-Lynn-
Secrets and Suspicions
Chapter 2: Late Nights
Sakuno glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already 11 pm. She had been glancing at the clock for the past hour or so. She was worried. Usually, her husband would be back before dinner but tonight he was late. No phone call or anything and Sakuno is getting restless.
Sakuno paced back and forth in the living room. Her children were sleeping peacefully upstairs. After a few minutes of pacing, she sat down on the couch. She jerked when she heard the door. She walks hurriedly towards the door.
"Okaeri Syuusuke," she welcomed her husband.
"Tadaima. Why are you still awake?" Fuji thought that they will all be asleep by now and did not expect Sakuno to wait for him.
"I was waiting for you. Why were you late?" Sakuno asked, relieved that her husband was home safely.
"I was held up at work. There were a lot of photo shoots today and since they were short of photographers, I volunteered to help them. I wanted to call you but I forgot," Fuji explained.
"Oh okay. Next time call me so I won't be worried."
"Hai. Are the kids asleep?" Fuji asked.
"Yup. They wanted to wait for you but it was past their bedtime," Sakuno replied, as they both make their way to their bedroom.
"It's late. We should sleep too. You have to go to the café in the morning," Fuji reminded her.
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Fuji had been coming home late for the past few weeks. Sakuno was not worried as Fuji had explained that he had to work late for a while.
One night, Sakuno called her husband's workplace as Risa wanted to talk to her father.
"Moshi moshi?" a man answered the phone.
"Konbanwa. May I speak to Fuji Syuusuke please? I'm his wife," Sakuno responded.
"Fuji-san left a couple of hours ago," the man replied politely.
"You mean he's not at work?" Sakuno asked, bewildered.
"Hai. He left at around 6 pm," the man answered.
"Okay. Arigatou. Bye." Sakuno hung up the phone.
'Why would Syuusuke lie to me? Usually, when guys come home late it means that they are having an affair. But Syuusuke wouldn't do that, would he?'
"Okaasan! Okaasan! I want to talk to otousan!" Risa tugged her mother's skirt. Sakuno snapped out of her daze.
"Ah… Your otousan is busy at the moment and couldn't come to the phone. Gomen Risa-chan," Sakuno replied.
"Aww… Never mind. I can talk to him tomorrow. I'm going to sleep now. Oyasumi okaasan."
"Oyasumi Risa-chan." Sakuno kissed her daughter on the cheeks.
Sakuno watched as her daughter head to her bedroom. All the suspicions she had a while ago came back to her. 'To confront or not to confront?'
She decided not to as she did not want a rift in their relationship.
hmm... is Fuji having an affair?? i wonder...
please R&R