Georgia wailed as she hammered Robert’s chest with her fists, her sobs wracking her body.
She’d heard too much about this sort of human experimentation, and those secrets of the shadows were often utterly bone-chilling.
Those black-hearted laboratories often drew their live humans, perhaps friendless people with no family, from war-torn countries.
Those people would end up dying badly, in horrific conditions.
Of course, different experiments ended up in different ways. Georgia had only heard a few behind-the-scenes secrets, but it was enough to terrify her.
“Okay, okay… we’ll go to the hospital for a check-up, so don’t be so sad, all right?”
Robert’s voice was still gentle as he supported Georgia, who was barely able to stand, towards the house.
Georgia leant on his shoulder, until her legs gave out and Robert ended up picking her up.
Before reaching the mansion doors, Georgia saw Annie swinging on the garden swing with Ivan, and as they approached, Annie ran over excitedly.
“Daddy, Mommy, you two went to take a nap in secret! I waited for you for so long! If Uncle Ivan hadn’t played with me all along, I would have gotten mad.”
Annie ran over and said that, then showed a shy smile.
“You’re so old now, Mommy, and you’re still having Daddy carry you!”
Georgia buried her head in Robert’s arms. Her eyes were swollen from crying, and she didn’t want Annie to see them at all.
“Why are you still snuggling with Daddy like you’re shy, Mommy? I want Daddy to hug me too, come down!”
Annie said playfully, but Georgia still kept her head nestled in Robert’s chest, afraid that Annie would find something off with her.
Robert turned to Annie and started comforting her.
“Mommy has a headache. Annie, go play with your uncle first. I’ll carry your Mommy to bed to rest first, and I can come back to play with you later, okay?”
At that, Annie showed a worried expression.
“Are you sick, Mommy?”
Georgia replied weakly.
“My head just hurts for now. I’ll be fine after I rest up for a while. Don’t bother with me, Annie, Mommy is fine.”
Ivan noticed that something was vaguely off, and smiled down at Annie.
“Let’s let your Mommy rest for now. I’ll play with you instead. You don’t hate that, right?”
Annie’s attention was distracted, and even though she was still worried about her mother, she still went with Ivan’s suggestion and let Robert carry Georgia inside the mansion.
Georgia’s forcibly supported emotions crumbled the moment she entered the house, and she held Robert, sniffling quietly.
Her tears were about to soak Robert’s clothes through entirely.
Georgia let Robert carry her into the bedroom, and as the door closed, she turned towards him and spoke.
“You have the right not to say anything, and you can very well go on lying to me that everything is fine. I’ll believe you, but you have to go and do a full body check first. I want to see a complete report on everything. Then we can decide what to do! Robert, you have to be serious about this. Didn’t you want to see Annie married, and see the two of us grow old together?
“If you’re going to be irresponsible about your own body, then I’ll take up the responsibility. I’ll be the tough guy. Even if you hate it, I won’t leave you like this.”
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