Not long after that, Marilyn arrived at the doctor's office.
Dr. Walter asked her methodically, "What's the child's name?
"Tiger!”
The doctor raised his head and asked with a puzzled look on his face. "The child has no surname?"
Marilyn was first taken aback, then she explained. ' The child doesn’t have a formal personal name. The people in the fishing village are named Tom, Dick, Harry and so on. They will only have a formal name when they grow up."
"What's the child's father's surname?"
Marilyn stuttered, "Ben."
"The child's father doesn't have a formal name too?" The doctor eyed her suspiciously.
Marilyn answered vaguely, "Mm."
"What about the child's birthday?"
Marilyn knew the answer to that question this time and blurted out, "26th July 2017."
Behind the partition wall, when Angeline heard the
child's date of birth, her clenched fists gradually loosened as a hint of delight shot out of her eyes.
Tiger was not Jaybie’s son.
After learning that Jaybie and Marilyn did not have a child together, Angeline felt like her heart was full of sunshine and rainbows.
When she finally recovered from her excitement, she realized that Marilyn had already left at some point.
Angeline walked out of the partitioned area and gave D r. Walter a thumbs up. "Well done."
In the evening, Tiger's fever went down and he had also regained consciousness.
Jay breathed a sigh of relief.
He said to Marilyn, "I'll stay here to watch over Tiger tonight. You should go home and have a good rest."
Marilyn nodded and left.
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