The Chikamori SelfacyMundane Life TasksLife resumed its usual pace after Mayumi's death and life went on in terms of wedding preparations. There were two wedding to deal with; the weddings of Satoshi and Molly; and Haruo and River. And Yasunobu and Fiona were happy that the their respective off-spring were getting together.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZHbl7S4ItE/WgNyidGR8FI/AAAAAAAAFCc/37Z6DTqk43QAYDVevVYwEBDbHmhVbjwXQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-24.jpg Satoshi being the romantic, took Molly out to dinner and they did enjoy themselves.
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https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-09R52Zk944U/WgN0sD2-7UI/AAAAAAAAFCs/CSHpa6B9bBUNm-E_xr8dQrtH0XbOdjXSACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-46.jpg Molly cooked dinner instead of the family eating out which helped ease some of the monetary tightness and spent some time soaking in the hot-tub.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a8NM3zO29n0/WgN1XSknxII/AAAAAAAAFC8/0yQzFEMsWgY-F5yFNaWGKJM4GrVUCkE1wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-52.jpg Things set into a routine at the Chikamori household and fall came to Sunset Valley and the temperature seemed to plummet overnight. The weather took a turn and there was rain practically every day. And the few days that didn't have rainfall, it was bitterly cold. The Sunset Valley residents knew that winter was coming and it wasn't going to be a mild one this year.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jhIo-LdbEmQ/WgN1y7r7rOI/AAAAAAAAFDE/SLc2MeyLUoUMI_Cbxmi8KkihM0XufLF7QCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-55.jpg Haruo took some opportunities to relax from incessant writing and went down to the park to play some piano (it was on his wish list so he went and took care of that).
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Pnzg3f15jgQ/WgN2fmr6bcI/AAAAAAAAFDM/8gvbm9BvLSonAEYv-fblM5HOxhKMQCsSgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-56.jpg Yasunobu took care of the garden while Haruo did some cooking to increase his cooking skill. With River having to do so much in terms of painting to bring in income into the family, Haruo decided that he would cook to keep the family fed and he would alternate with Molly.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hHCAhb6cXAo/WgN28MPttZI/AAAAAAAAFDQ/nolyQum3znAFqzRbc6Zoh8UhQsazc0aQACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-83.jpg And so it went for the Chikamori family...which was getting back to normal after several upheavals over the past while.
