Alex hands the bartender cash for his beer and stands up to leave. He's made a decision and he needs to tell Meredith. She won't like it and she won't agree, but he knows that it is the right thing to do. Jo isn't one to run scared, so this asshole husband of hers must be a really bad dude for her go to this much trouble to get away from him. Taking the plea deal will be the only way to prevent her from having to testify in court. Unfortunately, it will cost him everything, but there's no way he can ask her to expose herself and risk this guy finding her.
Meredith is walking out of the recovery room followed by Leah Murphy, when she spots Alex walking towards her.
"Murphy get those lab reports and check on the patient and I'll meet you in pre-op," she says handing the chart to the resident.
"Yes Dr Grey," Murphy replies wondering what is up, because Karev looks terrible.
"I need to talk to you," Alex says grabbing her arm and pulling her around the corner.
"You look like crap," she remarks crossing her arms.
"I know that you won't agree with this decision, but I am going to take the deal," he blurts out.
"No. No you are not taking the deal. That will end your medical career," Meredith snaps angrily.
"I can't let her testify, because if I lose then I won't be around to protect her from this guy," Alex explains.
"If you take the deal, you'll be in prison and ... Alex, she has lied to you this whole time. You don't even know her real name. And it's not just some guy, it's her husband. How do you know that she is even telling you the truth now?" Meredith questions.
"I know her Mer. And she isn't scared of much, but this guy, she is so scared of him, that she changed her name and moved across the country to get away from him. I did this. I almost killed a guy. I'm taking the deal, it's the right thing to do," Alex replies firmly.
Before Meredith can respond, one of the new interns rushes up to them. "Dr Grey, the labs are back. You're needed in pre-op right now, the patient is coding."
"Damn it, I have to go. You need to talk this through more, call Arizona, let her talk some sense into you," Meredith begs him.
"I don't want to bother her, she's on a date or something with Minnick," Alex blurts out, running his hand through his hair.
Ignoring his remark about Arizona, because she knows that it can't be true, Meredith instead replies, "We are not done talking about this, just don't do anything yet," she calls over her shoulder as she rushes off.
With the patient stabilized and her surgery postponed, Meredith heads back to her office to call Alex. It goes right to voice mail, so she calls Arizona, maybe she's talked to him.
"Have you talked to Alex?" She asks as soon as the blonde answers the phone.
"No, I just got home, why?" Arizona questions as she shuts her front door.
"I thought that you left early, why are you just now getting home?" Meredith asks as Alex's remark comes back to her.
"I had a few stops to make," Arizona replies breezily. "Now, what is up with Alex," she asks again.
"Nothing, I'll handle it," Meredith says sharply. If this thing with Minnick wasn't a big deal, she would have told her, wouldn't she?
"Meredith, what is happening?" Arizona questions, setting her things on the counter.
"Did you just have a drinks with Eliza Minnick and lie to me about it?" Meredith snaps.
"Wow," Arizona exclaims in surprise. "I did have a drink with her, but I didn't mention it because it's not important and obviously you are concerned about Alex, so what is up with Alex?"
"Were you even going to tell me about going out with Minnick?" Meredith asks. "I've seen the way she looks at you."
"Meredith, she asked me out for a drink early last week and I said yes. Then today when I was leaving she asked me if we could do it tonight, so I agreed. But I made it clear to her that it was not a date, there is nothing going on with me and Eliza Minnick," Arizona explains firmly.
"Fine." She retorts and it's obvious to the blonde that nothing about it is fine.
"Meredith, I'll come over and help you find Alex," Arizona offers.
"No, just don't bother. I'll find Alex, hopefully before he does something really stupid," Meredith says ending the call abruptly
Arizona sits stunned, she can't believe that Meredith hung up on her. And how the hell did she already know about me meeting Minnick for a drink. One stupid drink. Well at least it was at Joe's and not the hotel bar, she reminds herself.
Before she can decide what to do next, shower or eat, her phone buzzes. She grabs it quickly, but it's not from Meredith or Alex, it's from the hospital exchange.
Sighing, she calls in, "This is Dr Robbins, you paged." She listens for a moment, then grabs paper and a pen to start making notes. "Thank you, is Chief Bailey aware of this request?" Arizona asks.
"Yes ma'am. She and doctor Wilson are on their way in to meet you here," the scheduling nurse replies.
"Okay, well let them know that I am on my way," Arizona says before ending the call.
"This is so gross, look at this one, it has feet," Wilson exclaims leaning forward to show the picture to Bailey.
"Wilson," Arizona warns over her shoulder.
"What, it's not a baby. It's just a mass of skin and cells, it's like a tumor," Wilson replies defensively.
"Wilson," Arizona repeats to get her attention. "Stop talking about symptoms and start talking about patient," she demands.
"Kristian Rochester, 16, 31 weeks pregnant, preliminary ultrasound shows likely TRAP syndrome," Wilson says reviewing the information from the email on her phone, while Arizona drives them to the prison hospital. She had been consulting the prison OB on this case, but once they realized it was TRAP, Arizona had no choice and tonight was the only window they would give her to see the patient. The timing couldn't be worse.
"You look terrible," Maggie says entering the kitchen the next morning.
"Thanks, Alex is gone." Meredith replies sadly.
"Gone? I just saw him yesterday and the trial is..." Maggie responds confused.
"Over. The trial is over. He took the plea deal and he's in jail now I guess, because he's not answering his phone and I'm pretty sure that they take your phone, when you're in jail," Meredith rambles and takes another sip of her cold coffee.
"Meredith, I don't understand. When did all of this happen?" Maggie asks sitting down at the table.
"Yesterday, he spoke with Jo and she gave him this whole story about a bad ex-husband who will track her down if she testifies at the trial, so he took the plea and now there won't be a trial," Meredith explains.
"Wow, that is insane and intense," Maggie replies.
"Arizona went out to Joe's with Eliza Minnick last night," Meredith grumbles.
"Everyone grabs a drink after work at Joe's that doesn't mean it was a date," Maggie points out. "And Minnick is staying at the Archibald, if it was a date, wouldn't she have picked that bar, it's a lot nicer than Joe's."
"But people saw them together, sitting in the back at the 'date' table," Meredith admits angrily.
"Have you talked to her about it? I'm sure that it's nothing. Minnick is hot, but evil hot. I can't see Arizona going for that," Maggie remarks.
"She tried to talk to me last night, and now she hasn't returned my texts and isn't answering her phone."
"She's a surgeon, there's only one reason that she wouldn't answer and that's because she's in surgery," Maggie reminds her.
"Well, she could be mad that I hung up on her," Meredith admits.
"Okay, well I need to call her about the case we have together, if she doesn't answer me, then we'll know that she's with a patient," Maggie offers picking up her phone and sending a message to Arizona.
A moment later Maggie's phone buzzes and it's Jo Wilson.
"Hey Dr Wilson, can you tell me if Dr Robbins has seen the overnight labs on the Elliot case yet, I have questions," Maggie replies easily.
Meredith waits as Maggie listens to Wilson's response.
"Okay, let her know that I'll call in that order now, thanks Dr Wilson," Maggie replies before ending the call and turning back to her sister.
"So?" Meredith asks impatiently.
"Arizona spent the night at Tri-County Hospital with Bailey and Wilson operating on a patient, they're on their way back now," Maggie replies. "Arizona is driving," she adds.
"Oh," Meredith says deflating a bit. "
"Now, let me call in this order and then we can go online and check on Alex's case. Do you have his case number?" Maggie asks.
"I think he emailed it to me a while back, let me find it," Meredith replies grabbing her phone.
Arizona is exhausted. She saw the voicemail from Meredith when they got their phones back, but there was no way that she was going to listen to it after the night she had. When Pierce paged, she had Wilson return it, but she had to wonder if that was Meredith's way of trying to figure out where she was. Too tired to think about it and still annoyed with the other woman, Arizona decides to ignore it for now and focus only on what she has to do before she can lay down for an hour or two. Glancing at the clock on the dash, she realizes that she's been up for more than 24 hours now.
"Wilson, grab us coffee and meet me in my office, we need to review the Elliott case, first thing," she says over her shoulder as they unpack the car.
"Well this is going to be a long day for all of us, but good work tonight doctors," Bailey says stifling a yawn as she grabs one of the rolling bags.
"Do you know anything about what's going on with Alex? Bailey told me that he was going to accept the plea?" Arizona asks softly leaning over so Maggie can hear her.
They are waiting in an on-call room for Webber. He wants to talk with them about the Minnick situation. Arizona wants to support him, but she also wants to try to stay out of it. She's exhausted and just needs to get through today with as little drama as possible.
"We looked it up this morning and his case has been postponed. We don't know what that means and he isn't answering his phone," Maggie explains. "Meredith is making some calls, trying to find out where he's being processed."
"Okay, well let me know what she finds out please," Arizona asks.
Webber and Jackson are arguing but Arizona can barely focus on what it is about. The knock on the door that she's still leaning against startles her.
"Occupied," April calls out.
"It's Murphy. I need Robbins, there is a laboring mom on her way," Murphy says through the door.
Arizona groans, that is all she needs right now. "Keep me posted," she says before leaving the room.
"She's on her way, right now, in a taxi," Murphy explains. "Her contractions are less than three minutes apart."
"So page Portman. Portman is on call and I've been up all night," Arizona informs the resident.
"Portman is already here and in OR 3. The driver thinks that she's going to have the baby any minute," Murphy replies.
"Wait, how are you talking to the driver?" Arizona asks confused.
Murphy takes the tablet that she's been cradling in her arms and opens the link again," Oh, he's called in on video chat, I almost forgot!" She exclaims taking the call off of hold and showing it to the fetal surgeon.
"Hello, it's Dr Robbins," Arizona says not real happy with Murphy right now.
She continues to consult with the patient over video chat and they are almost to the hospital when the unthinkable happens, they are hit by another car. Murphy and Arizona run to the ER.