Derek got the key and when he stood up, he noticed that Grace was narrowing her eyes at looking straight out the door. He turned and saw what she was glaring at.
"Grace," said the new comer.
"Dad, what are you doing here?"
Chapter 6"What am I doing here? What are you doing here of all places and in a hospital bed? You have got some explaining to do," said Mark sternly.
"I'm surprised you noticed," said Grace looking between Derek and Meredith, "Alright who called him? You both look guilty as hell, I'm surprised at you Uncle Derek. I thought we agreed to send Satan back on her broomstick and tell him if I needed surgery which I don't."
"You are in so much trouble, you can't just fly out of State. And since there is nothing wrong with you, you are coming on the next flight home," said Mark.
"Like hell I am," retorted Grace.
"Uh maybe we should go," said Meredith.
"Yeah, okay I'm going to take Meredith home and get your stuff. Will be okay? Do you want me to stay?" said Derek.
"She'll be fine," snapped Mark.
"I'll be okay, go and preferably take him with you," said Grace.
"Okay, just have me paged if you need to. I'll be back soon," said Derek.
"Well she is on the first plane out of here, there is nothing wrong with her, she just wants attention that's why she showed up here," said Mark.
"I'm afraid we can't allow the patient to leave until she has undergone treatment," said Derek, "and maybe if you were around more for her, she wouldn't want attention"
"I don't want attention," protested Grace.
"Okay," said Derek, "I'll see you soon"
"Bye, and thanks Meredith," said Grace.
"No problem I'll see you in the morning," said Meredith, knowing that there was going to be some definite fireworks that night.
"Treatment what treatment?" demanded Mark after Derek and Meredith were gone.
"Well I came out here because I thought the Leukemia was back," said Grace.
Mark's face crumbled, he sat down on the bed next to Grace. How could he miss that? He was a doctor, he was a father, and he shouldn't have let her go through that alone.
"It's okay though, it's not back I'm still in remission," said Grace a little freaked by how he had reacted, she had never thought he cared that much. She thought he thought she was just an inconvenience.
"Then what?"
"Kidney failure, a side effect of my chemo I guess it just took this long to become a problem. And the kidney failure brought on diabetes which was why I was fainting," said Grace, "It's in my chart," she said pointing to the end of her bed, where the chart was.
Mark got up and got the chart. He read through all of it, cover to cover not saying at word until he had finished.
"Why didn't you tell me any of this?"
"So you don't think I'm faking it then?" retorted Grace.
"No, you can't fake this. Why didn't you come to me? I would have done these tests in New York," he said sitting down next to her.
"I doubt you would have cared or that you could have even squeezed me in between conquests and surgeries," said Grace.
"You're my daughter…."
"That didn't seem to bother you when you chose Addison over me," said Grace wriggling off the bed and standing up to look out the window.
"What? When did I ever do that?" said Mark, sometimes men are so dense.
"Uh when she moved in and I moved out."
"You said you wanted space…. I thought that you just wanted some time alone to get used to the idea of me and Addison being together so I gave you both"
"I was never going to get used to the idea of you two being together, it gave me the creeps. I moved out because I hated you both for what you did…you not only ruined your best friends like you ruined mine. I thought you would at least offer to ask Addison to move out, maybe not break up with her because that might show that you did care about me more than her and I know you don't. So don't try and act like the concerned parent now," said Grace, "I don't want you here."
"Grace…. I'm sorry I didn't know, I didn't think…"
"No you don't think… you don't think about anyone but yourself, and because of that you lost Derek, Addison and me, congratulations. Who have you got left? The slutty scrub nurse, she's welcome to you," said Grace scathingly.
"I'm sorry," he said, shocked he had no idea he had pushed her so far away.
"It's too late. I think they need a few forms to signed in case I have to go on the transplant list, if they do I'll have them send them to New York," said Grace.
"I'm not going back to New York. You're 16, I'm not leaving you alone in a strange city," said Mark.
"Why? You let me live alone in New York, and I'm not alone I have Uncle Derek"
"I don't care, you are a child…." Shouted Mark.
"I don't want you here and I don't need you here," said Grace firmly.
"Too bad," snapped Mark.
"Why do you want to stay here? You gonna try and get into Addison's delicates again, I doubt it will be that hard…." Said Grace.
"That's enough," snapped Mark.
"Says who?"
"You know what young lady, you are nothing more than a spoiled brat with a quick tongue," he said angry again, it was amazing how one minute she could make him feel so guilty and so much like a failure and the next make him shake with rage
"And you are nothing more than a man whore that will screw anything in a skirt and a dead beat dad that that really doesn't give a fuck about anything except where his next screw is coming from," shouted Grace, storming to the door, flinging it open and storming out.
"Madeline," roared Mark, "GET BACK IN HERE RIGHT NOW!!"
Grace just turned round, raised her eyebrow and said, "Or what?"
Mark made to go after her, but she was already on the elevator which had just closed.