Chapter 4
Meredith sighed as the captain turned off the seatbelt sign and she adjusted the back of her chair so she could try and get some sleep, although she knew it wasn't likely.
She couldn't believe she was going back to Seattle after all these years…. Alone. They had decided to move to New York not long after their wedding and she had finished her residency, deciding that it would be easier to start a family if they were working in a private practice.
FLASHBACK"What do you mean you are moving to New York?" Richard asked as the three of them plus Adele were having dinner one evening.
"I'm sorry daddy," she said reaching under the table and grabbing Derek's hand. " We're fed up of 90 hour weeks. We want to see each other more and be closer to Derek's family"
"But what about YOUR family?"
" I know dad, I'll miss you all, but we want to start a family of or own one day and we don't want to do it working 90 hour weeks. And we'll visit each other all the time, right?"
"Right" he sighed " As long as your happy Meredith, that's all we ever wanted was for you to be happy."
" I know dad, I am, we are"
She sighed again knowing that she would have a lot of explaining to do when she got to Seattle.
"Meredith" Richard called as he saw her walk through arrivals.
She smiled slightly as she saw that he had brought Adele with him. Richard had married Adele 3 years after her mother had left and she considered her as her mom more than she ever had of Ellis.
"Hey, mom" she said as Adele pulled her in for a hug she struggled to fight back tears.
"Oh Meredith, I am so sorry"
"Yeah, me too" and they walked out of the airport Adele with her arm around Meredith's shoulder and Richard carrying her bag.