Three cheers! My editor has fixed her computer. But she might be going for holiday again. Oh well, at least this chapter is out. Thanks for your reviews! Enjoy!

The future is not something to see, but something to create -Aya, Weiß Kreuz

"Touya." Tomoyo cried out. "Don't make me tell you. Once you know, I have to get an annulment."

"What is so serious that you need to get an annulment?" Touya asked, clearly confused about what she said.

"Don't ask." Tomoyo begged. "Don't ask!"

"Tomoyo." Touya whispered to her. When he gotten her attention, he continued. "When you were young, you trusted me like a brother. Don't you trust me now?"

Tomoyo struggled, wondering how much longer she could fight her conscience. "Tell me Tomoyo, please. Everyone is worried. You won't want Sakura to worry any longer right?" Touya coaxed her.

"Okay! Stop it!" Tomoyo yelled out, unable to handle the pressure anymore. "He is my brother okay! Eriol is my half brother!"

Tomoyo came out from the taxi and took in a deep breath. She walked towards the mansion and pressed the door bell.

"Daidouji Manson. How may I help you?" A voice spoke from the doorbell.

"Ms Tomoyo Daidouji speaking." Tomoyo replied.

"Very well, welcome back miss." The door opened and she rushed inside, seeking sanctuary in her home. At the door, she saw a lady wearing a short brown hair with a worried frown.

"Tomoyo dear, are you okay?"

Tomoyo sniffed, trying hard not to cry as she ran into the older woman's embrace. "Mother."

"Where is your husband? What has he done?" Sonomi asked.

"I never told you that I was married. Oh, don't tell me Touya told you." Tomoyo hugged her tighter. "I am so sorry."

"Whatever are you sorry for?" Sonomi's frown deepened.

"I'm sorry that I married him."

"I never expect you to marry without me knowing for a month. But I forgive you, now who did you marry?"

Tomoyo looked up in shock. "Didn't Touya-san tell you who I married?"

"No, he didn't. All he said that when you are ready to tell me, you will. So, tell me, who is he so that I can scold him for making my precious daughter cry."

Tomoyo didn't know whether to laugh or to cry harder. "Forget it mother, I am getting an annulment."

"Whatever for? Tomoyo, let's go in and talk it out. I want to know what made you cry and cause you to talk nonsense."

Tomoyo gave a weak smile and nodded. As the two of them passed the piano, she stared at the picture of her mother, when she was younger, with a young man by her side. "Who is that man beside you mom?"

Sonomi followed her gaze and stared at the photograph. She smiled sadly at Tomoyo. "I told you before why do you want to know?

"Curious." Tomoyo lied.

Sonomi looked back at the photograph and replied. "That is your father."

Her heart broke at that conformation and started crying again. "I should have known. I should have recognized him anywhere."

"Tomoyo, what's wrong?"

The butler entered the living room just before Tomoyo could answer. "Mdm, there is a man waiting outside the door. He identified himself as Mr Eriol Hiiragizawa."

"Hiiragizawa? Let him in."

"Mother no!" Tomoyo interrupted her. "Don't let Eriol in."

"Eriol Hiiragizawa? You know him?" Sonomi studied her as Tomoyo squirmed.

"He is Syaoran and Kaho's cousin." Tomoyo answered.

"If that is the case, we need to invite him in." Sonomi dismissed Tomoyo's protest and called out. "Let him in Eric. And please inform Natalie to prepare tea for the guest."

"Yes Mdm." He retreated from the room.

Tomoyo started planning. "Mother, I am really tired. May I be excused?"

"Certainly not Tomoyo, I need you around to entertain our guest. I have never Clow Reed's son before."

"Who is he?" Tomoyo asked.

"Oh, that is Eriol's father." Sonomi said nervously.

"Serious? He never allowed you to meet his son?"

"No. I couldn't. I was pregnant with you so I couldn't fly to England with him to meet him."

"Why didn't you move to England with him? We could have settled in England then."

"Tomoyo! Where have your morals gone? I couldn't live with him because we weren't married! Moving to England, total nonsense! How can you ever think of moving to England when Japan is so lovely?"

"But mother…" Tomoyo started only to be cut off by the butler, again.

"Mdm, Mr Eriol Hiiragizawa."

Tomoyo turned and faced her husband and plastered a fake smile. "Welcome, Eriol-san."

"Drop the 'Eriol-san' Tomoyo. Now tell me, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Eriol shouted, before he noticed her mother. "Pardon me, Mrs Daidouji for intruding into your house so late at night but may I talk to Tomoyo privately."

"No, my mother stays here." Tomoyo said firmly. "I must as well kill two birds with one stone. Mother, Eriol-san, please sit down."

"Tomoyo…"

"Eriol-san, please, sit down."

"Tomoyo, you better stop using the phrase 'Eriol-san'. It is inappropriate to call your husband that." Eriol glared at her, not noticing the sharp gasp from Sonomi.

"Sorry Eriol-san, I will be contacting my lawyers to have our marriage annulled."

"No way!" Eriol said in a cold controlled voice. "I don't believe my father had an affair after my mother died. He loved my mother so much."

Tomoyo totally ignored him. "Mother, meet your son-in-law, soon to be my ex-husband. Eriol Hiiragizawa."

"Nice meeting you, Eriol." Sonomi replied, totally shaken by the events taking place right now.

"See Tomoyo, your mother calls me Eriol, why don't you learn from her."

"That is because she doesn't know the full extent of our sins." Tomoyo yelled back before turning her attention to her mother. "That man sitting with us now is the son of my father!" Tomoyo walked to the piano and took the photograph and shoved it into Eriol's hands. "That is my father, the same guy I saw in your England house. If he is your father, as what you claim, then we are definitely related by blood."

Eriol just stared at it. "Not true." Eriol shook his head. "This is not true." He looked at Sonomi, his eyes filled with horror. "Mrs Daidouji, tell me it isn't true."

Sonomi looked at him and stared at her daughter and her heart bled. How could she do this? 'Clow Reed, forgive me for causing them so much pain. I should have listened to you.'

Sonomi pushed all emotions aside. "You two keep quiet! And listen to what I have to say next." Sonomi stood up. "Tomoyo, your marriage to Eriol is totally legal and not at all sinful." She gave her daughter a hard stare when she was about to protest. "It was a big misunderstanding, on your part because I misled you. I tell you what happened."

-Flashback-

Sonomi roamed the streets, broken and used. The stupid bastard never loved her. All he wanted was her money. After draining her bank account and getting free sex, he discarded her, just like a doll. Now pregnant and penniless, she was in a mess.

Without anyone to depend on and no way she could get out of Japan, all hope was lost. Dishearten, she walked aimlessly around the town. Finally when she reached a canal, she decided there was no way she could continue to survive. She carefully climbed over the railing and stood dangerously at the other side of the canal. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and let go of the railing.

She was expecting to feel cold water slamming against her body and sweeping her far away. Instead, she felt a warm arm around her waist and a strong hand tightly holding on to her arm. She was dragged out of danger and face to face with a pale looking man.

"What the hell are you doing? Do you know that if you fall into the canal, you will be dead?"

"Yes." Sonomi answered, amused by the shock look on his face after hearing her.

"Now why will you want to kill yourself?" The man shook his head in disbelief. "Where is your family?"

"Dead."

Taken back, he tried to search for more reasons why she shouldn't do such a foolish thing. "How about your job or maybe your husband? Won't they miss you if you commit suicide?"

"No job, no husband, no money and now I am pregnant. No family to go back to. No one I can turn to. Can't I just do it? I don't want to suffer anymore."

"NO! You still have your child."

"My child will be born out of wedlock! She will be despised."

"The fetus in the womb is a living thing. Think about it, you are denying him or her a chance to live if you jump into the canal." The man reasoned with her.

"Who the hell are you to interfere in my life?" Sonomi snapped, frustrated by his stupid talk.

"Mr Clow Reed at your service." The man smiled, his eyes twinkled at the same time. before noticing she wasn't really dressed warm enough for the weather. "Come, I will help you."

"Why?" Sonomi asked wearily. "Why would you want to help someone who is broke and messed up?"

Clow Reed just smiled. "I need a housekeeper in my house in Japan. I think you won't mind taking up a job."

Sonomi snorted. "Me, a housekeeper? Not in your life!"

"It's either that or if you can read and write you can work in my company as a secretary?" Clow Reed offered.

"You don't even know me. For all you know, you will be hiring an ex-convict."

"An ex-convict would not kill herself just because she is broke and messed up. The offer still stands. Trust me and let me help you or I will just leave you here alone and you can try killing yourself for the second time."

Sonomi looked at him and at the canal. She shivered at the thought of jumping into the cold canal. Trusting her gut instinct, she nodded. "Alright, I will work as your secretary."

-End Flashback-

Tomoyo stared at her in disbelief. "You mean Eriol's father is responsible for your position in the company and the comfort we have been living all this while?"

"Well, yes. This was his house. He allowed us to live in it after he left for England. He told me that his son missed him." Sonomi looked at Eriol. "He loves you very much."

"I know." Eriol smiled, touched by his father's generosity.

"That was why Tomoyo, I always told you that Clow Reed was your father because he did more for us than any other men in my life. I didn't want to tell you what your biological father did to us so I asked him permission to say it was him." Sonomi gave her a worried look. "He didn't agree but after much persuasion he relented, although he warned me of the consequences." Sonomi started to cry. "If Eriol didn't come here to find you, you would have carried on with the annulment and it would be my fault."

"Mother, don't cry." Tomoyo stood up and went to her side. "It is not your fault. Everything is okay now." Tomoyo gave a pleading look to Eriol, asking him for help.

"It's okay." Eriol softly said. "Everything will be alright now."

Sonomi sniffed and took a tissue to dab her tears away. "Eriol, you love Tomoyo right?"

"Yes I do."

"Keep her and take care of her." Sonomi told him. "She is your wife. Don't let her try anything to keep you away from her."

"I will." Eriol gave Tomoyo a sly smile.

"Okay, then I am feeling better now." Sonomi gave the two of them a dignified smile. "I am tired. You all are welcome to sleep over. Ask Natalie to tidy up the guest room if you do so."

"Yes mother." Tomoyo looked at the floor, suddenly nervous how to behave in front of Eriol.

When Sonomi walked out of the room, Eriol covered the distance separating the two of them and pulled her towards him. He sealed her mouth with his just as she gasped in surprised, pouring out all his love and frustration over the past few weeks. When Tomoyo kissed him back, he deepened the kiss.

"Eriol, stop it. We are in the living room." Tomoyo mumbled against his lips while her hands slowly slid up his chest until her arms crept around his neck.

"I know. But you know what, I can't!" Eriol laughed as he changed the angle of the kiss, his tongue gently teased her before she opened her mouth and allowed him to do what he pleased.

"Bedroom Eriol, the bedroom." Tomoyo pulled away and dragged him along.

As they made their way to the bedrooms, Eric and Natalie smiled at each other, hearing the couple complaining that the room was too far. Sonomi stood next to them and sighed in relief. Tomoyo will be alright, and so will Eriol Hiiragizawa. 'Thank goodness Clow Reed, our children are happy.'

Finally the muddle headed Tomoyo had made up with carried on marriage like a normal healthy couple should. Cheers! Now, thanks for reading and hope you continue to bring in the reviews. Take care and God Bless

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