But as she got older, my friend gradually moved in with her children. With no one to accompany her, she spent more and more time at home, and a sense of fear arose.
She began to be afraid that if she collapsed one day and no one would find her, she would live alone in the room.
Such thoughts began to circle in her mind. Looking at the neighbors chatting and laughing from the balcony, she began to wonder who would remember her.
So she began to actively participate in activities among her neighbors.
Then, in the yard that day, she met Ueda Yamashita who was crying while participating in the event.
Seeing the bruises on his arms, Masako Fukumoto took him home, treated his injuries, and learned that he was a child of the Ueda family.
However, when asked how he got injured, Ueda Yamashita remained silent and refused to say anything.
At first she thought the child was being bullied by other kids and didn't take it too seriously.
But looking at the depressed boy, she took out some paper and taught Ueda Yamashita how to fold a paper airplane.
She learned that from her mother. As long as she threw the folded airplane and shouted "Unhappy things, fly away", she could get rid of her worries.
She folded the plane and let the boy try it step by step. Sure enough, a smile appeared on his dull face.
“After that, we became close.”
Fukumoto Masako slowly stepped down, a kind smile unconsciously appearing on her face: "Although the child still doesn't talk much, we fold airplanes together, eat snacks together, and do homework together.
I feel like I really have a child, and I feel happy when I think of him.
But I always find injuries on his body, which always makes me worried.
I started to worry that he was being bullied at school and whether I should ask his mother to go to the school to talk to him.
Being nosy, I went to Ueda's house to talk to his mother.
Then I heard Yamashita-kun's pleading voice at the door, asking his mother not to hit him.
Because the door was not closed, I took a peek and saw that Eiko Ueda was hitting him with a shoe stick.
At that moment, I understood that the bruises and wounds on Yamashita-kun's body were not caused by bullying, but by his mother abusing him!
I wanted to stop the abuse, so I went to see Eiko Ueda, but she refused to admit it and had no intention of talking to me.
I’m getting more and more anxious…”
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