The Long Excuse

Sachio Kinugasa is a popular writer. His wife of many years dies in a bus accident. Although they did not love each other, Sachio Kinugasa had to act brokenheartedly. Sachio then meets the bereaved family of Yoichi Omiya and his two children. Yochi Omiya's wife also died in the bus accident and was friends with Sachio Kinugasa's wife. Yochi Omiya works as a truck driver, and he's in despair over his wife's death. Sachio Kinugasa doesn't know why, but he offers to take care of Yochi Omiya's two children.
~~ Adapted from the novel "Nagai Iiwake" (永い言い訳) by Nishikawa Miwa (西川美和).