Central Hospital.
Nellie sat on a bench and swung her legs as she sucked on a lollipop.
She looked through the glass window with her huge black eyes. Joshua was struggling to pin a young child down to let the doctor take blood.
"Uncle Lucas, is Daddy in a bad mood today?"
It was the weekend. Nellie and Neil finally did not need to go to kindergarten. They planned to sleep in, but Joshua rushed into their rooms early in the morning and dragged them to the hospital for a body checkup.
That went especially for Neil.
He went through more tests than she did.
Lucas did not know how to explain to Nellie. He could only wipe off his sweat. "Uh...perhaps President Lynch thinks that it's time for both of you to have a body checkup..."
In truth, Lucas also did not know what Joshua was up to.
When he arrived at Lynch Group that morning, he saw Alice gathering with a few other men by the entrance, talking among themselves.
Lucas thought that Alice was checking up on him.
After all, Joshua was not home nor was he working late the night before, so Lucas anxiously called Joshua and told him that Alice was looking for him at his office. He asked Joshua whether he should fetch him t o the office.
When he picked Joshua up, Joshua insisted on being brought back home. He was not in a rush to head to the office.
They then arrived at the hospital, starting this long process of body checkup.
"Why does Neil have more tests than me?”
Nellie sucked on her lollipop as she watched the father -and-son pair almost in a brawl inside.
"Neil hates body checkups the most. I'm a little better. Why is Daddy trying to make things difficult for him?"
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