"Mr. Salazar, our superiors told us to take good care of you and your needs."
"Thank you." He said, after shaking his hand firmly, before turning to shake the second mans hand, who then asked him, "Are you okay sir?"
"Yes I am fine. It is these two you need to look at. To be truthful, the girl isn't my concern, I think she will be fine, but he is messed up pretty bad, he is the concern here gentlemen."
"Right, I'll give her the quick once over, you determine his condition, then we will see what we can do for him." The first man instructed his partner, before going over to Claudia. Ramon watched as he began checking her over, then he went and sat back down, thinking about Hector. He was angry at him, but felt guilty too, for saying those things too him. He didn't mean it hurtfully, but the truth was that Hector was an idiot when it came to business, and it was a good job they had Jack. He didn't think his words would trigger the attack that they had.
After a few minutes the second smaller man approached him. The girl is fine, her jaw has minor swelling and will be sore for a few days. Once she wakes she will be relatively okay though." Ramon nodded his approval, which the young man took as his permission to leave and see to Jack.
After 15 minutes the first man approached him and Ramon stood. As he did so he saw the other man stood by Jack looking worried. He couldn't see anything they had done to fix him, he wondered why this was. Was he already dead, he wondered? He hoped not, he wasn't sure he could find another worker with his capabilities.
"What's going on, you haven't done anything to help him?" Ramon stated his confusion.
"The man is very badly injured, we need to take him to the hospital." Their was a sense of worry coming from the man, Ramon noticed, but knew it was simply because he had wanted Jack fixed on the spot and it wouldn't be happening.
"Why? Is it absolutely necessary?" He asked, hoping they wouldn't have to go to the trouble of sending him their.
"I'm afraid it is sir. The subject has a major head wound which will need scans. We can also see multiple damage to the body, possible broken bones and internal bleeding too. We need to do a number of tests, x-rays and scans. He may also need a blood transfusion... it is instrumental that we take him in or he may easily die." He said quietly.
Ramon began to think it through, and as he looked back over to Jack he saw the second man was putting a neck brake on him, and their was now something on the side of his face, which he assumed was to stop the blood. He realised their was more damage than he had anticipated.
"Look, my only problem is that the hospital is going to ask questions, which I don't have the time to answer." He said, annoyed.
"I understand. We can call it in as a un-sub tip off. We can send you the bill privately, no one will know who he is.... the only negative point is that they will have to run his prints to get his identification..." He paused, not knowing how to ask the next question. "Will this mans name be on the radar for anything?"
Ramon thought for a moment, "No... not individually. Just make sure they don't now he is with the Salazars or that may raise some red flags."
"Yes sir."
"Thank you." Ramon said as he sat back down. He leaned his head back, his lack of sleep and worry kicking in now. He watched as the men loaded him onto a stretcher before getting him into the back of the ambulance. The second man stayed in the back while the first went round the front and got in to drive. Before he set off he gave Ramon a brief nod of the head. Then the ambulance sped off, this time with its lights and sirens.
He went over to Claudia and checked on her before going in the house to find Hector in his room. He could tell he had been crying, but said nothing of it. Instead he looked up at him and said, "They had to take Jack to the hospital, but Claudia will be okay, she's still outside."
Hector gave the briefest nod of his head, and Ramon grabbed him and pulled him into a deep embrace. "I'm sorry." He said in a gently tone. "I never should have said those things."
They continued to hug until Ramon broke away, saying, "Go be their with Claudia when she wakes up, tell her your sorry."
Hector smiled and left to go be with his fiancee.