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'Come on, let's get you inside' Sacha's soft voice came back as he gently placed a hand on Jac's shoulder.

'Don't touch me!' Jac gasped as she flinched out of the way of Sacha's touch.

'Okay' Sacha held up his hands to show he wasn't going to touch her. 'You need to get that wrist looked at though'

'I was meant to be getting Jasmine a hot chocolate' Jac spoke breathlessly, the shock setting in. 'I need to do that.'

'I'll do that' Malick spoke calmly, but his face couldn't hide the shock he felt witnessing Jac's reaction. 'If you go with Sacha I'll take Jasmine her hot chocolate.'

Jac nodded her consent. 'Right then let's go up to Keller, it'll be quieter that way' Sacha spoke softly, knowing Jac would want as limited fuss as possible. They took the stairs to avoid as many people as they could, their progress slow due to Jac's shaking. They reached the ward and Sacha quietly guided Jac over to Michael's office. Jac sat down on the sofa whilst Sacha filled in the details for Ric and Michael. She was still visibly shaking as Michael knelt down in front of her.

'Would you like us to get Jonny?' He spoke quietly.

Jac nodded her head. 'I'll go' Sacha spoke 'it'll be better if I tell him to his face.'

'I'll go and get you an ice pack for that wrist' Ric also spoke softly, shocked at Jac's appearance.

'Do you feel safe with just me here?' Ric heard Michael ask Jac as he exited the room and quietly closed the door.

'You don't think Joseph would of…?' Ric let his question remind unfinished.

'I don't know. I don't think so.' Sacha answered with a shrug 'but he terrified into thinking he might and I think that's just as bad. He was using her own fear against her.'

Malick appeared from the ward having delivered Jasmine her hot chocolate. 'She wanted to know where Jac was, I told her there had been an emergency on Darwin'

'Good, that's good' Sacha nodded his approval.

'The way Jac was acting' Malick spoke awkwardly 'it was as though she'd been raped.'

Sacha and Ric looked at one another. 'Come and help me make Ms Naylor a cup of tea' Ric said to the registrar 'there's a few things I need to fill you in on, things that you must never repeat to anyone, especially not to Jac. Am I being clear?' Ric's voice became stern.

'Perfectly' Malick nodded as he followed Ric to the staffroom.

As panicked and angry as Jonny had been when Sacha had filled him on what had happened with Joseph, he had become calm and steady by the time he had reached Jac.

The three men watched as Jonny had spoken carefully to Jac, convincing her to allow him to wrap a blanket around her shaking shoulders and hold the ice pack on her bruised wrist for her. He had also managed to get her take a few sips of the sweet tea, something Ric had spent five minutes trying to get her to do. Eventually her shaking stopped.

'Can I look at that wrist for you?' Ric asked.

Jac nodded and quietly added 'I think it's just bruised though.'

Ric knelt down in front of her and carefully examined her hand.

'I should have listened to you' Jac said to him as he instructed her to move her hand and fingers.

'I didn't think this would happen' Ric shook his head. 'Did he hurt you anywhere else?'

Jac shook her head although her shoulder also felt bruised from where it hit the wall after Joseph had pushed her. 'I'm sorry' Jac's voice broke with a sob 'I'm over reacting'

'Of course you're not' Jonny spoke as the three other men murmured their agreement with him. Jonny took a chance and gently placed an arm around her shoulders. She tensed for a second but then began to relax against him. She breathed deeply, gaining control over her emotion.

'Your wrist is just badly bruised, its going to be sore for quite a few days I'm afraid' Ric spoke softly as he placed the ice pack back on her wrist. 'I think Jonny should take you home so you can rest.'

Jac shook her head 'He's meant to be working and I promised Ava we would go and visit the ducks today'.

'I'm sure Elliot will let me leave under the circumstances' Jonny took over holding the ice pack on Jac's wrist. He could see finger marks forming as bruises already. 'I can come with you to feed the ducks.'

'Hey Jasmine, I've got a question for you' Michael Spence said as he entered the side room.

'Really?' Jasmine answered him as she crossed her arms 'because I've also got one for you. Where is Jac?'

'On Darwin'

'Really?' Jasmine gave him a suspicious look that was remarkably similar to Jac's. 'Treating a patient is she?'

'That's right' Michael took a seat.

'Well that's interesting because if you look in the pocket of her coat that is hanging on the back on that chair I think you'll find her stethoscope.'

Michael groaned as he pulled out Jac's stethoscope from the coat pocket.

'Now I'm not a doctor but I would say that is a vital piece of equipment she may want in her chosen profession as heart surgeon.' Jasmine looked stern 'so where is she?'

'Ava?' Michael addressed the little girl who was sat on Jasmines bed playing with fuzzy felts 'do you want to go and ask Nurse Lane for a drink of juice?' The little girl nodded so Michael lifted her off the bed. 'She just at the nurses station' Michael directed the child and the watched as she walked up to Chantelle.

'What's happened?' Jasmine face was anxious now as Michael shut the door and sat back down.

'You know Joseph Byrne turned up yesterday?'

Jasmine nodded.

'He attacked her this morning'

'What? Is she ok?' Jasmine made to move out of the bed.

'Hey, watch those stitches' Michael stood and pushed the young woman back down onto the bed. 'She's fine, just a few bruises but she's badly shaken up'.

'I don't understand, I thought he and Jac had been lovers?'

'Yeah well she wouldn't have told you but Joseph has a dark streak, this isn't the first time he's been violent with her.' Michael rubbed his tired eyes. 'This time she got off lightly but it's frightened her. I think it's brought up some bad memories for her.'

'Poor Jac' Jasmine sighed. 'You know when Jonny works a night shift she sleeps with the light on?'

'Yeah I know.' Michael pulled three envelopes out his pocket 'anyway before she comes in here again I need to ask you why I'm getting letters for you addressed care of Michael Spence delivered here?'

'Three reasons. One; I can't have them delivered to Jac's house because then she'll find out I'm looking for our mother. Two; if I used Jac's address that means our mother would have it and I'd rather she didn't turn up unannounced at Jac's home. And three; if I die before she answers you need to take on the task for me.' Jasmine spoke reasonably

'I never said that I would…'

'I'm not asking' Jasmine cut him off as he handed her the letters. She opened the first two and was disappointed to find they were responses saying they didn't know where her mother was now. The third was addressed in handwriting Jasmine recognised. She held the envelope up. 'This is my mother's writing.'

'Well open it then' Michael spoke eagerly.

'I can't' she thrust the letter back at him. 'You do it'

'Alright' Michael sighed and slit the letter open. He read it quickly, it was only one page of folded A4 paper. 'Well its not positive reading. She wants to know why she is responsible for all those things that have happen to Jac, she makes a few feeble excuses and then goes on to question if Jac could be lying about it all anyway.'

'Oh' Jasmine looked disappointed.

'There is an address though' Michael said handing the young woman back the letter. 'She's in London.'

'She really is a piece of work' Jasmine muttered as she read her mother's words for herself. 'I think it's time to play the dying daughter card. Hand me my laptop would you?'

'Auntie Jac!' Ava exclaimed as she saw her auntie and uncle leaving the office. She ran up to her auntie and Jac scooped her up into her arms wincing slightly as Ava's body pressed against the bruises.

'Hey pumpkin' She hugged the little girl tightly and Ava hugged her back. 'I needed that' she smiled at her niece and kissed her on the cheek.

'Are we still going to see the ducks?' Ava asked.

'Of course we are' Jonny spoke 'I'm going to see if I can find some bread to feed them.' He kissed Ava's cheek and then Jac's. He smiled over his shoulder as he exited the ward to go up to Darwin to see if there was any bread in the staffroom.

Jac walked Ava back to the side room and plonked her down on the end of Jasmines bed.

'Hi Granddad' she smiled warmly at George Burrows who was now seated in the bedside chair.

'What on earth have you done to your wrist Jac? Its black and blue!' George exclaimed

'Oh its nothing' Jac hastily pulled down her sleeve to hide the bruising that was still developing.

'It looked like finger marks to me' George crossed his arms.

'Jac had an emergency patient on Darwin this morning. He was a bit anxious about needles, isn't that right Jac?' Jasmine quickly and naturally lied for her sister. Jac nodded her head quickly in response whilst shooting her sister a strange look.

'So he crushed your wrist?' George sounded concerned

'Yes' Jac lied. 'It happens all the time when you're inserting a cannula, I've been punched, kicked and slapped as well in the past.'

'Sounds like you should have danger money' George decided to let it go, convinced by Jac's words.

'I still think we should go to Cornwall and give this Joseph Byrne character a taste of his own medicine' Malick spoke from the sofa as he waited in Elliot Hope's office for his first meeting with team Naylor.

'I don't disagree with your sentiments' Henrik Hanssen spoke from his seat behind Jac's tidy desk. 'However two wrongs do not make a right.'

'He held her up against a wall.' Sacha spoke quietly. 'He had her terrified and held up against a wall because she turned him down' he felt Mo place a comforting hand on his shoulder. This was also her first meeting with the whole team, having only been told about its existence recently.

'I still can't believe he did it' Elliot shook head with disbelief 'I've told him not to come back, not to contact Jac or else I will be the one calling the police.'

'What did he say to that?' Ric Griffin asked, leaning up against the window sill with his hands in his pockets.

'He didn't say a lot, he is ashamed of what he's done. I told him he needs to get professional help, anger management classes, anything' Elliot sighed. 'To think he once cherished Jac and yet he still did this to her.'

Serena Campbell entered the tiny office and took a seat next to Malick. 'I can't believe it is the same man who danced so gentlemanly with Jac last night who has caused all this commotion' she sighed 'poor Jac. To think we encouraged her to go last night'.

'I' Elliot spoke up once more 'it was I who pushed her into going.'

'Let's not play the blame game' Ric shook his head 'I feel just as responsible.'

'Right let's keep this brief' Michael Spence spoke as he entered the room, closing the door behind him. 'We've all got wards to run and I don't know how long Jasmine and Ava can keep Jac distracted for.'

'Is she ok?' Mo asked

Michael nodded 'that kid is like therapy for her. However the conversation I've just had with her sister means we might have a new problem just on the horizon'

Jonny decided to pop his head in to say goodbye to Elliot before he left to take Jac and Ava to the park. He knocked on the door and pushed it open. He was momentarily shocked to see the small office full of people. Elliot, Ric, Michael, Sacha, Malick, Mr Hanssen, Serena and Mo were all crammed into the tiny space looking at Jonny with sheepish faces.

'Sorry I …' Jonny mumbled before asking 'what's going on?'

'Would you believe this is the wedding committee?' Sacha lied hopefully.

'Err…' Jonny looked at Mr Hanssen '…no' he answered slowly.

'Come in Nurse Maconie and shut door and we'll tell you why we are all here' Mr Hanssen spoke kindly. 'How is Ms Naylor?'

'She's ok' Jonny spoke slowly again still confused 'a little sore but she'll live.'

'Right well you might as well know that all these people you see in the room here' Sacha spoke again 'are actually here in support of Jac and, well, you as well I suppose.' Sacha smiled 'we are in effect team Naylor.'

'Right…ok…well….I don't understand' Jonny spluttered. 'This is really weird.'

'It's a way of us helping and supporting Jac without Jac knowing she is being helped' Ric explained.

'We're like her secret back up' Serena put in.

'How long has this been going on for?' Jonny asked a bit taken aback.

'Years' Elliot chuckled 'absolute years and she doesn't know'

'She should know' Jonny felt a lump of emotion build in his throat. 'I thought she had no one. She should know how much she is cared about' tears escaped from Jonny's eyes 'and is loved'.