Chapters 39-44 Summary

Chapter 39

After 10 days, Kiyoaki has not heard from Satoko or Tadeshina. He waits a few more days and still hears nothing, so he boldly departs one night for Azabu where he wanders alone among the places where he and Satoko spent time as children. He goes to the Ayakura mansion and sees a light on upstairs, but is afraid to approach and returns home. When he returns home from school, Kiyoaki is summoned to a game of billiards with his father. The marquis shows him a letter written by Tadeshina before her suicide attempt with sleeping pills. In the letter, she reveals that Satoko is pregnant and calls it "a family matter." The marquis confronts his son, becomes enraged and attacks him with the hard end of his billiard cue, striking him several times on the back and arm, finally landing...