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I’m Doctor Higgins.”  He shakes their hands.  “What has brought you in today?”
                  “I slipped on the ice on my way to work.  Whenever I move my right leg, it hurts,” Rosa says, turning red. 
    Gabriel can tell that his Aunt is embarrassed.  She’s always been the type of person, who doesn’t like being looked after.  She hates people fussing over her and paying her too much attention.
                  “Well, let’s check you out and see what we find,” Dr. Higgins says, pulling back the sheet.  He lifts Rosa’s leg up and down, moves it around, and touches it in different spots.  His Aunt groans in pain during the examination.  “Well Rosa, I think that you have broken your leg, but I have to order an x-ray to be sure.”
                  “Okay, Doctor.”
                  “Someone will come and take you to x-ray shortly.  When I get the results, I will come back and let you know what I have found.” 
    Rosa nods her head in understanding.  When the Doctor has left, Rosa turns to him and says, “Mi hijo, I need you to call Eva and tell her that I won’t be able to come into work today.” 
    The look on her face as she is speaking worries him.  “What’s wrong Auntie?”
                  “I don’t know what Eva is going to do without me.  She needs me.”
    “Eva is going to understand.”
    “I don’t know what she’s going to do on such short notice.”
    “Auntie, let me handle it.  I’ll think of something.” 
     
     
     
    * * * * *
     
     
     
                  Eva keeps checking the clock.  Rosa is three hours late.  She is never late, and if she’s late, she always calls.  Eva is getting very worried.  She’s tried calling Rosa’s cell phone and house phone, but there has been no answer.  She starts to pace because there is nothing else she can do.  She decides that if she doesn’t hear from Rosa in the next half and hour, she is going to start calling hospitals and police stations.  She wishes she knew Gabriel’s phone number.  Surely, he would know where Rosa is.
                  Her pacing is interrupted by the telephone ringing.  “Please be Rosa,” she says to herself as she runs to answer the phone.  “Rosa?”  she says, breathless into the phone when she answers.
                  “Eva, hi.  It’s Gabriel.”
                  “Oh my gosh, hi.  I’m glad you called.  Rosa is late and I haven’t been able to get a hold of her.  You wouldn’t know where she is by chance?”
                  “I do, actually.  That is why I’m calling.  Rosa had an accident this morning.”
                  “An accident?  Is she okay? What happened?”
                  “She was on her way to work and she slipped on a patch of ice in front of the house.”
                  “Was she hurt?”
                  “Yeah, she hurt her leg.  I had to call an ambulance.  We’re in the Emergency Room at the hospital right now.  She had an x-ray and it’s definitely broken.  They’re going to put her in a cast.”
                  “Oh, really?”
                  “Unfortunately, yes.  Obviously, she isn’t going to be able to come to work today and she won’t be able to work for about six weeks.”
                  “Oh my goodness.  This was completely unexpected, to say the least.”
                  “My Aunt is very worried about what you’re going to do without her.  It’s all she’s been talking about the whole time we’ve been at the hospital.”
                  “Please don’t tell Rosa and upset her, but she’s right.  I have no idea how I’m going to be able to replace her on such short notice,” Eva replies, nervously.  Panic is starting to set it.
                  “Well, my Aunt and