Chapter 9
“You want me to take Shinhae to her dad?”
Jiyoon blinked.
“Yes. In truth, there is a nasty cold going around, and we had to send several kids to the hospital. Of course, we couldn’t send the children to the hospital by themselves, so a couple of teachers had to accompany them. That is why we are short on staff and don’t have the time to take Shinhae to her father.”
“Doesn’t her father usually pick her up?”
She gleaned from the director’s words that Shinhae would be meeting her father outside of the orphanage. The director’s expression turned for the worse. She looked regretful and sad.
“I told you last time, right? Shinhae’s dad visits her often, so the other children shun her. That is why we tried to come up with several solutions. One of the ideas was to stop the other children from witnessing the meeting between Shinhae and her father. Of course, the children know what is going on, but there is a difference in witnessing the meeting and imagining it.”