The Oasis and The Island》SaTzu✔

Chapter Sixty Nine

THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID

"You what?" Sana asked with panic eyes after a moment of silence. She wanted to be sure if her ears were functioning right.

"I'm moving in." Her father answered with a satisfy smile.

"But why?" Sana was squeezing Tzuyu's arm even harder. Tzuyu place her hand over Sana's in an attempt to easy the grip.

"Lots of reasons." He crossed his arms and leaned his back on the seat. "First, I've missed you a lot kiddo, we only see each other on Christmas and on your birthday. Some years not even then."

"We can visit more." Sana suggested with a high pitchy voice "I can go to Minnesota too."

"When was the last time you've visited me, Sana?" Sana didn't know. A year? Maybe 2?

"But what about your work?" Her mind could not know when she visited her father, but it could find ways to make him change his mind. "You can't leave your men alone for too long, you always say how they screw things when you are not around."

"That's the second reason. I'm retired." He smiled for her again, like he knew how Sana would fight all of his arguments, but he was prepared. "I've trained new rookies and promoted Charlie to take my place. It was about time, I'm tired of my job."

And, in the middle of that situation, Tzuyu was feeling out of place again like she was not supposed to hear that fight, like those things had nothing to do with her. But they did. It was hard to accept, even to deal with it, but that was her new reality. It was part of Sana's baggage, and she needed to carry it with her, because it was her baggage now too.

"But... what about our house?" Sana asked with a new shade of panic in her eyes. "Our family house will be there abandoned?"

"No. I just put it for sale."

"You what?"Sana had tears under eyes, they came as fast as the news hit her. "No! No, no, no, you can't sell our house, dad!"

"Sana, it's time to move on. That house is too big for me and I'm sure you are not going to live there again, so it is the best decision."

"No dad, this is wrong, just so wrong! How you did this without asking me?"

"You can take a last look if you want to, I didn't sell it yet." He said defensive.

"I don't want a last look dad. I want things to be the way they were!." Sana was screaming now.

Mr Minatozaki shift his back from the chair, inclining to Sana "Sana, you need me here. You said yourself that you've planned to have your baby with Dahyun by your side and now your future is unsure and money is tight. I'm here for you and your baby, don't you get that?"

Tzuyu felt bad. Excluded. Like she was there, but she was not a part of Sana's family. Because she was not really. She wanted to scream to Mr Minatozaki to say how he was been unfair. How rude of him was to assumed that Sana and her was not ready to raise the baby. But then again, she was not sure where she stood with Sana on that matter. Their relationship was still too new, too fragile.

"I told you I don't need your help, Tzuyu and me are fine." Sana said shedding some tears. Tzuyu felt a little bit better, but not enough to say something.