As we talked, out of nowhere further up the road, we heard a rock tumbling down the side of a hill. It fell into the abyss, as we all held our breath waiting for it to hit bottom, but we didn't hear anything.
“How could this…,” the man’s wife muttered.
Why would a highway simply turn into an impassable cliff?
Yukio stared dumbfounded at the infinite sheer cliff and didn’t speak for a long time. She then put her head down and let out a heartbreaking howl. Her voice was carrying a very pronounced sobbing tone and an overwhelming sense of despair.
Getting Mr. Mikami out of Beaver City was probably the last chance she had of curing him. However, her last hope was wiped out by this minor impasse. I don't know desperate she felt, yet her wailing filled me with heartfelt sympathy and deep sa
