The music room was quiet for a long moment. Then, the silence was broken by Makiko's loud laughter. She started laughing softly before breaking out into a loud belly laugh that was uncharacteristic of her lady-like demeanour.
She laughed until tears appeared at the corners of her eyes.
As she calmed down, she looked at the ugly faces of the three family members. She could not help chuckling again.
Did they really believe that this little orphan Annie would have a violin worth millions of dollars with her? If she owned such a thing, why would she come back to their family?
"What is happening?" Kazuo asked as he entered the music room with Chiharu beside him.
Makiko did not dislike the appearance of these two people at the immediate moment because she was in a good mood after embarrassing Daiki's family. Besides, Chiharu had given her a good present the previous night.