Close To The Heart
Chapter 2
A black suit jacket landed hap-hazardly on the clothes hamper in the corner of Haruka's bedroom. She sat on the edge of her bed and opened up one of the beers she had bought. Next on her normal list of removal was her tie, blasted thing had been choking her all day. It landed next to the hamper, on the floor.
"Damn thing. I'll get it in the morning." she thought as she looked at the tie. Her hand brought the beer up to her lips, to take a long drink of it, enjoying the cold alcohol as it ran down her throat. "The joys of being alone." she chuckled at herself, then frowned, realizing how much what she had just said, hurt.
As she unbuttoned her shirt, she made her way back through the apartment to her answering machine. She noticed it flashing when she came in, but wasn't in a rush to see who had left her a message.
"Haruka, we've got a problem. Remember Ryo Shino, the rapest that was being held till his trial, well, the victim, died in a car wreck, there's no evidence that it was set up, they released him. They figured that there's no need to keep him, no more proof." there was a beep signaling the end of the message, and "no more messages" played after that. What Yoshi said running through her mind. She rewound the tape and played it again.
"Oh god." a million thoughts ran through her mind. Mostly remembering what Ryo had yelled to her when the officers were dragging him away. "I'll get you Tenou!" she kept repeating to herself. Her hand shook a little when she popped open another can. "Why do I need to worry? Nobody's ever had the guts to do anything to me." Haruka laughed the whole situation off and went over to her stereo to turn on her favorite classical CD. Perfect piano music soon filled her apartment.
She set the remaining 4 beers on top of her baby-grand piano and opened up the key cover. She had taught herself to play when she was a child, her skills progressing rapidly over time. When track number 2 started playing off the CD, Haruka played every note perfectly with it. "if only to play with a master...just once." she spoke to herself when she finished.
She breaked long enough between songs, to finish her beers off. The muscles of her mouth tried to fight off a yawn, yet lost, a deep yawn covering her face, signaling that it was time for bed. She cleaned up her emptied cans, grabbed her case file, turned off all the lights plus the stereo and walked into her bedroom.
It was another hour before she finally turned off the lamp next to her bed, set the alarm for 10am, knowing she had to be in court at noon. She rolled over and drifted off to sleep.
Chapter 2
A black suit jacket landed hap-hazardly on the clothes hamper in the corner of Haruka's bedroom. She sat on the edge of her bed and opened up one of the beers she had bought. Next on her normal list of removal was her tie, blasted thing had been choking her all day. It landed next to the hamper, on the floor.
"Damn thing. I'll get it in the morning." she thought as she looked at the tie. Her hand brought the beer up to her lips, to take a long drink of it, enjoying the cold alcohol as it ran down her throat. "The joys of being alone." she chuckled at herself, then frowned, realizing how much what she had just said, hurt.
As she unbuttoned her shirt, she made her way back through the apartment to her answering machine. She noticed it flashing when she came in, but wasn't in a rush to see who had left her a message.
"Haruka, we've got a problem. Remember Ryo Shino, the rapest that was being held till his trial, well, the victim, died in a car wreck, there's no evidence that it was set up, they released him. They figured that there's no need to keep him, no more proof." there was a beep signaling the end of the message, and "no more messages" played after that. What Yoshi said running through her mind. She rewound the tape and played it again.
"Oh god." a million thoughts ran through her mind. Mostly remembering what Ryo had yelled to her when the officers were dragging him away. "I'll get you Tenou!" she kept repeating to herself. Her hand shook a little when she popped open another can. "Why do I need to worry? Nobody's ever had the guts to do anything to me." Haruka laughed the whole situation off and went over to her stereo to turn on her favorite classical CD. Perfect piano music soon filled her apartment.
She set the remaining 4 beers on top of her baby-grand piano and opened up the key cover. She had taught herself to play when she was a child, her skills progressing rapidly over time. When track number 2 started playing off the CD, Haruka played every note perfectly with it. "if only to play with a master...just once." she spoke to herself when she finished.
She breaked long enough between songs, to finish her beers off. The muscles of her mouth tried to fight off a yawn, yet lost, a deep yawn covering her face, signaling that it was time for bed. She cleaned up her emptied cans, grabbed her case file, turned off all the lights plus the stereo and walked into her bedroom.
It was another hour before she finally turned off the lamp next to her bed, set the alarm for 10am, knowing she had to be in court at noon. She rolled over and drifted off to sleep.