Chapter 8
“I need to see dad. I have to prove to him that I’m innocent,” I say to Izumi as I get up from my seat. He sighs when he sees how impatient I am to see dad. He grabs my wrist, trying to stop me on my track. “Nope, you’d better not see him now. If you do, they’re just going to put you in the confinement until your dad comes and talk to you. And it may take a few days until you can see your dad. That is if he wants to see you. Do you want to be in that place so much?”
I feel annoyed when Izumi stops me from seeing dad. “What do you want me to do then? I can’t just sit here and hope for the best. I need to clear my name,” I say to him. Izumi sighs again. He then puts his hand on my shoulder and looks straight into my eyes. “For the time being, I want you to lay low and don’t do an
