Invisible Helix (Detective Galileo, #5)

by Keigo Higashino

What could it mean if someone supposedly incapable of making important decisions suddenly vanished?

Not a good thing obviously

“That’s not a problem. If she has no connection to the case, it doesn’t matter. If she is connected to the case somehow, then she’ll be expecting to hear from the police. Don’t overthink things.”

Yukawa, Manabu. If I Ever Met a Monopole. Teito University Press.

Aish

Kusanagi smiled ironically. Yukawa was a difficult enough character himself!

(¬‿¬)

It’s an ineffably tedious existence, so if you’ve got a thought-provoking puzzle for me, then bring it on.”

She really looks like her daughter, Sonoka.

Ah, so Sonoka is really her daughter.

Still, since it happened more than six months ago, it’s probably unrelated to the case.”

Six month ago, that was when Hidemi found Sonoka and offer her a hostess job. But Nae knew them like long time ago. Why did those people seem to be looking for Sonoka (or it is her mother that likely to be the target). What if the boyfriend was killed because he knew something?

“Then why’s she on the run?”

What if, Sonoka run away because she does not want to be found? By the people who was looking for her. Her real grandmother? And she is an evil being? (I'm starting to overthinking things)

“It’s not a limited number of people. There’s only one person. You know that as well as I do, Chief.”

Yukawa? But why? Did he figured out something already?

Either they’re completely unrelated, or, should they be grandmother and granddaughter, the test is pretty definitive when it comes to second-degree relatives.”

IKR!!!

Let me just say this: it’s a person I trust.

She could not be your ex right? No..

“Meaning Sonoka couldn’t help but know what had happened.”

Nonono Sonoka might not know. That's why she report a missing person to the police station and looking distress (according to the police officer, or is it just an act?)

“Nae Matsunaga”—Yukawa exhaled loudly before he went on—“is my birth mother.”

WHAAAAAT?????? Oh, Ok, I was wrong.

You may be tempted to come clean about everything. That’ll be the least uncomfortable option for you. However, you need to be aware of something. Telling the whole truth will only make things worse for everybody. You will be accused of fraud and poor Ms. Negishi will be made even more unhappy than she is already. If you want to show her that you’re sorry, then keeping your mouth shut is the best thing to do.

What does this means, Yukawa??? You did it again.

“The truth is, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Decades have passed. Since then, I’ve met all sorts of people all living life in different ways. Now I can see what a fool I was back then. No one can live their life alone. It’s thanks to many other people that I am the person who I am today.

That was very wise of you, Professor...

Hidemi resolved to put the question out of her mind. That was the best way to keep her dream alive.

By denying the truth?