Stuck in you

'That's all?' Jack wondered.

But he was still very worried about Rachel. "Her ankle is so swollen. I think she needs an X-ray."

The old doctor squinted at him. "You don't trust me?" he asked with a slight sigh.

But he didn't wait for Jack's answer and waved his hand. "I've checked it already. You can have it double-checked if you don't trust me, and I'll be responsible if I missed anything."

His words made most of the people present laugh. But Jack was not amused. His face was grim and his eyes remained serious. 'Why is this doctor not treating this case professionally?' he wondered to himself.

As a doctor herself, Rachel had a good idea of her situation. Although the pain kept most of her senses busy, she could tell if her bones were hurt or not.

The old doctor wrote down on the patient chart and then prescribed an anti-inflammatory medicine. "Find the nurse to help you reduce the swelling. Then come back to correct the tendon," he said finally.

When Jack took the list, the doctor studied him from head to toe. He then pushed his glasses up his nose to better position it. "You young people are really good at messing around. Did you two just had a fight?"

He looked back and forth between Jack and Rachel with an expression that told them that he was sure that they had a fight.

"Do we look like we just had a fight?" Jack asked seriously in response. His face looked incredulous from the doctor's question.

The doctor took another look at Jack, carefully this time, and then at Rachel. He nodded and his face became even more serious. "Yeah, you two look like you just had a fight," he said confidently.

There was a momentary pause before he continued speaking. "As husband and wife, it's natural to quarrel and argue with each other. But you cannot overdo it, especially in the middle of the night..."

But Jack interrupted him right away before he could finish what he was saying. "Thank you very much for your advice. But we prefer to have her feet treated tonight, please."

Michael and Lea instinctively looked down on the floor as they held back their laughter. Michael slightly rubbed his nose with the back of his index finger and gently cleared his throat.

The doctor's office was too small for everyone to stay inside. Lucas went to get the prescribed medicine while Marcus and Henry waited outside.

They straightened up when they saw them coming out of the clinic. "How's Rachel? Is it bad?"

"She's fine. Just twisted her tendon," Lea replied in a flat tone. She turned to her back and saw Jack carrying Rachel out in his arms. The looked like an odd pair.

Jack looked like a full gentleman who assisted the injured lady in his arms. Rachel, on the other hand, looked as if she was being carried by a stranger that she had never seen before.

to the nurse followed by

some ice cubes on a steel basin and an ice bag to put them in. She then looked at each one of them carefully. 'They're all

her injured leg on it. The nurse then placed the ice bag on the injured area. "Don't move. It will be better once we lessen the swelling,"

hold the ice bag, the man

when the old doctor was doing his examination. When she saw Rachel's foot clearly, she was shocked by how it looked.

feet looked dirty. The right foot looked badly swollen, and Lea thought that it was almost

Rachel's foot to look at it more closely and frowned. "You ankle won't go down this evening. Apply some medicine on it and go

down from her forehead. The ice bag was not working fast

to dull the pain. The silence in the room was broken by an imposing voice. "No. She'd better stay here tonight. What if it gets worse after she goes back?" Jack

bent over and slightly pressed her swollen

the hospital. We can send her back to the hospital for treatment tomorrow,"

home first, so Jack had no choice but concede

that Rachel heeded Lucas' words

the rest decided to just keep quiet. They understood that it was pointless to meddle in their affairs.

get a glass of water for Rachel so that she could take some medicine. Jack went to pay for the clinic fees. Michael and the rest were

all the medical fees, they said their

going on. When he noticed that they were at a good distance away from Rachel, he lowered his head and whispered to Jack, "Are you really going to leave Celine? Or are you just trying to piss her off by using

fast that Michael and Henry were unable to stop him from

very quiet in the infusion room. It was not impossible that

atmosphere immediately became awkward

Rachel before he could say anything. She calmly studied her swollen foot and seemed to pay no attention to what

naive to think that Rachel never heard what Marcus said. He was convinced that she simply

Marcus finished talking. Even Marcus himself quickly realized that there was

cover up his embarrassment, but

if you really don't have anything

the other patients." 'Why did Jack consider me as an inconvenience?' Marcus

and Michael noticed his melancholy and pulled him

about to leave, they turned around to say goodbye to Rachel. "We'll be

"I'll visit you tomorrow!"

I really didn't mean..." Henry and Michael instinctively raised their hands to