Joice watched intently as the doctor tended to Derek's wound, placing a bandage over the makeshift stitches. He knew that, given the dangerous nature of recent events, it was best to avoid taking Derek to a hospital. They didn't need another one of them attacked in the media.
While the doctor finished his work on Derek, Joice sat in the corner of the room, with a serious and worried expression. Melina was still in the room, now just watching beside her.
Joice didn't care that Derek was fine, but she also felt anger boiling up inside her. The siege was closing in and a name was about to appear.
Derek finally got up from the table. He remembered the moment he was attacked on his way home. A scare that had almost cost him his life.
He was a very brave man. He had a similar temperament t
