Page 115 of Her Loyalty

"Alright, Ms. Benson. We're all finished here."

"Everything looks and feels good as of now. We'll do the bloodwork and come back with your results of everything. After that, we'll check the stitches again and make sure everything is working properly before you can go."

"Thank you so much, Doc." My mother and I spoke at the same time as he made his way to the door.

"Of course." He smiled politely before leaving.

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"Alright. So your bloodwork came back, everything looks fine. Your X-rays as well. We were able to remove the bullet lodged in your thigh, closing up the wound with 6-inch stitches."

"Now we're going to prescribe you with painkillers for the pain as well as cream that will heal the wound. You'll have to keep it clean and creamed if you want the wound to heal correctly."

"How about scarring?" My mom spoke up and I nodded.

"Yeah, is the wound ever going to go away?"

"Usually it's not a complete disappearance but you should be able to partially lighten it for a lesser appearance." He explained and I poked my lips out, now thinking that I'd never get rid of this ugly scar on my thigh.

"Great. Thank you so much." My mother said to him.

"Of course." He smiled.

"So now I'll go and get your papers and then you're good to go." He explained before leaving out of the room.

Sitting there in defeat, I couldn't help but to wonder what the scar looked like and how big it was. I couldn't see under the bandages but I just hoped that I could rid of it. I didn't have any scars on my legs and I didn't want to start today.

"Baby, can you come here?" I called for Dominic, just wanting comfort at this point.

"We need to be getting ready to leave." My mother spoke up as she began to gather everyone's stuff while Dominic made his way over to me.

"What's up, baby?" He kissed my forehead as I sat up, doing my best to wrapped my arms around him, laying my head on his stomach.

"I'm ready to go." I expressed to him as he laid his chin on top of my head.

"You ready to go home?" He asked and I nodded slowly.

"Wait a minute." My mother spoke up.

"I don't think that's a good idea." She expressed, making the both of us look over to her.

"Hm?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"I don't think it's a good idea for her to go back to your place, Dominic." She repeated as I looked at him while he furrowed his eyebrows.

"What?" He spat.

"She was just shot directly outside of your house last night, I don't think she should be there." My mother went on, making me sigh deeply.

"Mom." I called.

"How the fuck you gon' tell me what to do with my girl?" He went on angrily as I pulled away from him, sighing deeply.

"Can you both just stop it?" I asked calmly, not wanting them to go back into the same place they were before. We'd made too much progress for this.

"She is my daughter!" My mother snapped back at him as they both scolded each other.

"And she my girl, so whatchu sayin'?" They continued to go back and forth as I put my head in my hands.

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