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Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen:
" The bullet didn't hit the baby, did it?" Penelope asked Doubty. As she writhed in pain. Doubty had torn open most of her shirt to look at her wound. As she lay upon the table in sick bay.
" Well. Let me see." He began. Washing away the blood. He smiled." Far from it."
" Far from what? Is she going to be okay?" William asked walking in swiftly and knelt down by her side.
" The bullet did not hit any vital organs, sir." Doubty said.Trying not to mention anything about a baby." And, this is a little flesh wound. All I need do is remove the bullet. " He said.
" Thank God." William muttered taking Penelope by the hand.
" Don't leave me." Penelope whispered. Gripping his hand tightly.
" I'm not going anywhere." He said back to her. Stroking her wet cheeks.
Doubty took a deep breath and used some gripper thingies." Alright on the count of three." He started." One.Two...
" Wait!" Penelope called.
" What? What is it, my love?" William asked.
" Give me a knife." She requested.
"A knife...what do you need..."William started.
" Just please...your knife." She breathed. William was reluctant. But handed her a near by knife. Roughly in her other hand she clentched it. Making her palm bleed. Doubty took a deep breath.
" Ready now?" Penelope only nodded.
" Alight."
" This is going to be painful. Darling." William said.
" One."
"I know." She responded. Trying to focus her pain on the cut in her palm.
" Two."
" I'll try to be by your side all night." William said. His hand matching her grip.
Finally." Three." He roughly yanked out the bullet. Penelope cried out in pain. Her tears flowing down her cheek. Her hand dropping the knife. And her other hand clamping into William's.
She breathed hard." Liquor!" She called.For a second William and Doubty did nothing. She shouted again." Now, please!"
Quickly Doubty walked to a brandy cabinet. And poured Penelope some brandy and handed the glass to her." Doubty. Would you mind getting me one too?" William asked.
Doubty nodded and poured Bush a drink too." Leave us Doubty. "
" Aye sir."
" And Doubty." William called him back.
" Sir?"
" Thank you." William said. Doubty smiled and left.
" You're a good man." Penelope muttered after calming down and drinking the brandy." Thank you for holding my hand."
" It is my duty as your husband to be." He whispered and took up her other hand. The one that was trickling blood." I'll take care of that." He whispered.
Penelope smiled," William, when we return to shore. Will you proporely take care of me? "She asked with a wicked smile.
" Do I sense something wicked in your mind?" He asked. Dabbing water on her cut.
" Smart man you are." Penelope said and chuckled.
" The bullet didn't hit the baby, did it?" Penelope asked Doubty. As she writhed in pain. Doubty had torn open most of her shirt to look at her wound. As she lay upon the table in sick bay.
" Well. Let me see." He began. Washing away the blood. He smiled." Far from it."
" Far from what? Is she going to be okay?" William asked walking in swiftly and knelt down by her side.
" The bullet did not hit any vital organs, sir." Doubty said.Trying not to mention anything about a baby." And, this is a little flesh wound. All I need do is remove the bullet. " He said.
" Thank God." William muttered taking Penelope by the hand.
" Don't leave me." Penelope whispered. Gripping his hand tightly.
" I'm not going anywhere." He said back to her. Stroking her wet cheeks.
Doubty took a deep breath and used some gripper thingies." Alright on the count of three." He started." One.Two...
" Wait!" Penelope called.
" What? What is it, my love?" William asked.
" Give me a knife." She requested.
"A knife...what do you need..."William started.
" Just please...your knife." She breathed. William was reluctant. But handed her a near by knife. Roughly in her other hand she clentched it. Making her palm bleed. Doubty took a deep breath.
" Ready now?" Penelope only nodded.
" Alight."
" This is going to be painful. Darling." William said.
" One."
"I know." She responded. Trying to focus her pain on the cut in her palm.
" Two."
" I'll try to be by your side all night." William said. His hand matching her grip.
Finally." Three." He roughly yanked out the bullet. Penelope cried out in pain. Her tears flowing down her cheek. Her hand dropping the knife. And her other hand clamping into William's.
She breathed hard." Liquor!" She called.For a second William and Doubty did nothing. She shouted again." Now, please!"
Quickly Doubty walked to a brandy cabinet. And poured Penelope some brandy and handed the glass to her." Doubty. Would you mind getting me one too?" William asked.
Doubty nodded and poured Bush a drink too." Leave us Doubty. "
" Aye sir."
" And Doubty." William called him back.
" Sir?"
" Thank you." William said. Doubty smiled and left.
" You're a good man." Penelope muttered after calming down and drinking the brandy." Thank you for holding my hand."
" It is my duty as your husband to be." He whispered and took up her other hand. The one that was trickling blood." I'll take care of that." He whispered.
Penelope smiled," William, when we return to shore. Will you proporely take care of me? "She asked with a wicked smile.
" Do I sense something wicked in your mind?" He asked. Dabbing water on her cut.
" Smart man you are." Penelope said and chuckled.