Ayaka was dumpstruck. She did not know why she became the main topic. She tried to escape from yhe table but she couls not. She cracked her brain and came up with and idea.
"Mum, have you given the gift to sister in law ?" she changed the topic.
"I forgot" Mrs Matsunaga opened her bag and pulled out a red velvet box. she stood up and walked toward Cacha. " Cha, I brought small present for you. I'm not sure if you like it" She gave the box.
Kenichi took the box and opened it. pair of earings were on it, small glimmered single diamond on the centre with tear drop pearl. The earings were simple but elegant.
"Thank you mother. they're beautiful" Cacha liked it.
Kenichi took off her earing from her ear and replaced with the one from the box.
"It matches with the necklace" Ayaka was happy. She was the one who chose it. Her mother nearly bought the old fashioned big diamond.
Mrs Matsunaga smiled praudly as the earing nestled beautifully on Cacha's ear "so beautiful. Kenichi Why don't you give some words tonight ?"
"I'll do it now" Kenichi took Daichi from his grandmother before he and Cacha to the front.
He turned on the microphone "Hello every one. My wife and me would like to thank all of you for your care and love for our little boy. Thank you so much. I still have one promise to fulfil, having a daughter. Please give us another year before we work on it"
"I've recorded, so we can chase his promise later" Alan showed his phone.
"I did too. I sent it to Nick and Sean" Hans grinned slyly.
"Me too" Grandpa Anderson laughed. He too would chase Kenichi after a year. He and his wife could not wait for the couple to add more great grandkids.
Kuro's grandfather coughed "Let we wish the little boy to grow up well, happy and healthy. Cheers for Daichi"
"Cheers"
Daichi did not care people cheer for him. He laughed happily at his cousin brothers who made silly face infront of him.
The party went very lively. It full of togetherness, just like a big family. Hans took few of the Feng's family pictures and sent them to Nick and Sean. He teased them for miss this unofficial family reunion.
Eveyone were chatting and laughing happily but Hitoshi and his family. Four of them sat quietly, no one talked to them.
Most of them were strangers to Hitoshi and his family. They were not strangers for Andrew but he ignored them completely. He still hated them for framing his son.
Kuro who was known as troublemaker was very well behave. In front of Ann's family he refrained him self from drinking to much. Ren had no friend to mess around so he was too well behave. He only yelled asking for karaoke.
Not only him sang that night, nearly every one sang one song. Even Kenichi who never sang before performed duet with Cacha.
Daichi knew mum sang very well because mum always sang lullabies for him every night. He never knew daddy also sang good. He smiled proudly at his parents "Thank God mummy and daddy are great. If Daddy's voice like uncle Ren.. ah.. what a disaster"
As the night rolled, the dinner became merrier. However, Kenichi did not intend to stay for long. He did not want to make Cacha and his son exhausted.
Just after 9 O'clock, he excused himself and Cacha to go home. Since the host left, the rest also left.
"Grandfather, grandmother. We go back first" Kenichi said good bye in front of the restaurant.
"Go home now. Cacha is very tired. Let her have rest" Grandma Yamaguchi said
" You too have rest grandmother"Cacha said.
"I know"
They watched the young family got on to their car and waived good bye to them with beaming smiled.
"Grandfather, let me send you home. Let uncle Kaira go home" Mamoru said after Kenichi's car disappeared. He and His wife stood together but very estranged.
"No need. Kenichi has arranged someone to drive us home" Grandma Yamaguchi fixed her syal.
Grandpa Yamaguchi looked at Mamoru then Narumi "If you two wish to get divorce, just do so. Don't worry about us. After all Divorce is better than you keep your marriage but have affair"
Mamoru and Narumi were stunned. They only could duck their head with guilty and ashame. They did not dare to ask how the elders knew about their personal life.
Grandma Yamaguchi signed "Don't you think that we don't know what you're doing outside. One sleep with different women and one is actingintimately with other men.. what a perfect couple"
"Mother..Mamoru did it because his wife is.."
"enough !! You spoil your son rotten. In your eyes, your son is always right. No matter what both of them are wrong" Grandma Yamaguchi fed up with his daughter in law. She was a mother too but she disciplined her children when they did wrong.
Grandpa signed. He stared at his grandson and smiled sadly "Mamoru, We only hope that you live happily like your cousin. Meet the right woman for you and hopefully, I can meet your child while I'm still alive, Be your self. Narumi too, I hope you find your love, but that person is surely not Kenichi"
Grandpa suspected that the woman stil harboured feeling towards Kenichi. After all, Kenichi was excellen man who supposed to enggage with her. He had obligation to protecr Kenichi's peacefull and happy life.
He turned to Hitoshi and his wife "Hitoshi, I suggest you and your wife won't get involve to much on your son live. Let him be him self"
A car stopped in front of them and the chauffeur got off "Sir asked me to take both elders home"
Grandma Yamaguchi smiled to the chauffeur "Thank you"
The butler and his wife were invited as well. He opened the car's back door for Grandpa Yamaguchi while The chauffeur opened the other side
"we're going now" Grandma walked first.
"Good night grandmother, Grandfather"
"Good night mother, father"
Histoshi and his wife waited until the car moved before they went to the car
"Your parents are very bias. They proud of Kenichi so much. Kenichi this.. Kenichi that" Hitoshi wife could not help but complain.
Mamoru twitched "Mum, they have the very right to be proud of him. He has good career and happy family. He has everything a man wish. but me.. I have nothing. You don't even let me decide anything in my life"
He walked away from his parents.
"You" Histoshi wife was speechless. She just watched her son left "I just want the best for him.." She sobbed.
Histoshi signed "I know. But.. I think we were wrong. Narumi, we drive you home"
Narumi nodded. She glanced at Mamoru who nearly disappeared from her sight. She did not have any feeling for that man at the beginning. Later on, slowly but sure she started to have feeling for him. He was gentle and good looking, he was smart too.
She wondered why they were in this state now ? why they hated each others, cursed each other, resent each other ?
Mamoru sat on the driver seat. He did not turn on his car but sat there with closed eyes. He took his phone and punched a series of numbers. He remembered this phone numbers for long time but did not dare to call for long time
"Hello" The soft woman voice answered the call.
He missed the owner of the voice so much "Michiko.. Help me.. I can't breath.. I miss you"
"Mamoru ?!"
"Help me.." He could not help but cried like a little kid