Twenty-Three

“You are Hana’s boyfriend?”

“You’re my sister’s boyfriend?”

Mariko and Mr. Watanabe looked at each other as they asked in unison. They couldn’t believe that the guy in front of them was the boyfriend of her sister Hana. How can it possibly be? Hana didn’t mention her boyfriend to him. Mariko didn’t even know about Hana dating someone. She just found out before Hana died until now. If they didn’t find out about her pregnancy, they wouldn’t know Hana was dating someone before.

Lincoln looked at them with a frown, confused.

“My sister didn’t mention her boyfriend before. Sorry if I didn’t know.” Mariko said.

“It’s alright.” Lincoln smiled weakly and sighed. “Actually, my relationship with her was in awful shape before. We need to keep it secret, so no one would know, especially before my father died,” he explained.

“Why? Are your parents against your relationship with Hana?” Mariko asked, which made Lincoln nod.

“I see. But how did you meet my sister?” she asked.

Lincoln told her about h