"Mom's in jail."
Hazuki had picked Yuki up from the Ohtori mansion and took her down to the station. Minutes later, Yuki was speaking to her mother through the phone thing with a glass wall between them while they sat at counters.
"Hi, mom..." Yuki greeted quietly.
"You're the last person I'd expect you to see me." She said. "No, I take that back. Your father."
"Why are you here?" Yuki asked.
"Drinking and driving." Her mom shrugged. Yuki hasn't even spoken to her mother since she pulled a knife on Yuki, but Yuki still wondered... "I don't hate you. You did what was best." And then she surprised Yuki. She started crying. "Damn. What a wake-up call."
"What do you mean?" Yuki asked.
"I never realized how bad everything was. I was drinking myself blind because I was swallowing myself in my own self-pity."
"What?"
"I want you to know I love you. I love you. I love you and Akina and Daichi and Michio. And I loved your father...but when he broke my heart...I lost it. I had an empty void I thought beer and cigarettes would fill." Yuki shook her head.
"Why did you lie to me!? Why did you lie to me for so long!?" Yuki suddenly screamed. Her mom could not look at her in the eye.
"When your father left, he wanted to take you all. He wanted to take you all away from me. I didn't want to lose you. But he won Hazuki in court. Almost you guys too. He kept trying to take you guys away...I was so selfish. I was so afraid of being all alone. That's why I never told you about him. You would find him. You would leave me."
"Daichi and Michio?"
"Daichi is his heir. And Michio is smart. Daichi and Michio are so close to each other, so of course Michio learned about him. But they respected my wishes and lied to them. I begged them to lie. They lied to your father too. They tried to protect you. That's why they sent you to Ouran. To escape our life of poverty, escape your father, and get a good education."
"That still doesn't make any sense..." Her mom remained silent. "But if you told me I had a twin, I would look for her. And then I would find my father." Her mom nodded. Yuki was so overwhelmed with all of this information. Finally. Answers.
Yuki let Hazuki take over and talk to her while Yuki just stared aimlessly into space. Nothing made sense. Some of it did, but some didn't. Her mind was spinning. This was all so crazy. Yuki just wanted to eat and sleep and figure this crap out.
Author: Short chapter this time and totally random, but Yuki finally gets some real answers.