He didn’t want to tell her. The truth would hurt her too much. They are now adults though. Maybe she will be able to handle it. He can’t lie to her. That would not be fair. “I…I didn’t for a while. I was so focused on school. During my last year of law school I was sitting in on a case. A 10 year old girl was left home alone by her mother. Her mother got called in to work and didn’t have time to call a babysitter so she just left her there.” He pauses. “And that’s it.”

“That’s it?...

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There are plenty of parking spots outside of Derek’s building yet Meredith circles around and around the block. So many emotions ran through her that morning that she prepared for her second visit with him. These were definitely emotions she had left behind so long ago when she finally could say to herself she had moved on. Suddenly she finds herself nervous about seeing him, about the way she looks. She even put her perfume in her purse to make sure she smelled good for him. These were things a...

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After circling around a few blocks for 15 minutes Meredith realizes a spot will not be opening up for her. There will be no miracle happening this evening. She finally gives in and pulls into the nearest parking garage. She reluctantly steps out of the vehicle and waits for the attendant to give her the ticket. She is already an hour late. She politely smiles as she grabs her ticket and makes her way up the walk way to begin her two block journey to the Big Apple Bar.

As she gets...

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Meredith walks out of Derek's office and to her vehicle. After climbing into the Jeep Commander she pulls out her cell phone before even turning the vehicle on. She waits until the person on the other end picks up. Before her friend could even say hello Meredith begins talking, “Meet me at The Big Apple Bar in a half hour.”

“And hello to you too,” the voice on the other end teases.

“Cut the crap, Cristina, I need to tell you about who I had a meeting with today,”...

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Meredith stood in the kitchen of her mother’s house at the ripe old age of 18. She wasn’t her normal smiling self as she stood there on the phone with her boyfriend. She was quiet and definitely not smiling. Her forehead leaned against the sliding glass door that lead out to the desk as tears started to roll down her cheeks. The words she heard in her ear were the last thing she expected to hear from the boy she loved. “I am not happy anymore.” She couldn’t believe it. In her eyes everything...

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