Aiden shook Kash’s arm and shoulder waking him from the contentment of the dream.
“Uncle Sean’s here! Open the door.” he shouted, shaking Kash further.
Kash being slightly annoyed at being ripped away from such a blissful dream took a few seconds to recompose himself and went to the front door as the doorbell rang out again.
“what took you so long kiddo? Were you asleep or something? Bit of a rush.” exclaimed Sean as he shimmied into the hallway with two large bags of takeout passing Kash propping the door open.
“Uncle! Look at this toy I’ve got! It’s awesome!” greeted Aiden as Sean dropped off the food on the table inside.
Kash stared out of the now vacant doorway and glanced towards Sean’s car. There he noticed a woman in a smart black business suit standing next to the passenger door looking down the road. She appeared to be oriental, about mid to late twenties with long shoulder-length hair. The woman upon seeing Kash looking out towards her turned slightly and began to bow in the usual Japanese manor towards Kash. He felt extremely awkward, being caught off guard by the cultural difference that he had only seen in the dramas he watched with his uncle.
As she stooped, some of her long hair slid pass her shoulders and as she straightened back up and tucked her hair back behind her ear, Kash immediately noticed the distinct white silk scarf tie draped delicately around her neck. It had the same butterfly prints as he had just dreamt of only hers were a light purple colour but definitely identical in design.
“Oh, that’s Reiko from Minato Constructions. Late dropping her off at the Beaumont where she’s staying. She’s here doing some pre-planning for the main visit of the Minato big-wigs next week.” explained Sean as he hurried out again. None of which would have normally been of interest to Kash, Sean was always very talkative that way, that was how he overheard the phone conversation, but this time Kash was listening with great intensity to every word flowing out of Sean.
“Have your folks call me!” he waved bye with his phone, without glancing back as he headed towards the car to usher Reiko back into the passenger seat.
Kash slowly closed the front door as he watched the car pull away, his mind now frantically making hundreds of calculations and connections with the overheard phone call, his dream and the events that had just unfolded, slowly walking back to the dining table to the waiting Aiden.
“Let’s eat already!” demanded Aiden to the still absent-minded Kash.
“What have we got?” asked Kash as he inspected the content of the two bags, “Why on earth did Uncle Sean get us so much Sushi? Ughhh! Tons of raw fish, we’ll turn Japanese by the time we finish this.” he complained, tossing some fish towards Sakura.
Aiden stopped motionless, then stepped on his chair to reach his small body across the dining table pressing his small face to within an inch of Kash’s nose and said in a very stern voice like an old wise man.
“She is… going to… help you.” and with the blink of an eye sat back into his seat and continued demanding to be fed the still waiting food.
Kash pulled his head back, stared at Aiden and wondered what had just happened.
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