Julia Parsons - Storylines

Storylines

Julia begun working on reception at the Riverside Practice (later renamed to The Mill) in January 2003 alongside her ex-husband Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy). The two began a relationship once again, which lead to Mac proposing to Julia, which subsequently lead them to get married for a second time. Julia caught Mac kissing his previous ex-wife Kate McGuire (Maggie Cronin), so, furious, she forced Mac and Kate to leave, and they moved, with their son Ciaran, to Ireland. Julia, now divorced in 2007, bought Mac's share at the Mill, and became the Practice Manager. In 2007 her youngest son Liam arrived with his wife Ocean Kennedy, whom Julia took disliked, who later gave birth to Julia's grandson, Marlyn. In May 2007, Julia reluctantly sacked her friend Donna Parmar (Martha Howe-Douglas) due to patient confidentiality. Donna was replaced with another one of Julia's friends, Vivien March (Anita Carey). In May 2009, Julia persuaded her mentally ill colleague Ruth Pearce (Selina Chilton) to move in with her due to her unstabilty, where Julia cared for her, until Ruth returned back to work, healthy. In 2010, Julia supported nurse Michelle Corrigan (Donnaleigh Bailey) when she chose to work as a army nurse in Afghanistan. Michelle's mother, Vera (Doña Croll), was angry with Julia as Vera blamed Julia for Michelle's enlisting, however after much persuassion by Michelle and Julia, Vera began to reliaze that Michelle was doing the right thing. Months later, Julia fell ill with symptoms of delusions and confusion; later diagnosed as Lyme disease. Whilst at home recovering from the disease, she became the victim of a suspected sexual assault by her colleague Charlie Bradfield (Philip McGough). He was subsequently sacked from the Mill and reported for misconduct.

In 2012, Julia meets garage owner Martin Millar (Miles Anderson). After parking her car in the way of his garage and therefore meeting, the two begin dating. After the couple begin not to trust each other through various acts, the two break up. They later get back together, but when Julia googles Martin and finds out that he was accused of arson, they end their relationship once again. Martin later reveals that he has had five wives, and that he had a daughter with his third, Sarah. Julia is stunned by this, and rejects Martin. She meets up with Martin again, but when Martin says that he wants to retire and move to Wales, she once again rejects him, as she does not want this. They keep arguing about this, and whilst they are, their car crashes with another vehicle, and they are both knocked unconscious. Martin and Julia survive, and the two embrace. Julia's son Patrick (Alan McKenna) arrives, wanting to take her to his house, so she can recover. However, after thinking about whether or not she wants a future with Martin, she decides she does, and goes to live with him in Wales.