Chapter 48:
February 3, 2026- Seattle, Washington
Burke slowly placed his tools down and walked out of the OR and walked into the empty scrub room. He took off his gloves and his mask before turning on the water. As he washed his hands, he saw the gallery slowly empty. There had been so many people in there hoping for Derek's survival and now they were all walking out.
As Burke dried his hands, the scrub room door opened and Derek's doctor walked in. They exchanged a glance before saying anything. Burke threw away the paper towel before Dr. Henderson said anything, "He wasn't supposed to survive."
Meredith looked at her watch. It'd been four hours. She'd already dragged her daughters around the first floor of the hospital twice. She'd made them eat the nasty hospital food that she's basically lived off of since she was an intern. And now they were forcing her to sit down and breath. Four hours. They should be done. That means that Dr. Henderson should be coming soon. With news. News that will change the course of their life no matter what it is. Either they can get back on the track they'd been on over a year ago, or they fall even farther away from it. The hard part is just deciding which is worse: not knowing or knowing the worst is the truth.