Rey straightened his back in the hospital chair. Bernard did not move from the door. The man looked unsure what to do. He had obviously not expected to find them there.
“A real man uses his hands to provide for his family, to protect them and comfort them. Not to beat up defenseless women,” Rey spoke through his teeth in a hard tone. He was fighting hard to remain in his seat and not jump across the room and grab Bernard by the neck.
Bernard scoffed. “What do you know about being a man, boy?” Bernard asked as he entered the room and closed the door.
Derek immediately stood up from his comfortable floor seat and moved to stand by Mrs. Drew’s bed.
Rey also stood and folded his arms over his broad chest and stepped closer to the foot of the bed on which Mrs. Drew remained asleep oblivio
