Ronnie was sitting on the hospital letto 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 detto for the umpteenth time.
“Yeah, I got that from the first zillion times” Ronnie detto 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 te leave us alone for a second?” he asked.
“Yeah, sure” Tyler said, wondering why though. “I’ll just wait outside, okay?”
“Maybe te can go back to the Grill, where te detto you’d go as soon as I got here?” Ronnie detto a little nervous. If only one dollar was missing…
“Hey, te can’t blame me for wanting to make sure you’re okay” Tyler replied.
“You’re a sweetie” Ronnie detto sarcastic. “Now off te go”
“Yes, ma’am” Tyler detto and he left the room.
The doctor turned back at Ronnie. “I take it he’s the reason you’re injured?”
“Yeah” Ronnie detto careless.
“You know I have to segnala it when patients are being violated, whether it be da their boyfriend, their father o a stranger” the doctor continued. Ronnie turned around quickly.
“No! te can’t segnala Tyler! It was totally my fault! I forced myself on him!” she detto desperate. “If anything I violated him”
The doctor raised his hands. “Okay, then I won’t” he said. “But I hope te come to your senses. There are too many jerks like that walking around free, because women like te are too afraid to stand up to them”
“Tyler is not a jerk” Ronnie detto getting angry. “And I am not afraid” she added soft.