Chapter 11: Tokito Akanuma
Three days after I saw Sanosuke again, I was left alone in our house as Saito went to the station since the chief called him. While he was gone, I spent the morning doing the laundry. By noon, I was hanging them out to dry.
Suddenly, I began to cough very hard. I coughed so much that I eventually spat out blood on the ground. After a while, the blood stopped flowing to my mouth and my coughing began to suffice.
I sat myself down on the ground. I knew it for the longest time, but now the physical symptoms came. I was pregnant.
I smiled and touched my stomach. A mental picture of my baby came to me. She was a healthy baby girl developing inside of me. I was waiting for my physical symptoms to show before I told Saito the news. Now, when he gets back, he'll have a surprise waiting for him. I closed my eyes and thought of how happy he would look later.
My joy was cut short by a sudden feeling of alertness that came to me. Someone was watching me. I concentrated and scanned my surroundings. On my wall, sitting on the tiles, was Sanosuke Sagara.
I opened my eyes, stood up, and faced him. Seeing that he had my attention, he jumped down and went to me.
"It's dangerous to be home alone," he said.
"What are you doing here at my house?" I asked him, ignoring his statement.
His expression turned from his happy-go-lucky smile that I usually see to a very serious frown.
"I need to talk to you," he said.
Three days after I saw Sanosuke again, I was left alone in our house as Saito went to the station since the chief called him. While he was gone, I spent the morning doing the laundry. By noon, I was hanging them out to dry.
Suddenly, I began to cough very hard. I coughed so much that I eventually spat out blood on the ground. After a while, the blood stopped flowing to my mouth and my coughing began to suffice.
I sat myself down on the ground. I knew it for the longest time, but now the physical symptoms came. I was pregnant.
I smiled and touched my stomach. A mental picture of my baby came to me. She was a healthy baby girl developing inside of me. I was waiting for my physical symptoms to show before I told Saito the news. Now, when he gets back, he'll have a surprise waiting for him. I closed my eyes and thought of how happy he would look later.
My joy was cut short by a sudden feeling of alertness that came to me. Someone was watching me. I concentrated and scanned my surroundings. On my wall, sitting on the tiles, was Sanosuke Sagara.
I opened my eyes, stood up, and faced him. Seeing that he had my attention, he jumped down and went to me.
"It's dangerous to be home alone," he said.
"What are you doing here at my house?" I asked him, ignoring his statement.
His expression turned from his happy-go-lucky smile that I usually see to a very serious frown.
"I need to talk to you," he said.