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Chapter 7:
The next day Nancy, Charlie and Jo were all by John's bed side, all silently praying for his safe return to them. Then the door opened to reveal Sir Monty Everard, a judge, whose friendship with John though a slow and rocky process was now quite strong. Monty looked at John and the smile which was on his face quickly left and was replaced by a look of worry. He looked at Charlie and smiled a reassuring smile before turning to Nancy and offering the same form of support.
"Jo, it's been a long time. How have you been?" Monty said friendly enough and offering out his arms. Jo accepted Monty's hands and allowed him to pull her up into a friendly embrace and then softly kissed him on the check.
"Monty, I'm fine thanks. How have you been?" Jo replied thankfully for the conversation about something other than John's condition.
"Good, good. I can't say that court has been as eventful without you, you are sorely missed and though I'm sure Sir Ian was glad to see the back of you, even he misses the challenges you provided. It's great to see you again, though not under the circumstances. I'm sure John would want you here though, it would mean a lot to him," Monty responded sincerely.
"Thanks Monty, I have to say I've missed you all," Jo replied reminiscing on the good old days when she was appearing in court before John or Monty.
"How is he?" Monty eventually said.
"The same," Nancy interrupted, quite affronted of the closeness of the conversation between Jo and Monty. Monty nodded his head in sympathy and understanding and headed out of the hospital. Jo, Nancy and Charlie reverted back into the familiar silence that had filled their morning.
After lunch another visitor arrived, this time not to see John, but to see Charlie. The door opened to reveal the gorgeous, slim, blonde ex wife of John Deed, Georgina Channing. George walked in carrying a bag with a sandwich, bottle of water and a few magazines obviously all supplies for her daughter Charlie.
"Hi," was George's obnoxious greeting. Then she took a close look at the people surrounding John and fixed her gaze on Jo.
"I should've guessed that you would've come. John's in trouble so you come riding to the rescue, just like the good old days. I must say I thought you had finally woken up Jo, obviously your still just as naïve," George said in her ever so posh voice.
"It's great to see you again to George. I heard that you and Neil Houghton didn't work out, I'm sorry, I guess he wasn't strong enough to deal with you at your best," Jo spat out. George and Jo had been rivals ever since Jo began a relationship with John while he was still married to George.
"Mum, Jo please just stop. Dad's in hospital and the last thing I need is you two fighting," Charlie said trying to restore the peace.
"Well some of us have to be working, so I'll see you later darling," George said handing Charlie the bag and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"You better go and rake in the cash from helping companies rail road innocent victims," Jo said referring to George's role as a civil barrister helping major companies.
"At least I know my place in the world," George grinned in reply as she exited the room. Jo felt the blow of George's final words, knowing that she was referring to Nancy and how she was John's new girlfriend. Nancy looked at Jo and Charlie trying to comprehend the meaning of the exchange between George and Jo. There was something that Charlie, Monty and George all knew about Jo that she wasn't informed about and she was sure that it was something very important that caused Jo to be here.
