i got into the taxi the taxi driver looked at me i could just see his eyes nihonbashi please i said to him
i wanted to tell yoshimoto that i had a very good photo the only photo of takahanada and kumiko okada then i heard the noise of a fast car i looked across the street next to my taxi was another taxi and in it was a man in a smile at me then i saw something in his hand it was a gun
aagh i said i put my head down under the window
what asked the taxi driver
drive i said that man's got a gun he wants to kill me
the taxi driver looked over and saw the man with the gun the taxi driver started to go very fast i sat in the back of the taxi
with my head down
ten minutes later we got to my flat
is he there i asked the taxi driver
no he said you're ok
i gave the taxi driver some money and got out of the taxi i went into my flat quickly and took the film out of my camera
then i looked out of the window i couldn't see the man with the gun i couldn't see anybody
i had the film in my hand i wanted to take it to my darkroom where i make my photos i wanted to see my photo the photo that was going to make me rich but just then i heard the telephone it was sachiko my wife she wasn't happy
ken i must speak to you about tetsuro shesaid tetsuro was our son he lived with sachiko and i saw him at weekends
what is it i asked isn't he well
he's ok but i need money for his new school things you must come here i must speak to you
sachiko was never happy with me. i didn't have much work and i didn't have any money and now it was april an expensive time.
OK i said i'll come now i've dot something good to tell you. my wife's flat was quite near to mine just a kilometre away