To a New Life : Part 1

I returned home exhausted. The rain had stopped and the sky was clear with some redness due to the sunset.

My wife,Kanae opened the front door.

"Welcome back,dear!"

Her black flowed as gorgeous as ever although her face had look of worry. Hadn't seen that look since... when I had mistreated her and my son.

"Thank you"

I walked and stumbled my way to the living room,closed my eyes and exhaled deeply as I sat in the sofa while Kanae closed the door.

"Would you like some water,dear"

I weakly shook my head while rubbing my forehead with my right hand.

"No thanks. I'm fine"

There is complete silence in the room for a moment so look at my wife and she was still standing with nervous face.

I motioned her to sit next to me which she did. Explaining what happened was going to be complicated but there was silver lining for us.

"Where's Kyo?"

I asked.

"He's asleep. It had been a difficult day for him."

She answered. We've been encouraging him to go out more to socialize but this family doesn't make it easy and he's treated with scorn and derision.

The more reason for us to leave this place,where no one knew who we were.

I revealed how my talk with Akito went.

"Akito has given permission to leave"

My wife was surprised.

"Really"

Now came the hard part. I took a breath and explained our situation.