Nettie frowned at him but it wasn't anger. "Alright. If.. there is nothing I can do to convince you..' Her voice had gone quiet and barely audible. She wanted to argue that a good doctor would keep anything they saw a secret, that they could find someone who didn't know him and would leave town just as quickly. But he didn't care. He didn't care that he could die. Perhaps she was just selfish. It was his right to live or die if he chose.

She felt her throat tighten as she couldn't think about it. Her eyes remained down on her work as she became silent to fix him up.