My husband's nephew came to Tokyo from his parents' home for the first time in several years. He'd been selected for the prefectural soccer team and was attending a training camp in Tokyo. He'd been a cute kid, but now he's grown into a fine young man, tall enough to look up at me. As his uncle and senior in life, I arrogantly invited him over, saying, "In that case, why don't you stay at my house?" But one night, before he took a bath, I found an unexpectedly large...