By the time the two got back home, it was ten or so at night.
Annie hadn’t slept at all as she waited for her Daddy and Mommy to get back.
The moment the door opened, Annie rushed over and threw her arms around Georgia.
“Mommy, why are you and Daddy back so late?”
Maybe it was because of a child’s natural sensitivity. Annie didn’t know a thing about what had happened, but her gaze when she looked at Georgia and Robert was tinged with a bit of worry, and she stick to them instinctively.
“Daddy and Mommy met an old friend out there and he had to treat us to dinner. Then he got drunk, too. Daddy and I took him home. Maybe because he was in a bad mood, but he threw a little drunken fit on the way and kept us for a while longer. You’ve been waiting for us all this time? It’s late, hurry up and wash and go to sleep.”
Georgia lied without a trace of it showing on her face. Even Robert looked at her, somewhat taken aback.
Maybe because he felt her lying expression was far too natural, like she didn’t even need to draft it.
“I want to sleep with Mommy and Daddy tonight, can I?”
Annie asked Georgia that, but before she could answer, Robert answered for her.”
“Of course you can. But have you gone in the bath yet? If you haven’t, Mommy can bathe you first, then you can put on your pajamas and sleep with us, okay?”
At that, Annie jumped for joy.
“You’re so nice, Daddy. I’ll go in the bath with Mommy right away.”
Annie bounded up, beaming and tugging at Georgia’s hand, seemingly ready to rush to the bathroom.
Georgia chuckled, a little exasperated, then followed Annie to the bathroom.
Ivan watched from a short distance away. For this time, he hadn’t gone back to his own place or taken on other operations, mainly because he was worried about Robert’s body and wanted to know the results.
If Annie hadn’t needed looking after at home, he’d actually been planning on heading out with Georgia and Robert to the hospital.
Seeing Annie and Georgia in the bathroom, Ivan walked up next to Robert.
“Are those documents in your hand today’s checkup reports?”
Ivan asked, and Robert nodded.
“I haven’t opened them and looked at them yet, but this isn’t the full report.”
“What? The results aren’t fully out yet?”
Ivan found it strange, and Robert didn’t know how to explain it.
But seeing as it was his own brother and a doctor to boot, he wasn’t going to keep it hidden, and simply explained the day’s events.
“When they tested my blood, every test had a different result. It was the same sample taken at the same time, but they put multiple people on it, and with the final results, some were normal, while there were abnormal figures with others. They told me to find more professional establishments to verify it… Ivan, you know more people in this area. Do you have any seniors or instructors and professors you know who devote deeper research into hematology? I feel like I might need to go to one of them to check.”
Robert’s tone was mild, and he didn’t seem panicked or afraid.
Ivan, though, was rooted to the spot in shock.
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