I'm home.
'Oh!　Momma!

　Just before 5pm.
　As I come home, I hear my daughter's bright voice from the living room.
　Not long after, Tenna came to hug me while shaking the braid I tied this morning, so I hug her back too.

　Huh~........it's soothing.......

　Tenna is really an amazing child to heal my tired heart just by doing this.
　I want to cuddle with her all the time, but that doesn't mean I can't make dinner.
　So I endure a sense of regret and release my embrace with Tenna.　

Mama, what is Kyou's dinner?
It's omelet rice today.
Really?
Yes, really.
Wow!

　Ah, cute........
　Tenna eats without being picky, so she basically likes good food.
　She was very happy to know that she could eat an omelette.

　Before making the food, I take the ingredients out of the styrofoam box on the front porch and put them in the refrigerator.

'Tenna. Did you talk to Hayakawa-san today?
Mmm-hmm. You said you needed to do some work, so I didn't get to talk to you very much...

　Kuhn!
　Looking at Tenna, who was shunned and depressed, I felt my heart tighten.

　For some reason, my daughter misses Hayakawa-san who delivers this foodstuff to her.
　They say that they are friends, but........no matter how much Tenna says, it's hard to trust her.

　But.....　

What kind of feelings she had when she decided to give birth to a child, how she endured the pain of not having a husband and did her best for her daughter, only you strangers can understand these things that only you can understand.

　
　Until now, most of the men who have approached me have been those who seem to have an obvious ulterior motive, and the only ones who don't have one are the ones who back off as soon as they find out I have a child, or those who plan to deepen their relationship through a child.

　I'm not going to spend time on a new relationship for Tenna's sake, so I turned them down in all cases.
　From such experience and measurements, I assumed that Mr. Hayakawa would be the same.

　In order to protect myself with Tenna, I revealed that person to her and made a promise not to interfere in her affairs.

''You don't think of me as a marginalized person?''
'What?　Why should I think that?'

　He showed the depth of his ability to not complain about anything, but rather accept that it's normal.　
　Of course, I can think of the possibility that it could be an act.
　In fact, he once broke his promise to me and was given a pudding by Tenna!

　I felt like I was going to have to deal with my head in jealousy, but I managed to restrain myself and just nail him.
　Rather, I wondered if I should have reported him, but from what I heard, Tenna had done it herself, so I also wondered if I should let that ruin Hayakawa-san's life.

　Well, that didn't seem to be the case with today's delivery.

'Tenna'
Wha...?

　After dinner.
　When I call out to her, Tenna stops painting and turns to me.

'I met Hayakawa-san outside today.
'What?　Mom, are you talking to your brother?　It's not fair!
What do you mean it's not fair and when I say I talk to you it's just small talk.

　It's as if she's accused of missing out, and she hurriedly corrects him, but her cheeks are still puffed up.
　It seems that Tenna is not happy with her promise not to interfere with Mr. Hayakawa's work, isn't it?
　It is very rare for her to express her dissatisfaction like this.

　It may not be an exaggeration to say that this is the first time.

　If it weren't for that, of all things, Hayakawa-san, I would be able to take it in stride....

''Mom!''
Hmm?

　I turned my head as she called out to me unexpectedly, and Tenna sat on my lap and gave me a cute and crisp look....

You'll listen to your story with Amana Onii-san, won't you?
Yeah, I'll need to know as much as I can.
So, tell me what your mother told you about your brother.
What...?

　What is she saying?

　No, I know what it is and why.
　It would be unfair for me not to tell you the details of my conversation with Mr. Hayakawa.
　But I couldn't understand why she told me this now.

　Did Hayakawa-san say something to you by any chance?

　That thought comes to mind for a moment, but I quickly conclude that there's no line between the two, because if that's the case, he would have been honest with me.

　For starters, I think he's going to hate me if I don't tell him.
　I wanted to avoid that much to hell, so I revealed the conversation I had when I met with Hayakawa-san during the day.

　Naturally, though, I'll leave out the bad words Yamaki-san and Tsunemori-san were running around talking about.
　It's bad for my daughter's education.

　And so, when I finished the whole conversation, Tenna was smiling in a good mood for some reason.

''Mom, Onii-san saved me!
'Yeah, yeah. That's generally speaking.

　Especially when he said, "If you don't have time to be jealous of other people's happiness, go find your own happiness," it was honestly what I had been thinking, and it seemed to clear the blackness in my heart.
　Mr. Hayakawa said that he only said what he wanted to say, but that was almost exactly the same as my true feelings.

　I can say that I was so happy that my mouth relaxed after we parted.

'Well, then, you'll have to talk to your brother again, won't you?
'What?　Why?
'What?　Mom, I always say that, don't I?

　When I don't understand the true meaning of Tenna, who speaks as if it were natural, and tilts her head, my daughter gets off her knees and faces me again before opening her mouth.

"When you get saved, you say 'Thank you', Ore!
'Oh....'

　At that moment, my mind was not occupied with Tenna's cuteness, but with the shock of realizing the fact that I had failed to thank Hayakawa-san.　

　If I'm not practicing what I taught my child, then I'm not an unfit mother.......!

　After being shocked and devastated by this fact, I rush to take out my phone and try to make a phone call, but that's when my movements stop.

　As Mr. Hayakawa is a delivery man, his closing hours are erratic.
　It's just before 8:00 p.m....not a good time to call him, but it's not a good time to do so.

'Mom?'
''Well, yes. I'll have to make sure to tell you the next time I see you.
I'll tell you what you need to know.
'Thanks. But this is my mom's decision to say it herself, so Amana is fine as usual.
Yeah, okay.

　I don't feel comfortable telling my child's handlers.
　I have to get it right before I say it in front of my daughter.

　I don't know when that will be, but as a mother, I have to be able to be a good example to my children.

　I secretly made up my mind that I would be able to be a good example to my children.