Cuddy walks into House's office.
"Look House, you haven't seen a patient or had a patient in a month." She tosses the file at him."Go take a look at this Benjy Fleming kid. It will help you get back in the game."
"I can't see patients, remember. I just got out of rehab." House says sitting at his desk holding his cane out in front of him. Cuddy grabs a hold of it.
"Take the case or I fire you." Cuddy says in her no nonsense voice.
"Fine, I will criticize the patient until they make another doctor take care of him." House says picking up the file and exiting his office.
"That'll never happen." Cuddy says to herself.
"I heard that!" House hollers from down the hall. He gets on the elevator, and goes up to the floor that Benjy's room is on… When he steps off the elevator, his room isn't very far off. He sees a woman and man in a suit talking.
"Great… Parents that I have to convince that their child is dying." House says to himself with a sigh.
Sharona just stares at Monk.
"What?" She asks him.
"You heard me… Why did you leave me? Why did you just up and come back to New Jersey?" Monk asks.
"Look Adrian, I had to. I was going crazy. I thought that if I stayed with you I would go crazy. I was doing it for Benjy's sake as well as my own." Sharona says. Natalie appears from Benjy's room.
"Mr. Monk, Benjy wants to see you." Natalie says.
"Okay, tell him I'm coming." Monk says. He takes one more look at Sharona and then enters Benjy's room. Natalie steps out to have a talk with Sharona.
"I've heard a lot about you… How could you hurt that poor defenseless man?" Natalie asks him.
"You don't understand. I have a son, and I thought I was going to go crazy working for him." Sharona says.
"Oh, I understand all right, when the going gets tough you can't stick around. I have a daughter myself, Mrs. Fleming; and she helps me with Adrian a lot. I love her, but I wouldn't abandon Mr. Monk just because I thought he was going a little nuts. He's always been this way; we can't fix it if we run away." Natalie says. Sharona notices that during this little spiel a man in a suit with a cane has walked over.
"Who are you?" Sharona says in her sarcastic tone with her arms crossed.
"I'm Dr. House. I will be taking care of the patient. Who are you two? If you have nothing to do with the patient get out." House says.
"I am his mother. I am Sharona Fleming." She says.
"I am Natalie Teeger. I am here with the San Francisco PD finding out what happened with Mr. Adam Lark and his murder." Natalie says.
"Well then scram… We don't need you here. This is for Benjy Fleming." House pushes past Natalie. "You can't possibly be the mother of an 18 year old boy." Sharona blushes.
"Yes, I am. His father and I are separated again." Sharona says.
"Well then, would you like to come back to my place one night?" House asks as they enter Benjy's room.