At this moment it was not her words that pained me anymore; it was the fact that she was very bold without any trace of fear at all as she stood up to me, telling me to my face that she was not going to do what I was asking her to do by sitting down and having that conversation in my presence.
At first I wanted to lose my temper, but with Alex seated, I knew it was going to be impossible, and slowly I began to recoil from her.
"I honestly do not know what to say in this matter because if I am being very, very truthful with you, Alpha, a patient has the right to say whomever it is that they want in their private space, especially when it matters about mental health and chronic illness. I do not think that this young lady here is in any wrong to decide who she wants to know about the things happening to her," Alex said to me, making me turn my gaze to him in shock because I was rather expecting him to say something in my favor instead of amplifying Cassandra's idea.
