Ronnie was sitting on the hospital kitanda while the doctor carefully pulled out the fragments and disinfected the wounds. Tyler was standing with his back towards her.
“I’m really sorry” he alisema for the umpteenth time.
“Yeah, I got that from the first zillion times” Ronnie alisema with a small voice. “Ouch”
“Please sit still, I don’t want to make these wounds any worse” the doctor said.
“Right, sorry” Ronnie said. When all fragments were removed and all wounds disinfected the doctor turned around at Tyler.
“Can wewe leave us alone for a second?” he asked.
“Yeah, sure” Tyler said, wondering why though. “I’ll just wait outside, okay?”
“Maybe wewe can go back to the Grill, where wewe alisema you’d go as soon as I got here?” Ronnie alisema a little nervous. If only one dollar was missing…
“Hey, wewe can’t blame me for wanting to make sure you’re okay” Tyler replied.
“You’re a sweetie” Ronnie alisema sarcastic. “Now off wewe go”
“Yes, ma’am” Tyler alisema and he left the room.
The doctor turned back at Ronnie. “I take it he’s the reason you’re injured?”
“Yeah” Ronnie alisema careless.
“You know I have to ripoti it when patients are being violated, whether it be kwa their boyfriend, their father au a stranger” the doctor continued. Ronnie turned around quickly.
“No! wewe can’t ripoti Tyler! It was totally my fault! I forced myself on him!” she alisema desperate. “If anything I violated him”
The doctor raised his hands. “Okay, then I won’t” he said. “But I hope wewe come to your senses. There are too many jerks like that walking around free, because women like wewe are too afraid to stand up to them”
“Tyler is not a jerk” Ronnie alisema getting angry. “And I am not afraid” she added soft.