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When I get home, I open the living room door with a bang.
Hananoi, startled by the sound, jumps, shoulders shaking, and turns around while sitting on the sofa.
“W-what !?”
I looked at her and saw that the TV was not on, so she was probably just sitting there in a daze.
“I need to talk to you.”
If I said that much, she can probably guess what it was about.
Hananoi seemed to understand and turned her face down.
“……..There’s nothing to talk about.
“Even if you don’t have anything to say, I do.”
Hananoi was still silent, and without asking permission, I sat down next to Hananoi, leaving a space for one person.
Then the silence continues for a while.
No matter how long the silence is, I have no intention of speaking.
Even though I said I had something to talk about…
I don’t know how many minutes passed after that, but Hananoi opened her mouth, as if she had given up.
“My mother asked me to leave the house for a week,…….”
“……Why is that?”
“……A few months ago, there was an elementary school student who used to come in and out of our house a lot. When that was discovered, he stopped coming for a while…”
“Is he coming again?”
Hananoi nods at that question.
“Among the children who came, there was one who had a special attachment to my mother. Now that I think about it, she might have already targeted him at that time…”
Hananoi shook her fist as she continued.
“That boy has been staying at our house for the past week instead of going home. I think that’s why I was kicked out.”
That is proof that Hananoi Misaki will do something during this week.
“….You didn’t say anything?”
“How could I possibly go against her?”
I know that Hananoi Misaki is an anomaly.
That’s why I understand that her words won’t change things.
“I told my step father about it, and he said that he and the police will raid the place tomorrow……”
“The police? They’re gonna make a move without any proof?”
“He said he would ask someone he knows.”
He really is a man with a big connection.
I didn’t know he even had friends in the police.
“Well, we’d better hurry.”
“Hurry?”
“I’m gonna see Misaki san tomorrow morning before my dad comes.”
Hananoi was not surprised by my words.
It was probably a predictable word.
“…..I’m not going.”
“……Are you sure you wanna stay tied down forever?”
If she doesn’t move now, Hananoi Miyu will be bound to that woman for the rest of her life.
Even though Miyu has become independent, the fact that she knows what that woman has done makes Miyu feel so guilty that she is eventually crushed.
“……I don’t care. I have nothing to do with it, so there’s nothing I can do about it, so it’s okay to run away !”
She screams in agony.
Feeling guilty, she still pretends not to see it.
That is the path Miyu has chosen.
But I won’t let her do so.
I won’t let her take the easy way out.
“If that’s the case, I’ll tell you the worst fact.”
If you still feel guilty enough to escape…..
“The boy in your house is Wado’s brother.”
Make her feel guilty enough that she can’t escape.
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“The boy in your house is Wado’s brother.”
The moment I heard those words, I was speechless.
Unable to wrap my head around it, Ken continued.
“I don’t have any proof, but it coincides with the day Wado’s younger brother stopped coming home. It’s almost certain.”
The words “no proof” did not bring me any relief.
Still, I did not want to admit it.
“……If you don’t have any proof, don’t say such a horrible thing.”
Those were words that didn’t suit Ken.
He is not the kind of person who says hurtful things.
“I don’t have any proof, but it’s very possible.”
Although he says it gently, Ken must be sure of it.
“Is it okay? Hurting your friend. If you run away now, the next time you see Wado, will you be able to look her in the eye?”
He hits a sore spot.
I understand now.
This is to make me face it.
This is to make me face the mother I have been running away from, the foolishness of the mother I have been turning a blind eye to because she loves me, the boys I have been abandoning, and to make me come to terms with all of it.
With his last words, he completely cut off my exit.
“…You’re really kind.”
My hands are trembling.
I want to run away right now.
But if I run now, I’m sure……
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The next morning, I woke up earlier than usual.
My dad and the others have confirmed that they got home last night at midnight.
I’ll have time until late afternoon today.
As I get ready, I think back to yesterday.
I remember how I shook off Reina’s hand.
I’m just like my dad after all.
I’m throwing her out and trying to save a girl I don’t need to be involved with anymore.
Even though I tell myself it’s for my own good, I still feel guilty.
Still, I can’t run away.
I slap myself once on the cheek and leave the house.
Miyu, who had already finished getting ready, was waiting for me with her eyes closed.
“What is it? Are you meditating?”
“Don’t fool around at a time like this.”
She glared at me.
“You look different from yesterday.”
“I’ve made up my mind. I’m gonna finish everything today.”
“Yeah, let’s go.”
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