Thanks for all the reviews guys, they really make me feel good. This chapter is going to be a slight filler, to help get my story in the right direction. Hope you like it.
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Lacey sighs as she closes the front door, three back-to-back surgeries and she still had to be at the hospital at 6am. She wrinkles her forehead in confusion as she realizes that the house is unusually quiet, the girls should have been home hours ago.
"Kaydence!" She calls walking in the living to set down her things. Its then that she notices the note on the coffee table written in Mark's scribbled hand writing.
Lacey,
I'm leaving New York and all the memories it holds. I'm trying to get in touch with a lawyer and get on with a divorce. Don't worry about the girls, I picked them up from school and helped them pack the majority of their things. I'm taking them with me, we both know you can't handle them by yourself.
-Mark
Lacey read and re-reads the note time and time again before it finally sinks in, her husband left her and he had taken their kids with him.
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"Daddy where are we?" Madeline asks for the hundredth time.
Mark sighs, exasperated with his youngest daughter.
"We're in Seattle Mads, we're going to see Uncle Derek and Aunt Addie remember?"
"Oh yeah." She smiles sheepishly.
He looks over at Kaydence un-packing the things in her suitcase. Mark had rented a suite at the best hotel he could find until they had a better place to stay.
"Kayde, are you sure you and Maddie will be alright while I go talk to Derek."
She rolls her eyes, clearly annoyed.
"We'll be fine Dad, I think I can handle her.
"Alright." Mark smiles kissing the top of Madeline's head.
"I'll be back in a little while."
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"Good afternoon Dr. Shepherd."
"Hey Patricia. Any messages?" Derek smiles at his secretary.
"No, you actually have a visitor. He said he was an old friend so I let him wait inside."
Derek nods his head, slightly confused.
"Okay thanks." He replies as he opens the door to his office, not the least bit surprised to see Mark sitting on his couch.
"Mark." He calls quietly shutting the door.
"I wondered how long it would take you to show up here."
Mark nods, knowing without a doubt he has already talked to Lacey.
"So you've talked to her."
"Of course I have." Derek answers, taking a seat behind his desk.
"She is my baby sister."
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