> Julia landed hard on her backside, barely missing hitting her head as
Rachel
> tore past and winced with the force of the woman's action even as Patrick,
> equally as shocked by Rachel's action, called out to his wife as she ran.
>
> Julia groaned and pushed herself up and tried going after her, pain
flashing
> across her features as she made it to the first floor and, spotting
> Jonathon, gave him quick instruction on getting Derek out of his meeting
> with Megan without raising a possible alarm with the newcomer as she gave
> chase after Rachel.
>
> But too late and landing sideways gasping against the stone wall of the
> drive port, Julia watched Rachel being driven off into the Stag.
>
> "Oh man." Julia groaned, sliding to the ground as both exhausted and pain
> settled in. She had no idea what had happened or why Rachel had done what
> she had and Patrick watched Rachel leave with fear and near despair in his
> gaze, knowing he couldn't go after her because he could very well be the
> reason Rachel had broken down the way she had.
>
> The front door opened but Julia couldn't even make herself move to see who
> it was and let her head fall almost limply against the same wall her body
> was now leaning against.
>
> Hazard pay... she should put in for hazard pay.
>
Derek:
Derek turned his head as Jonathan poked his head in the room and told him
that he was being paged. He looked back at Megan, still totally confounded.
"Will you excuse me for a moment," he said, a statement rather than a
question. He left the room and headed towards the front door, just in time
to hear a crash. He quickened his pace and froze on the front steps when he
saw Julia laying on the ground. He swore under his breath in Dutch. Why
couldn't she take a simple instruction? No, she had to be running all about
and now she'd gotten hurt. He vaguely noticed Nick's car driving away from
the house in the distance. "Julia," he called hurrying towards her and
knewlling down on the ground beside. "What the Hell were you doing," he
asked as he began to check her over for obvious injuries. "We need to get
you inside, to bed," he said lifting her as he had the day before. "And if
you don't stay there, I will make certain you are tied down," he said
gruffly. He wasn't kidding either at this point he was quite serious. He
told her on multiple occassions not ot over extend herself. Derek started
walking quickly towards the house.
Derek
