As soon as Dulcina Calvo opened the door, the man at the entrance instantly slumped over her shoulder!
“Esteban Zaragosa!”
The man on his shoulder was so pale and weak that he had fainted at once!
Dulcina Calvo was quick to explain to the employee in English, “He’s my friend, he’s not a bad guy!”.
The employee frowned in distress, “He’s pointing a gun at me!”.
Dulcina Calvo froze at the sound of the gun, but lied nonchalantly, “He’s an elite member of the World Anti-Terrorist Organization! It was just an accident! There are so many terrorists out there that I was afraid you’d draw them.”
The woman did not understand, but did not dare to say anything else, there were no police outside, they were all dealing with anti-terrorists …
Dulcina Calvo slammed the door shut and pulled Esteban Zaragosa’s tall body inside, shouting effortlessly to Estrella Berrocal inside, “Estarola, come help me!”
Estrella Berrocal rushed over and was surprised to see Esteban Zaragosa covered in blood: “Dulcina, this is not good, we have to take Esteban Zaragosa to the hospital now, he’s going to bleed to death!”
“But what if he is one of the terrorists? And if we take him to the hospital, aren’t we sending him into the tiger’s mouth?”.
Estrella Berrocal’s mouth twitched, she really wasn’t in the mood to laugh at this hour, but it was still perrrrriously funny to hear Dulcina Calvo say that.
“No way … Esteban Zaragosa is a terrorist?”
As far as Estrella Berrocal remembered, Esteban Zaragosa always wore a pristine white coat and had a very distinguished air, so there was no connection between such a person and a bloodthirsty terrorist.
The two girls managed to get Esteban Zaragosa onto the bed, but as they were weak and Esteban Zaragosa was big, when they unloaded him onto the bed, Esteban Zaragosa’s body hit the bed and the wound tore, and the unconscious man cringed in pain and woke up.
Not totally unconscious, he vaguely heard Dulcina Calvo and Estrella Berrocal speak, her voice faint and low as she spoke, “I am not a terrorist …”
Dulcina Calvo heard him speak and rushed over to him, kneeling by the bed to watch him, looking at his pale, handsome face and saying, “Then let’s get you to the hospital! You’ve lost a lot of blood…”
Who knows, Esteban Zaragosa flatly refused: “No”.
Dulcina Calvo became anxious: “But you have a gunshot wound, if you don’t go to the hospital, you will probably lose a lot of blood from …”
Esteban Zaragosa reached up and took Dulcina Calvo’s soft, warm hand in his, “Don’t be afraid, you’re not going to die.”
Dulcina Calvo’s emotion, which she had just repressed, suddenly burst out, “Didn’t you say you were in Italy for academic research? How come you’ve been shot? What the hell do you do? I just agreed to be your girlfriend, wouldn’t it be really bad luck if you died…”
A series of questions were thrown out and Esteban Zaragosa laughed softly, “Girl, I really don’t have the strength to answer these questions right now.”
The blood from the man’s abdomen was thick on the clean white sheets of the hotel.
Dulcina Calvo’s eyes were red, although as a future doctor she had seen many gruesome corpses and wounds, she was still shocked by the bright red blood.
Estrella Berrocal said, “Dulcina, we can’t stay here, surely the staff will call the police. Let’s get out of here and take Dr. Esteban to have his wound treated”.
Dulcina Calvo wiped her wet eyes and said yes in a hurry.
…
They moved to a small B&B and when they entered the room, Esteban Zaragosa offered to have Dulcina Calvo work with him to extract the bullet.
Dulcina Calvo was very scared, she had no practical experience, the most she had done in her internship was dissecting corpses, she was too scared to use a knife on a living person.
“Are you, are you sure you want me to take the bullet out of you? I … I’ve never taken out a bullet…”
“I will assist you, do as I say, don’t be afraid, I trust you.”
“…”
She dared to put her little life in his hands, but Dulcina Calvo had no confidence in herself!
Esteban Zaragosa listed the utensils and medicines to be purchased while Dulcina Calvo wrote everything down on a piece of paper and handed it to Estrella Berrocal.
Estrella Berrocal went out and quickly returned with everything needed for the operation.
Estrella Berrocal was too pregnant to see such a gory scene. “If you need my help, just holler and I’ll sit outside and watch the door for you.”
Once Estrella Berrocal was out, Dulcina Calvo began to disinfect the instruments and her wounds.
Dulcina Calvo was terrified, with a trembling little voice: “What if he gets infected, what if he gets tetanus?”.
She didn’t want Esteban Zaragosa to go to hell so soon!
Esteban Zaragosa stared at her little face, white with fear, and laughed softly, “I’m not that unlucky.”
“… And you laugh! It doesn’t hurt you!”
Dulcina Calvo gave him a fierce look, this man, did he even know how badly he was hurt?
Even if the bullet hadn’t hit a vital part, it was still a shot, and it could really kill you if you didn’t handle it right!
He was a doctor, didn’t he have common sense?
Dulcina Calvo’s hand trembled with restraint as she held the tool, tears falling from her eyes as she struggled, “I … I … tutor … I wouldn’t dare.”
How nervous she must have been to even say “tutor”!
The man’s long, beautiful hand held her trembling little hand, “Since you call me tutor, you must trust me, listen to me, with me I will teach you.”
“…”
Is this really bearable without anesthesia?
“If it hurts, you must tell me.” Dulcina Calvo forced herself to calm down.
“It sure hurts.”
“…”
Dulcina Calvo did not remember how she had finished the process, she sleepily followed Esteban Zaragosa’s instructions every step of the way, even though her heart was fluttering violently, but she had a solid career in school and had won many scholarships, so each step was done with precision.
Esteban Zaragosa did not suffer too much, except for the fact that he was drenched in sweat when the bullet was extracted.
Dulcina Calvo was so distressed that she rushed to stop the bleeding and dress him.
Esteban Zaragosa did not faint from the pain, but reached out and touched her head, rubbing it, a slight pale smile curved his lips as he said encouragingly, “Well done, I see I’ve been hard on you for nothing.”
Dulcina Calvo bit her lip, helped him up again and lay on the edge of the bed looking at him with teary eyes, “I’m glad you’re not dead. If you had died under my operation, I would have gone to jail.”
The smile on Esteban Zaragosa’s lips deepened, “Are you afraid I’m going to die, or are you afraid you have a lawsuit on your hands?”
“Both. If you die, not only will I lose my boyfriend, but I’ll go to jail, so I’ll be miserable. And I’m the only one in my family, and my parents would be devastated.”
In addition.
Esteban Zaragosa stared into her watery eyes, his face serious as he asked in a deep voice, “Why did you come to Italy, girl?”
“Because … I was worried about you.”