"I don't want her anywhere near Grace."
Cyrus came to pick up Grace for Fitz's visitation but she refused to let Grace out of her arms.
"Grace is going to the White House; Mellie is going to be there but Fitz has everything cleared for tomorrow."
"Then she's not going, I will go to jail for that. That woman is toxic and I don't need the whole world knowing that Grace is biologically related to him. She doesn't even need to know that Grace exists to him."
"Liv, she's going to know."
"Change in plans then. Grace and I are leaving. We'll go somewhere else."
"You know I can't let you do that. And even if you did, he'd have everyone out there looking for you and taking her back."
"Fine, call him and find out if he'll negotiate."
"You don't have an upper hand here."
"I have Grace. And all his dirty secrets."
"Olivia…"
"If he wants to see her, he'll negotiate."
Cyrus called Fitz and got him to agree to Olivia's conditions.
After a couple hours Cyrus showed up with Grace and Olivia at Camp David. Olivia set up some of Grace's toys in the main room of the main cabin on the grounds. She heard the car come up laid Grace on the floor to play.
"Remember Cyrus, call every half hour. I do her bedtime feedings…"
"Absolutely no Mellie, any time a phone call comes in I bring her to you…"
"And she has to have her blanket to sleep, only on her stomach," Fitz started walking into the room, "don't give her a pacifier. No TV. You'll get her back one hour before her bedtime tomorrow. I know the damn rules."
Olivia leaned down and kissed her daughter taking her bags over to the door. "Cyrus, don't you dare leave her alone with him."
"Seriously Olivia?" Fitz yelled at her.
Hearing him yell, Grace started to cry loudly. Liv ran back and picked her up.
"I knew this was a bad idea. Cyrus, I told you…"
"She'll be fine." Cyrus took Grace from her. "Go over and enjoy the night off. I've got her taken care of."
Olivia kissed her forehead again and left the cabin before she had to talk to Fitz.
"I can't believe she has all these rules."
"Fitz, she's never let Grace out of her sight for more than two hours. So it's probably killing her that you get her overnight. And I don't blame her. You need to have some sympathy towards her. Grace only knows her."
"Well she should know me, I'm her father."
"Exactly, you aren't her dad."
"What the hell does that mean?"
"You're not around her. She doesn't know you. So you need to get to know her. Here," Cyrus handed her to him. "Get to know your daughter."
Fitz sat on the floor with Grace playing with her toys for several hours. Every half hour, as directed, Cyrus called and gave Olivia an update. Before her bedtime, Cyrus took Grace over to Olivia's cabin for her feeding.
After an hour, Cyrus called Olivia.
"She's still crying. Can you please come over and make her stop? She's driving me crazy."
Olivia came running over to the cabin running up to the bedroom where Grace was, taking her from Fitz and sitting down in the rocking chair singing to her. Fitz left the room letting her get Grace to sleep. He went downstairs to sit with Cyrus in the kitchen.
"Gracie, time to sleep baby girl. I know he seems like a stranger but he isn't really. He's your father but he's trying to be your daddy. He's… I don't know Gracie; he's trying I guess. I wish he was there before. I don't know baby girl, he's great and everything. And he's great with his kids but I… I'm so sorry baby. I don't know if he ever wanted you. But you princess, you have so many people that love you and want to be there for you. Your daddy… he's just not ready to be a real father to you. And that's alright, because you and me will be just fine. You and me are perfectly fine. You just give him a chance baby girl, and if he ever does anything to hurt you, I promise to let the fire burn. But just know angel, I'm always here for you. Even when Fitz turns his back on you, baby, I'm here. He won't love me again angel, but I know that he loves you no matter what. And that's all I care about Gracie. If he loves you that's just fine. He can hate me all he wants. Either way, I got you, Grace Adelaide."
While Olivia rocked her daughter to sleep, Fitz and Cyrus sat downstairs listening to her on the baby monitor.