Chapter 237 – Paternity Test (2)
My son seungwoo
The first child with Seungyeon. It was a very precious child that had not been born over several years of marriage.
It’s a paternity test.
I nodded as well, but to be honest, I wondered if this was right. Should I go this far and check if it’s my bloodline?
Because of my intolerance?
I took a hard look at Seungwoo’s face.
It’s just a normal impression, and it looks distinctly different from my face, which can look weak in some ways. Even though he is still a child, he has thick features and even has a lot of charcoal on his eyebrows.
Like the face, every finger and toe, there is no resemblance anywhere. Even if I didn’t bother to look at each one, my intuition made me avoid children.
I felt that the atmosphere that comes out of a small child, that strange atmosphere, was very different from mine.
“A paternity test?”
“Well… That’s how it happened. After…”
Jinwoo Cha. Jian’s husband was also sitting on the sofa in the living room, deep in thought, as if he couldn’t sleep. A half-drinked whiskey glass was lying lonely in front of him.
Jinwoo Cha heard my story and asked as if he was surprised.
“Are you really planning on doing it, Jinwoo?”
“Yes… Well, I got angry and left it as it is… But I’m worried. Who should I do it for… It’s complicated.”
It’s not an easy decision.
It was a job to prove that the horse was a paternity test and not my child. A cruel and cruel thing to a child. It was not an easy decision for me either.
“Let’s do it together.”
“Yes…?”
“I want to try it too.”
“Mr. Jinwoo…”
He poured the remaining whiskey into one gulp.
“Huh… It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I also have the same questions as Jin-woo.”
Same question?
“My daughter, Sua. She is two years older than Jinwoo’s son, but the older she gets, the more I think she’s not my child.”
Cha Jin-woo continued his words as if resigned.
“It’s strange how he doesn’t look like me, and it’s strange to suddenly have a child who hasn’t had one in years… You know, I can’t stop thinking about this. It comes to mind every time I see a child’s face. There’s no such thing as hell.”
Hell.
The metaphor of hell is apt. Because I feel the same way he feels.
A hellish mind that follows like a tag even while taking care of the child all day long, feeding it, and changing its diaper.
Maybe it’s because of my intolerance. Every time she saw the bright face of the child, she had to swallow the disbelief that was rising greatly.
“You really want to…?”
“Because Jinwoo says he’s doing it… I’m getting a little brave too. What’s wrong with the child? I have to put a period.”
Okay. What is the child guilty of?
It was a problem that both Cha Jin-woo and Seung-yeon and I had to solve among adults.
“There’s a place I’ve already looked for. If Jin-woo decides, go there.”
Cha Jin-woo’s eyes flashed. The hand holding the glass trembled slightly.
“Now I really have to finish it.”
***
“You want both couples to take it together? Examination?”
The gray-haired old doctor scanned the faces of our couple with suspicious eyes.
“Both couples are right. I’m here to check.”
“Hmm…”
Despite Jian’s bold words, the doctor’s eyes are somewhat disapproving. His gaze dug into the crotches of his wife Seungyeon and Jian.
“Is there anything I need to know?”
What are you curious about? The old doctor stubbornly wanted an answer.
“Well… If you don’t have anything to say, I’ll get it right away. We’ll proceed with the test. As you know, the test process and results take quite a bit of time.”
“Then which couple would you like to start with?”
“We’ll do it first.”
Also. It was Jian. They were a little more active than our hesitant couple, who had been thinking about it for quite a long time and making a decision.
“Okay. Bring the child with you.”
“Whoa…”
A clear-eyed girl was asleep in Cha Jin-woo’s arms. Before long, she doesn’t even know who her parents are. She was in a very deep sleep.
Cha Jin-woo and Jian followed the doctor with determined expressions.
Silent desolation.
Still holding my son Seung-woo in her arms, Seung-yeon was also holding her breath.
For a moment, the sight of Seungyeon far away from me made me feel awkward.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes…?”
“A paternity test. It’s not too late.”
“I’ve come this far… I have no regrets. No, I must.”
Her wife held Seung-woo tightly in her arms.
No matter what the outcome is, I will never lose my child. Her maternal love for Seung-woo was burning.
“Let’s check it out… I think it’ll be good for us too.”
Seungyoun bit his thick lips as if he had promised. She wasn’t going to change her decision.
***
The inspection was quite long. Long, tedious hours. However, the tension flowing through his body did not ease easily.
The hardened expression was the same for the Cha Jin-woo couple.
“Let’s go for today.”
“Yes. Thank you for your hard work today.”
My wife and I hugged each other’s child and awkwardly exchanged greetings. Long long day. We just needed a ‘rest’.
“Now… Hold on!”
It was then.
At the end of the corridor someone was running, flapping a doctor’s coat. The old doctor who looked at us disapprovingly earlier. It was him.
“What are you doing?”
“Uh… Wait a minute… Whoa…”
He who runs out of breath. What’s the problem?
“Inspection… I’ll have to do one more inspection.”
“Yes? Why? Is there something wrong?”
Cha Jin-woo said to the gasping doctor.
“No… Not that couple. Hey… Kim Jin-woo and Oh Seung-yeon’s couple.”
“Yes…?”
“I think you should do a blood test. I guess…”
The doctor paused for a moment. He stared into the eyes of his wife, who was holding his arm.
“It looks like… You’re pregnant.”
“Yes…?”
“What… What?”
“During the examination… An abnormal finding was found. I think it would be better to go after a blood test.”
“Under…”
Cha Jin-woo and Jian both looked at the doctor and our couple as if they were surprised.
Pregnancy. You’re pregnant
Is there another life in the belly of the wife who is holding Seung-woo right now?
“Honey…”
The hands of her wife, who held Seung-woo in her arms, were trembling. I was so shocked that I couldn’t even speak properly.
“It’s something to celebrate right?”
The doctor looked carefully and asked.
Something to celebrate… Is it right?
“If…”
While I couldn’t say anything, her wife barely opened her mouth.
“Can a paternity test be done on a child in the womb?”
What…?
It was a shock. Warble. Her wife’s eyes flashed.
“Seungyeon-ah, what are you saying…”
“I’m curious, sir. If I’m pregnant… Can I have a baby in my belly?”
“Um… That’s…”
“Seungyeon, what are you talking about!”
I couldn’t stand it in the end. She didn’t even look at me, and I ended up shouting at her as she insisted on her doctor.
My voice echoes back in the quiet hospital hallway.
“Theoretically it’s possible… But it needs to be discussed. First of all, check if you’re pregnant…”
The doctor was perplexed. He caught a glimpse of my flushed face and grasped the mood.
“Then I’ll talk to you two and contact you again. Mr. Jinwoo, we’ll go first.”
Jian quickly arranged her seat. Sua, who was in her arms at the sound of my shouting, also wiggled her big eyes as if surprised.
“Huh… I’ll talk to my wife first. I’m sorry.”
The only way I could choose was to take her wife and get out.
This place is hell
My hell was deeper and darker than Cha Jin-woo’s.
***
On the way home, and after that, we were silent.
A situation where each other is busy calmly sorting out each other’s thoughts. We tried to avoid seeing each other as much as possible. Even at that moment, the child was growing in the wife’s belly.
Pregnancy…
There is another life inside Seungyeon’s stomach. Throwing her a party right now and hugging her would not be enough, but her reality is different. Upon hearing the news, my first thought was something else.
Who is the father
It was still unclear who Seung-woo’s father was. But this time, the owner of the seed was unsure.
What is your wife’s attitude in the midst of this?
Doing a paternity test on a child in the womb? Is that what you say in front of me?
“I’m sorry… I was too surprised at the moment…”
A quiet night after all. My wife, who had turned over to me, spoke first.
“I hope that a child like Seung-woo will never appear again.”
“Then what… Are you going to do surgery?”
“There’s nothing I can’t do…”
That’s not like a wife. By nature she is a good person. She’s an abortion Even more so, it was not something one could say with a child in her belly.
At least the wife I know.
Why has it changed so much?
What the hell… Why?
“I see what you mean. But… The results haven’t come out yet… Let’s wait.”
“What if… What if the father isn’t you? Can you still bear the child?”
“…”
“Look at that. You’re not going to do that.”
“For now… Let’s wait.”
All I can say is wait. It was just waiting.
I hope that both Seung-woo and the new child are my seeds.
Please. Be my children
