"Ma'am, have you checked his case online? We have a website, you don't have to come down here in person," the clerk replies clearly annoyed to have field this type of inquiry.
"Yes, I checked the website. It just says that the case is closed. I need to know why it's closed. I need to find Alex Karev," Meredith replies clearly frustrated.
"Have you spoken with his attorney? I'm sure they can tell you why it's closed, I can't release that information to you," the clerk says dismissively and looks to the next person in line.
Meredith huffs and steps away from the window. Alex's attorney hasn't returned her call either. Deciding to check in with the hospital, she calls Arizona, but it goes straight to voicemail again. She calls Maggie next and it does too. So she texts her sister and immediately gets a response back.
"Heading to the ER for a consult with Robbins," is all it says.
Great, well at least she knows the blonde isn't avoiding her.
In the ER, Wilson is annoyed and distracted. The district attorney called and told her that the trial was postponed indefinitely, so she stayed to work her shift. But now she is assigned to cover the ER while Murphy is working a trauma with Robbins and Pierce. And she still has no idea what's going on with Alex. She's called and texted him, but he hasn't replied.
If Bailey is right and he did take the plea, Alex could be sitting in jail right now, waiting to be transferred to prison, she thinks.
Eliza Minnick is pissed. Her plan to observe surgeries all day is not going well. It's as if the attendings are working together to keep her out of their ORs. They are not following the OR schedule that she set up this morning and now she has no idea what is going on. Everytime she enters an OR, the surgery is either concluded or it's not the one she wanted to observe.
"How's the mother?" Edwards asks approaching the accident scene in the parking lot.
"Bad," Arizona replies still dazed by the the lack of sleep and the fact that she was talking to the mother when the accident happened.
"Bilateral hip dislocation," Warren replies examining the patient on the stretcher. "She must have had her legs up on the dash."
"What?" Arizona asks.
"She was in labor right? So she must have put her legs up to relieve the pain, then in the accident the airbag went off and..."
"Her legs were shoved into her chest," Arizona finishes his theory as they rush her into the ER.
"I've been running around trying to get information at the courthouse, but no one can tell me anything. How are things at the hospital?" Meredith asks, when Maggie calls to check in with her later that morning.
"Well we just had three people injured in a 2 car accident, that happened right in front of the ER. A pregnant woman in labor and the taxi driver who was bringing her in. Hit by her husband rushing here for the birth," Maggie explains.
"That sucks. Look, should I come in to help or keep looking for Alex?" Meredith asks worriedly.
"Just keep looking for Alex, we've got this covered," Maggie replies.
"Well, keep an eye on Arizona, she's been up for over 30 hours now," Meredith notes before ending the call.
Maggie looks over at Arizona sitting at the CT console.
"Any news on Alex," she asks the brunette, eyes still focused on the computer as they wait for the results of the scan.
"No, she hasn't found him and he's still not answering his phone. How are you? I heard about your case last night, you've been up now for what 30 hours?" Maggie asks concerned.
"33 hours to be exact. But listen the guy that hit her is her husband, he was just trying to get here and now everything is so much worse," Arizona explains worriedly. "Oh, here are the scans," she says pulling them up, so they can review them on the main screen.
Murphy and Pierce lean into review them with her. There's no way she can have the baby with bilateral hip dislocations and her pelvis is shattered blocking the birth canal, they'll need to perform a c-section and then repair the damage. Arizona swallows hard, she can't help but feel like this is all her fault for advising the woman to put her legs up.
"Murphy go book an OR," Arizona directs before turning to Pierce. "I'll perform the c-section if you can help control the bleeders."
"I'm in, let's go," Pierce replies.
Minnick spots Murphy at the surgical desk, "Dr Murphy," she says approaching her.
"Hey Dr Minnick, I caught a trauma and I'm just booking the OR for Robbins and Pierce," Murphy says excitedly.
"What's the case?" Minnick asks stepping in to look at the chart in Murphy's hands.
"Murphy, did you get it booked? Let's go," Robbins calls out to her.
"Dr Robbins," Minnick says as she turns around to face the blonde. "I just heard about your trauma, I'm going to pop into your OR."
"Um, Murphy go to pre-op and check on the patient, then get her into that OR STAT," Arizona says ignoring the brunette for the moment.
"Great, I've actually assisted on several c-sections and," Murphy replies excited to be heading into the OR with Robbins.
"I'll need you to cover my service, Pierce and I can handle this case," Arizona informs the resident.
"Actually, this sounds like a great case for her to learn..." Minnick interrupts.
"Murphy go," Arizona says sternly. "Dr Minnick, a word please."
"You are not welcome on my case," Arizona says as soon as Murphy is out of earshot.
"I'm not actually asking." Minnick replies. "It is my job to..."
"You are not entering my OR," Arizona replies interrupting her.
"Your patient is my student's classroom," Minnick points out.
"That is a very distasteful way of referring to a pregnant woman who has suffered a severe trauma and is about to give birth to her first child," Arizona harshly informs the brunette before walking away.
"You're letting the husband into the OR?" Maggie asks as she enters the scrub room.
"Yes, Mindy wants him there for the baby and I owe her that, since this is all my fault," Arizona exclaims as she scrubs for the surgery.
"How could this be your fault?" Maggie asks confused.
"I was on the phone with her before the accident. I told her to put her legs up and now everything is so much worse. The least that I can do is let her see her husband before the surgery," Arizona explains.
"No, this isn't your fault. You didn't cause that accident," Maggie points out.
"Maybe not, but I made it worse and this is all I can do now," Arizona says sadly.
"Saving the baby and making sure the mother lives is all we can do now, but Arizona this wasn't your fault," Maggie repeats.
Meredith is sitting outside yet another jail. She has called in every favor with everyone she can think of who could help her navigate this system and she still hasn't found Alex. Where the hell could he be, she wonders. Checking the clock on her phone, she realizes that she should head home, the kids are home from school and since she isn't working, she should let the nanny go and spend time with them. Sighing, she sets her phone down and puts the car in gear.
In the OR, the baby is delivered but she isn't breathing and the mother is bleeding out. Arizona hands the baby to Murphy and calls out instructions. She knows the resident can handle it, so she turns back to focus on the mother and help Pierce stop the bleeding.
The father, who is still in the OR begins freaking out when the baby doesn't cry and the monitors indicate his wife is in trouble. "Get him out of here," Arizona barks to one of the techs, who jumps in to grab the man by the arm and lead him out of the OR.
"Murphy, how's that baby?" Arizona asks.
"Not breathing," Murphy replies.
"Intubate her and get her up to the NICU now," Arizona instructs the resident, before returning her focus to the bleeder that she's trying to fix.
"I could have told you that was how this would play out," Pierce comments as she traces a bleeder and works to get it under control.
"Not now Pierce," Arizona warns the other surgeon.
"He shouldn't have been in here," Pierce adds.
"I was here. I know that. Can we just focus on the patient?" Arizona snaps.
At the house Meredith is helping Zola with her homework while Bailey plays with Ellis on the floor. Still worried about Alex, but resigned that there isn't anything more for her to do. She'll just need to wait for him or his lawyer to contact her and let her know what's happened. She checks her phone again, but still no word from Arizona or Maggie, which means they are still in surgery and/or they haven't heard anything either.
"Dr Robbins, chest x-rays show that the baby has diaphragmatic hernia," Murphy says re-entering the OR.
"Okay, let's get her on ECMO," Arizona says over her shoulder.
Murphy pauses, but the surgeon continues to operate. "You're not coming?" She asks finally.
"No, I'm busy saving the mother's life. Find a peds surgeon to help you, but you can do this Murphy, now go!" Arizona yells.
Stunned, Murphy backs out of the OR and rushes back to her patient.
Arizona lolls her head to stretch her neck muscles, it's been almost 48 hours now and all she wants is a shower at home and to sleep in her own bed tonight. She is heading out when she runs into Minnick again.
"Dr Robbins, do you have a moment?" Minnick asks catching her by the sleeve.
Looking down sharply at the hand on her jacket, Arizona frowns. "No, I don't. I've been up for 48 hours and I am going home. We can discuss whatever it is tomorrow," the blonde grumbles.
"I just wanted to say great job letting Murphy run with the baby," Minnick remarks with a smile. "That is exactly what I was talking about, thanks for being on board with my style of teaching."
Arizona rolls her eyes and walks away, not wanting to prolong the interaction by pointing out that is how she always teaches.
Meredith has put the kids to bed and is headed to her own room when she hears the front door open, she walks to the top of the stairs to see if it's Alex.
"Hey," Maggie says closing the door behind her. "Any word on Alex?" She asks.
"No, I just put the kids to bed and I'm going to lay down, I can't do this any more, I need a break," she exclaims tiredly.
"Okay, we'll talk tomorrow," Maggie replies, she's kind of glad that Meredith doesn't want to rehash the day, because she too just wants to let it go.
Meredith opens her bedroom door and crosses over to the bed to turn on the lamp. But just as she sits down, she jumps up. "Alex!" She exclaims as he sits up. "What are you doing?"
"Sleeping. I've been sleeping all day," he remarks.
"I've spent the day looking for you and you're here," she says annoyed and relieved.
"Yeah, it's over," he replies.
Arizona enters her house to find DeLuca sitting on the steps.
"Hey, what's going on?" She asks wondering if he's waiting for her.
"I heard your car outside," he says as she sits down beside him.
"The trial was postponed indefinitely," she states tiredly.
"I dropped the charges," DeLuca informs her.
"You did what now?" Arizona asks, because she is exhausted and can barely focus, but she could have sworn he said that he dropped the assault charges.
"I dropped the felony assault charges, there won't be a trial and Alex plead guilty to misdemeanor assault. It's over," Andrew explains.
"It's over," Arizona repeats and leans over to rest her head against the wall, relieved.
"Dr Grey," Andrew says when he opens the door to find her on the stoop the next morning.
"Arizona isn't answering her phone and I need to talk to her," Meredith states, waiting for admission.
"Uh, she's asleep and she's off today. I think you should just leave her a message," DeLuca suggests, not letting her inside.
"I've already left her messages, now move. I need to see her," Meredith says annoyed.
"No," DeLuca says standing his ground. "I don't think that you understand what she's been through the past two days, we talked last night and she really needs you to let her sleep," he adds firmly.
"Look, I appreciate what you did for Alex and what you are trying to do for Arizona, but I need to see her. Move." Meredith says again.
"One of the last things she said to me last night was that she wanted to be left alone today and not disturbed by anyone," he replies strongly.
"I assure you that she wasn't referring to me," Meredith retorts.
"Uh, actually, she asked me to tell you that she will talk to you tomorrow," he informs her.
"Well tomorrow is our date. You tell her if she doesn't talk to me today, then she shouldn't bother trying to talk to me tomorrow!" Meredith spits out before turning to storm off back to her SUV.