When the doctor saw the new guests being ushered into the house by his wife, he quickly finished up his consultation with the current patient he was seeing so that he could attend to them.
"What happened?" The doctor asked while he readied the instruments needed for the removal of the bullet in Eva's shoulder.
"An attack near the harbour. The person got away." Austin said through gritted teeth. "How's she?"
"Don't worry. She's lucky, it's only a flesh wound. A simple procedure is all it needs. It'll hurt though. Would you like to use local anesthesia?"
"Yes." Austin replied in her stead. However, Eva shook her head.
"I listen to the patient." The doctor shrugged then proceeded on to remove the bullet. He did not want to waste time and let the wound fester while they argued about whether to use anesthesia or not.
Austin frowned. "Why did you reject it? It's not like money is an issue for me. Is it not painful?"