Capítulo 232: Checkup
In his room, Sato asked about why Leah was downstairs in the middle of the night. The little girl came clean about how she had wanted to take a look at the koi fish as she dreamt of her father beating her for running away. With this, Sato could tell that the girl was worried that he would abandon her if she had misbehaved. He had miscalculated how deep mistrust went inside of her. Now, Sato knew that he needed to do something about it.
Tucking her inside of his bed, Sato knew that Leah was far too vulnerable at the moment to sleep by herself. "Come on, close your eyes. Big brother will be by your side while you sleep."
"Mm.." Leah nodded her head as she closed her eyes obediently.
With a smooth gentle motion, the experience man who had tucked in tens of children for bed, stroked the little girl's head as he spoke a few words of assurance. "Big brother promises to never let you go back to your old family. I will protect you from everything, so all you have to do is be happy for me. Grow up to be a happy and sweet girl, my little Leah."
Singing the lullaby which he knew by heart, Leah soon entered the sleep land once again. This time, Sato made sure she was comfortable first before proceeding to fall asleep himself. His bed was a king-sized mattress and so, there was plenty of room to go around for a little girl and a skinny man. Sato had stayed up to do some paper work when it came to setting up his business. He was engrossed in it and only became tired after seeing Leah getting injured. It seemed that he needed to pay more attention to the physical and mental wellbeing of the child. He did not want her to experience anymore pain.
In the morning, little girl Leah woke up before Sato. The girl did not leave the bed, rather, she turned herself to take a look at the handsome young man sleeping soundly beside her. Sato's face naturally never bore pimples and so, the unblemished face grew more attractive as the years went by. After an hour or so, Sato finally woke up at 9 in the morning. Opening up his eyes, he was welcomed with the wide-open eyes of Leah. It was innocent and cute.
"Good morning Leah, how was your sleep this time?"
Leah nodded sideway, replying back to Sato. "Good."
Seeing that Leah was in a better mood than yesterday, Sato was glad and went ahead to help the girl clean herself up before heading downstairs for breakfast. Since Leah's feet were bandaged up, Sato carried the light weighted girl into the toilet. Placing one of his legs on a stool in his toilet, he placed Leah on his thigh as he asked her to brush his teeth. He did not want her to put any pressure on her legs.
Even after she had gone to the toilet to pee, Sato came back in and carried her out, not allowing her to stand up by herself. In his eyes, Leah was his princess. Holding her in his right arm, Sato headed downstairs with a jolly vibe. "Let's go and enjoy our breakfast."
"Mm!" Leah was hungry. Whether it was yesterday or today, a growing child would always welcome food, regardless of circumstances.
That morning, the two helpers had made a delicious assortment of western breakfast for Sato and Leah to choose from. Surprisingly, both of them gravitated to the scrambled eggs and bacon. Even the way they drank their hot drinks were very similar, cusping both hands around their mug. For the bystanders, the mannerisms were cute and entertaining to watch.
When they were finished with their meal, Sato had originally planned to go out shopping in the morning with Leah. However, they made a slight detour and headed off to the hospital first. Just in case, he wanted to get a doctor to check on her feet, while also getting a professional opinion on Leah's bodily injuries.
With a full stomach, Sato, Leah and Madel drove off to the private hospital in the city. He had Madel to make some prior arrangements in the morning and so, when they had reached the front door, there was a secretary awaiting their arrival. A wheelchair was brought out for Leah to sit on as soon as she came out of the car. Sato did not know what Madel had arranged for, though it wasn't like he didn't enjoy such a treatment. The faster he could get Leah sorted out, the less worried he would become.
As the secretary brought them up a private elevator and onto the VIP floor, he knew that Madel must've pulled out the Tobion connections and gotten them fast access to the doctors and treatment facilities. Within thirty minutes, Leah had already received a full body checkup and now, she was about to enter the MRI room to check whether there was internal bleeding. Sato prepared her as he knew the noise from the machine could be daunting for a little child. Yet, he had forgotten once again that Leah wasn't an ordinary girl and had been through trauma much worse than loud noise. She took it like a champ and did not misbehave.
In the end, the results came in and thankfully, there was no internal bleeding and the bruises on her body would just take a week or two to fully recover and disappear. In regards to her feet, the doctor got a closer look and it was as they had discovered yesterday, that the wounds were not too deep and would not require stitches. Everything was going smoothly and now, before leaving to the shopping mall, Sato bought the little girl an ice cream as a treat for being so well-behaved. Seeing Leah's face light up over sweet stuff, made Sato's face light up too.
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