Chapter 13
I head to my room after my call with dad ended. I still feel sad with the news about Ms. Riko’s death. I know that death can happen to us at any given moment. Despite knowing it, I still feel surreal about it. Sure, Dr. Sawamura did say about her dire condition even after countless medication. But he didn’t say anything that she could never recover. I bet that he didn’t expect that Ms. Riko would end her life in such a tragic way.
I only stay in bed without doing anything, feeling miserable. I never thought that Ms. Riko’s death has a huge impact on me. I guess that it doesn’t matter much to me whether Ms. Riko is my real mother or not. For me, she’s still someone who is dear to me despite what she did to both of us. I guess that it’s true that love knows no boundary.
As my m
