In the hospital ward, Bruce lay in the hospital bed, while Martin, having changed clothes, sat in a chair looking at a bruised mark on his hand.
"When did you get hurt?" Nicholson asked as he came out in a new shirt.
Martin shook his head: "I'm not sure myself." He then remarked with a sense of relief, "Thankfully, we got to the hospital quickly. The examination showed I was injured. If we had been slower, the bruise might have disappeared."
Bruce raised his left hand and gave Martin the middle finger: "You asshole, you're mocking me!"
Martin crisply replied, "I'm stating a fact."
Bruce's injury was not serious; the bullet hadn't hit bone, and he only needed six stitches. He'd be fine with some rest.
Nicholson turned on the TV in the ward and switched to CNN.
True to its reputation for timely reporting, CNN had already dispatched its live broadcast vans to the scene at the Dolby Theatre.
