I’m Yuri, and I live with my husband, Shingo, and our 3-month-old daughter, Kokoa. While I treasure every single moment with her, spending all day one-on-one with a newborn definitely felt suffocating at times. With a school reunion coming up, my days were such a frantic blur that I didn’t even have time to get my hair done. Both my husband and my parents were too busy to babysit, so there was no one I could leave her with. That’s when my sister-in-law, Shiho, crossed my mind. Wrapped in that love, I felt like nothing could ever scare me.
Kokoa’s desperate, loud cries for help when I arrived at Shiho’s place… Just thinking about it now makes my heart break all over again. How could anyone leave such a tiny baby all by themselves?! It’s completely insane and utterly unbelievable. I was shaking with rage.
Even though I finally got to refresh myself by going to the salon and shopping, Shiho completely ruined it. Up until now, as a sister-in-law,