Without Her

Chapter 43 - No Promises.

Jac arrives at Holby, she walks through Pulses and gets into the lift. She hopes nobody sees her.

"Hold the lift please!" Shouts a voice, Jac does so.

Nicky, out of all bloody people. It had to be Nicky.

"McKendrick." Jac says, crossing her arms.

"Oh! Miss Naylor?" Nicky says, turning to face her "You're back again?"

"No I'm back to see Sacha, and get surgery scheduled." She replies, looking down.

"You're pregnant?!" Nicky says, seeing Jac's bump.

"Yeah, I am." Jac replies, looking up at her.

"Well congratulations I suppose."

"Don't do that." She says.

"Don't do what, Miss Naylor?"

"Don't congratulate me, I can't take that." She sighs, looking like she's about to burst into tears "My baby, is ill it is not a time for celebration."

"Does Kian know?" Nicky asks.

"He doesn't know, anything about this and I would appreciate it. If it stayed that way, Nicky."

"So he doesn't know you're pregnant?"

"He does, but he doesn't know about the baby's illness."

"So please, don't mention any of this." Jac says, getting out of the lift.

Jac walks up to Sacha's office, and just walks in.

"Jac!" Sacha smiles, standing up and hugging her.

"Don't you know how to knock?" He asks, joking.

"Haha, very funny." She replies.

"We need to talk, Sacha." Jac sighs, sitting down.

"Yeah, I need to talk to you too." Sacha replies.

"I think I should go first." She says.

"Maybe I should go first?"

"My baby, has spina bifida. I need you to operate." She says, as Sacha talks at the same time.

"Kian had an overdose."

They both look at each other confused.

"What?" Jac says, looking at Sacha.

"Yeah, Kian had an overdose..." Sacha says, reeling from the news Jac just told him.

"Do you actually think I care?" Jac scoffs "I wouldn't care, if he died."

"You don't mean that."

"Don't I?" She replies.

"Your baby?" Sacha says, looking at her with sad eyes.

"Yeah, the baby has spina bifida." She says, resting her hands on her bump.

"Jac, I'm not a fetal or paediatric specialist." He replies.

"Please..." Jac sighs "I need someone I trust to do this."

"I'm really scared, Sacha." She says, looking at him.

"Okay, we I'll see what I can get in place." He replies, hugging her again.

Meanwhile....