Chapter 87: -Special: The wayward mama, Reiko, returns.

-----PoV:  Kawamura Reiko-----

---Friday Morning---

“Narita’s always the same, isn’t it?” I said to no one in particular as I disembarked the boarding corridor and entered the main terminal of the airport.  My flight was a connection from Toronto to LAX, then to Narita.  I would normally be perfectly fine after making such a long flight, happy even that there wasn’t a lay-over from a missed connection, but due to my current situation, I can only feel agitated.

I hold my swollen belly, and can’t help but sigh.

I’m approaching my seventh month of pregnancy.  I went and visited a gynecologist, and have at least confirmed the baby’s gender already.  It is a girl.  I’m going to have another daughter.  One perhaps, that would love me back, this time.

I only had a single piece of baggage, a roller luggage carrier, and I carted it along with me until I made my way outside, where I could hail a taxi.

Of all the people on my phone I might call, Ryo, Kanae, my parents, the person I’m most concerned about, was my beloved son, Kouta.

“I wonder how much he’s grown this time?” I ask myself.

There were a plethora of taxis waiting, and I quickly found one with a driver who was quick to get out and help me stow my luggage in the trunk.

I entered into the taxi, as the driver opened the backseat door for me, and then closed it, himself entering the driver seat quickly.

“Where to?” The driver asked.  He was an ojisan, balding, clearly in his fifties.

“Just outside Shibuya.” I said, giving him an address that I had called home not often enough.

There was a bit of worry in my mind, as I kept rubbing my stomach nervously as of late.  The child I am carrying… I wasn’t entirely sure if this time it was Ryohei’s.  There was no doubt that Kanae and Kouta belonged to us, I had made sure of it without fail, to secure Ryohei from any chance that woman ever tried to disrupt our happy marriage.  Though, I don’t think he’d seen her since high school.

But… before I had left to go overseas, I did have an indiscreet meeting with him. 

My boss.

In all the years, it's never happened before, but the condom broke.

I knew it was horrible what I was doing to Ryohei, but in the whole of the marriage, that man was the only one I’d ever seen. I had to...  It was… part of the job.  I wasn’t just a secretary, I was a personal ‘assistant’ to the man.  Of course, the job came with the caveat that I was allowed to use protection at all times, as my boss didn’t want any children outside of his own marriage.  He was a corporate executive.  He was also married himself and had fathered three children with his trophy wife at home.  They were a few years younger than Kanae, the oldest was Kouta’s age…  But I had to do it to keep the job. To keep it so my children could have all the things I didn’t.  

I was a bit of an Heiress before I got together with Ryohei, but once I got myself pregnant and made him marry me, I found myself cut off from the family with the exception of a small stipend that was earmarked for me.  Certainly it was not nearly enough to pay for our nice house, without me working as well.

I had worked for the Daitokuji Group for twelve years.  Six of which were spent far away from my family.

My pregnancy this time gave me a lot to think about.  Especially when I was running the office out of Toronto, until they could shift resources to promote a new branch manager and send them out there to replace me, and I could go home to my husband.

The final straw to push to get back home, was when Ryohei had called me up, and admitted he had stepped out on me… again.

I was okay with the first indiscretion five years ago.  In fact, it relieved so much of my guilt.  I didn’t blame him, I couldn’t blame him.  I forgave him in fact.  I even came home a week early so she could be with him.  We made such passionate love then, as if we were highschoolers again.

This time however, I realized it was only going to keep happening.  Once is once. Twice is a problem.  I had surely made enough over the years to not have to worry about finances for years to come.  Everything was paid off.  The house, the car… everything.

It was late… too late probably, but I had to salvage what I could.  I didn’t want to lose Ryohei.  I didn’t want to have an empty divide between Kouta and myself.  I knew the only real opposition would come in the form of that daughter who hated me.

She had every right to, but at the same time… she didn’t.

She didn’t know what I had to do so we could have what we had.  Sure, there were some difficulties she had to put up with while I was gone, in helping to take care of Ryo and Kouta, but I knew she could do it.  If anyone could, it would have been my daughter.  I knew she was every bit as capable as I was.

Maybe that’s why we butt heads so much.

Brrrt!  Brrrt!

I have a call coming in.  Who would know I’ve landed?  I haven’t even notified anyone I’ve arrived yet.

“Hello, this is Holy Forest Hospital.  Is this the parent or guardian of Kawamura Kouta-san?”

“Yes.  This is his mother, is something wrong with my son?”

“Ma’am.  Your son has been admitted for a concussion at our hospital, I just needed to inform a parent, and you are the one we have on file.”

“Thank you for doing so.  I’ll let his father know immediately.  I’ll be right down myself, I’m in a taxi currently, so I won’t be very long.”

“Very well, thank you for doing so.  The paperwork has been filled out, would you happen to have his medical information?”

“I have it on my phone, can I present it when I get there?”

“That will be fine.  Then, until you arrive, have a pleasant day.”

…

Kouta’s injured…?  A … concussion?

Kanae!

Have you injured your brother again?  Stupid girl!  

It’s okay Kouta.  I’m on my way to take care of you this time, like I should have last time.

“Oji-san, mind if I have a smoke?” I call out to the driver.

The windows roll down a bit, so the car can be ventilated.  I know I shouldn’t, but I did so while pregnant with both of them, and they had no defects.  I wasn’t worried.  I just crested forty, but I’m in perfect health.

“Also, can we change where we are going?  I’d like to go to Holy Forest Hospital instead.”

The driver lifted a hand, acknowledging me.

I was lucky the traffic wasn’t bad.  I got to the hospital very quickly, and once my luggage was removed, I thanked the driver.  Tipping Isn’t a very common thing here, but to the older ones like us, we understand what gratuity is, and what it means.  A 2,000 yen bank note swapped hands, and I was left at the front entrance of the hospital.

The very same hospital that Kouta was admitted to years ago.  The same hospital both of my children were born at, and where this one would be too.

I could only hope, that this one… would have all it’s family together when the time came.

I reach the front desk, and talk with a receptionist.  Kouta is on the third floor, room 314.  I make for the elevator and when I get to the room, there is a single girl huddled over his unconscious body.

I knock on the door to alert her to my presence.

She looks at me with a strange face.  I feel an image superimposed on something from my past.  Why does this girl look exactly like Shiho?    No.  That’s not important.  I should introduce myself.

“Hi, are you one of my son’s friends?  I’m Kawamura Reiko, Kouta’s mama.”

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“Mama?”

Yes, dear.

“Nice to meet you for the first time.  I’m Kouta’s fiancee, Nakada Shiori.”

Fiancee!?

“A~a?  I see.  So Kouta finally found someone to love.  It’s a pleasure to meet you, Nakada-san.  Is Kouta doing alright?”

She shakes her head.

“Kouta was acting strange yesterday, he lost control and I had to hit him with a frying pan to get him to stop.”

…? 

“You… did this?”

“There wasn’t another way.  He was getting violent with Kanae… and us.  I’m really sorry.  I think he needs to get his thoughts together, and I know I’m not doing any good being here, but I didn’t want to leave him alone.”

“It’s fine, dear.  Kouta can be a bit troublesome at times.  It didn’t involve him seeing something he shouldn’t have… did it?”

“... it did.  Kouta saw something he most certainly should not have.”

“Then all the more reason to not worry.  Let me do that for you.  Come, you must be tired.  You were watching him all this time, right?”

“I’m fine.  I would like to take a moment to step outside and eat something and have a quick cigarette.”

Oh, really?  Kouta seems to have picked an interesting girl.

I reach into my billfold, and pull out a bit of cash.

“Here’s some money.  Don’t worry about it, just go get yourself something good to eat, and come back a little later, okay?  I’m sure he wants to see you when he wakes up.”

She is hesitant about taking the money, so I put it in her hands and smile at her.

“Thank you.”  she says obediently to me.

I watch her hold his hand, and kiss him on the lips softly. Then she exits the room, bowing slightly at me before she leaves.

Kouta…

My sweet Kouta.

Why does everything wrong always happen to you?

I’m sorry mama is such a fuck up.  I’ll make it up to you, if you’ll let me.  I’ll even make up with Kanae, just… be okay.

I crawl into the bed with him, since the beds are pretty spacious, and Kouta isn’t the tallest.  Even being into those comics and games, he has taken care of himself.  Is he still working out with that cute girl in the video who calls him Onii-chan?  

I run my fingers through his soft black hair and have him rest against my chest.

It’ll be okay my little boy.

It’ll be okay.

Kouta came to for a moment, and called me Okaa-san.  I’m glad he hasn’t forgotten who I am.  He let me know he has a girlfriend now, and I tell him I met her and she seems lovely.

I let him know that I love him very much, and it’s okay to relax.

He does so, and I feel a warmth I haven’t felt in months.

I’m his mother once again.

Of course that doesn’t help when the door opens once more and she comes in.

At the doorway she’s already launched her venom at me.

“Why are you here?”  Spat an angry voice from my daughter.

“I’m here to protect him this time, from you.” I let her know, now that I’m back, I’ll properly take care of him.

“He’s eighteen now, your obligation is over, Reiko.” She growls.

“No.  I don’t think I’ll be taking orders from you.  We’ll have a nice sit down on Sunday.  After that… we’ll see how it goes.” I say, reminding her who the mother of the family is.

“Hmph.” 

She moves over to Kouta on the opposite side and whispers something in his ear.  I can barely make it out.

“I will forgive you, but it’s not over.”

I don’t know what it means, but it’s irrelevant.  They’ll have plenty of time to talk once he’s home.

Kanae looks at me fiercely, then turns and leaves the room.

I am left with Kouta, and I take his hand and place it on my swollen belly.

“Are you ready to be an Onii-san, Kouta?” I ask him, unaware if he’s still conscious. “I just want us all to be together again, one big happy family…  is it even possible?  I will do whatever I have to.  I’ve been gone too long… this girl… is it serious?  If you want to give me grandchildren, it would be nice for her to have someone to play with.  The house is big enough, we even have the spare room on the bottom floor.  It can be a nursery… I can be here this time...”

Kouta didn’t wake up until late afternoon.  After that, the doctor came in and said he should be fine, but gave a prescription for some good headache medicine.

The young girl, Nakada-san had returned shortly before, and I got to meet her.  She really is a nice girl.  I got to joking about grandchildren, and her eyes lit up.  She wanted to have two, she told me.  

Okay.  I’ll approve of you as my daughter in law! Let’s have a big family.

Now, if only I can keep Ryohei from divorcing me, once I come clean.

That is the greatest problem I face right now.

What will I have to concede to keep him?

I can only guess...

(Special Secret:  Reiko hasn’t told her family yet, but she quit with a severance package that would allow her not to have to return to work for a few years.  Even then, with all the bills paid, she really wanted to live the family life she was denied for all these years, at any cost.)

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