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Chikako take the news of you leaving, and are you here to stay? Please say you are!”
    He shook his head, his eyes sparkling with amusement. “I will tackle them one question at a time, but I suggest you start the car or we’ll be never leave this place.”
    Brie turned the key and revved up the engine, heading out of the parking garage before declaring, “Okay, you can begin.”
    “You’re aware my mother remains a forceful personality, and I’m unable to bear it like my father did. Well, things had gotten so bad between us that I spent most of my time away from the family home simply to avoid the constant bickering.”
    Brie looked at him with compassion. “I’m so sorry, Tono.”
    “Slow down, Brie,” he said in a quiet, unruffled voice.
    She turned to look at the road and had to slam on her brakes to avoid hitting the car in front of her that had switched lanes unexpectedly. With her heart racing, she let off the brake and hit the gas again.
    “Please continue.”
    “Keep your eyes on the road.”
    “Yes, yes. I will,” she promised.
    With her verbal assurance given, Tono continued. “When Sir Davis called to inform me of Wallace’s condition, I was at a loss. I knew our blood types matched, which is exceedingly rare, but I was unsure if I was in a position to help. When I broached the subject with my mother, something very odd but fortuitous happened. She refused to talk to me for a week. I naturally assumed she was angry and would forbid me from shirking my duty to her.” Tono smiled, shaking his head. “But I couldn’t have been more wrong.”
    His words were like music to her ears. “Oh my goodness, what did she do?”
    “Brie, look ahead,” he cautioned.
    She glanced back in time to see a family of ducks crossing the road. She instinctively swerved to miss them and nearly hit the car beside her.
    “That’s it!” she cried in frustration.
    Brie took the next exit and parked on the shoulder, positioning the car so they were facing west towards the outline of blue-and-white peaks. “I can’t wait to hear this until we get to Master Anderson’s, and I’ll kill us if I continue driving.”
    He chuckled softly, nodding his agreement. “Always impetuous, but only because of your true heart.”
    Brie grasped his arm, begging, “Please, Tono, tell me what happened with your mother.”
    He smiled, but the emotion did not transfer to his eyes. “When she finally spoke to me, I was told I had never been a good son.”
    Brie sputtered in disbelief. “But…but…”
    “It wasn’t said in anger, it was simply her truth. I was never what she wanted or needed. She and I are like oil and water.”
    “But you’ve done everything she’s asked. You sacrificed your life for her!”
    “It was a healthy revelation, Brie. I did not mind hearing it.”
    “You have to know what she said is untrue, Tono. You are an incredible son, and a remarkable person.”
    He caressed her cheek, releasing the tension from her face. “The beauty of that admission is that it set me free. There was no more point in trying to please her.”
    “But she’s wrong,” Brie insisted.
    “No, Brie. It is her reality, as well as mine. She’s never been the mother I needed. When she insisted I leave Japan, it was the first time I didn’t resent submitting to her will.”
    Brie growled in justified anger. “But she should have thanked you for everything you’ve done, all the sacrifices you made as her son.”
    “Letting me leave was enough. Who knew that the Boy would end up being my ticket to freedom?” Tono’s genuine smile lightened her heart. “Life is a beautiful mystery.”
    Brie looked deeply into his eyes, noting the joy as well as the sorrow she found there. “How did Chikako take the news of you leaving?”
    “That was not easy,” he said. Tono looked at the mountains in the distance as he shared. “We’d grown close working together. There is an intimate bond created with the jute.”
    “I know,” Brie