes the door and waves to Kale before he drives away. "Ok Sakura he will be here to be with you soon." She says to herself as she walks into the cool air of the airport.