“I need to confirm something…” answered Robbie. He was not in a hurry to share that information with Jamie. Instead, Robbie suggested, “You guys go ahead and have lunch without me. I want to take a closer look.”
“Okay,” said Jamie, who sounded a little disappointed when he added, “I can’t read in that language and can’t help much, anyway.”
“I’ll ask Mrs. Rawlston to take the lunch over so you can eat while reading the documents,” said Ellie. She poured Robbie a glass of water and instructed, “Here, have a sip first. Don’t wear yourself out.”
“Thank you, Ellie,” replied Robbie while nodding. He later urged, “Go on now. Don’t let yourself go hungry.”
“Alright,” said Ellie. She turned around and was ready to leave, but Fifi the parrot saw the photo in the document. It flapped its wings excitedly and said, “Mommy! Mommy!”
Robbie put the document away instantly and frowned at Fifi before growling, “Fifi, don’t make a scene!”
“Fifi, you meanie,” complained Jamie angrily, “You acted up the last time we were in the hospital as well. You kept calling Mommy and flew all the way to the stairs. We had no choice but to chase after you.”
“Robbie has to work now, Fifi, so you can’t disturb him,” cooed Ellie gently while caressing Fifi’s feathers, “And one must be quiet in the hospital, so don’t make a scene the next time we go to the hospital, okay?”
“Mommy, mommy…”
Fifi called out again. Jamie and Ellie both glared over, and the parrot had no choice but to hide its tiny head under its wings. It no longer dared to call out.
“Wait, did you just say that Fifi called out for Mommy in the hospital as well?”
Robbie was quick to notice that something was off. Lately, he had been training Fifi by letting it watch tons of photos and videos of their Mommy. He did that so that Fifi would recognize their Mommy if she ever showed up.
Animals’ instinct and sensitivity are much better than that of a human’s, after all. It has a better chance of noticing something we don’t.
“Yeah, that happened the day before yesterday. You were in the emergency room visiting Great-grandpa. Ellie wanted to visit him too, so I accompanied her over. When we were turning the corner in the corridor, Fifi suddenly called out…”
Jamie seemed excited when he shared what happened that night.
Ellie added, “We were lucky Mr. Kyle was there. If he wasn’t, we would have to look for it in the hospital.”
Hearing those words prompted Robbie to extend his hand and order, “Fifi, come here!”
Ellie let go.
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