I finally finished! I will get the last chapters up as soon as I finish reveiwing them! Thanks you everyone for your support. I hope you enjoy the next section.

Note: I do not own Skip Beat!.

The next day Catherine was called into Lory's office. Ren had returned to work and Kyoko was sent to visit with the other LoveMe members. Kanae was glad to have her back and Kyoko kept begging her friend to forgive her. Once they were settled in and Kyoko started her long tale, Catherine slipped away to answer Lory's call.

"I have some bad news." Lory turned serious eyes to the woman sitting in his office. Catherine sat up as tall as she could and waited to hear what he had to say. Lory went on, "I have just been informed that your work visa has been suspended due to the commotion your actions have cause." Catherine nodded; she had expected some kind of fallout.

"I understand." She sighed at the president. "Now what?" Lory hung his head before looking back up at the woman.

"You have been given 48 hours to leave Japan." Lory informed her. Catherine nodded grimly. Lory continued, "I have made arrangements for a flight back to the United States and have informed Kuu of your return." Catherine nodded again. "I have also made arrangement to have your things shipped back for you." Catherine nodded and thought about it for a moment.

"The dishes." Lory looked up at her words. "Give the white dishes with the cherry blossoms on them to Kyoko." Catherine didn't think that they would last through the shipping. Lory nodded and wrote himself a note. "Is there anything else?" Catherine asked. She rubbed her hand over her stomach as she pushed the tears threating her back.

"This is not the way I would repay you for everything that you have done, but I have no say in the matter." Lory explained and apologized to her. "You are welcome here whenever you visit Japan again." Catherine stood and bowed her gratitude to the man. She turned and left before the first of the tears could slip from her eyes. She knew that she would have to pay for what she had done, but to be tossed out of the country on such short notice was hard. She did not know how she was going to break the news to her friends.

Catherine slipped back into the LoveMe locker room and listened as Kyoko telling finished the amazing tale to her best friend. Catherine leaned against the wall and rubbed her hand over her growing stomach as she let the tears quietly slip down her face. There was no hiding what was going on anymore. It took a few moments for the excited girls to notice the depressed woman standing next to the door.

"What's wrong?" Kyoko stood up and approached the crying woman. Catherine wiped the tears from her cheeks and explained the entire situation to her former charge. Both Kanae and Kyoko stared at her in astonishment.

"But they can't do that." Kyoko cried. "I need you." Catherine laughed weakly.

"I can assure you that they can." Catherine answered her. "And you don't need me anymore. You shouldn't have any more problems." She smiled at Kyoko. "And I am in no condition to look after you anymore." Catherine patted her belly again. Kyoko's eyes lit up as she thought about the baby.

"What about Yashiro-san?" Kyoko gasped. A sad smile crossed Catherine's face as another tear slipped from her eye. She wiped it away before answering.

"Let me worry about him." Catherine closed the subject.

That evening the two couples met at a little restaurant for dinner. The guys noticed how withdrawn the girls were.

"Is everything alright?" Ren asked. He had actually eaten more of his food then Kyoko had. He could see the unshed tears in her eyes as she looked up at him.

"Things are not alright, but there is nothing that can be done about it." Catherine answered as she pushed her food around. "My work visa has been revoked and I have been asked to leave the country." It was a good thing that Ren has requested a private dining room. The tears that Kyoko had been holding back slipped from her eyes to run down her cheeks and both of the men looked at Catherine in surprise. Ren pulled Kyoko to him so that she could cry into his chest and Yashiro's concern drove him to his feet as he reached for the other depressed girl. His hand stopped just short of her as she studied the food on her plate. She did not want to look at the pain she was causing her friends. Yashiro sat back down and took her hand in his.

"When do you leave?" Yashiro asked her as he rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb. Catherine looked up at him. She had cried as much as she could earlier, but her eyes showed the pain that she still felt.

"Lory as arranged a flight for me tomorrow morning." Catherine spoke just above a whisper, but everyone at the table heard. Kyoko sobbed into Ren again and he patted the girl to comfort her. They finished the rest of dinner, or what they ate of it, in silence except for an occasional snuffle from Kyoko. There was nothing to be said. They could complain, but it would not change anything.

The two mangers passed that night quietly with each other. They discussed possibilities and both decided that the best thing Yashiro could do was to stay here and look after the two newlyweds. Ren still had to announce their engagement and plan his public wedding, and he was going to needs Yashiro's help to get through everything that needed to be done. Reluctantly Yashiro agreed with her. Catherine promised that she would be back for the wedding, and Yashiro promised that he would not let her go again afterwards.

The next morning they all accompanied Ren as he took Catherine to the airport before he had to go for his filming. Kyoko gave her former manager a hug and Ren bowed to her. He was surprised when Catherine ignored the gesture and hugged him openly in the airport. She informed him that old friends get hugs as he hugged her back. He released her with a chuckle and the woman slipped into the arms of the man waiting for her. Yashiro held her tenderly and kissed her softly. Lory stood back and watched his favorite couples interact. It saddened him that the love that had bloomed was being pulled apart, but he was sure that those two would work something out. It was to his astonishment that Yashiro released the girl and dropped to his knees in front of her. Catherine laughed as the manger placed his head against her stomach and spoke softly to it. She stroked his head as he cooed to the unborn baby. Lory approached the group as Yashiro pressed a kiss to her stomach and stood up again. Ren caught his boss' approach before the others in his group did.

"Is she pregnant?" Lory jumped straight to the point. Catherine blushed as Yashiro smiled while holding her hand.

"Yes." Ren answered for her. Lory just stood there with his mouth open as he tried to process this fact. His heart both leapt for joy at the news and fell as he realized that things were pulling the father way from the mother and child. He was about to tell her that they would find a way for her to stay when the airline called for her flight to start boarding. Catherine quickly bowed to her former boss and friends, kissed her love once more, and took her bag to get on the plane. Lory had arranged her trip in first class so she would be one of the first to get on the plane. Lory tried to find words in his shock as his mouth gapped open and closed in a way that would make a gold fish proud. He had not seen that development coming. Yashiro watched as the tunnel to the plane swallowed her. He stepped over to Lory and spoke to the stunned man.

"It will be alright." He reassured the man that was about to break into tears. "She will be back." Yashiro said this to reassure himself more than the shocked man next to him. Yashiro turned and lead the way out of the airport, the day was getting on and there was still so much to do. Anyway, he could not bear to watch the plane take his love away. It had been hard enough letting her go in the first place. He stuck his hand into his pocket and caressed the length of braid he had there. Catherine had helped him to divide out the locks he had saved from when she had cut her hair. She split the hair into four bundles and nimbly finessed them into neat braids so that he could keep one with him wherever he went. Lory stood dumfounded for a long time before he turned away from the plane and followed his employees out. There was a lot to do to get the two actors married publicly, but he promised himself that he would do anything in his power to bring the American woman back to the man that loved her, even if it required him to kidnap her back himself.