Mina
dropped the slice of raw salmon she had snagged between her chopsticks. “How
did you know?” she asked.
“You’ve
been smiling to yourself all day. Also you eat less when you are excited.
Salmon sashimi is your favorite—you must have bought it for dinner because you
wanted to celebrate, yet you’ve barely eaten any of it!”
“Observant
as always,” Mina beamed, “you should become a detective or something.”
June
laughed but pressed on, not wanting to lose her advantage over the direction of
the conversation, “have you met the love of your life?” she joked.
“Would you
be jealous?” Mina teased back.
“Mecha jealous. Who is this man? Where
can I find him?” June stabbed a slice of salmon with her chopstick to
communicate her intentions.
“ Not love
of my life, something better. Joseph is coming to visit Japan in May! I never
thanked him before for what he did for me. Now I can finally tell him.”
June
strained a smile, “that’s awesome! How long will he be here for?”
“About a
week probably.”
“What for?”
“A medical
conference in Sendai.”
“Cool.”
June replied, no longer interested in learning more. It wasn’t that she disliked
Joseph. In fact, she felt partial to him for saving Mina’s life. Yet he
represented a bond that she could never hope to replicate despite spending many
months living with Mina. In a week, Joseph had left more of an impact on Mina
than June would in a year. For the first time since she arrived in Japan, she
felt something akin to loneliness.
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