Chapter 19From his uncle’s office, Hiroshi walked back to Kanda Station, thinking his uncle looked more like his father than the last time he saw him. His uncle and his cousin were his only close relatives, so it wouldn’t hurt to visit. He would take Ayana with him and buy a baby present of some kind.
Near the station, he went into a convenience store and got a bottle of tea and two onigiri rice balls. He stood outside, chewing the rice wrapped in nori with a smoked fish slice tucked inside as slowly as a novice monk. He washed it down with tea and felt the lingering low from the alcohol dissipate.
Sugamo pulled to the curb under the overhead train tracks. Hiroshi got in the back. Takamatsu looked back, smirking. “Ready for our appointment?”
“I hope Akiko can get a reimbursement. Or I’m
