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Only In My Heart	By : nanette Category: +. to F > Fushigi Yuugi Views: 1909 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 15

"Thoughts of Betrayal and Answering Machines"

Jenna tossed and turned all night. Snatches of dreams played though her mind. One minute she was remembering the taste of Hotohori�s kisses the next she was dreaming of them making love. Her body was on fire with the need to be loved by him like in her dreams. But her conscience kept telling her it was too soon, she barely knew him, and any similarity to the man in her dreams was merely coincidental.
Although her and Korin had talked about it at length during their many conversations, she just couldn�t be positive. Even after all the signs, the paintings in his condo, once again could merely be coincidental. Perhaps she had seen the paintings before. Perhaps it was an ancient palace that many had used as a focal point for their artwork.
In the end, sleep took over and she dreamt of his death once again. Thankfully, the alarm went off before she entered the bedchamber where he lay dead. She rolled over turning the alarm off noticing it was still dark outside. How long had she slept? Not long, that�s for sure. She yawned, stretching, shaking her head to dismiss the dream that still lingered.
In the shower, she replayed the dream over in her head. It had sort of become a morning ritual since that particular dream played over and over for many years. Why was that one dream stuck in her head? Was it just the fact that he had died? The other, more happy dreams were less frequent. She sighed, wishing she had had one of the pleasant dreams as her final farewell to dreamland. She hated this particular dream as it always left her with a feeling of sorrow and longing for something, she had lost.
Drying her hair, she glanced at the clock. 5:15 Korin usually called by now to make sure she was up and getting ready for work. Since Tasuki had been spending the last week at Korin�s, she had been the one to be getting up late. She decided she had better call and make sure she was up.

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Hotohori sat up on the sofa, startled by the ringing of the phone. He stared at the phone sitting on the coffee table then looked around the room. Recognition finally dawned on him. He was still at Korin�s apartment. He looked at his watch, who called someone at 5:30 in the morning? After the seventh ring, he reached for the phone wondering if he should be answering it.
"Yes?" He heard silence on the other end. He was getting ready to hang up when a voice whispered his name. "Jenna?" Silence. He stared at the phone, had he imagined it? Then she spoke again, this time in a rather rushed tone.

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Jenna stared at the phone, why on earth was Hotohori at Korin�s, answering her phone. She thought for a minute she had dialed the wrong number but then realized she couldn�t have since she didn�t have his number.
"Hotohori, what are you doing at Korin�s apartment?" She waited for an answer but was getting impatient. "Hello, are you there?" She paused again waiting for an answer. "Okay, well look I was just calling to make sure Korin was up getting ready for work." Still no response.
Tas>Tasuki laughed. "Yeah, you�ve only been here a week and seems they got a meeting for you everyday." He stood up. "Well, I gotta get back to my office. I�m running the new software that NASA ordered trying to work out the bugs. I�ll see ya at lunch?" He quirked a brow Hotohori. "You are going to the Dragon China?"
Hotohori looked up at him. "No, I cannot. I need to have five reports written by the time Xiang gets here. But if you see Jenna tell her, I�ll call her tonight." Tasuki shook his head. "Okay. I�ll let her know. See ya."

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Korin showed up three hours late for work, looking none the worse for wear. She had a huge smile plastered to her face from the moment she walked in but she refused to speak to Jenna all day. By the time the lunch crowd came in, her smile was starting to falter. She finally spoke to Jenna but briefly and only to complain about annoying customers.
The day went by too slowly. Tasuki had stopped in for lunch and Korin took her break to eat with him. Jenna never took her break until two o� clock. She wondered why Hotohori hadn�t come in with Tasuki. She thought that maybe he was angry with her for the way she behaved early that morning but she didn�t bother to speak to Tasuki, as she was just too busy.
The hours ticked by and she finished setting up for the dinner crowd before she left for the day. She packed up her dinner and on her walk home she stopped at the farmer�s market and picked up some fresh strawberries for dessert. She decided she would just spend a quiet evening alone since it seemed everyone was presently upset at her.
Entering her apartment she glanced at all the mail she had received that day then threw it on desk as she saw the answering machine was blinking, letting her know she had messages. She hoped one of them were from Hotohori. She hit the button. "You have four new messages," the machine said. She sat down in the chair and spun it around waiting to hear his voice.
She stopped dead as her father�s voice rang out into the silence. "Kai, it�s your father. Answer the phone." A short pause. "Okay, I assume you are either not home or refuse to speak to me at the moment." Another pause. "I don�t know how to ask this but could you meet me for dinner at the Madison Hotel? I�ll be there around seven-thirty. I need to discuss something with you. Bye." Beep.
"Kai, it�s me again. I really need to speak to you so I hope you�ll meet me tonight. Bye." Beep.
"It�s just me again. I never got to wish you a happy twenty-first birthday and I�d like to treat you dinner. Will you at least call me? I�ll be in town all week. I have a company party that I�d like you to attend. I love you Kai." Beep.
"Please Kai. Meet me tonight at the Madison. I promise you won�t regret it." Short pause. "I�m hear with a group of business associates and I�d really like you to meet Saihitei." Another pause. "I know you don�t agree to the marriage thing but I�m begging you. Just come and meet him. I�ll see you around seven-thirty. Plea�" Beep. The answering machine cut off.
Jenna sat staring at the machine. No way. He couldn�t possibly think for one moment that she would actually show up after he told her that. The phone rang and she nearly fell out of the chair. She stared at it.
It could be Hotohori her heart said but her minds thought outweighed that idea. It could be her father again and there was no way she was going to get into an argument with him again. She�d call him towards the end of the week and tell him she had busy week. She stood up to walk away when the machine beeped and she heard her father�s voice come through again.
"Kai, it�s me again. I just want to let you Seishuku will not be making dinner so that means you don�t have to meet his son. I know you�re happy about that." Pause. "I�ll be at the Madison anyway with some other employees. They are your age so you might actually have some fun." Beep.
The phone rang again and she still continued stare. Beep. Her father again. She shook her head as she listened. "I�m sorry to keep pestering you. It�s been so long since I�ve seen you. Your stepmother has sent presents for you, she asked that I deliver them personally. Please come to dinner. I�ll only be in town this week. And I promise not to force you into anything you don�t want. I really love you Kai. You�re my only daugh� Beep.
Jenna continued to stare at the answering machine. The last message kind of got to her. �Okay,� she thought. �If Saihitei isn�t going to be there than maybe it would be all right if I go.� She didn�t have plans anyway and it was already six-thirty and no call from Hotohori. She turned to goe a e a shower when the phone rang again. She waited for the message.
A lot of noise, like a party was going on then a voice. "Hey little sis, it�s Jackie. You�ll never guess where I am. I�m at the Madison in downtown Covington! My number is 859-555-6324. I want you to meet my fianc&eace. e. We�ll be having dinner tonight with pop. Call me tomorrow and well go out somewhere for lunch." Beep.
She had been about ready to pick up the receiver when the machine cut off. She smiled. Well won�t he be surprised when I show up. She quickly went and took her shower. She couldn�t wait to see Jackie, she hadn�t seen him in nearly a year, and she was dying to meet his fiancée.
She quickly put a green satin dress and pulled on a pair of black pumps. She ran to the livingroom to check the answering machine again incase Hotohori had called while she was in the shower. Nope, he hadn�t. She picked up the phone and called for a taxi then dashed back to the bedroom pulling her hair up into a bun on top of her head. A little hair spray and she heard the honk of a horn outside. Looking out the window, she saw the taxi was there already so she grabbed her purse and jacket and headed out the door.
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