Chapter 26 Jokichi Yudasei Aishi: The Truth unveiled

Warning: Depictions of Abuse (Ryoba threatens Jokichi with a knife)

Oh my Daughter… how much you have grown…

You have found hobbies that fulfil you, I hope you are happy doing them too, but sadly I can't know for sure. I just hope so.

When you made friends I was so proud of you! I feared that you would get bullied and stay emotionless and numb. I saw that you pretended most of you emotions when you were young.

But you always cared and did your best. For me and for your friend and even for HER.

Can't blame you for that , she is you mother after all.

When you were at the House of the Kurusu family something changed, and you got a lot more expressive than before. I think your smiles were genuine! Having the Kurusu Sisters as you friends did wonder for you. It was totally worth resisting HER and having to listen to those fucking tapes in the basement. I would do it all over again, if it meant that I could see more of your smiles and that you could live as normal as possible. Even your eyes have become alive again!

She taught you many things, most of which I disapprove, but I know you are good inside and won't hurt anyone.

Then you graduated and went to Akademi. Oh..Akademi, I hope the past will never repeat again! I was glad that you got even more friends, because that means that you will become even better.

However when you told me about the song electrifying love I was worried.

You enjoy life at Akademi a lot, and have always talked to me about you adventures, and even the incident with the visor did not disturb the calm that was in the Aishi house for most of the time, but now the peace is over.

The outing at the culture festival was nice and walking with my wife was fun, but now it's over.

Today my daughter came home and told me that she knew what had happened to my Childhood friend Sumire. With how scared, angry an distraught she was, I immediately knew what it was. The one who killed Sumire…was RYOBA AISHI!

IT WAS HER ALL ALONG! THE ONE WHO KIDNAPPED ME!

The SHE came. Ayano, no please don´t run away….can't blame you …I know how scared you are…

"WHAT TID YOU DIO TO OUR DAUGHTER? DID YOU TELL HER SOMETHING BAD! Don´t be ungrateful. Don´t you know how much I have worked so we could spend our lives together!

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID! I don't want to be anywhere near you! I know you will never get that!

"YOU SCARED HER! YOU MU-

Shove it down, you daughter needs you.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY, DARLING?! Ah, nothing, but if you do something like this again..-."

It was horrible. I could not look into her face with those dark soulless murderous eyes who are like cold coals. She berated me and told me how ungrateful I was and that I should behave, and not scare our daughter and I did not know what to say…. She said that Ayano should not have any friends and tie her hair into a pony tail and I disagreed. She got angry at me and dragged me down to the basement to listen to these tapes again FUCK NO ! PLEASE NO!

The she took her fucking kitchen knife and held it near me. She moved it closer and closer to me and the blade was less than an inch away from my face.

Then the light in the basement went out and suddenly two sliver glowing dots were staring at us and SHE was yanked backwards by her hair! I felt as if a voice was angrily screaming "LEAVE FATHER BE!" But it could have been my imagination (hallucinating thing in horrible situations is not unheard of after all). She shrieked and I heard how she went to her knees, panting and …crying?!

I could feel rage emanating from the silver glowing dots. Then they vanished as quickly as they had appeared. What was it! Would this make things worse?

Luckily it did not. Ryoba was clearly shaken by this incident, as she opened the Basement door, freed me from the fucking chair and we went upstairs again.

Then she tearfully apologized to me and told me that she did not mean what she said previously and begged to make that Ayano gets calm again. (Are you kidding me?! I KNOW WHY my daughter is upset! )

I said nothing. SHE did not try anything anymore and went to sleep.