Spat Out

I coughed up some gunk and spat it over the edge of balcony into the sea.

At least, that was the intention, but there was a boat down there, and after I'd let it go, I saw it fly down and land on the book in the hands of the man in the small boat.

He looked at it, then up at me, and then quickly hopped out onto the dock, and approached me.

I tried to stammer out an apology, before he handed me a Doctor's card.

"This looks infected, come see me in my office to run tests."