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 the

one of them carefully. 'They're all good looking,' she thought to herself. She observed as one particularly good-looking man in front of her carefully placed an injured lady patient

nurse brought a small chair for Rachel so that she could put 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,"

but said nothing. Before she could hold the ice bag, the man beside her already

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

and Lea thought that it was almost deformed. She

it more closely and frowned. "You ankle won't go down this evening. Apply some medicine on it and go back to sleep. Go to our hospital

to have muscle spasms because of the pain. Sweat started to flow down

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 said with a face that looked frighteningly

and slightly pressed

home than in the hospital. We can send her back to the hospital for

so Jack had

that Rachel heeded Lucas'

to just keep quiet. They understood that it was pointless to meddle in their affairs. Plus they

Jack went to pay for the clinic fees. Michael and the rest were about to leave after they made sure that

fees, they said their

away from Rachel, he lowered his head and whispered

and Henry were unable to stop him from

his voice was low, it was still very quiet in the

became awkward

face at the words of Marcus. He slowly turned to Rachel before he could say anything. She calmly studied her swollen foot and seemed to pay no

that Rachel never heard what Marcus said. He was convinced that she simply pretended that she

quickly realized that there

was about to say something to cover up his embarrassment, but

rest if you really don't

the corridor and it might be inconvenient to the other patients." 'Why did Jack consider me as an inconvenience?'

unhappy. Henry and Michael noticed

turned around to say

"I'll visit you tomorrow!"

I really didn't mean..." Henry and Michael instinctively