Meredith stared at the crumpled letter. This couldn't be! She started hyperventilating. Izzie walked in.
"Mer, what's wrong?"
She couldn't talk. All she could do was breathe in and out. She threw the letter at Izzie.
Izzie picked it up and read it. "Oh, Mer…"
"What…am…I…doing…to…do?!"
Izzie ran to her friend's side and rubbed her shoulder. "Shhh, keep breathing. I'm sure she's fine."
Meredith buried her face in her shoulder and cried. "This is my fault!"
"What? Mer, it's not."
"No it is! If I just would've…"
"There is nothing you could've done!"
"What if we can't find her?! Then, then…"
"We will find her, okay?! We will."
Meredith slowly nodded then let Izzie hold her.
Sarah held her thumb out for a cab. Instead, an older man drove up to her in his pick up truck.
"You going somewhere, darling?"
"Uhh…no." If there was one thing Meredith taught her daughter, it was safety. She knew she couldn't hop into a car with a total stranger!
"You sure? I could drop you off wherever you like."
"Well, where are you going?"
"I live past the space needle. You wanna go there?"
"Uh, sure…I guess."
"Kay, hop on."
Sarah hesitantly got into the car. The man's breathe reeked of beer and he had a huge case of kettle 1 in the trunk of his car.
"So where ya off to?"
"Uh, site seeing…" She noticed an empty beer can in the cup holder, "Are you allowed to be drinking that while driving?"
"Sure. I aint drunk. I don't get myself drunk easily."
"Oh, alright then…"
"So where ya parents?"
"They uhm, are in New Jersey. I'm visiting my aunt out here."
"Ah. Beautiful town. Rains all the time. But who gives?"
Sarah nodded then shifted in her seat uncomfortably. She noticed a piece of paper on the ground. "What's that?"
The man quickly looked down and snatched the paper. "It's nothing…"
Sarah looked out her window. She wanted to get out of this car.
The man noticed. "Fine. It's something from a rehab center."
"Rehab?"
"Yep. You might as well know. I abused my wife and kid. I was a drunk all the time. Then my son finally talked me into going. Now I'm better."
"Really? Well aren't you supposed to stay sober when you get out?"
"I am sober! Alright, kid! I am. If I weren't I wouldn't be driving you around this whole damn town!"
Sarah scrunched down in her seat then mumbled, "Sorry…"
"You kids always judging your elders. You're like my son, Alex!"
Alex ran into the elevator where Derek was already pressing numbers.
"Karev…did you hear about Sarah?"
"Yeah, how's Meredith?"
"I don't know…I hope they're okay. Sarah and Meredith…"
"We'll find her."
"Hopefully…"
The elevator door opened and the 2 men ran into the lock room where Meredith was still crying on Izzie's shoulder.
Derek walked up to her. "Mer…you okay?"
"Derek what if she…what if she…"
Alex jumped in. "She's going to be fine, Meredith…"
"God, I hope so!"
Izzie stroked Meredith's hair. "Shhh. Let it out," she turned towards Derek and Alex, "You two should look for her."
The 2 nodded. "Yeah, we'll go right now."
A/N: Okay, so the man is Alex's abusive father!!! hehe, tell me what you think in your reviews:)
