Here it is. My move will be final Tuesday but it's possible that I could be without wifi for a few weeks. We'll just have to wait and see but if that is the case, I will work on writing more chapters while i'm without wifi^^
I OWN NOTHING.
Sayo knocked lightly on Rin's door, asking for permission to enter with her breakfast.
''Go ahead,'' She heard Rin weakly respond.
Sayo opened the door, being greeted with the site of her brother's wife laying on the couch in the same clothes she had been wearing the day before.
''I brought you breakfast Mrs,'' Sayo gestured to the tray full of food in her hands.
''Leave it here, please,'' Rin whispered.
Sayo grimaced at how pitiful she sounded but set the tray down on the table in front of the couch. ''Why don't you go out? It's a beautiful day outside. Don't you want to get a little sun?'' Sayo tried to persuade.
''No, I want to stay here. Thank you,'' Rin whimpered.
Sayo's eyes softened and she looked back one last time at her sister-in-law before leaving the room.
''Sayo.'' She heard her brother call out for her.
''Yes, boss?'' Sayo responded.
''How is she?'' Sesshomaru asked.
''She looks very pale. I don't think she slept last night,'' Sayo answered truthfully.
Sesshomaru looked away with a grimace. ''Did she eat anything?''
''I left food for her. I hope she'll eat a little,'' Sayo said.
''Fine. Thank you,'' Sesshomaru replied.
Sayo nodded but stopped to stare at her older brother for a moment causing him to look at her with confusion.
''You can leave.''
''Y-yes, boss,'' Sayo nodded and left to the kitchen.
''It's so much nicer to eat in the dining room rather than the kitchen,'' Sara grinned at Sesshomaru across the table.
''It's all the same to me,'' Sesshomaru shrugged.
''Don't say that. It's different eating at this big, beautiful table, like the owner. I can't believe it,'' Sara said.
''I didn't know you liked stuff like that,'' Sesshomaru responded while holding his plate up for Sayo to place food on it. ''Thank you.''
''What woman doesn't? Now that I'm living in the main house, staying in that beautiful room; I don't know. I feel different. Like a member of the family,'' Sara smirked.
''I'm glad you're satisfied,'' Sesshomaru replied.
''Happy!'' Sara exclaimed before shooting Sayo a dirty look and grabbing Sesshomaru's hand. ''I never thought I'd be able to live here with you.''
''Not with me. In my house,'' Sesshomaru corrected.
''You don't have to watch us eat the whole time Sayo. I'll call you if I need you. Go to the kitchen. What are you waiting for? Move it!'' Sara shouted.
''Excuse me,'' Sayo left quietly.
''I don't like it when you treat the workers like that,'' Sesshomaru growled and threw his napkin down angrily before walking out.
''Sesshomaru, I'm sorry-wait!'' Sara followed him into the living room where they both found Father Ocha sitting down on the couch.
''Father? No one told me you were here,'' Sesshomaru greeted him.
''I told them not to bother you while you were eating,'' Father Jaken informed. ''How are you, Sara?''
''Great. You?'' Sara responded.
''Good. Thank you,'' Father answered.
''I'll get you some coffee,'' Sesshomaru offered.
''No, no, I'll take care of it,'' Sara smiled and left to the kitchen.
''Thank you,'' Sesshomaru gestured for Father Ocha to sit.
''I see you still haven't listened to my warning,'' Father Jaken frowned.
''What?'' Sesshomaru questioned.
''What do you mean 'what'? Now Sara joins you at the table?'' Father observed.
''We've always eaten together unless I had too much work, Father,'' Sesshomaru reminded.
''Yes, but now you've brought her to live here! And you've put her in the place that belongs to your woman! She is not your woman,'' Father Jaken exclaimed.
''Rin doesn't want to eat with me. She prefers to eat in her room,'' Sesshomaru explained angrily.
''Have you talked to her?'' Father asked.
''I tried but last night she tried to escape,'' Sesshomaru shared. ''Luckily I found her and brought her back before she could get very far.''
''Dear God,'' Father sighed.
''She is my woman but I disgust her. She hates my house, my workers, everything about me,'' Sesshomaru said dejectedly.
''Look, son, you are responsible for all of this as well. Someone, someone has to try. She is your woman. You married her. You have to look for a way to change this situation so you can live the way God intended,'' Father explained.
''She isn't interested in living a married life with me, Father!'' Sesshomaru exclaimed.
''She is your wife, son. Your wife. You swore in front of God to take care of her, to look after her, to love her! You have to put aside your anger, your pride. Don't you realize you both are suffering like this?'' Father said.
''Well, yes! And we will both continue to suffer! She'll hate me but she will never leave my side. Until the day one, or both of us die,'' Sesshomaru growled.
Father Jaken grimaced, ''Take care of yourself, son. May God be with you.''
Sesshomaru watched him walk into the kitchen to leave through the back door.
''You have visitors,'' Sara informed as she walked through the front door with Kohaku and Shippo right behind her looking around at their surroundings.
''Good afternoon. Can I help you?'' Sesshomaru greeted.
''Yes. I'm Shiro Kon, your new foreman,'' Kohaku lied.
''I sent someone to pick you up,'' Sesshomaru said.
''No one came for us,'' Kohaku responded.
''I'm Sesshomaru Takahashi,'' He introduced himself and held out his hand for Kohaku to shake.
Kohaku stared at him for a moment before grabbing his hand. ''Pleasure to meet you.''
''My brother Inuyasha told me you were arriving today. Is this man with you?'' Sesshomaru referred to Shippo.
''Yes. He's my assistant but you don't have to worry about him. I'll take care of his salary,'' Kohaku responded.
''Maijo Non. It's a pleasure,'' Shippo held out his hand.
''Documents,'' Kohaku gestured to Shippo. Shippo handed him the envelope they took from Shiro Kon's dead body. ''This is for you.''
''Thank you,'' Sesshomaru took it and opened it up. ''If you need any help with anything you can ask Sara. Her father was the foreman and then her brother took over so she knows how it works. If you need anything else, you may of course come to me. You can eat in your house, the employee's house, or of course in the kitchen here. Sara, will you show them where they're staying and help them get settled?''
''Unfortunately we don't have anything to get settled. We were robbed on our way up here. They look my truck which held all our bags so we only have the clothes on our backs,'' Kohaku lied.
''Are you both okay?'' Sesshomaru asked.
''Fortunately,'' Kohaku nodded. ''But we're both exhausted from walking all the way here.''
''Of course. I can imagine. You can both go to your house and shower and I'll send some clothes to you,'' Sesshomaru offered.
''Thanks,'' Kohaku stared at Sesshomaru for another second before following after Shippo and Sara.
Sesshomaru watched them leave before looking over into the hallway that held the master bedroom. He felt his legs carry him over to her door and he suddenly thought back to his conversation with Father Jaken.
''She is your wife, son. Your wife. You swore in front of God to take care of her, to look after her, to love her! You have to put aside your anger, your pride.''
Sesshomaru stood outside of Rin's room for a few moments, he knocked once before letting himself in.
''Excuse me,'' He looked at his wife and all he could think about was how badly he wished he was the one she was thinking about but he knew it wasn't so. ''We can't go on like this Rin. We have to talk. Let's clear everything up. Can I sit?''
''Do whatever you want,'' Rin finally moved to sit up on the couch.
''The day that we got married you complained about a lot and I admit that I am to blame for some things but not all of it. Things would've been so different if you had told me the truth the moment we met, that you were waiting for Kohaku. Why didn't you?'' Sesshomaru questioned.
''Because I didn't know you. I had no reason to talk to you about personal matters besides at that time, no one knew about my relationship with Kohaku,'' Rin shared.
''No one knew? I understand now. Your mother found out, you tried to tell me that one day but she wouldn't let you until it was too late, I was already married to you,'' Sesshomaru guessed.
''For Kohaku, I would've given up everything. I would've given my life for him,'' Rin whimpered.
''I understand. That's the same way I feel for you, that I could give my life for a woman like you,'' Sesshomaru confessed.
Rin looked up at him. Suddenly, all her anger fading to confusion.
''A few days after I arrived in Kamakura the deed to your house ended up in my hands. Tohru gambled away a bunch of money to a man named Kuro Gon and when he couldn't pay, he gave Kuro the deed instead,'' Sesshomaru informed.
''It's unbelievable that my brother could do something like that,'' Rin sighed.
''Well he did. Kuro Gon was the administrator for my factory and I discovered he had been stealing money from my mother for years, when I told him I was gonna have him arrested, he gave me the deed and a promissory note signed by your father,'' Sesshomaru shared.
''My dad? He really-'' ''Your brother forged his signature,'' Sesshomaru told her.
''I can't believe him!'' Rin huffed.
''When your mother learned I had the documents she came to see me at my house to ask for them. I want to tell you all the details of that chat. The thing is your mother accepted to help me to seduce you, and maybe someday you would be my wife. In exchange for me to solve your family's economic problems,'' Sesshomaru explained.
''Whose idea was it? Yours? Or my mom's?'' Rin asked with angry tears in her eyes.
''When I met you, I really liked you, Rin,'' Sesshomaru confessed.
Rin raised her voice, ''Whose idea was it?''
''I suggested it and your mother accepted to do it,'' Sesshomaru admitted.
Rin wiped her tears away and stood in front of him. ''You bought me, Sesshomaru? And you have no idea how much I hate you for that.''
''I swear I regret doing it. Please, Rin. Forgive me,'' Sesshomaru pleaded. ''I want you to know that I agreed to help your mother on the condition that you would never find out about our deal.''
''That's what I don't understand and makes me angry. You wanted to deceive me to-'' ''To make you fall in love with me. That is the only thing I wanted. I wanted you to love me as I loved you. I had just met you and your mother helped me to get to you. If I hadn't done that, it would have been over. It would have been just a simple loan. I never wanted to pressure you or force you to do something. I swear. I'm telling the truth. It would be stupid to lie to you right now. Besides, you can verify this by talking to your mother or your brother because Tohru knew about this.''
Rin scoffed,''Tohru, of course. I can imagine.''
Sesshomaru continued, ''I didn't want to force you to do anything. In fact, I asked Tohru if there was another man in your life. He told me you were single.''
''Tohru knew that wasn't true!'' Rin yelled.
''But I didn't. What angers me the most is that if you were in love with another man, why the hell did you accept me? Why did you pretend you cared about me? I guess that you did it because that guy didn't have enough money to pay for the debts of your family,'' Sesshomaru assumed.
''No, it wasn't because of that. You're wrong. Money never mattered to me. If I didn't marry Kohaku, it was because they lied to me many times to make me feel confused. You must be aware of that, because the woman who went to my house and passed herself off as the ex-girlfriend of Kohaku is a friend of yours!'' Rin shouted. ''I saw you with her. You were talking at the coffee shop of Yagiarisa in Kamakura. She said her name was Momo Aya. Don't you dare try to say that you don't know her.''
''Of course I know Momo. You already asked me about her,'' Sesshomaru recalled.
''Yes, but now I know that you were the one who hired her, the one who paid her to make up all those things. Probably, you are the one who blamed Kohaku for the death of Kuro Gon,'' Rin suggested.
''What?'' Sesshomaru questioned.
''Yes, he was your administrator, right? Forgive me, but I think it's very odd that you found out that man was robbing you and right after, he turns up dead. You must have killed him, or you sent someone to kill him, to accuse Kohaku!'' Rin exclaimed.
''That isn't true,'' Sesshomaru denied.
''Of course it is. You did it to take him out of the way, to cut him out of my life. That didn't work, so-Dear God. Everything makes sense now. If it's true, that Kohaku is dead, it's your fault. You sent someone to kill him too. You're a murderer. Murderer!'' Rin accused.
''That's what you think of me? You think I am so little of a man that I can stoop that low to get a woman? No, Rin. You are very wrong. I have many flaws but I would never kill a person for a woman. Not even for you. Now I understand why you said I disgusted you so much, but we are married, Rin and for no reason, will I let us separate,'' Sesshomaru grabbed Rin's hands gently and pulled her close. ''You and I will be together for the rest of our lives, so we better get along as well as we can. One last thing, regarding what I feel for you, I have never deceived you and to make my luck worse, I love you like you can't even imagine.''
There it is and here you go. Reviews people, reviews.
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