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He seemed to be drawing his wits together, ‘Laura san, in order for us to get the feel of how Japanese you’ve become, I mean, and also how much you love Japanese ways, we’d like to shoot you at an onsen, taking a bath, of coarse, you may have a towel wrapped around you…… ‘. The last part about the... Sign in to see full entry.

CHAPTER 12 Laura The coldest month is February, and it seemed strange that I found myself pregnant in that month. It is a bleak and barren month, the range of feelings that my news made me feel didn’t change the bleakness, but suddenly I had a whole new realm of emotions to consider, so that the... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 11 Okaasan The universal woman is infinitely more instinctive than the universal man. I knew she was pregnant, but Takehiro didn’t have a clue, and I didn’t even sleep next to her every night. I live with two of the most sensitive men in this country, so I know it is not a matter of... Sign in to see full entry.

He moved closer. ‘Now this one here,’ he motioned to the empty bar stool where his ‘whatever’ had been, ‘she’s really something, I dated her friend, her friend mind you, and it wasn’t over for more than a day with her friend, before she hones in on me. She told me she wanted to marry me as soon as... Sign in to see full entry.

His look became a look of surprise. ‘Ohhh’, he looked down in his drink, looked up and said, ‘Someone from those days!’ He started to laugh. ‘I knew this would happen one day!’ He looked at me now. ‘Who would have known my past would come back to haunt me with a beautiful young woman!’ He raised his... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 10 ‘You should go out.’ I had just told Takehiro of a group of women getting together Saturday night. There he was, as usual holding my best interests at heart. I had already decided that I was going, but it irritated me that I hadn’t given him any thought; I had considered my schedule only.... Sign in to see full entry.

I no longer taught night class either. But Emi and I kept up our friendship. We went to movies, and got together as much as possible. She was still single, trying by different means to find someone. She had joined a singles dating club on the internet. She had two adventures traveling to Paris and... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 9 Sands of time flowed into bottles and were stashed onto the shelves of my life. There were things that rippled the flow of the sands; one being my, and then our, want of a child. It happened naturally in the course of our lives together, before my mother-in-law started making sounds, and... Sign in to see full entry.

‘Going out again?’ It was my mother-in-law. I thought I saw her eyebrow rise a bit. ‘Um, yeah, Sachi, Emi and I’. I felt sheepish. ‘Takehiro is supposed to call tonight, otosan talked to him and he said he could call tonight.’ ‘He’s going to call? Can he do that? It’s OK?’ ’That’s what Otosan said,... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 8 Laura ‘He’s going away for three whole months!’ Emi looked pleased with this piece of information. We were sitting in a coffee shop after English class. ‘Yeah from next Monday’ ‘What are you going to do?’ ‘Am I supposed to do something?’ ‘Well, I mean you’ll be so lonely, won’t you, I mean... Sign in to see full entry.