My mother (Maki) and I have been living together since my father passed away when I was young. To attend the same university he did, I started taking lessons this spring from our tutor, Sugihara. He's smart, tall, and handsome—the kind of guy any college student would look up to. But whenever Mom mentioned him, she changed her attitude completely, almost like she saw him as prey. It was unsettling how she could switch between seeing him as a respectable teacher and someone dangerous. And then one day during his break, I caught them fixing their clothes together...