I’m Ran, and I live with my husband, Kota. It’s just the two of us; no kids. My dad lives alone back at my childhood home. Since it was just the two of us for so long, I still make sure to check in on him as often as I can. Apparently, my mom had an affair and walked out on us when I was only four. Thanks to the support of my dad and the people around us, I managed to pull through. I hear she’s still alive somewhere, but I have zero interest in seeing her. Then, out of nowhere, a call came into my dad’s house. The person on the other end is claiming to be my “brother”…?
My mother—a woman named Tsubaki—apparently doesn’t have much time left. She’s supposedly spent all these years regretting the day she abandoned me. Now, she wants to see me one last time to apologize. She says she never stopped loving me. And now, she’s asking for a meeting. The man on the phone was sobbing. Hearing him cry like that, I realized she must have been a “good mom” to him.