"I never want to see this hospital again."
Natsume glanced at him.
"You said that after the Yokohama morgue case."
"I meant it more this time."
Kaito's phone buzzed quietly against the bedside table.
All three of them looked at it.
Kaito picked it up.
Mei: good morning 🙂 are you at the university yet?
He stared at the message for a few seconds.
Then typed back.
Had a family emergency. Some relatives showed up unexpectedly so I'm going home for a bit. I'll explain later. Hope you have a nice day.
Set the phone back down.
The door opened almost immediately afterward.
Fujino entered the room.
He looked worse than the night before.
His suit was perfectly arranged as always. Dark tie straight. Collar clean.
But his eyes were red around the edges.
His jaw looked tight enough to crack.
Two men entered behind him carrying hard black cases.
The same kind as before.
Payment cases.
They placed them beside Hiro's bed.
Two this time.
