The baboon (Mandrillus) owner comes out, laughing again, and says,"You are a riot! How do you manage to keep a straight face while making a joke like that?!" He turns around and sees the group and says,"Sorry, we're closed."
"We came to see the owner," Says Glori.
"You're looking right at him!" He says smiling.
"Cut the act already! Our friend is falling into a dark cloud of sadness that may never end!" Washimi exclaims angrily.
"I'm afraid he's busy at the moment," The fake boss says. While no one looks, a red panda steps out of the room that the baboon came out of. He straightens his tie and combs his hair back and looks back at the group, smiling and waves 'hi'. He checks his pockets and seems to grow fearful. His phone appears to be missing.
The fancy dressed Suko walks over to the fake owner and his mouth moves as if words were suppose to come out in an angry scream.
"He's right behind me, isn't he?" The baboon asks nervously. Glori and Washimi viciously nod their heads 'yes'. Retsuko is facing away from everyone, her mind is off in her own world. She thinks of Suko telling everyone about her secret. Suko silently sighs and looks over the baboons shoulder and sees the guests. They drop Retsuko and help her to her feet and try to keep her steady. Retsuko rubs her head that hurts a little from the fall and looks at Suko's fancy black shoes and sighs.
"What's the point? My secret is going to be blown. Thanks for keeping it for so long Gori. Also Washimi. I'm afraid Suko somehow knows too now. I fear that he told some people or worse, a lot of people," Retsuko cries and many tear drops fall.
"That's what you're sad about?!" Gori and Washimi say aloud in shock.
Suko mouths some words and the baboon reads his lips and says,"My boss, Suko as you call him, says he would never tell. He has been working here since before Gori and Washimi came here. You were his first customer since he bought the company. He considers karaoke singing private, especially when a customer requests to be alone in a room to sing. He also says that he somehow lost his phone so he's sorry for that."
Retsuko continues crying and can't stop. She barely even understood or heard the baboon. Suko walks up to her and pulls out a nice white handkerchief and whipes her eyes, then her nose, and then throws it into a trash bin. Retsuko blinks and the redness in her eyes go away as she sees Suko. He walks back and holds her shoulder.
He strains his neck and tries to speak in his raspy broken, shaky voice,"Your secret is..." He stumbles a little and looks away, trembling and knees buckling,"...safe." He falls over, fainting. Time slows down seemingly as Retsuko watches him fall in a seemingly graceful way, face first onto the floor.
The baboon looks down and says,"Shit."