Alia woke up to the phone ringing and rolled out of bed. She looked down at her sleeping husband then at the clock.
It wasn't even four in the morning and she was leaving for work. She barely had time to throw her hair into a pony tail before she was racing out the door. She got in the car and drove to an alleged domestic violence case. She arrived just in time to see a man and a woman pushing and slapping at each other not even caring about the cops being mere feet away from them.
Alia was the first to take a step forward. The two broke apart but the guy was quick to pull out a small hand gun and point it at her. He shot and Alia threw herself to the ground. A couple other officers rushed in and fired a couple shots, hitting the man in the arm making him drop the gun. He was quickly handcuffed and brought to the police car. The woman was also arrested and put into a separate car.
The last officer walked over to Alia and helped her up. She stood up and seemed almost oblivious to the bleeding wound on her shoulder where the bullet must have skimmed her. She saw the officer staring and looked over. She put her hand on top of the wound and pulled it away, There was a line of blood.
"I think I might have been hit."
"Alia we need to get you to a hospital."
"No I'm fine."
"Come on you're bleeding."
"I didn't even feel the bullet so that just means that it barely hit me."
"Just go to the hospital make me feel better."
"Fine I'll go."
The officer walked Alia to his car. She was quick to shrug him off and open the door. She got in the front seat and waited patiently for the officer to get in. He drove her to the hospital where she got a few stitches and a bandage put on her shoulder. She was then driven back to get her car.
Regardless of her injury Alia kept going through the day like any other. When she got home her husband greeted her with a quick kiss. He had no idea about the wound under her shirt and when he put his hand on her shirt Alia pulled away.
"Hun what happened?"
"Nothing, Josh. Just a little accident at work."
"What happened?" Josh tried to pull the shirt aside to look at the wound but she pulled away. He grabbed her by her wrist and held her for whatever amount he could. He pulled the shoulder of her shirt aside and looked down at the gauze from the hospital. "How did that happen?"