Looking at the bank card handed to her and then at the gentle beautiful lady in front of her,
Haruka couldn't make out the expression on Mrs. Onodera's graceful face as she bowed at a ninety-degree angle. Was it concern, care, regret... and... an apology?
Why was there an apology... Perhaps Mrs. Onodera felt that her inability to be of help at this moment was due to not working hard enough... Even though she could work two part-time jobs, she only took on one...
Maybe if she had received her own second salary, it would have coincidentally filled the gap that Haruka needed most?
She didn't know that, in fact, even if she worked very hard on two part-time jobs, at times like this, she would still question herself as to why she didn't take on a third or even a fourth job...
Haruka Yuzan accepted the bank card; it was light, thin, but it carried all of Mrs. Onodera's weight.
