Trouble Next Door ⇝ EraserMic

⇢ Chapter 22.

⇢ Chapter 22.

The day had arrive for Eri to leave and Shota was a complete mess, but kept it together. He helped Eri pack up her clothes and stuff she will need for school. "Make sure you behave and listen to what Rei and Enji says, okay?" Shota instructed Eri.

"I know, Daddy. And make sure you eat and take care of yourself. You hardly ate dinner last night." Eri lightly scolds.

"I will, sweetie. Let's hurry, the case workers should be coming soon." Shota says as he tries to reassure Eri, but it was killing him inside. He didn't want to let her leave. He was even thinking of packing everyone up and running away, but he knew it will only make things worse. They hear the door bell ring and Hizashi saying hello to the case worker. Shota felt his heart stop as he knew the moment he dreaded has arrived.

Shota tells Eri to finish up and heads down stairs, "hello Ms. Kaoruko, how are you?" Shota says to the dark blue hair women.

"Hello Shota, I'm so sorry about this. It was a complete shock when my supervisor told me the Judge's order. But I'm glad Eri won't be going to foster care." Kaoruko says.

"Yeah, me too..." Shota said sadly.

"Well, I'm glad you will be looking over her case." Hizashi says.

"Well, actually I'm not. My supervisor will. He should be here soon. But, I will be working with him and you guys shouldn't worry. He is very thorough and he has a keen eye to every little detail. I have strong faith everything will work out." Kaoruko says with a reassuring smile. Then they heard a knock on the door.

Hizashi opens up and sees a tall slim man with greenish hair with a yellowish streaks of hair and glasses. "Hello, I'm Mr. Mirai Sasaki, I will be handling Eri's case from here on out." The tall man says.

"Oh, you are Ms. Kaoruko supervisor. I'm Hizashi. Please come in," Hizashi said as he welcomes Mirai in.

"Hello, I'm Shota, and this is my son, Hitoshi," Shota says as he points to Hitoshi who is sitting at the table.

"Hello, can we sit and talk about what's going to happen next. Ms. Kaoruko, please go up and check on Eri, we need to be leaving soon." Mirai ordered, Kaoruko heads upstairs and Shota and Hizashi leads Mirai to the living room to sit and talk. "As you know, Eri will be living with Mr. Todoroki temporarily until the judge makes a final decision. I will be conducting home visit with you as well as Mr. Chaski. Eri will have her visits in my office where I will supervise. The court house was over booked and under staffed so the judge agreed to it as well as the lawyers. Your visit days are Tuesday's and Thursday's. I can not tell you when the visits are for Mr. Chaski, and he doesn't know when are the visits for you. I understand Mr. Hizashi you are a teacher at UA academy?" Mirai explained, looking over at the blonde-haired male.

"Yes, I am. I'm the English teacher and PE as well." Hizashi nods.

"We can schedule the visits after school hours if that works for you?" Mirai asked as he pulls out his file.

"I'm actually thinking of taking some leave time so I can-" Hizashi says only to be cut off by Shota.

"What? Why?" Shota questioned hastily.

"I need to be here for you, I'm worried about you! And besides, I have days saved up it won't be a problem." Hizashi explains.

"No! You have to work. And I'll be okay, I need to finish my book so that will keep me busy. We can't change our routine. Eri will be worried if she finds out you haven't went to work. I'll be okay." Shota says. Hizashi just sighs and agrees. "Please, Mr. Mirai, continue." Shota says.