"Oh, she recognizes you?" Curtise drew me closer to him and away from Derrick, which appeared to be the final straw.
Derrick took a stride toward Curtise, and before I could react, he had drawn back his fist and threw it. Derrick's fist slapped the flesh of Curtise's jaw, making a horrific crushing sound. Curtise let me go and grabbed his face as he howled in anguish as I fell to the ground at Derrick's feet.
Derrick pulled me up with one hand, holding me a bit too close for comfort - considering that he was my patient and all that- but I left it be. This wasn't business as usual, and I felt protected with his arm around my shoulder at the time.
"Now I'd advise you to get out of here," Derrick said. "She plainly does not want to see you."
The rest was a haze as my eyes welled up with
