And he comes.

It wasn't five minutes, when her husband poked his head around the door, with Noriko close behind. He saw his wife sitting there, an angry look on her face. Noriko had told him that Suki knew about them, knew about their affair so he was bracing for her anger, but she hadn't mentioned her mother's pregnancy.

Suki waited as the two lovers entered her room. "Sit," she said to her husband. "You know I have every right to call the cops, have you charged with **** and **** for what you did to Noriko?" She let that sink in before she continued, "Mind explaining?"

John looked at her, unsure what to say. "Well, we've not exactly been making love to each other the last while, and in a moment of weakness, I may have crawled into Noriko's arms for solace." He looked down at her belly, noticing the swell for the first time, almost as big as Noriko's, "And I see you're not exactly lacking for a lover either 'wife'." he remarked, somewhat accusingly.

Suki nodded, "Like you 'husband', I was feeling neglected and a man gave me what you weren't giving me. And a bit more besides."

"Who," John asked, "Who knocked you up?"

"Alex. And the only reason I'm not calling the cops is because they'd have to arrest me as well. So it seems we have an impasse." Suki said rather blunty.

"Seems we do," he remarked, "How do we break that impasse?"

"We don't. You're going to accept that I found the love I desire in Alex, and I'll accept that Noriko is now your lover. But for the world, we put on a semblance of normal." She looked at her daughter and husband, "If anyone asks John, this baby is yours. If anyone asks you Noriko, whatever story you want, just not the truth. We're not going to ruin what we have built as a family. Understood?"

The two nods were unmistakable.