Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty

That night, I wrote to my mother.I don't know if it was my letter that made a difference, or my mother planned to reopen the art gallery, but after a week, I returned to the art gallery. During the week after I came back, I cleaned my apartment, visited Mameha, and went shopping for cosmetics for myself, and finally I was ready to go back to my old business. Mameha and I attended a banquet for an American officer one evening.When we arrived, their interpreter had been given too much alcohol to die, but the officers all recognized Mameha.I was a little surprised to see them humming, waving their arms, and gesturing for her to dance.I thought they would just sit quietly and watch her dance, but when she danced together, several officers got up and jumped around.We ended up playing a game together, Mameha and I taking turns playing the shamisen while the GIs danced around the table.As soon as the music stopped, they had to rush back to their seats, and the last one to sit had to drain a glass of sake.

During the party, I said to Mameha that everyone spoke different languages, but they enjoyed each other very much.But the strange thing is that the party I had with Nobu and Sato early on, things went terribly.No matter how hard I try to brighten up the atmosphere, neither of them can cheer up, and Sato is almost drunk in the end. "Of course three people are too few," Mameha said after listening, "especially one of them, Yankai, who is in a bad mood." "I suggest that he bring the president back next time, and let's find another geisha, what do you think? If you want a funny one, you will get booed."

"Yeah," Mameha said, "I'll probably come over and see...but I think if you want a funny boo, you should go to your old friend Pumpkin."