Chapter 476 - Tommy’s Father (1/2)
Shiro Clinic
Kreeet!
”Excuse me, is there any doctor around?”
Shiro glanced over to the door and saw a man walked over with a young girl following after him. He quickly headed over to the person with inquiry. ”Is there anything I can help, Mr.?”
”I'm Rod Malady, this my daughter, Lyna Malady,” the man replied.
Malady?
Shiro's movement paused for a split second as he recalled his teammate's surname. It was exactly the same as the man before him: Tommy Malady. Silently, he toggled the listening device that connected Fiore Group communication device on.
”What is wrong with this little angel?” Shiro tried to push the matter into the back of his mind as he looked over to the young girl before him. She didn't have any resemblance to Tommy at all, but the man did have some similarities.
”She and her brother, Lucas, got into a fight not along ago,” Rod scratched his head in embarrassment. ”I think she accidentally hits her head, but she refuses to go to hospital, so I can only think of bringing her here.”
Shiro raised his eyebrows in confusion. What kind of parent would bring their children into the black street without thinking of the danger in this area? He tried not to think too much as he checked the little lady.
”Your daughter is really small.”
”Ah, people say that a lot, but she's really my daughter. I just remarried when I'm already slightly older, so my children are still small,” Rod replied.
”I see. Do you feel anything uncomfortable, Lyna?”
”I'm okay,” the little girl replied cheerfully. It didn't look like she was enduring any pain as she smiled until her white teeth showed.
Shiro took out a thermometer. ”Let's check your temperature, ok?”
”Yes!”
”She seems to be very cooperative.”
Rod nodded his head. ”I already coaxed her that it'll just be a regular checkup to make sure that she wants to come. Also, doctor, have you been in this street for a long time?”
”A few years,” Shiro didn't tell the man the detail.
”Then, do you remember the case of sudden death of many women in the Black Street?”
Case of sudden death?
He didn't know there was something like that. It was extremely common for people to die every single day in the Black Street that he has gotten numb to the news. What he remembered when one was talking about sudden death was regarding the incident involving Tommy's mother a few months ago.
”Are you talking about how some women got drugs and died?”
”Ah, yes, that one,” Rod took out a picture from his pocket. He showed it to Shiro. ”Have you seen this woman?”
The woman on the picture was a perfectly healthy woman, holding a small baby. Even though it was an old picture, Shiro could see the similarities that the baby had with Tommy right now. It seemed that he got it correct.
This man was Tommy's father.
It meant that the woman should be Tommy's mother. To be honest, she was completely different from what he imagined. She looked normal and totally unlike the one he saw from Tommy. In fact, she looked glowing in this picture as she was filled with happiness.
”Yes, I see her.”
”Is she…”
”She has died a long time ago,” Shiro replied to the man flatly. He noticed that he man looked a little down. ”Is she your sister?”
”No, she was my wife. My first wife to be exact,” Rod admitted. ”I just thought of visiting him and my son again after not meeting them for a long time.”