> Julia stiffened and then stood, leaning on him a little but more on her
own
> two feet by the moment. She rubbed her fingers together and closed her
eyes
> before opening them again and directing them both toward the opening. She
> wanted out of there and made sure she was on his uninjured side, laying
her
> head against his shoulder as they moved.
>
> Of course, that changed as soon as they got out and she caught sight of
the
> woman now in Frank's custody. Julia was still a little unsteady on her
feet
> but what Megan had done and tried to do to her and her family.......
>
> "You." She said, her voice filled with steel as she slipped out from under
> Derek's arm and started toward the woman "You lied to me, you used my
> brother to get me here, you gave my friend a concussion, you stick us in a
> vault to suffocate.."
>
> Each word was said hard and she came closer at each instance, blue gaze
> filled with cold anger "You endanger my baby and then try and shoot my
> husband --"
>
> Julia pulled back her right arm and then hauled off with a right cross
that
> met Megan square in the jaw and sent the other woman reeling to the floor.
>
> "You EVER come near my family again......." Julia promised, the anger she
> was feeling the thing that kept her standing and ignoring the
> lightheadedness she still felt.
>
> She was shaking and Frank picked Megan up and turned to stick her in a
> police squad car, looking at both Julia and Derek with his own grim
> determination.
>
> Julia could have done far worse but she turned to Derek, her gaze falling
on
> his arm as she wrestled with the emotion and keeping both him and Amelia
in
> mind. He had to be looked at... and they had to make sure Amelia was
okay.
>
> And Julia..... Julia had to lay down before the room started spinning
again.
>
>
Derek put his uninjured arm firmly around Julia supporting her as the went
out to the ambulance. He normally would have stopped her from doing what
she did, if for her own sake only, however he was dealing with his own bout
of slight dizziness at the moment she went after Megan. And people thought
he had a temper, he smiled slightly and shook his head.
