Flashback
Chapter 4
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"I'm sorry about what just happened, but I get where they are both coming from... Now if I can excuse myself, I'm due in theatre, I'll Get Ms Effanga to come over and explained to Jasmine about her options" Elliot said, escorting Paula out of the room, before stopping I'm the doorway,
"Can you promise me something? Can you get Jac to speak to Jasmine, let her know who she is, I want her to know her sister... Can Jac be there with Ms Effanga, she trusts Jac" Paula asked, as Elliot thought about his answer...
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Back on the ward, Jac and Jonny were strolling round to the nurses station, Jonny could see that Jac was clearly in no mood to speak to anyone, including him, but he need to try and get through to her, to see the bigger picture here,
"What was all that about? Why let her get to you again if all she does is cause you pain?" Jonny asked, stepping in front of her, placing his hands firmly on her arms to stop her. Jac looked down at the floor, her mind overflowing with thoughts and memories of her poor excuse of a mother Paula.
"She angers me so much, she thinks that it's ok to stroll back into my life again and demand to see our daughter, what gives her the right to do that, why would I let Emma see her, I don't want her to hurt Emma like she hurt me... Why did we even tell her Emma's name?" Jac replied, not making eye contact with Jonny at all.
"Listen to me, Paula will never hurt You or our daughter, if you want Emma no where near Paula then I respect your decision..." Jonny said, finally gaining eye contact with Jac as he tried to reassure her.
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A few moments later Elliot came bursting out of his office, his face filled with a mixture of anger and upset as he found himself stuck in a sticky situation with Jac, the girl he always considered his daughter, and her biological mother, a patients relative. He then saw Jac and Jonny, his heart began to pound against his chest as he had to ask her something regarding her mother, he took a deep breath and proceeded with caution, as he approached the couple.
"Ms Naylor, could I have a word please?" He said, a little shaky as he fiddled with his fingers, Jac looked at him bewildered, convinced that she was about to be punished for her unprofessional behaviour, reluctantly she agreed, releasing herself from Jonny's grip,
"I'll go and check on Miss Burrows" Jonny said, before walking off to the side bays.
"About what happened in there, she..." Jac started, trying to explain her actions as Elliot jumped in.
"I don't need to talk about that, I understand... The thing is that Paula, your mother has asked that you be present at the consultation with Mo, when we explain the endocarditis and possible surgery" Elliot explained nervously, closely watching Jac's body language throughout, as she looked to the side, shaking her head and biting her tongue.
Jac stood there, soaking in what Elliot was saying, not quite sure whether this was her mums way of getting to her through her work place. After think hard about it, Jac had finally made her decision.
"I'll do it... But not for her, she deserves nothing from me" Jac said sharply, before walking off to find Mo.
Seconds later Mo was standing outside the consultants office, chatting with a nurse about a patient, when Jac's figure caught her attention,
"Sorry excuse me... jac! Wait up!" Mo said, making her apologies before trying to grab the withdrawn consultants attention.
"What Mo?" Jac said quickly, her voice breaking up as she continued to walk down the corridor,
"Hold up!... What is wrong with you today? Your more grouchier than usual!" Mo said, earning herself a sarcastic smile from Jac as she turned around and stopped,
"I'm sure Jonny will fill you In later..." Jac said, turning around, as mo grabbed onto her arm,
"Let go of me!" Jac snapped, pulling her arm away from Mo,
"I'm guessing Elliot's asked you about being at the consultation? All you have to do is stand there and listen, apparently Jasmine only trusts you!... Now come on, where's that Jac Naylor we all know?" Mo said, speaking softly to her friend.
Jac looked at Mo, her eyes heavy and tired as she felt at a loss of what to do, she felt as though she needed someone, other than Jonny to speak to about this whole situation and with Michael outta town, Mo or Sacha were her only option,
"I don't know what to do Mo, I'm scared she'll hurt me again!" Jac said, a little tearily as she looked down at the ground. Mo stood there, a little confused as to what she meant,
"Look, we will go and get this consult over and done with then me and you can go and take a break and talk things over ok?" Mo said, knowing the chances of Jac ever wanting to off load her troubles onto her were slim. Jac then simply nodded, much to the surprise of Mo, before they both walked off down the corridor to Jasmines bedside.
Back on the ward, Paula had arrived back at Jasmines bedside, her skin losing it's colour as the minutes went by. Jasmine looked over to her mother, whilst Jonny was finishing her Obs and checks her blood pressure.
"What have you done this time? I'm guessing it has something to do with Jac?" Jasmine said, causing Jonny to look up at the pair, so he could find out her answer.
"I've done nothing wrong, Jac blew things out of proportion... She seems to think that I'm back at this hospital to get another one of her organs" Paula said, hanging her head in shame,
"I'm not surprised mum, last time you were here you had one of her kidneys and gave her false hope that you were back for good! What kind of mother does that!" Jasmine snapped, clearly showing Jonny that she was not in the best of moods with her mother.
"Jasmine, I was In a bad place back then, my kidneys were failing, I was facing long term dialysis, she offered to donate her kidney... On her birthday" Paula said, reminiscing about that very day,
"That's a new low even for you mum, even lower than not telling either of us that we are sisters... You know what I don't want you here, go " Jasmine said, before turning on to her side, dancing away from Paula.
"Jas, you don't mean this, your just angry..." Paula cried, trying to brainwash her youngest daughter,
"Go!" Jasmine snapped. Before Paula reluctantly walked off just as Jac and Mo approached the bay.
Jac and Mo looked at each other, wondering what had just gone on between the two women, before looking at jasmines notes,
"Her heart rate is a little on the high side, temp is still at 39.8, still complaining of acute chest pains" Jonny says, informing the two women of their patients condition,
"Right ok, Miss Burrows, I'm Ms Effanga, a Cardiotherasic registrar and this is as you know Ms Naylor, we've had your test results back and found out that you have endocarditis, this is a rare infection of the lining of the heart, it can cause abscesses around the wall of the heart. Endocarditis Is usually treated by a course of intravenous anti biotics but can lead to surgery" Mo explains, as Jac stood beside her with her arms crossed.
"Wha... What does this mean? Am I going to die?" Jasmine asked, worrying at her diagnosis,
"No, the anti biotics that we have administered don't seem to be taking effect, so before we consider the surgery route we will try a stronger anti biotic to see if we can clear the infection, if not I'm afraid surgery is the only option," Jac jumped in, answering the worried patients question, Mo looked at her, pleased that she had decided to not give up on Jasmine.
"Oh goodness, if I do need the surgery, who will be performing it?" Jasmine asked, her hand shaking slightly at the news she had just been given.
"Myself and Ms Effanga will perform the operation together... Right Jonny can you get 500mg IV amoxicillin, 5 of morphine for the pain, an ECG and order FBC, U&Es and cross and save" Jac said, jotting down in the notes before they both walked off.
"I'm really proud of you for getting involved in this case again!" Jonny whispered as Jac brushed past him,
"I've gotta see it through to the end haven't I since when have I given up on anything?" Jac replied, before strutting down the corridor,Jonny smiled as he watched her disappear in to the distance...
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Hi all,
I hope you enjoy this chapter,
Suggestions are welcome,
I'm thinking of having Jac and Jasmine talking together about there past and life?
Please read and review xx