Cameron at last hung up the phone and sighed in relief, that was a load off of her mind. She had talked to Richard Kendall for a half hour, not going into detail about Jenny's condition or what had happened to her, instead she explained the care Jenny was getting. Mr Kendall had explained that seeing their daughter might be difficult for his wife, Olivia, who constantly suffered medical problems and he would have to discuss it with her before any decisions could be made. He made it clear that he wanted his daughter back, but his wife... There were emotional problems that she still struggled with and they would see. He promised to contact her the moment they had made a proper decision. There was a bleak sort of silence once the receiver was set down, and Allison wondered why she felt so upset by the whole situation.

'Damaged goods.' She thought sadly, words for House echoed in her mind.

Cameron decided she needed to take a walk, maybe get some fresh air while she was at it, maybe check in on Jenny and tell her the news, maybe not. It was as she neared the young girl's room that she heard the commotion, Chase and Foreman both stepped out of the room and looked down the hall as yelling continued.

"What's going on?" Foreman asked. "This is a hospital, do they realize-"

The situation became clear as the man making all the commotion came to view. Daniel Corbin was handcuffed by a police officer and being led down the hallway toward the exit

"...Under arrest for the kidnapping and assault of Jennifer Ava Kendall, you have the right to remain silent..."

"You're going to regret this!" Corbin shouted as he passed by the doctors, "You're going to regret sticking your heads where they didn't belong!"

"What does he think this is?" Chase muttered, "A TV show? We're going to regret this?"

"He needs a better finishing line." Foreman replied.

It was Cameron who noticed that Jenny was sitting upright in her bed and watching as they dragged her ex-father by. Spencer was no where to be seen, the girl was alone and a pained look was on her face.

"Hey, you guys." Cameron nudged Chase in the ribs and nodded toward Jenny. "Come on."

xXx

"You bastard!" Corbin shouted at House as the still struggling man passed by the clinic area where Cuddy, Wilson and House were standing. "I swear I'll make you pay!"

"Your healthcare insurance ran out!" House shouted back with a wicked smile, "You owe us for your daughters treatment! He's not going to pay." He said glumly as he turned his back to Corbin.

"Of course he's not going to." Cuddy said with a sigh, "Fortunately the legal system works in our favour, so we've got nothing to worry about."

"So Jenny's getting all better?" Wilson asked.

House sighed as he picked up a patient folder, "Apparently."

"Well that's good."

"Yes, yes it is."

"And yet, you seem less than thrilled." Wilson noted.

"Can't help it." House replied with a shrug, "Now that I've got no more critically ill patients to deal with, no more false parents, no more lies, my life is one boring mass of mush."

"Well, you could start with your six hours of clinic duty." Cuddy said with a smirk as she forced another folder into House's hands.

"Oh Yay." House muttered.

He limped toward exam room one and entered, all the while remembering when Jenny had first been his patient with her sick stomach. He had given her Gravol, he also should have noticed that even at the end she wasn't looking particularly healthy. There was a middle-aged man sitting on the examination table, scratching his arms and legs in a rather nervous fashion.

"Hello, I'm doctor House."

"James Burgon," The man held out his hand to shake House's in a friendly greeting, immediately House grimaced and held up his cane as a defense. Truthfully, he wasn't put off by the man, it was his red, scaling hands that he was rather disgusted by.

"What seems to be the problem Mr Burgon? Or can I safely assume that it's staring me in the face."

"They've been like this for a week, I've tried everything... My wife bought moisturizer, vitamin e cream... Nothings helped. I'm itchy all over."

House opened the file and sighed, "Mr Burgon, what do you do for a living?"

"I'm a landscapist, why?"

"Well, I was thinking of getting my lawn replaced with a nice zen rock garden." House replied, "I assume you know different types of plants... oh, fairly well."

"I can name any rose bush you throw at me, and where it originated."

"Yes well I'm not throwing a rose bush at you." House said, "Try this one. Poison Ivy."

"What?"

"You probably ran across some while doing some gardening, I'm guessing this is your first time mishandling it, so it shouldn't dash your hopes of one day trimming Barbra Streisand's hedges." He hobbled over to the counter and opened a drawer where he pulled out a syringe and double checked its amount.

"What's that for?"

"It's a steroid to help control the itch and...red. Roll up your sleeve."

James Burgon did and House jabbed him with the needle in a most impolite fashion. When he was done, House tossed the empty needle into the bio-hazard container and began jotting down a prescription on his notepad.

"This is for Diprolene AF, it's a prescription cream, it'll stop infection. And use gloves next time."

With that said, House left exam room one and left a rather confused James Burgon with his thoughts.

xXx

"He won't be hurting you again, Jenny." Chase said quietly as he adjusted the IV drip. She wasn't really paying attention to what he said, instead she just stared out the glass wall to where her 'father' had disappeared.

"W...what about my mom?" She asked weakly.

"She's being guarded by a police officer until she's ready to be released." Foreman replied, "Don't worry, they're both going away for a long time."

"They never really...cared for me." Jenny whispered, "I always thought that was just the way families worked, I didn't see how it could be any different but now... " She smiled and lowered her eyes. "All those Christmas's and birthday's... I have good memories, not a lot but enough."

"You can have more." Chase replied, "There's always time to make new memories."

"What's going to happen to me?" Jenny asked quietly.

Chase looked over to Cameron who shook her head slightly. "We're... not certain yet. Right now we need to get you healthy."

"Have you found my real parents yet?"

"We're still working on finding them." Foreman put in quickly, "But don't worry, everything will turn out just fine."

"How much longer do I have to stay here?" Jenny asked, "Not that I don't like it... it's just hospitals kind of freak me out."

"Well, we're going to have to take more tests, but you're certainly on the road to recovery." Chase smiled, "It will be a week or two more at least."

"Great." Jenny muttered to herself.

"Can you guys leave us alone for a minute?" Foreman asked quietly. Chase and Cameron exchanged wary glances before nodding.

"We should go check the latest results in the lab anyway." Cameron said with a smile.

The two doctors left the room and slid the door shut to give Foreman and Jenny a little privacy, when he was certain they were long gone, Foreman put down the chart he held and sat on the chair next to Jenny.

"How are you holding up?"

"What do you mean?" Jenny said.

"I mean," Foreman said with a smile, "As a concerned guy, how are you doing with the whole situation with your... well parents?"

"I'm... I'm fine." Jenny said, "Why do you ask?"

"You seem anxious to get out of here... I can understand that, hospitals aren't great places to be stuck, especially for a long time."

"It's not that, I don't mind being here," Jenny said, "Really. It's better than being stuck at home"

"You suck at lying." Foreman said with a smile, "Is it because you're surrounded by doctors? Because you don't trust them..."

"That may play some part in it." Jenny admitted, "But you and Doctor Chase and Doctor Cameron are nice people, I just... We'll I'm not very trusting of people, it's a bad trait to have."

Foreman smiled, "Understandable... But you don't think Doctor House is nice?"

"I could do without him." Jenny said with a wicked smile.

"Couldn't we all?" Foreman grinned, "He's a good guy though, he just doesn't like to show it."

"Well, either way, I'm glad I was brought here instead of to another hospital." Jenny smiled bitterly, "Anywhere else may have just ignored... well everything."

"We don't let things like that get passed us," Foreman replied with a smile, "Don't worry, okay? This isn't like before, we believe you."

xXx

"Look at her results." Chase passed Cameron the paper which had just come out of the printer, a smile on his face.

"She's on the mend." Cameron said with a smile, "Thank goodness."

"I'd say another two weeks and she'll be free to go."

"That's a relief."

"So did you find her parents?" Chase asked.

Cameron nodded, "They're still up in BC."

"I bet they were happy to hear that their daughter's been found after all these years."

"Yeah," Cameron said with a small amount of doubt in her voice.

"What, what is it?" Chase asked, "You seem...less than thrilled."

"Not me, her parents." Cameron replied grimly, "The dad was happy but the mom, apparently she was sort of wary about the whole situation."

"But... Their daughter! They haven't seen her for thirteen years!" Chase exclaimed, "How could they not be thrilled?"

"I don't know," Cameron replied with a shrug, "They said they'd call when they made a decision."

"But... the law, don't they..."

"I don't know." Cameron admitted, "All I know is that it would be very difficult to go back to their old life after all that."

A/N: Haha, oh man, my email has been messed up so I haven't been receiving review alerts, I came on this morning and was all worried because I thought everyone had suddenly started hating it! XD