Trouble

Chapter 19

Day 2

Mai and I woke the next morning with sore backs, but we were glad to see that nothing happened over night. I don't think I could've handled it after yesterday's excitement. Lin handed Mai and I a cup of coffee each. I looked at the black coffee with disgust. He chuckled and took my cup back. Yeah he knows I like a lot of sugar and cream. He handed it back to me and I smiled at the now nearly white coffee. Yeah, I'm going to get diabetes. "Thanks,"

"You're welcome." He said smiling before going back to his seat. A few hours later, Megumi-san showed up and told us she had made breakfast for us. I made sure that Naru and Lin couldn't politely say no to her and soon we were in the kitchen at the table.

"Thank you, Megumi-san." Mai said smiling at her.

"It's the least I could do, since you're helping us." She said sitting down too. "How are your friends?"

"They're okay." I answered after taking a drink from my glass. She had given us the choice of milk, tea, or orange juice. I chose milk.

"Oh by the way, I meant to tell you earlier. But when I went to go check on that room this morning, the ants were gone. You couldn't even tell that they were there last night." Megumi-san said shaking her head.

"Really?" Mai asked wide-eyed. That's some creative poltergeist activity right there. I grinned.

"Ayako is so going to be mad when she finds out." Mai giggled.

"Yeah she is." Naru scowled at us.

"What? We're taking this seriously." I said crossing my arms.

"Thank you for telling us this," Lin said before anything else could be said or done. I guess I can see Mai's point about Naru and I acting like siblings. Ayako, Masako, and John showed up after we cleaned up breakfast. Since there wasn't much for us to do right at the moment, Mai and I decided to help Megumi-san around the house and to watch Ayano-chan. Ayano-chan was outside in the back yard playing with her doll. She was sitting in her sand box and they were having a make-shift tea party. Mai and I decided to go join her.

"May we join you?" I asked nicely. Ayano-chan nodded.

"Who's this?" Mai asked nodding at the doll. Ayano-chan smiled.

"This is Suzie. Riko and I like to play tea party with her." Ayano-chan said as she stroked Suzie's head.

"Who's Riko?" I asked curiously; even though I already know.

"She's my friend. She lives here too. She told me she's lived here a long time." Ayano-chan looked up beside her and I noticed that Riko was there.

"Don't tell them anything else about me." Riko said to her.

"Riko says I can't say anything else about her." Ayano-chan said looking down at her lap. I smiled.

"That's okay, Ayano-chan." I feel Riko staring at me and I looked back at her. She suddenly looked shocked and then she took off.

"She's gone." Ayano-chan said sadly.

"Riko is?" Mai asked confused.

"Yeah,"

"I'm sure she'll come back." I told her smiling.

"How do you know?" Ayano-chan asked looking at me.

"Because I can see her too,"