“Has Ella looked her over?” Hank asks, his professional demeanor returning now as he studies Marigold from a few feet away. Maryam turns, hearing the shift in her father’s voice and bringing Marigold back over. “Is she healthy, besides being malnourished?”
“Oh, she’s fine,” mom says, clearly overhearing her name and coming over. “I did a scan last night after we fed her. As you say, Hank, she’s malnourished and going to need some feeding up – but I cleared up some bumps and bruises and a little viral bug she was carrying. But beyond that she’s a perfectly healthy little four-year-old girl.”
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