Point Of View 2 [*Do not read until you've read the same chapter of ATW]

Chapter 101 The Dealer

*James*

Julia is a smart woman. It's almost scary. She managed to use Jeremy's obsession with her to her own advantage. The guy will do anything for her. Even ignore the law. In a way, I don't blame Julia. Just like I don't think I belong in jail for a car accident, I don't believe Mike Maloney should be in prison for an addiction problem. Like Julia said, violent people should be there, not people like me or Mike. Instead of writing the guy up which would have his parole officer contacted and result in him in the slammer, Jeremy is letting it slide, all to make Julia happy.  He's trying to redeem himself and she's playing the game.

The fact that it was Nate's little sister...AND his own mother... who provided the illegal substances, well that's a whole different fucked up story.

"Nate needs to know what's going on." I say as we sit in Jeremy's office. Julia helps me eat a little more and also steals a few bites from my toast, making me smile. "He pays for his sister to be here. If she's not taking this seriously...."

"This explains why she has been so moody lately. She's back to using." Julia adds.

"I'll text Nate now to set up a meeting face to face before I confront Cara. But we need to remove the drugs from her room." Jeremy puts his hand out, wanting his phone back and Julia hands it over. We all watch him text Nate

"You need to let him know the meeting isn't about me. He's gonna think-"

"I know." Jeremy nods and sends the message. "Shit. What a mess. Take Michael back to your apartment to sober him up. If anyone sees him high I'm going to have to answer questions."

We all nod in agreement.

"Jeremy." Julia looks up at the doctor. "Thank you for not calling his parole officer."

"Yeah.... whatever." He waves her off but then Jeremy reads whatever Nate texted him and all the color drains from his face.

"FUCK."

"What did he say??" I ask.

"Julia, why don't you take Michael to your room now. We can talk later."

"Bullshit. What did Nate say??" Julia needs to know.

"His personal assistant responded." Jeremy holds his breath before continuing. "It's already on the news. Rescue took Nate to the ER."

Christ.

"Is it his heart?" Julia's voice waivers now thinking of the worst-case scenario.

"No. They are testing him for the flu but I guess he was pretty dehydrated and blacked out at home. But it doesn't sound like anything serious. At all." Jeremy's eyes are on his phone. He turns around and grabs the remote on his desk and turns on the small tv in the corner of his office.

"Jesus, how do they know about this stuff so fast?" Jeremy mutters to himself as we watch reporters already drawing a crowd in front of the hospital because of Nate.

"It's just what the do." Julia responds with one of Nate's explanations.

"You are handling this news really well." Jeremy notices Julia is fairly calm, all things considered.  She tucks my hair up off my forehead and gives me a little smile.I can definitely notice a difference. Like her medications and stuff are actually starting to work. It helps she is no longer going through detox. It's been a long time since I've seen "healthy Julia." She's making it really hard to not fall in love with her all over again.

The door swings open and that other doctor, Trevor Tremont, walks in. Even though the man takes over the room and sends off these arrogant vibes with his good looks and expensive clothes, we know he isn't like that now.