Is this destiny?

~ Los Angeles, LA Medical Center ~

October 4, 2:37 PM

JoAnna is in Charlie\'s VIP room, talking with Jarred and Charlie about his discharge.

"We got the room ready for him in our villa, not far from here.", Jarred told JoAnna and showed her photos of a spacious room which has a hospital-grade bed inside.

"I\'m not saying that you can\'t go.", JoAnna spoke to Charlie. "But here you have medical staff 24 hours a day available in case you need anything."

Jarred responded instead of Charlie: "We have staff who will take care of his meals. Anything related to his medical needs, nurse Emma will handle."

JoAnna raised an eyebrow. "Don\'t you plan to have someone else from medical staff present?"

"I trust only Emma.", Charlie responded and Jarred shrugged.

JoAnna frowned slightly while thinking that Charlie is taking pain medications on every six hours and another one on eight hours. If only Emma is there, doesn\'t that mean that she won\'t have a breather?

JoAnna stepped out of the VIP room and called Emma to come to her office.

"Did you agree to take care of Charlie after he moves out of the hospital?", JoAnna asked as soon as Emma entered.

"Yes."

"You know that they will not have a second nurse, so everything is on you?" JoAnna wanted to make sure Emma thought about this thoroughly.

"I\'m doing everything already." Emma said with a helpless smile on her face. "Charlie does not allow any other nurse to touch him. Once he moves out of here, I will go with him. They will give me a guestroom to stay in while I take care of Charlie. The resting room on second floor of the hospital is OK, but what the Smiths showed me looks better. I came here to help you out with this surgery, and I\'m not taking care of any other patient… Is there a problem?"

JoAnna thought how everything that Emma said makes sense.

"No problems. But… with this you are making him more dependent on you and you will leave in five days back to Seattle."

"I thought you want me to stay and work here."

JoAnna\'s face lit up. "Really? You will?"

Emma bobbed her head and smiled. "I am thinking about it… and working on my list of demands. So, if two of us come to an agreement about me working in LA Medical Center, I will be in the area and I can take care of Charlie until he gets off from most of his medications. After that, I will be needed no more than two-three hours a day for rehabilitation, and that will reduce as time progresses. They offered me a generous compensation if I decide to stay beyond those five days, and right now I don\'t have anything better to do."

JoAnna was happy to hear Emma\'s words because the more details Emma provided, it means that there are bigger chances she will move to Los Angeles. She is considering it!

"OK. If you need anything or if those two give you a hard time, you know where to find me. I will be visiting every other day or so to check on him." JoAnna flashed a big smile. "And I look forward to see that list of demands from you."

Emma left JoAnna\'s office, and JoAnna\'s phone rang.

"Hey, do you have few minutes?", Ellie asked.

"Tell me.", JoAnna can tell that something is bothering Ellie.

"Matthew stopped by.", Ellie said after some hesitation.

"Your dad?"

"Mhm…", Ellie confirmed. "Do you remember when we spoke last time I mentioned a woman who Jasper fired?"

JoAnna wrecked her brain and had to admit after few seconds: "Not really. Remind me."

"She is Jasper\'s ex, and still interested in him. Also, it seems that she has his father\'s support."

"Sounds like trouble. How does your father fit into that story?"

"He gave me evidence how that woman hired someone to follow me."

JoAnna frowned. "Do you want me to take care of her?"

Ellie pinched roof of her nose while thinking that her father said the same. "No. But I would like to hear your opinion. You are handling so many women who are after Jeff, so I hope that you have some advice I can use."

"OK. First answer one question: do you like him?"

Ellie was confused. "I don\'t understand. Why does that matter?"

"It does. Jasper is a handsome young man with a good background. No matter how you look at him, he is a good catch. I can guarantee that there is more than one woman after him. Each of those women will have her own strategies and it\'s headache-inducing to keep them away. But if you like him and you want to fight for your relationship, then it\'s worth it. If you want my advice here it goes: talk to him. That woman is pursuing him and since she is his ex, he can give you relevant information to get her out of the picture."

"I don\'t know how to talk to him about this.", Ellie admitted.

"Tell him what you told me. That she hired someone to follow you and start from there. See what he says. In case he chickens out, let me know and I will take care of her."

JoAnna sighed at the silence coming from Ellie\'s end.

"Ellie, I know that you are used to doing things by yourself, but a good relationship requires teamwork. And I\'m still waiting to hear you say that you like him."

"Isn\'t it obvious?"

"I don\'t know. To me it sounds that you are still on the fence. Say it." JoAnna taunted Ellie. "Come on, say it and jump over that fence into looooove! Say it!"

Ellie was not sure how to respond. There is no way she will give in to teasing, no matter how persistent JoAnna is. "If I\'m going to say it, shouldn\'t he be the first one to hear it?"

"No one will know. This is just between the two of us… Hey! Are you backing out now? Say it! I want to hear you say: I like Jasper!"

Ellie laughed. "You know what? My break is over. I got to go. Catch you later!"

JoAnna stared at her phone. "I can\'t believe she hang up on me!"

JoAnna sent Ellie number of angry texts before letting go of her phone.

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