Conference and Nolan

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Wilson walked to the boardroom at 12:50 for the board meeting, He left House in the cafeteria because House had a patient. Cuddy was walking towards Wilson's direction and she was smiling, that big, 'I just got a big fat check for the hospital smile.' "Wilson, wow the media publicity, is making this hospital boom," Cuddy said. Wilson was right, Cuddy had a pig donor gave money.

The board meeting began, Mr. Fletcher the chairman of the board entered at exactly 1:00. The meeting consists of the new budget for the new MRI machine and a budget for the new fiscal year and the final one, the big elephant in the room the lawsuit and the media. Wilson knew these people wanted his partner gone, some of those people wanted some bodily harm on him. So when the first one spoke, "Do you think that he is stable enough to keep his medical license?"

Wilson had to cringe as House's partner of two years he often wondered the same thing. "House is stable, I can assure you that he is more stable in two years."

"Yeah." another one spoke up. "If a donor saw you guys kissing…" the cardiologist trailed off. This is Cuddy 's turn to laugh he turn to Wilson with a knowing grin. "A donor is willing to up their donations. A fair number of donors said that they are impressed by how House handled his life, which I mean." "So, is everything true, about his childhood and Dr. Chase's?" The head of the ICU said impressed.

"Yes…"

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House was talking to his team getting them to realize what big fat morons they all were when his telephone in his office rang he ran to his office and ordered tests. "Chase and Thirteen, go and book an MRI room for our patient. Taub and Foreman, go search their apartment."

He walked across to his office and answered the phone. "Hi, Its Dr. Greg House," He said to the receiver.

"Hi, Dr. House its Emma Carter, Can you come into the justice halls today or tomorrow, It is urgent, the hearing will be Tuesday."

It became apparent to House that was having a panic attack. "Tuesday!" He walked to the balcony and hop the connecting wall into Wilson's side.

"Yes, Tuesday, and we need your help." "All right, I will be there," House said a bit uncertain.

Emma sighed. "Dr. House, it will be okay."

"I know.," House said condescendingly.

Emma hung up. Wilson was watching House from his office intensely. He opened his balcony door. House jumped slightly. "What the heck, James," House said a bit shock.

"Who are you talking to, House?" Wilson asked him.

"No one, you wanna know."

"Greg…" "Fine, its Emma Carter," House said, now panicky.

"Greg, What does she want?" "The preliminary hearing is next week, Tuesday," House said breathing shallow. "And I am basically the star witness, I need to go to her office tomorrow."

"Okay!" "What do you mean okay, I m— might — m— make an f—-fool out of my s—self there…. " House was stuttering. Then Wilson caught as another panic attack was happening.

"Greg!" He dragged House towards his office. Luckily he had a bottle of Ativan with when House had a panic attack last week he had phone a script from Nolan's office because Wilson is House's medical proxy and civil partner he can do that sort of thing. Wilson force House to take a pill. When House was feeling better he questioned Wilson with his eyes.

Wilson sighed."House, I gave you Ativan."

House's protest was interrupted by the arrival of Chase. "House, Kenji is hallucinating, and having seizures."

Wilson answered for House, "Chase, I will tell him, How are you holding up about these?"

"I am holding up fine," Chase said pointedly. "But there is a man who asked me if I was the one who had been molested by a priest, he told me that he was from Boston had been raped himself, that's when I realize that I have power over father Nichols and Williams."

"Yeah," Wilson said nodding his head.

At this point, House woke up. "Greg?" Wilson murmured.

"House, our patient," Chase said smiling at his boss. "Did you get an MRI?" House asked scowling at Chase.

"Yes, and we found a tumor."

"Good, we have an oncologist here," House said Wilson and Chase rolled their eyes. Wilson got up. "Chase, do you have the scans?" "Hear," Chase said, handing Wilson the file. "It is a Glioblastoma multiform," Wilson said. "Stage 4, you need to do a biopsy but from the looks of it I am 99 percent positive it is what it is."

"Its inoperable, Greg, How old is the patient?" Wilson asked knowing that House cared for his pediatric patients.

"Kenji is 6 years old," Chase answered.

"If they have the kid treated, he can live until his eight but if he isn't he will die in weeks. This is cancer that is hard to treat." Wilson added for House's and Chase's benefit.

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House and Wilson walked to the patient's room just a foot away. The mother stood up. "Dr. House, oh god, Dr. Wilson," House rolled his eyes inwardly. She knows us from the media coverage of the case.

"Akiri," House said gently as possible. "Your son has Glioblastoma, stage four, with Akira's questioning look. "Its a type of cancer of the brain."

"Is my son going to die?" She asked.

This was Wilson's area, "Your son is dying, to buy more time we can do radiation and chemo, but if you want to take him home you can do that as well." "It was just a stupid headache." "We are so sorry." Wilson offered.

The mother hugged Wilson and then hug House, House stiffened with the contact And told House, "Dr. House, thank you so very much, I have been abused myself." House sighed feeling embarrass and said. "Okay, You're very welcome."

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Wednesday

House and Wilson took the day off since yesterday was a hard day and they just wanted to hug Grayson. Kenji's mother wants his boy's last days to be pain-free so she took her son. House and Wilson were maddeningly okay with letting this patient die. So they have a meeting with the prosecutor and Nolan afterward.

At 9:00 they walk into Emma Carter's office hand in hand, the prosecutor greets them. "Dr. House, Dr. Wilson!" They walked to her office. They sat there interlacing their fingers. Emma smiled. "Dr. House, this isn't cross, I am not here to make you feel bad, I am on your side, She said trying to reassure him. "When did you first suspects Williams?"

House took a deep breath and his left hand tightens around Wilson's own. "At my boss's wedding, I was asked to be one of her husband's groomsman because I'd introduce him to her. Rachel their daughter was tagging at my arm I notice him with Marvin's mother Maria, see, Maria is Lucas's cousin."

"So What did you do afterward, you didn't report him?" Carter asked.

"Nothing," With Emma's questioning look. "because I have no evidence, but I caution Dr. Cuddy because she has a daughter, I left with Dr. Wilson and our son."

"Good thing, Dr. House, because it disproved their assumptions, that you were spying on him." She said. So, When did you next run into him?"

"In the hospital, with Abraham's case." "Good, Dr. House, Did you recognize, him?" Carter asked.

"I recognize him, he has my dad's attitude and also his eyes," House said frowning and starting to hyperventilate. Carter didn't notice but Wilson did.

"Greg! You okay?" Wilson asked, hugging House some. House needs Ativan so Wilson gave some to him. "You are fine, now." He whispered in House's ear. "Did you suspected him of raping, Abraham, right away?" "No, I didn't suspect him, because but when I saw him I instantly remembered him," House said.

"Doctor House, what is his admitting symptoms?" She asked disgust written in her young face.

"Fever, Nausea, Neuropathy, (Lesions, the lesions actually we notice that because it was in Abrahams back.) To be honest I saw that case and I know that that will be an easy case. "When did you realize he had HIV?"

"When Dr. Chase told me… the KS lesions on the kid's and that Abraham was scared, that is also the first time I already knew that Abraham was being raped by Peter or Adrian." House said closing his eyes. He is aware that Wilson was holding his hand. "Chase told me that Adrian wants to leave AMA and that he didn't like testing to be done on Abraham."

"Did you confirm HIV and Kaposi Sarcoma?"

"Yes, and the kid's CD4 is a 10, And also I did an MRI on him I have suspicions that that kid had been raped."

"Oh, good, so you got evidence." "I am not a radiologist," House said. "But if you look at the films look, his bones aren't held well.

"Oh god. I saw it," Carter said. "How did you con it out of the mother?" With House's questioning look she said. "Your reputation as a doctor is that you will save patients no matter what it took, and also because you said that he didn't want to do any test on the kid."

"Dr. Wilson here, talk the mother while another one of my fellows talked to him.

"Dr. Hadley?"

"Yes, her and I persuaded her to talk to him, we tag team, Wilson here," He pointed at the younger man. "He persuaded Amanda to do an MRI on Abraham, I talked to Abraham," House said wishing for his thinking ball.

"Dr. House, I know your not a shrink." House smiled. "But what is his demeanor towards his mother and Adrian."

"House sighed, "The boy was scared, ashamed, and withdrawn, that's when I called CPS."

"Why, there isn't no outright scars on him?" Emma asked, easing him to the main point.

In a whisper and knowing the main point House said. "I saw myself in him." He looked at Wilson, and Wilson gave him a reassuring smile.

"You were abused?" "Yes… I was, by my father." "So Dr. House, What did, your father did to you?" Carter asked with compassion in her eyes.

"House took a deep breath. He would dunk me in ice baths, or break a bone, or he will leave outside of the house for the rest of the weekend or worse he would burn my books. one year," House was shaking his head. "I was twelve years old every time that he would break arm or put me in an ice bath after breaking my arm but I asked what will make him stop, he said since I wasn't his son," This isn't in Wilson's psych file but House knew that he needed to tell the whole truth. He squeezes Wilson's hand tight and spoke in an even voice. "He asked me to gratify him."

"Dr. Wilson, you should be proud of your partner." Wilson nodded wordlessly. one more thing, Dr. House. what happened with you and detective Triter?" With House's worried eyes she spoke. "Triter is in jail for sexual assault and murder of a 16-year-old black male. So he isn't with us and I know your kind you're a pacifist, you believe in non-violence. "

House smirked, took a deep sigh. His hand tightened around Wilson's own and eyed the oncologist. House didn't see disgust only pain for him, he spoke. "That day he arrested me, he beat me up, he blackmailed me." Wilson tightens his grip on House's hand. "That if I didn't admit the drugs, he will tell James that I am in love with him, I wasn't ready, to admit that or to come out as bisexual."

"Thank you, Dr. House, wanna know what Williams is doing right now?" This made House smile.

"Lemme guess, he is pretending to have multiple personalities," House said. And Emma Carter laugh.

"As if it will work," Wilson said.

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They left Emma Carter's office and three hours north with Grayson in the car. After that morning session with the prosecutor, House needed to take a break because his stump will not cooperate with him. He got his spare cane off Wilson's trunk and sighed. He needed to talk with Nolan about the media's attention. So he drags his family off to Mayfield he wasn't comfortable with leaving their son off in Princeton while they drove three hours to Mayfield.

They reach Mayfield, they needed to wake Grayson up. Wilson lifted the little boy up from the seat. House was grateful for Jamey. The love of his life. Tomorrow will be the third Thanksgiving that he and Wilson will spend together as a couple. They walk to Nolan's office a soon as he reached the door Nolan's was standing there. "Happy Thanksgiving, Nolan!" House said in greeting.

House walked to Nolan's private office and sat down in the middle chair, his therapist chair. "How was your week, House?" "You want to long answer or the short one?"

Nolan gave a chuckle at that. "The long one,"

"First of all did James call you last Friday when I have a session?" House asked. "Because he gave me an Ativan."

"Didn't he told you about that?" Nolan was frowning at House.

"No, I had a panic attack Tuesday, he noticed me, drag me from his balcony and he gave me two, Wilson can be an asshole sometimes, so go spill."

"Because he was worried about you, House," Nolan said trying to reason with House. House shook his head. Then changed the subject.

"We met the prosecutor today." House said pacing the length of Nolan's office "We talked, I talked about my testimony, seems to impress her. don't know about that."

"House, you should sit down."

House sat back down. "The media is camping around PPTH."

"Oh!" Nolan said chuckling.

House resumed pacing. "It's kinda hard because, it's a media circuit, I mean, the relationship with James and myself."

"Yeah, I would advice you to tell the world, then again, We really need to consider Grayson here." "My kid has Asperger's and we live in a college town." "Yeah, I know, House, you,— if someone bully's your boy then you wanna hate them even if your son doesn't care that their fathers are gay they will in the future and you can not just care." Nolan and House stared at each other for a minute or so."

Then House conceded with a nod.

"House, we have a session on Sunday, and also you want me to come to court with you?"

"I don't want to be a bother, your busy."

Nolan frowned. "House, I will do it for anyone of my patients."

"Yeah." With that House left Mayfield.

End of Chapter Ten