Got a little bit of excitement in this chapter. And I'm still working on the next one, so it will probably be a bit before I update again. I think I know where I'm going with it now, but getting there is the hardest part. Anyway as always I do not own anything...
Chapter 10
Arizona
We had been back from our cruise for a week, sadly as soon as we landed in Seattle Callie got called into work. There was a bad accident on the interstate, and she was needed. I kissed her goodbye at the airport and went home. Where I found my dad curled up on the couch with my daughter, both snoring away. So here I am a week later, clicking around on my computer in my office, I did not have much to do today, Callie was in surgery all day, and all my patients were good. So here I was, bored, I turn away from my computer picking up my phone, going through the pictures we had taken. I smile when I come across one of Sarah and Jamie, the couple we met, scrolling again I find a picture we had taken of the four of us. Smiling to myself I make a mental note to ask Callie to invite them for dinner. Lost in my thoughts, my pager sounds causing me to jump. Shaking my head I reach for it and see I'm needed in the pit. I quickly stand and make my way out of my office to the elevators. As I reach the ER, I see my wife standing there, it looked like she was in shock. "Callie?" I say confused
"Arizona" she looks at me her eyes wide "it's, it's" she breaks eye contact with me.
"Robbins, Torres, over here" I hear Alex say, I look up seeing him standing next to a bed, his stethoscope in his ears listening to the patients heartbeat. I was confused, as to why I was paged, and I thought Callie was in surgery all day. "it's, Sofia" Callie finally said softly, I felt like my heart had been ripped out "what happened?" I say moving to the side of the bed my daughter was laying in.
"I'm not sure" Alex says, I look down seeing my daughter laying in the bed, her face was badly bruised, but she was conscious "momma" I hear her little voice and I have to fight back the tears "mommy is here too" I say
"mommy" she says as I see Callie go to the other side of the bed and reach for her hand "what happened baby" Callie says
"I was playing in the playground at school and I fell off the slide" she says "I'm sorry I was careless"
"oh it's ok baby" Callie says kissing her forehead
"we're gonna take her to get scanned, and x-rays" Alex said, poking around on the ipad.
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Callie
I always hate seeing my daughter in pain, not being able to help her was the worst. Arizona and I followed as Alex took her for the scans. "I want to see the x-rays" I demanded before Alex closed the door. "she's going to be ok" Arizona says wrapping her arms around me "she's got some amazing doctors working on her"
"she's my baby" I say the tears that had been threatening to fall, began to slip out of my eyes
"I know baby, she's mine too" Arizona tightened her hold on me. Every time Sofia gets hurt I go into panic mode.
"Dr. Robbins" I hear a voice behind me, and feel Arizona turn around. It was Sandra, Sofia's teacher. "how is she?" this lady clearly seemed to be broken up about what happened.
"they're running some test" Arizona says
"I'm not sure what happened, I was helping another little girl who fell and scraped her knee, and I heard some screaming" she said, tears rolling down her face. I move out of Arizona's embrace "it's ok, she'll be ok" I say as the door opens and Karev is pushing Sofia back into the big room. "you did great little one" I hear him say to her.
"my arm hurts, uncle Alex" Sofia whines
"I know honey, we'll get you some pain meds" he says picking up the chart again. "Karev" I say as he looks towards me "uh oh your mommy is on the war path" he says to Sofia, and I hear her giggle. He was always so great with her, no matter the situation, I watch as he starts fiddling with the ipad again, knowing the scans are in. "Torres you want to see this?" at my best guess, not being able to do my own assessment of her, she had a broken arm. He shows me the ipad that had her x-ray on it. "shit" I say softly.
"what is it" I hear Arizona behind me, looking over my shoulder "she's going to need surgery for that"
"yeah" I say looking at my baby girl.
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"uncle Alex"
"yes honey" he says as he's pushing the bed I'm in through the hospital
"I'm scared"
"I know you are, but you know what?" he stops and looks down at me "what?" he smiles and reaches for my hand that isn't hurt "you're going to get a cool cast"
"mommy is going to be so mad at me"
"no she isn't" I hear my uncle say "she's going to be happy you're ok" I give him the best smile I can, we are now in the elevator. My arm doesn't hurt as bad now, and I'm getting sleepy "uncle Alex" I say again
"what is it" he looks down at me
"tell my mom's I love them"
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Arizona
Callie and I both rush up to the gallery, knowing if Bailey caught us we'd both be in trouble but we didn't care that was our baby down there. At closer inspection of the x-ray I saw she only had a broken arm, but the way it was broke she needed surgery to fix it. Luckily my amazing wife had trained the other ortho doctor, so we knew Sofia was in good hands, and Alex was in there, who I trained. I pull Callie to a chair, and make her sit, she was still a wreck, which honestly I'm surprised I'm not, that was our baby down on that table. "I can't believe this happened" Callie said "why weren't they watching her"
"there's a lot of kids to watch" I say
"someone should keep a better eye out" she starts in, I need to calm her down "Calliope" I say sternly, a tone I don't use too often except on my residents or interns, I see her look up at me "she's going to be fine, just a broken arm which Johnson will fix, and a bump on the head"
"it still shouldn't have happen" she huffs
"you're right it shouldn't have, but kids are kids, and something is bound to happen to her, she plays hard" I reach for her hand. I have seen a lot worse from a fall from a slide, but I didn't add that part, with the mood my wife was in.
"Robbins, Torres" I hear Alex say from the OR floor, he must have known we'd be in here. Callie goes over to the intercom pushing the button "what Karev"
"I forgot to ask her what color cast she wanted before she passed out" he says, I let out a giggle, and see my wife look at me, and shrug "orange" I smile
"orange really?" she scrunches up her nose
"yup orange is her favorite color" I smile "how do you not know this?"
"last I knew it was still pink"
"it's been orange for a while" I say as I hear Alex again "hello?" Callie reaches for the button again "I guess orange"
"right I knew that" he looks at Johnson.
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Johnson was good, I trained him myself, but I still couldn't help but be worried. It was only a small fracture but she still needed surgery to set it. How I wish I was the one who was doing it. "how does he know her favorite color but I don't"
"well" my wife says reaching for my hand pulling me back into a seat "he talks to her almost daily"
"that still doesn't explain why I didn't know the answer" I let out in a sigh "she's my daughter I should know everything about her"
"Callie" Arizona says "she's 7 she changes her mind more than Karev changes his underwear"
"but still" I hear my wife sigh "we watched a movie one night while you were working late, and she decided she liked the color orange, it's not that big of deal, it's not like she changed her mind on what she's going to be when she grows up" she looks at me and smiles "a doctor" we both say at the same time. That is something Sofia has told me since she was 4, she wanted to be like all three of her parents. I explained to her how hard it was, and she'd have to focus on school, but she seemed adamant that she was going to become a doctor just like her moms, and dad. "we're done" Alex's voice comes through the speaker "we'll meet you two in the room" this time Arizona stood and went for the intercom "thanks Alex" she says, reaching for my hand and we leave the gallery.
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Arizona
As we were leaving the gallery my pager went off "dammit" I say looking at it "go to her room I gotta go check this out" I say kissing my wife and ran off. Skidding to a stop outside of the room I was paged to I look in. Shaking my head, as I reach for the ipad "what's going on?" I ask walking into the room not taking my eyes off the ipad. This was one of the patients I did surgery on before the wedding. She was supposed to be home, and resting "hi Dr. Robbins" the woman says
"hello, Jenn, what's going on?"
"I've had some bleeding"
"some spotting is normal" I say going over again how spotting after what she had went through was normal, but she wasn't having any of the answers I was giving her. "alright" I let out in a sigh, I was still on edge after the whole Sofia situation, I turn to the intern "Edwards, run the test, and page me when the results come in. I have to go check on my daughter"
"your daughter?" the woman in the bed asks, I look at her and nod "she just finished surgery on a broken arm"
"I'll get the tests done, Dr. Robbins" Edwards says, I hand her the ipad then turn to the patient "Jenn, don't worry, it's probably nothing, but we'll figure it out"
"I have no doubt you will" she smiles at me "go be with your daughter" I give her a small smile then head out the room, Edwards not far behind me. "I really think it's nothing, but do a full round of tests just to be sure" I see the intern nod, as I walk away. In the elevator I finally am able to take a deep breath. As the doors open to the floor I needed, I step out seeing my wife standing at the nurse's station "Callie" I say walking up next to her
"oh hey, how's your patient?"
"she'll be ok" I say "Sofia?"
"she's not here yet" Callie let out a soft smile, I guess I hadn't been gone all that long. "that's because we're right here" Alex says hearing our conversation, as he pushes the bed into the room. I look down at the bed, seeing my daughter asleep, and the orange cast. "thank god it was only a broken arm" I say quietly, feeling Callie's arms wrap around me.
"she's a tough kid" Alex says, his eyes are on Sofia. He looks up at Callie "by the way, I love the new do"
"um thanks" Callie says, I see her put her hand up to her nonexistent hair.
"what made you decide to do that?" he asks
"I don't know, I woke up, she was still sleeping, so I just decided to chop it off" Callie said shrugging
"well I like it" he smiles, as his pager sounded "I've gotta go, page me when she wakes up, I have something for her" he winks and leaves the room.
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After Karev left, I take a seat in a chair beside the bed "you know he's the first one to comment on my hair"
"I'm surprised it wasn't Christina" Arizona laughs
"I haven't seen her without my scrub cap on" I laugh, looking down at my clothes "I'm going to go change, so when she's ready to leave we can go"
"ok" Arizona smiles, lean down placing a kiss on her lips, "if she wakes up before I get back make sure she knows I'm not mad at her" Arizona nodded, as I left the room. My mind was still going over everything that had happened, it's a good thing I was done with the surgery I was in. I quickly make my way to the attendings lounge and change. "hey" I hear from the doorway, as I was grabbing my coat, I turn to see Richard "hey" I say back to him
"how's Sofia"
"she'll be ok, just a broken arm"
"she's a tough kid" he says, I look at him and smile "yes she is"
"by the way, I love the hair"
"thanks" I smile "I have to get back to Sofia, I came to get changed once she's ready I'm going to take her home" I see him nod, as I leave the room. By the time I get back to Sofia's room, she was awake, and playing around with Karev. "hey" I say walking into the room
"she can go home whenever you're ready" he says "I just wanted to make sure she woke up ok" he smiles, I look over at my daughter seeing she has a new teddy bear, shaking my head I say "thanks Karev"
"anytime" he smiles, as a pager pierces the room.
"that's me" my wife sighs "take her home, I'll meet you there when I'm done" she says standing, kissing Sofia on the forehead then me on my lips.
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Arizona
The page I had gotten was for the same patient as earlier. And just as I suspected there was nothing wrong. Sighing I head into the room to explain just that and tell her she can head home. Now I'm standing at the nurse's station, the one just inside the front entrance, signing said patients release form, I only had one more place to sign, I flip the page open, start scribbling, when I hear someone start talking to Eve, the nurse who was sitting there. Eve had been at Grey Sloan just as long as I have, maybe longer, I wasn't too sure. I hear the younger woman say "hi, can you tell me where I can find Mark Sloan?" my heart about leaped out of my chest, my eyes darting up to see a blonde, I recognized but couldn't place from where. Eve said something but I could not make out, but when she turns to me "Dr. Robbins maybe you can help this young woman" she says in a tone that makes my heart sink. I set down the folder I was holding, and drop my pen in my pocket, I look up at the blonde, and suddenly it clicks when I hear her say "Arizona, I'm looking for my dad, do you know where I can find him"
"Sloan" I say I wasn't sure if it was out loud or not, but I see her nod, so it must have been out loud. Glancing at Eve, she gave me a half smile, then I see her reach for the folder I had just put down on the counter "um" I look around, I needed to get her to somewhere not in the middle of the hospital, and call Callie "come with me" I say grabbing her elbow and leading her down the hallway to a conference room. Opening the door luckily it was empty, I lead her in "stay here, I'll be right back" I quietly shut the door and lean against it. Taking some deep breaths, I pull out my phone, hitting Callie's name, they had just left, so I wasn't sure if she'd answer, but I hoped she would it rang 2 times, then 3 "come on pick up" I say as the 4th ring went half through, I hear "hey beautiful" the smile in her voice evident.
"Callie, you need to come back to the hospital" I say hoping she can't hear the panic in my voice
"why what's wrong" the tone of her voice quickly changed, I didn't know what to say so I stayed quiet "Arizona"
"bring Sofia and come, as quick as you can" I say
"Arizona, what's wrong are you ok?"
"what?" I hear the panic in my own voice, clearing my throat and taking a deep breath "yes I'm fine, it's, it's" I start to stutter "it's Sloan"
"Sloan?" she asked confused, as if not remembering "yes, you know blonde, baby, Mark is her dad"
"oh shit, Sloan" I hear her say "no one has told her" she trails off
"no, she's here looking for him" I say leaning my head back against the door
"I'm on my way" I hear her rush around the house, then the line goes dead. Taking a deep breath, I reach for the door handle and make my way into the room. "sorry, Callie is on her way"
"what's going on?" she asked in a tone I know to be of someone who is confused
"I think I best let Callie explain" I say looking anywhere but at the other occupant, "can I get you anything?"
"no I'm fine, I just want to see my dad" my heart sinks, I can't believe no one thought to find her and tell her.
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Callie
"fucking hell" I close my eyes tight trying to calm my nerves, after the day we've had this is just what I need "Sofia honey, get your coat we have to go"
"where we going?"
"mamma just called she needs us back at the hospital"
"why?" my daughter having my attitude always makes things harder "can you just put your things on and lets go"
"ok" I shake my head as I reach for my jacket and keys, sending Arizona a text asking her where she is at. A reply came right away, I tuck my phone back into my pocket and start the car. "mommy why are you driving so fast" my daughter asks from the back seat. She was right I was driving fast, I don't even do this when I've been paged a 911. I let my foot off the gas, what good would it do if we were in an accident "there's someone at the hospital that I haven't seen in a very long time"
"do I know this person?" she asks
"no, honey, but you should" I say letting out my breath as we pull into the parking lot.
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Arizona
I was completely lost at what to do. I know I cannot be the one to tell her that her father had been gone, for, a few years now, and no one contacted her. Yeah, that was Callie's job, she's better at this type of stuff than I am. I hear the door open and look up, seeing my girls come in, a smile appears on Callie's face I can tell it's forced, and in her eyes I see the pain "Sloan" she says
"hi Callie" she smiles back, then looks at Sofia "hello"
"hi" Sofia says, she pulled out one of the chairs and made herself as comfortable as she could placing her casted arm on the table, it was not the first time she'd been in a conference room here, and it won't be a the last. "Callie, do you know where my dad moved to? I went to his apartment, but they had no idea who he was"
"yeah" I see Callie take a deep breath letting it out slowly "listen, so there was a plane crash"
"what" she asked
"a plane crash, a few years back" Callie looks at me, I nod and start talking "your dad, myself, Meredith Grey, Derek Shepherd, Lexie Grey, and Christina Yang, were all headed to do a surgery in Idaho, something went wrong with the plane, and it crashed" I say shaking away the memories that came next.
"moms do I really need to hear this" Sofia asked covering her ears as best she could with her casted arm.
"it's ok baby" I rub the back of her head as Callie went on "Mark and Lexie didn't make it" I can hear the tremble in her voice.
"so he's gone?" she says looking at Callie, I see her nod "why didn't anyone think to get a hold of me"
"you just took off, the last time I saw you, you were sneaking out of his apartment" Callie says I can tell her defenses are on high alert. "baby" I whisper to her, placing my hand on her leg, she gives me a small smile. I look up at Sloan, "I'm sorry, but everything was happening so fast, I was in the hospital, and" I had to stop, I hated talking about the plane crash, it was what changed everything.
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This was not what I was expecting, I feel like complete shit that I never thought about trying to contact her after Mark died. I take a deep breath, "Sofia" I turn to my daughter "this is Sloan"
"Sloan like my daddy's last name" she asks
"and one of yours" I reach for her hand, looking over at the younger blonde in the room I see it register in her mind "Sloan is your sister" I say looking at my daughter
"I have a sister" they both say at the same time. In that moment as I watch my daughter, and Mark's other daughter I see how much like Mark she is. "yes" I hear Arizona say, and watch on as Sofia and Sloan eye each other up. "momma she looks nothing like me" I hear Arizona let out a laugh, I have to hold mine back. "that's because you have different mom's honey" Arizona says
"I have two moms; how many do you have?"
"um well" I can tell Sloan is a little uncomfortable at the question "just one, but she's gone now" she looks up meeting my eyes. "and apparently so is my dad" I looked down at the table taking a deep breath "I'm sorry"
"nothing we can do about it now, did he leave me anything?" she asked not bothering to cover up the greediness in her tone
"well" I look over at my wife "everything went to Sofia" Arizona says
"hmm" Sloan sits back in the chair, and is quiet for a while then she looks over at Sofia "so you're my little sister?"
"I guess" Sofia shrugs her shoulders, I actually had to hold back a laugh, it still amazed me how much Arizona has rubbed off on her. She's the perfect cross between Arizona, Mark and myself. "how old are you" Sloan asks
"I'm 7" Sofia sits up her chair "but my birthday is coming soon and then I'll be 8" I see Sloan nod "what happened to your arm?" she asks
"I was playing on the play ground at school and I fell off the slide, and broke my arm" she held up her orange casted arm.
"I like the color you picked" Sloan said
"it's my favorite color" I see my daughter smile, I see Sloan lean in and say "orange is mine too"
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Arizona
This was going better than I had thought it would. I could tell Sofia was still groggy from the pain meds, but she was interacting with Sloan just like she interacted with everyone. "where are you staying?" I ask, looking up at the young woman
"um" Sloan looks around "my car I guess" I look at Callie, she gives me a sad smile "come stay with us" she says
"I don't want to impose"
"you wouldn't be, it'll give you a chance to get to know Sofia" Callie says, I see them make eye contact, and Sloan nods "ok"
"I have to run back to my office and get my stuff" I say moving towards Callie "I'll see you at home in a bit" I kiss her, then kiss Sofia on her forehead, letting out a sigh at the sight of her little bruised face. She'll be home for a few days, which means one of us has to take off work. I decide, without telling Callie, I will be the one to do so since my patient load is light right now, as I reach my office I quickly grab my stuff and head out.
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Sloan followed us to the house, I was still a little on edge. I wasn't sure having her there was a good idea, but its what Mark would have wanted. Once I'm parked in the driveway, I look back at my daughter who is passed out in the back seat. Her little bruised face made me sad. I take the key out of the ignition and get out, going to get Sofia out. I reach for her, her arms wrapping around me as good as she could I hear "mommy"
"yes honey" I say rubbing her back as I walk
"can I have some ice cream?" her sleepy voice asks
"tomorrow you can, tonight you should sleep" I say, after a struggle with the key, I get the door open, by then Sloan is behind me. Sofia never said anything after asking for ice cream, so I knew she was passed out again. "just set your stuff down, I'm going to put her to bed and I'll be back"
"ok" I hear her say as I disappear up the stairs with Sofia, I didn't bother to change her, just took her jacket off. Giving her a soft kiss on her forehead I leave the room, closing the door behind me. Leaning my head against it I take a deep breath, then push myself to head back downstairs. I find Sloan in the living room looking at pictures we had hanging on the wall. "you two got married" she asks
"yeah" I smile looking at her and I hear her say "twice?"
"it's a long story" I say quietly "would you like something to drink?"
"wine would be great" she turns to look at me, I nod and head into the kitchen for a bottle of wine, deciding to grab three glasses knowing Arizona would want some when she got home, I return to the living room. "so" I sit down on the couch pouring the wine "where have you been?"
"California" she says "when I left the last time, that's where I ended up"
"hmm" I nod taking a sip
"did he" she stopped, she was playing with the glass "did he ever talk about me?"
"Mark?" I ask, already knowing the answer, I did not want to hurt her, I see her nod, I let out a shaky breath "no"
"oh" she says
"can you blame him though?" I look at her, our eyes met, and I hear her say "no I don't"
"look, I'm sorry I didn't think to try and find you, I had a lot going on, Arizona was bad, she was" I pause I really didn't want to relive the worst part of my life "she lost her leg" we sat there silent for a moment, as my mind replayed what was the beginning of the end of my first marriage to my now wife "it was hard" I say feeling the tears sting the back of my eyes, I didn't want to let them fall, "I needed Mark, but he was gone" I look at her "I lost my wife and my best friend"
"you didn't lose me" I hear Arizona's voice come from behind, I didn't hear her come in and really didn't want to have this conversation, I turn meeting her eyes. Seeing the pain in them "how's Sofia" she changes the subject
"she passed out on the way home" I say not taking my eyes off my wife "I just left her in her clothes" I see my wife nod and come to the couch, sitting down next to me she reaches for a glass humming as she takes a sip "I needed this"
"yeah" I say putting my hand on her thigh and sitting back on the couch.
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Arizona
Walking into the house, my heart almost falls out of my chest hearing Callie say that she lost me. I really don't want to relive that time of my life, although I know it's what made me who I am today, I just… don't. So I change the subject asking about Sofia, and see there's three glasses of wine on the table. I sit down next to Callie and reach for a glass, after the last few hours I needed it. "are you hungry" I hear Callie ask
"a little, why don't we just order something, I don't feel like cooking" I say taking another sip of my wine, it tasted like heaven, no it wasn't heaven, Callie was heaven, this wine tasted like, I was brought out of my thoughts as random as they were to Callie's voice "what would you like?" I shrugged, looking over at our guest, who did the same and said "whatever you order is fine with me" I see her look around "bathroom?" she asks
"oh" I say setting my glass on the table "I'll show you" I stand
"I'll just order a pizza" Callie says pulling out her phone" I smile at her, lean down kissing her. Nodding towards Sloan to follow me. I climb up the stairs slowly, my leg was starting to hurt after running earlier. "sorry I'm a little slow" I say almost in a whisper
"it's ok" I hear behind me as we finally reach the top "here is the guest room, and the bathroom is there" I say pointing to the second door on the right "Sofia's room is here" I point to a closed door "and our room is there" I point in the direction I am headed, I hear her say "Arizona" I turn to her "thank you for letting me stay" I nod "if you need anything let us know, I'm just going to get changed" I see her nod as she heads into the room. I head into mine, closing the door. Sitting on the bed I begin to change, deciding to just take my leg off and use my crutches. I put on some shorts and a tank top.
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I had ordered the pizza and was sitting on the couch lost in my thoughts of Mark. I really missed him. Shaking my head, when I hear someone come down the stairs, the tears were starting to burn my eyes again. I turn to look and see my wife on her crutches "are you ok?" she never took her leg off unless we were going to bed "I'm fine" she smiles at me, I hear the sound of the crutches hitting the floor "are you sure" I give her a look
"yeah, its just sore from earlier" she says sitting down on the couch, I nod reaching for her hand
"did she find everything?" I ask
"yeah" Arizona says reaching for her wine, once she sets it back on the table she leans into me "it's been a crazy day"
"tell me about it" I kiss the top of her head, Sofia breaking her arm, and needing surgery then Sloan showing up, I don't think crazy was the right word for it "I was thinking" she says pulling away "I'll stay home with Sofia, my work load right now is light, unless I get paged"
"sounds good" I smile knowing with my workload right now there wasn't any way I could be the one to stay home
"I could stay with her" we hear from behind us, I look over at my wife "no that's ok" I say
"well think about it" she says sitting down in the chair. We both nod but knowing the answer would stay the same "I'd love to get to know my little sister" she says luckily, we were saved by the bell, as the doorbell rang signaling the pizza was there.
So there you go... what did you think? Ideas for Sloan would be nice, like should she stick around to be there for her little sister or should she take off again? My thoughts at first was to have her be greedy and only wanted money until she met Sofia. Let me know what you guys want to see, as I'm on the fence. Thanks for reading...
