He wonders if Tsubaki and Sakurako and Jean and Enokida sat down and debated who should go in Ichijou's place. It wouldn't have been the first time that Ichijou missed meeting him at the airport because an important case came up, after all, and the absence of anyone wouldn't have sent that same shiver of fear through his body that the presence of someone else does. He wouldn't have known for a few more hours-not until after he'd gone home, showered, scrounged up clean clothes, prepared dinner, and waited for a man who wouldn't be coming. If there hadn't been anyone there to meet him at the airport, it would have been different. He knew when his eyes scanned the crowd and found Minori instead of Ichijou. He knew as soon as he stepped off the plane.
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