I was dying to write down the truth for you guys, so that´s what I did today ;)
I´m probably spoiling you :D but I´m having fun writing this and it´s taking my mind off the whole situation.
Even though it just takes 5 minutes to read but 5 hours or more to write, I think we all need to take our minds off a little right now.
So, I´m happy to update this chapter and I hope you like it.
Chapter 21
Callie was walking through the park, she needed to get her head straight. How could she end up in such a mess again? Her dad still hasn´t called her back, Arizona ignored her texts and calls. The only thing that made her smile was thinking about Sofia being back in a few hours.
The Latina was frustrated, all her attempts to get some information about Penny from her OB failed, because she was no family member or married. "Well, thank god, I´m not married to her" Callie thought to herself.
The brunette kept thinking about the night she run away from Penny´s apartment and decided it was the best to not go there again alone. The risk about falling for that baby was too big, seeing a picture got her so emotional already, so it was the best to just keep talking over the lawyers, if needed.
She was determined to get Arizona talking again and on her side. Callie felt sorry, that this hurt the blonde so bad but she understood why Arizona acted that way and couldn´t even be mad.
All that worrying and talking about a baby, then seeing this picture, made her realize that over the years she pushed back that big dream of having a second child.
Maybe, when all this is fixed, she could talk to Arizona and see what she says.
Last night she checked the time of Arizona´s flight and wanted to pick her two girls up, so she keeps looking at the time to not be late but she still had some time to spare before heading back to the apartment.
Sitting down on the bench, Arizona´s favorite place here in NY, she pulled our her phone once again and scrolled through her pictures of Sofia and Arizona, family pictures and just Arizona.
Completely lost in her thoughts, she jumped when her phone vibrated in her hands, but was happy when she read Arizona´s name.
"Arizona, I´m so glad you call me back. You are probably at the airport now, I wanted to let you know that I will pick you up."
"Callie, I´m not at the airport" the blonde was trying everything to hold it together.
"What? Why?! You are coming back right? You can´t just stay and not come back! You can´t just leave me like that!" the Latina was completely losing the battle with her feelings.
"Callie, it´s…." But Arizona didn´t get the chance to finish.
"No! Just no! I won´t loose you and our family again. We need..."
"CALLIE!" Arizona interrupted her finally making her stopp.
"Callie, it´s Sofia! There was an accident."
Callie was running back to her apartment, she was a mess.
As soon as she arrived back home, she started her laptop to check for the first flight available.
Not being happy when she saw the first flight is just in 6 hours, she couldn´t wait that long to see if her baby girl was alright. She had to get to Seattle ASAP to be there for her daughter and Arizona.
At this point she called her dad…
"Hola Hija. I wanted to call you later. I´m on my way to a meeting." Carlos answered the call but immediately making sure that´s not the best moment to talk.
"Daddy!" Callie started to cry. She was so hurt and felt helpless, not being able to be there with Sofia was killing her.
"Calliope, what happened?" Carlos worries.
"Sofia had an accident. I need to go to Seattle asap."
"You pack a bag and leave the rest to me. I´ll meet you at the airport in 2 hours max, I´m in Washington for the business meeting but I´ll cancel that now, head back to the Jet and pick you up."
"Daddy you can´t cancel..." but Carlos wouldn´t hear it
"None sense. My daughter and granddaughter need help, I´ll help. And I can see with my own eyes that your little girl will be alright."
Callie was so thankful that her dad came around and cared so much for his granddaughter.
"Thank you Daddy"
The brunette got all her stuff together in a hurry, with her dad picking her up in about two hours, she had just enough time to pack and drive to the airport. Callie would rather be there earlier than later.
Soon, Callie found herself in Carlos arms crying. The plane was already back in the air, the tough man was feeling for his daughter and he was trying to calm her down.
"She will be alright Calliope."
"I hope so Daddy. I can´t handle much more. This feels so unreal. Penny, a baby, Arizona is mad at me and now my poor baby is in the hospital." Callie keeps crying, she is falling apart.
"Everything will be alright, I promise. I have some news about Penny but will talk about that later, first we check on the little princess of yours."
The brunette jumped up when she felt the plane land, realizing that she cried herself to sleep in her fathers arms.
"We just landed, it´s good you got some rest." Carlos says
"She needs to be alright, Daddy."
"A car is already waiting for to take us straight to the hospital."
"Thank you, I´m such a mess I can´t think straight." Callie says placing her head in her hands.
"That´s what I´m there for Hija. I´ll always take care of you and your girls as long as you want me."
The Torres duo was running into the Hospital and were welcome by Miranda. It was pretty late already but Callie needed to see Sofia and Arizona.
"Callie, Mr. Torres, glad you´re here."
"Where is she?" Callie wouldn´t waste another minute to see her daughter.
"I´ll take you to her room, she is sleeping but Arizona is still there too. We got her a private room and another bed so one of her mothers can stay here." Miranda explained
Coming up to Sofia´s door Miranda opened it quietly.
Callie saw her daughter laying in bed sleeping, the blonde was sitting next to the bed, her head resting on the blanked and holding the small hand of their daughter. Callie quickly lost the battle with her tears. When Arizona realized that someone was in the room, she turned around and walked straight into Callie´s arm crying.
"I´m so sorry" Arizona keeps saying into Callie´s shoulder.
"Let´s go outside and talk, we shouldn´t wake her up" Miranda whispered before any more words were spoken and everyone followed her outside.
"Arizona what happened?" Callie finally questioned
Flashback
Arizona just finished packing, they had still a few hours but she wanted to enjoy them a little more with Teddy and Mer.
So the adults were sitting at the kitchen table with some donuts and coffee while the kids kept playing.
"Mommy, can we go play in the tree house again?" Zola came into the kitchen.
"Yes, but be careful, alright?"
"YAY" the kids jumped in excitement and run outside.
"Careful Sofia!"Arizona shouted after her daughter.
The tree house was their favorite place the past days, every time Arizona or Meredith was looking for the kids, they found them in there.
One day Meredith had to climb up there, because the duo wouldn´t come down for dinner. She found the girls all dressed up with make up and dresses on. The girls were able to sneak that out of the house and up there without anyone noticing. These two together were a hand full now.
After the call with Callie last night, Arizona couldn´t take it any more, she needed to talk to someone and was now talking to Teddy and Mer about her situation with Callie. Also apologizing about lying to them, why Callie had to stay in NY.
As the three friends were deep in conversation, they were alarmed by a loud scream from Zola.
"MOMMY!" the little came running towards the house.
"Mommy! Sofia fell!"
The three woman went straight into Doctors mode, running towards the little girl laying on the ground, being unconscious.
Arizona finished telling Callie what happened.
"She fell from the tree house?"
"Yes" Arizona says in tears.
"How high is that? What´s wrong with her?"
"She was unconscious for a while, Shepherd got a CT done and was clear. Her wrist is broken, she got some bruises on her arm and abdomen, they checked for internal bleeding but didn´t find any."
"How can you let her climb up there without watching her closely?!" Callie questioned reproachful.
"What? She is 8 Years old, Callie! It was an accident!"
"Enough!" Carlos interrupted the two.
"This is not the right time to fight. I don´t care that you two have some problems to sort out and are probably not that happy with each other right now, but this my granddaughter in there and I´ll not allow her mothers to fight about anything unimportant right now! The only thing that matters is this little girl in there, she is obviously in pain and even scared. Sofia is our first priority and you two stop fighting right now!"
This left the two woman speechless.
Carlos now turned to Miranda.
"Dr. Bailey, will you please keep my granddaughter company while I take these two to the cafeteria to talk?"
"Sure, Mr. Torres."
The walk downstairs to the cafeteria was in silence, Carlos sat down at the table facing Callie and Arizona.
"Alright you two, you get your stuff together now. I know you two are scared, there is nothing more scary than seeing your child getting hurt. All you want to do is take the pain away and try to blame someone but that won´t work. So, I know about your situation and I want to tell you both what found out about Penny. Maybe when you know the truth, you two can walk into Sofia´s room again as the two good and carrying mothers you are." Pausing for a moment, looking deep into the woman eyes. Both had tears running down their cheeks.
"So I found out that Penny had one doctors appointment where she got a negative pregnancy test result. Before you say something just let me finish, there is some more.
I got all the papers that prove that Penny is not pregnant from the donor you choose together. You or your actions back then are not responsible. That women is trying to play dirty"
Both, Arizona and Callie relieved a breath they didn´t they were holding. Callie was taking Arizona´s hand looked her deep in the eyes.
"But there is more, Calliope.
When I found out that this women is lying, I got a complete back round check done, we checked her bank and credit cards. It turned out that Penny made some reservations in a Hotel in New York, but before you two broke up, even before the appointment at the clinic where you two went to get her pregnant. Calliope, you know your old man, I own a lot of Hotels, some have the Torres name but some of them doesn´t. Penny was stupid enough to check into a Hotel that I own, so I got all the details about when and with whom she went there. Do you want to know more or is that enough?"
Callie was shocked, she tried to remember all the nights Penny didn´t come home because she had emergencies or whatever. She didn´t care about Penny anymore but it still hurt to know that a single person can be so twisted and play with you for so long. Everything Callie and Arizona went through, Sofia went through. It was all for a cheating, lying bitch.
"It was a man?" Callie finally questioned
Carlos had no other choice than being honest, even if this might hurt his daughter.
"Yes"
"I´ve got his name and everything. We could talk through all the details but I´ll just finish this now. Penny and that man were both playing with you. I´ve got my people working on it and the police is already informed. I promise you, when I´m finished with Penny she won´t come near you again. They were after your and my money, making you responsible for the baby."
Carlos saw how confused the two woman were, so he decided to give them a little pep talk.
"Now, you two take a few minutes for yourself before going back up to your daughter and as soon as you two step in that room all of this will be forgotten because all that matters is the three of you. You girls have done a great job raising that little girl and I´m so proud of you that you found your way back together. Arizona, we both protect the things we love and I trust you again, that you protect your family. Whenever you need me, I´m just one call away."
I hope I didn´t disappoint you guys ;)
Let me know what you think.