My Daughter Has Become A Fool

Chapter 5

Episode 5. Trauma@@@@

As soon as I left the hair salon, I checked the time.

The clock was just past 5 PM.

Since I went for condolences early and left not long after, it wasn’t very late yet.

As I checked the time, I found myself in a dilemma.

‘What should I do?’

I was debating whether to just go home or not.

There was a reason why I had to think about this.

‘Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu.’

Today was Monday, the day I usually worked part-time at the convenience store.

Normally, I worked from Monday to Friday, but for some reason, I worked those five days.

And today was Monday.

In other words, I had to work part-time for the next five days starting tomorrow.

It meant I didn’t have much time to invest in Yondu.

‘I need to make the most of the time remaining today...’

Thinking for a moment, many things needed for Yondu came to mind.

Of course, doing all of them today was impossible.

Among them, I needed to choose the most necessary one.

What should it be? The judgment for this was not difficult.

‘A hospital.’

I had to take Yondu to the hospital.

Given the environment she was in, I was very worried.

Was Yondu’s body okay? Were there any neglected pains?

So, I wanted her to have a checkup, just in case.

“Hey, Yondu.”

Calling her name, Yondu looked at me with her round eyes.

No matter how many times I looked, her appearance was unbelievable.

How could a five-year-old baby have such harmonious features?

It’s not that she looked mature. She was undoubtedly a five-year-old.

“Yondu, are you feeling okay?”

“I’m not tired!”

“Okay, how about we go to the hospital with Dad?”

“The hospital...?”

“Yeah. I’m going to take you there to see if there’s any pain or discomfort. To the doctor.”

Her face looked a bit apprehensive.

Maybe she didn’t know what a hospital was?

Fortunately, there was a pediatric clinic right next to the hair salon.

I held Yondu’s hand and headed towards the adjacent building.

I wasn’t sure if the pediatric clinic offered a detailed examination, but I would find out once we got there.

Even for me, going to the hospital wasn’t a familiar place.

Sss...

The automatic door opened, and I entered the hospital.

There seemed to be almost no waiting patients.

I walked towards the counter and greeted the nurse.

“Hello.”

“Welcome. Is it your first time here?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Could the guardian write down the address and name here?”

“Sure.”

As I scribbled with the pen, the nurses’ eyes turned towards Yondu.

Their reactions weren’t much different from the ladies at the hair salon.

“Wow, hi!”

“She’s so pretty... What’s her name?”

Yondu, either out of curiosity or attention, murmured softly while holding my hand.

“I’m... Yondu.”

“Hehe, Yondu! Nice to meet you!”

I said to the hesitant Yondu, “Yondu, you should say hello to the nurses.”

Only after saying that did I realize how much my comment sounded like that of a real dad.

Yondu quickly smiled and replied to me, “Yes, Dad!”

And without being asked, she bowed slightly and greeted the nurses.

Without exaggeration, the nurses seemed to collapse from the cuteness overload.

For just saying hello, they were overwhelmed.

After greeting them, Yondu grabbed my leg without me asking.

“What did I just witness? So adorable....”

“I thought you might be a cousin because you’re so young, but you’re her dad!”

“I’ve never seen such a beautiful child before!”

“Haha, thank you.”

I smiled proudly and gently stroked Yondu’s head.

Soon, Yondu’s name was called.

“You can go in now.”

Leaving the nurses behind, I entered the doctor’s office.

Inside, there was a female doctor and a nurse.

Unlike the nurses outside, both of them seemed quite old.

“Hello.”

“Yes, come in. Oh, what a beautiful little princess you are! We were wondering why the nurses outside were chatting so much.”

I smiled and helped Yondu sit down.

The doctor spoke, “So, where does our princess feel unwell?”

I answered in her place, “Rather than feeling unwell... we’re here to get a detailed examination done.”

“A detailed examination?”

“Yes. There are some circumstances that made us want to have one.”

The doctor raised an eyebrow.

Then she took out a familiar tool and said, “Alright. Shall we take a look at the little one’s belly?”

It seemed like she was going to use the stethoscope on her belly.

But Yondu hesitated and shook her head shyly.

Was it because of me? Was she embarrassed to show her belly with me here?

“Are you feeling shy, Yondu? I’ll turn around...”

“No, I won’t do it!”

Seeing Yondu like that, I felt something unsettling.

It felt like the sudden refusal I saw on the street.

It felt like fear, something deeper.

“Trauma...?”

The probability of being so scared of the stethoscope seemed slim.

Even though she was a bit scared of scissors at the salon, she didn’t mind holding my hand, so...

Unlike me, the doctor didn’t seem particularly interested.

Had she seen many children react like this?

She asked the nurse next to her, “Could you help me?”

“Yes.”

“Sorry, Yondu. Just a moment?”

Before I could do anything, they skillfully pulled up Yondu’s clothes.

In other words, they forced her to do it.

“Nooo! I won’t do it!”

Yondu thrashed about wildly.

It was so incomprehensible at first.

But soon enough, I understood.

Why Yondu hesitated to reveal her body until now wasn’t because she was embarrassed.

She wasn’t shy.

The expressions of the doctor and the nurse changed dramatically.

But the one whose expression changed the most was none other than me.

I really... felt like dog.