Business

"Are you okay? What happened?" Drake asked in concern the moment he walked into Joan's office and saw her standing by her window with her back to the door. 

Joan turned around to look at him and smiled when she saw the concern on his face, "I'm fine. Nothing serious happened. I guess he was just upset I left the party without him," Joan said with a reassuring smile, even though she knew it was probably more than that. 

It seemed to her like Patrick was suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder. He always wanted to have things his way and was incapable of handling rejection. She felt sorry that his mother had chosen her lifestyle over family, but she didn't think that gave him the right to behave so inappropriately. It wasn't an excuse.