Read section IV, Mother and Child, page 191 to the end.
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Mother and Child (page 191 to the end)
Kei recalls her childhood, and how her father had also had a weak heart and had died when she was nine. She arrives in the future and a man is working behind the counter. He has a large burn scar on his forehead. She asks to see the manager; he says he supposes he is the manager. He says Nagare is in Hokkaido now. Kazu too. Kei reasons that the child must be with them. She resigns herself to the possibility that Kazu forgot her promise, and reaches for the sugar pot to add sugar to her coffee.
Just then the bell above the door sounds and the girl Kei had her...
