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Chapter 2
"How am I meant to communicate civilly with that! He's worse than a hormonal teenager! Ok Mr Rogers' bypass is at 4.00 will you be done with the CABGs by then?" Jac asked, glancing up from the piece of paper.
"I should be, they look pretty easy and don't let him get to you Jac he'll just wind you up, he knows Emma belongs with you, he's as scared as you are! Leave it to me, I'll try and talk him round" Mo replied, wrapping her arm around the clearly wound up surgeon, before they both walked on to the ward to do their rounds and prep for theatre...
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Once they had finished the ward rounds and ordering the right tests for each patient, Jac found a 10 minute window to quickly pop up to the NICU to see Emma and ask how she was progressing, she quickly dumped the patient files onto the nurses station desk, giving Mo quite a scare.
"Geez Jac! Where you off to in such a hurry?" Mo asked, leaning back in her chair and stretching her arms up in the air.
"Sorry! Just off to see Emma, I've got 10 minutes or so before I'm due in theatre!' Jac quickly replied, before shooting off to NICU
"Give her a kiss from me!" Mo shouted, just as Jonny came over to write names on tubes to send to haematology.
"Give a kiss to who?" He asked curiously, looking up quickly before continuing with what he was doing.
"Emma! Jac's just gone up to see her again!" Mo answered as she finished what she was doing on the computer.
"Oh, she must be making the most of it! She has no chance of winning the custody battle" Jonny snarled, bagging up the tubes and sending them off in the shoot
"Oh would you just stop it Jonny! Can you hear your self? Jac is an excellent Mum to that little girl! How anyone can break that apart is beyond me, the thing that makes this hurt just that little bit more is you!" Mo screeched in his face, making him stop in his tracks
"Wow Mo, say how you feel yeah! I thought you were my friend" Jonny replied slightly hurt by her comment.
"I am Jonny, but how do you think Jac is feeling? Your trying to take her daughter away from her when she needs her the most, but most of all, think about Emma, how would Emma feel knowing that her own Dad snatched her away from her own mum just because your grieving for a women you never truly loved!" Mo announced in her moment of anger.
"I'm not airing my dirty laundry in public Mo! You know how I felt about Bonnie!" Jonny said, close to tears as the past began to be dragged up.
"Ok then! Let's go to the office!" Mo said as she got up and stomped off to the office, Jonny followed behind her, hanging his head slightly.
Once they both got into the office, Mo shut the door behind them before they carried on with their heated discussion.
"How can you say that I didn't love Bonnie, Mo? She was everything Jac wasn't! She held Emma before Jac, her own mother did for goodness sake!" Jonny explained, before he let out a loud sigh.
"Jac! That's exactly why I said you didn't really love Bonnie! You always compare everything that perfect little Bonnie did to Jac! Admit it you were only with Bonnie to try and curb your feelings for Jac, you love Jac!" Mo announced, waving her hands in the air as she finished.
Jonny froze for a moment absorbing what had just been said, before he answered Mo.
"Of course I'm going to have feelings for Jac, she the mother of my child Mo, but Emma deserves better!" Jonny said quietly, bowing his head down as he spoke.
"Emma deserves better? In other words if you don't deserve Jac, Emma doesn't deserve her either! Listen to how selfish that makes you sound Jonny Mac! I don't even recognise you anymore!" Mo concluded in a caring tone.
"No, not at all, it's not like that!" Jonny stutter, knowing everything Mo said was in fact right.
"You both need to talk and soon my friend!" Mo suggested.
"I do not want anything to do with her unless it's regarding Emma or work!" Jonny said, adamant on denying his true feelings for Jac.
"It wasn't a suggestion Jonny, if not for yourself, then for Emma! Now if you'll excuse me I'm late for theatre!" Mo said, before she walked out of the office and in direction or theatre.
Jonny stood in the office staring vacantly at Jacs neatly arranged desk, everything was in its place, even the photo of Jac holding Emma for the first time, framed in a gold finish frame, nestled next to her computer screen. He knew he was probably being irrational about the whole 'blame game' and custody battle but she still felt the same! However Mo was right, him and Jac needed to talk.
He quickly snapped out of his daze and made his way to join Mo in theatre to start the couple of CABG's they had for that morning. Minutes later he entered the scrub room where Mo was getting into her sterile gown and gloves.
"Took your time didn't you? Scrub in and I'll see you in there" Mo said, before walking into the darkened they're room to begin the procedure.
Back on NICU.
Jac had just arrived on the quiet neonatal unit where Emma lay wiggling about in her spacious cot, surrounded by all the monitors and machines that were beeping. Jac walked over to Emma, placing her hand lovingly around Emma's tiny fist.
"Hello again, Mummy's back to see how you are before she goes to theatre! I love you so much Emma!" Jac whispered as she sat down on the chair and leant her head against her free arm as she watched her little girl fiddle with her finger.
Moments later, Dr Solice walked over behind Jac, tapping her on the shoulder to get her attention, she instantly turned around and smiled.
"How is she doing?" Jac asked, still looking at him.
"She's doing well, great in fact, she's keeping all her feeds down, bowels are opening regularly, SATs and all Obs are normal, I don't see why she can't go home!" Dr Solice said, happily as he saw the smile grow on Jacs face.
Really? When?" Jac asked, her eyes glistening with hope of taking her home soon.
"Say tomorrow? If she's still ok through the night I'll discharge her tomorrow at the end of your shift! Remind me when does your shift finished usually?" Dr Solice replied, still smiling like a Cheshire Cat.
"I finish at 4.00pm tomorrow!" Jac answered quickly as she stood up, still holding on to Emma's little hand.
"Okay, we will show you meds and timings tomorrow, you'll need to take some time off to care for her and she'll need regular appointments at my Paeds clinic!" Dr Solice explained, tapping his hands together.
"Yeah that's fine, I'll arrange that with Mr Self, I Need to go now, I'm due in theatre, I'll come see you later Emma, Mummy loves you!" Jac said, kissing Emma on the forehead before shooting off to theatre 2.
Back in theatre 1.
Mo was close to finishing the first of the two CABGs of the day, an eery silence filled the room, leaving the sounds of the machines to echo around the room to drown out the silence.
Jonny stood there awkwardly watching over at the operating table, where Mo, who he had not long questioned their friendship, was finishing up.
"What brought all that on out there?" He asked, finally killing the silence. Mo stopped what she was doing and looked up.
"I think you know the answer to that question mate!" Mo simply replied, carrying on with what she was doing.
"Well... She can give as good as she gets Mo, I lost my fiancé, I'm not losing my little girl too!" Jonny explained, his voice breaking slightly.
"I'm not saying you are going to mate, but your accusing her of Bonnies death and just to rub salt into the wound, threatening to snatch Emma away from her, work access out between the two of you or just settle your childish differences and get back together! You need to stop dragging others down with you, this relationship can only go one way and that's up!" Mo said, as she completed the main part of the operation.
"The more I think about it, the more I realise your right, we do need to talk about it! Cheers Mo!" Jonny announced before walking out of the theatre.
"Glad to be of service! ... Close him up and get him to recovery, tell the ward to prep Miss Jenkins for theatre! Thanks guys" Mo said, as she put down the surgical instruments and walked into the scrub room...
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Hi all,
Sorry it's been ages since I updated last. I've been super busy with work and paperwork.
I have pre written a few chapters so will types them up and post
Please read and review, suggestions welcome.
Steph x
