He wondered if that was a dig at him. For terminating their affair. Fair enough, if it was.

Looking up at her, he adopted a slightly gentler tone:

"I need to sew it up, next. It's going to hurt. There's probably some liquor in the cabinet if you want to down some before we get started."

Lord knew he could use several stiff drinks. Would love to drink himself into a mind-numbing stupor. But for now, he needed his wits about him and not just for his own sake.