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

Chapters 129 & 130 Unbreak The Broken/ All Over The Place

*James*

Here's the thing with Julia.

She means well. She really does.  Julia takes care of everyone around her. The problem here is- she doesn't do the same for herself.

  Julia doesn't attend the sessions here; she doesn't go to individual therapy appointments and is barely a part of the Avalon community. She has no friends here. Only enemies. But Julia doesn't try or make an effort. She'd be a great mentor to so many people if she'd just care for herself first. 

If only Julia would go to the sessions, learn some coping skills so she can heal a little more, then she could help others. She could mentor younger women. Like Cara. Instead, she puts ALL her focus on physically caring for other people. Me, Mike, Nate, anyone detoxing or in need.

And it's really hard to get Julia to change her ways. So, I'm not surprised today isn't a great day for her. But it's an exceptionally bad day for my best friend.

While sitting outside in the backyard with Jonah, Paul comes out.  He's agitated to the max and begins pacing like a lion in a cage.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"Julia. The damn girl doesn't listen." Paul begins, and both me and Jonah laugh and laugh and laugh.....

"I'm serious, guys. I had to take a fucking piss so told her to wait in Mike Maloney's room. You know, the OTHER bodyguard." Paul is seriously disturbed, so Jonah and I no longer joke.

"She was pissed off at Jeremy for firing some nurse and took it upon herself to leave the room, march down the hall and blow up. I think it was one of her episodes." Paul looks to Jonah.

"Sounds like it." Jonah replies.

"Well, she grabbed Donovan and took him into an empty room. I don't know what the hell she said or did-"

"Wait. Julia was alone with Jeremy in an empty room??" I interrupt and Paul takes a deep inhale before nodding. That's why he's all wound up. Julia's fucking playing with fire. She's getting too comfortable with Dr. Donovan.

"She got mad at him, and it triggered something in him, whatever shit is wrong with him. When I finally found her, she was shaking like a leaf."

"Oh my God. Did he do something?" I don't mean to interrupt again and try to contain my emotion. I can tell Jonah is doing the same.

"No, thank God. But he could have!"

Paul is beside himself over this. This brings up a lot of shit for him too. He was there when Julia got raped. He saw it with his own eyes. So, I'm sure seeing Jeremy have whatever episode he had towards Julia brought that all up again. 

"She somehow talked him off the ledge and got him out of it but she was a mess after. Then I got mad at her. I don't know what to do with that girl if she won't listen to me as her bodyguard!" 

He drags his hands down his face, clearly frustrated with the day. With Julia. With everything. He leaves us to digest all this information and goes back inside. I decide maybe it's a good idea to go inside as well. Talk to Julia for myself. Maybe I can get through to her a little. I walk back into the house and sit down to think of what I want to say.  Paul is in the bedroom with Julia now so I wait. Detoxing Nate is sitting up wondering what the hell is happening.