WHEN I NEEDED YOU. ( Lesbian Slow Updates.)

06

Anele hesitated for a minute, contemplating wether she should accept the old lady's invitation because she had no issue with her just her daughter in-law, son and her grandchildren. She was not even there when they kicked her out of their family home, accused her of being a gold digging slut at sixteen. She was a baby herself about to have a baby ( she was not aware they were twins at that time) by her girlfriend's brother. She was confused,scared and hurting. She used the hem of her work shirt to wipe her wet cheeks before stopping the next public transport she saw coming her way and proceeded to climb into it. Without acknowledging the presence of the two women.

" I don't think I regret anything as much as I regret not helping that child back then."

" You think?! You know I'd expect a man not to believe when somebody reports a rape but you?"

" He's my son, your grandson."

" Hanako!! He might be family but so is the child she had. The child we know nothing off and know nothing of us. You know how keeping the family together is important."

" I didn't know that Kenji was lying abo-"

" You chose to believe him because you didn't want to believe that you're son is capable of being a rapist."

" He didn't rape her, it was consensual."

" Just because your son says so doesn't mean it's true."

" I can say the same about her."

As much as grandmother Himura loved her grandson, she was not about to support his wrong doing as a woman who has been assaulted by a man before. When she found out about what had happened, she was hurt and disappointed in her son and daughter-in-law because they knew her feelings on men assaulting women and getting away with it. She climb into the all black sports utility car and asked the driver to drive off.  They had come in separate cars hence she did not care to wait for her daughter in-law. The Himura men were home when they got there.

" Mother. The look on your face tells me it didn't go well?"

" What do you expect Ichiro my son, when you treated her like a common slut after your son violated her.?"

" Mom he's my son, your grandchild-"

" Unfortunately.

The old woman sighed.

" I don't know why you involved me in getting her back when you didn't get me involved in when you decided to disgrace her and her family."

Mr. Himura or Ichiro ,as he was referred to by his mother, sighed in defeat. At the time they thought they had done the right thing even though they had doubts about their son's denial of the rape. He went into his bedroom to check on his wife, who had walked in after his mother. He found her laying on their marital bed with her back to the door.  He noticed her upper back shake like when somebody is crying.

" Hey don't beat yourself up about this. We were only doing what we thought is right, how were we to know that he was capable of such?"

" Such?! Our son would never."

" My love, I know it's hard to believe or accept but you know-."

" I know my son, I believe Kenji. He is not capable of such."

Ichiro sighed. He now believed Anele even though their son, Kenji had only confessed to being the father of her kids.

" We never knew him. We just found out he assaulted two girls in college, then paid half their tuition to keep them quiet, what kind of parents are we?."

" Parents who raised him well. Taught him to love and respect everyone_he's our little boy."

Hanako cried in her husband's arms.