I was so... so scared

"Do you know abusing your wife like this is a crime? I am sorry but I have to report it to the police." 

Silence...

Ethan stares at the fuming doctor with wide eyes totally startled by the doctor's words and the thought of having Jamie as his wife got him hyper with his breathing speeding up while his heartbeat increases.

"W-What...?' Ethan stutters still processing the doctor's words. 

"You seem to be an educated person but your action seems to be inhuman. How can a husband abuse his wife till she is on the verge of dying?" He yells out loud lecturing Ethan who the doctor's assumed to be the sole reason for his patient's condition. He did pity Jamie while he examined the wound and bruised she had received all over her body especially her upper body.  

"N-No...Doctor, I am not her hus-"