Short chapter today.
Thanks for the reviews last week.
SPOILERS – this week – Tad tracks down Rachel Trope, Reggie experiences life as a full time Nanny and the trial begins
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JR was sat in the common room… he felt less comfortable about his roommates after Marissa's tales. He was still thinking of her words, trying to work out what to do.
"JR!" one of the orderlies appeared and beamed at him. "Have you come to do the beading workshop?"
"What?"
"Eight o'clock every Friday is craft time!"
"Oh," said JR. He noticed the room was starting to fill up. "I'll go." he said. Maybe he'd find a quiet spot elsewhere.
As he left the room he brushed passed Annie. She turned her head and watched him go with concern in her eyes.
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Annie followed JR out into the courtyard garden. It was a cold miserable day and she found him sheltering beside the old shed they used in the summer when they worked on the vegetable garden.
"JR." she said taking a seat beside him of the battered bench. "Are you okay?"
JR looked up.
"No." he said simply; then he shook his head and got to his feet. "I'm just tired. I'm tired of being angry. I'm tired of fighting this war when no one else is even fighting it any more. I'm tired of hating so much that nothing else matters. I need it to stop. I need to talk to Doctor Stanhope."
"You can talk to me." said Annie. She had no idea JR was so troubled.
"No," said JR, "I need to tell him I haven't been taking my medication."
Annie grinned at him.
"I knew it!" she cried. "That's a great plan. They'll have to suspend the trial…"
"What? That's not why I did it… It stopped the anger, it made me soft… What do you mean about the trial?"
"Well if you are not medically fit they won't sign you out for release let alone let you to give testimony at a trial. The will have to cancel it all?"
JR blanched.
"No, I have to go to trial. If I don't go to trial I'll never get my son back!"
"JR." said Annie, in a concerned tone.
"No, no, no." said JR shaking his head. "Nothing is going to stop me going to that trial."
"Then you can't tell your doctor about your medication." said Annie frankly. "Do you think you are going to win?"
"I think I am going to win back my son." said JR determinedly.
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