Chapter 14

'Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.' - Wilkie Collins.

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Jo walked over to Amelia as she was reading Sarah Miller's chart. 'Hey.' Jo said as she came to her side. 'How do the results look?'

'Hey Wilson, they look good.' Amelia smiled. 'Hopefully another couple of sessions should reduce the infected areas enough and we'll be able to get back in there. We can run the same test tomorrow and go from there.'

'That's great.' She smiled. 'Have you told Mr Miller?'

'Yeah I spoke with him this morning.' Amelia informed her. Wilson was shifting next to her. 'Can I help you with something else Wilson?' Amelia asked. Jo sighed and grabbed her arm, pulling her into an on call room.

'I need to make sure you're really okay.' Jo said, a worried look on her face.

'What makes you think I'm not?' Amelia asked calmly.

'Just that, you're too calm.' Jo said. 'Like none of this phases you.'

'Oh, this phases me Wilson, more than a little.' Amelia confessed. 'But if I had a break down every time something bad or dangerous happened, I would be a mess. I have had too many break downs over the years.'

'So you're okay? Really?' Jo asked again.

'Yes.' Amelia said firmly. 'I am okay.' She smiled, taking Jo's hands. 'As for you, you need to relax.' Amelia said.

'I can't relax.' Jo said. 'Not whilst he's out there and attacking my friends.' She let out a sigh.

'In this hospital, you can relax. He won't get in here.' Amelia smiled. 'Please just trust me on that Jo, he won't find you in here. This is your turf, not his. He has no power here.'

'Yeah, you're right.' Jo nodded, convincing herself. Jo stood breathing slowly for a little while when Amelia's pager went off. She took it from her pocket and saw a 911 from Owen.

'I have to go.' She said to Jo. 'Are we good here?' She asked.

'We're good. Go see Owen.' Jo smiled as Amelia left the room. She slumped down on one of the beds and closed her eyes.

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'Owen, what's going on?' Amelia said as she found him at the nurses station. He looked at her with a hard stare before ushering her into one of the vacant meeting rooms. 'Owen? You paged me 911, I thought someone was dying.' She said angrily. He started pacing the room letting out deep breaths. 'Owen, tell me what's wrong.' She demanded. He came towards her and faced her.

'When were you going to tell me that some guy threw a brick at you last night?' He almost shouted. Amelia realised that she had neglected to tell him anything about what was going on.

'You spoke to Alex?' She queried.

'Yeah I spoke to him and he told me what happened.'

'Owen, I'm sorry.' She ran her hands through her hair. 'I was going to tell you….'

'Really? When?' He asked.

'I meant to, everything just got a little crazy.' She admitted. 'And I forgot.'

'You forgot?' He fumed. 'To tell me, your boyfriend, that a man followed you home and put a brick through your window? Amelia, you could have been killed!'

'Owen, please calm down and let me talk.' She said softly. 'I know you're angry…'

'I'm not angry Amelia.' He said.

'Could have fooled me.' She smiled, but he did not return the gesture.

'I'm not angry, I'm terrified.' He admitted before coming over to her and pulling her into a hug.

'Okay, I know. I'm sorry for not telling you.' Amelia said through his embrace. He pulled away from her and looked into her eyes before moving her head to the side and looking at the cut on her cheek.

'Are you alright?' He asked gently, running his thumb just under the cut.

'I am.' She confirmed. 'It was a little scary when it happened but we know who it was and we're dealing with it.'

'Fine.' He sighed. 'But we're going to sit here and go through everything from the beginning, okay?'

'Okay Owen.' She said as he pulled out a chair for her to sit on. She sat as he did the same and started from the top.

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'Wilson.' Arizona called from inside the NIC-U. 'Come here and help me with this.'

'What do you need Dr Robbins?' She asked.

'I found a low battery light on one of the incubators. Can you go around all of them and make sure they have enough power. Just to be sure.' She smiled.

'Of course.' Jo said, starting with the incubator to her left.

'So you and Amelia are going to the police station later?' Arizona asked.

'Yeah, I want this to be over as quickly as possible.' Jo said.

'I get that.' Arizona nodded, checking a monitor beside her.

'My shift ends in two hours and I'm going to wait for Amelia, she gets off in three.' Jo told her.

'Let me know when you're done okay?' Arizona requested. Jo looks over at her and smiles.

'Of course I will.' Jo agrees.

'And can you tell Amelia that I'll be home when she's finished there so she can come over whenever.'

'I can tell her that.' Jo said, checking the last incubator. 'These are all good.'

'Thanks Wilson.' Arizona said. 'How is Sarah Miller getting on? I haven't been round there since yesterday.'

'She's doing good. The cancer seems to be responding a little. Dr Shepherd wants to give it another day and then we'll check again.'

'Great, that's good news.' Arizona smiled. 'Now get out of here and do something useful.'

'Where do you want me?' Jo asked.

'Anywhere, go find a surgery to watch for a couple of hours. Relax a little.' Arizona smiled.

'You're not the first person to tell me that today.' Jo said, shaking her head and leaving the room. 'I will go and find something to do!'