Welcome back! This is really quite short, I actually had realized how short this chapter was until I was getting it ready to publish. Well anyway, please leave me a review or a request. I'm kinda running out of ideas so...lol. Alright, please enjoy this chapter.

Grace insisted she could handle her appointments by herself but Montay still sat outside waiting for her to be finished. The therapist said they wanted to build a trusting and judgment-free zone, which also meant a Montay free zone. To allow Grace to tell her true feelings without hurting her father's.

Montay wondered around the ward because he, unfortunately, forgot to bring something with him for the hour he had to wait.

"Can I help you?"

Montay turned to the nurse's station to find a lovely honey colored Lombax nurse in purple scrubs, with eyes to match. "Excuse me?"

"You've now passed this nursing station 3 times," the nurse playfully smiled. "Are you lost? How can I help you?"

Montay smiled a little and put his hands in his pockets. "No, I'm waiting for my daughter to finish treatment." He cleared his throat and shrugged his shoulders. "Normally I wait outside the doctor's office for her but I figured I'd look around a little."

"Ah," The nurse nodded. "Well, I can show you where the coffee maker is if you're interested."

Montay nodded, shrugging a little. "I could use a pick-me-up."

"Okay," The pretty nurse smiled, turning to her fellow nurse and telling him she would be right back. "Just this way, sir." She told Montay before taking the lead.

Montay nodded and followed close behind. "Thank you, milady." He laughed.

"Just a warning," She smirked. "The coffee is not very good."

Montay sighed and shrugged. "It's fine, I'm used to bad coffee from my job at the Research Society." He laughed a little. "We can experiment on subatomic isotopes but can't get a decent coffee brew."

"Truly terrible." The nurse smiled and shook her head.

Montay tried not to smile too big. "I really should thank you for this Miss."

"Please," The nurse smiled. "Call me Leigh."

Montay nodded. "Leigh, a lovely name."

"You got a name?" Leigh raised an eyebrow, her smile playful and mischievous.

Montay bit the inside of his lip a little. "Montay, a bit boring if I do say so myself."

"You wouldn't happen to be Montay Azimuth, would you?" Leigh tilted her head toward him, a smile still on her lips.

Montay nodded, groaning internally. "All my life."

"I thought you looked familiar." Leigh turned to him and laughed. "Leigh Proton, I was your lab partner for Experimental Chemistry in school." She nodded, her smile turning mischievous. "You have a daughter now?"

Montay smiled again but still reserved. "15 years old and asserting her independence, her younger brother is only 13 still but is really giving me a run for my money." He laughed. "Are you still with Paul?"

"Nope," Leigh sighed and shook her head. "We've gone our separate ways."

Montay frowned. "Sorry to hear that."

"No," Leigh tried to smile. "It's fine. I'm fine." She took a deep breath, putting on her best smile. "15 is a rough age, I hope you can survive her."

Montay blinked before slowly nodding. "Grace is a good kid, just having trouble. And I'd do anything for her."

"I know the feeling." Leigh smile turned sad for a moment. "Here we are." She pointed to a partly hidden room. "One coffee maker probably full of stale coffee." Leigh laughed. "Maybe one day I'll get a day off and we can get a real cup of coffee."

Montay smiled. "Catch up and actually get to enjoy our daily doses of caffeine." He nodded. "Thanks, Leigh. It was nice seeing you again."

"You too," Leigh smirked. "Try to enjoy your coffee. I better get back to work." She waved before almost walking into a wall, laughing off her embarrassment she quickly escaped and rushed back to work.

Montay laughed a little before pouring himself a small cup of coffee and heading back to Grace's doctor's office. He made it back as Grace was exiting the office. "Hey," she smiled. "Where did you get coffee?"

"Trust me Grace," Montay grimaced as he finished the cup. "You don't want it." He threw the cup away and smiled back at Grace. "Let's get home so one of us can take her medicine."

Grace rolled her eyes. "Yay," her voice mockingly flat. "Are you sure you didn't take your old person pills?" Grace smiled a little bit.

"You better start moving," Montay smirked at his daughter. "Before I catch you and kick your butt."

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