Chapter 28Akiko shouted when Hiroshi and Sakaguchi walked into the office. “You know what I had to listen to this morning?”
“Coffee?” Hiroshi headed straight for the coffee machine.
“I haven’t had time for a cup all morning. Too busy fending off everyone asking for you,” Akiko said, coming around the side of her desk.
Sakaguchi said, “Just tea. Sumo habit.”
Akiko growled.
The coffee grinder rasped loudly, drawing her out. Hiroshi kept his finger on the switch and turned an ear to Akiko, showing he couldn’t hear.
She tried to talk over the grinder with a hand on her hip, the other hand waving a thick folder.
“Done?” Akiko asked after the grinding stopped.
Hiroshi nodded.
Sakaguchi looked back and forth.
Akiko waved the file again. “You know who stopped by?”
“To my office? No one
