Ulrich looked at Yumi and said "What are you talking about? Your life is perfect."
"No it's not. I don't have parents. I don't have a home. I don't have anything."
He looked at her with worry "Yes you do. I've seen your parents and our house."
"You saw what you thought were my parents and what used to be my house.
Yumi turned around so Ulrich could not see her face, took a deep breath and said " There not my real parents. They adopted me. Ms. Ishiyama and her husband took me in after my real parents left me on the street."
Yumi started to cry and Ulrich was stunned. He had never seen her cry. "My parents left me out on the streets when I was nine. I still went to school everyday because I knew nothing else. Ms. Ishiyama eventually figured out that I lived on the streets but not before I saw my father. I saw him walking to the grocery store one day. I decided to run up to him, I told him how much I missed him and my mother. I begged him to take me home. After he said no I asked again and again until he finally hit me. I fell..."
Yumi was crying so hard she couldn't speak. When she calmed herself she continued. " I fell into a metal trash can. The next thing I knew I was in the hospital. I didn't remember anything but my name, age, and address. Ms. Ishiyama knew me from school. When she found out what had happened she took me in. I've lived with her and he husband ever since."
"Last summer I decided to look for my parents, my real parents. Ms. Ishiyama told me that if I did I would not be welcome in her home ever again. I went anyway. I found them through the name she told me was mine, Takahashi. When I found them they said I was a mistake and that they were right to throw me out. They said...They said I was worthless so what was the point in keeping me.
"Then when I went to go back home, Me Ishiyama said I wasn't allowed in her home anymore. I didn't know where to go. So, so I stayed here in the factory."