It¡¯s around 9 a.m. on a cool December morning in Tokyo.
A man, visibly agitated, walks into , a cafe opened by Vaughan and Rie Allison in the spring of 2020.
Vaughan greets him, like he does with all his guests. The man responds with pleasantries; he then gets to the reason for his unease. ¡°My wife is pregnant,¡± he says. ¡°She just went into labor at the hospital.¡± Because of COVID restrictions, he is unable to be there with her, adding, ¡°I can¡¯t be at home. I¡¯m a bit nervous.¡±
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