Stole My Heart ❤️ {A Jackson Avery love story}

Chapter 182:

Amy and I share a laugh.

Delilah: have you talked to grandma at all?
Amy: not lately. You?
Delilah: no... not really.

Ever since my dad died, it's been hard for me to reach out to my family. In the past year, I've called my grandma maybe once or twice. My other three aunts have reached out to me on multiple occasions, but I never responded. I miss my family, but it's hard when they constantly remind you of the only parent you ever had.

Amy: she misses you. She's called me a couple times to check on you. Are you ever going to call her?
Delilah: I'll try.

-later-

I'm in surgery with Mer on our guy from this morning.

Owen: you know, I saw the doorman waiting at the waiting room. That is dedication.
Callie: wow. Leo must be one hell of a tipper.

I chuckle along with Owen and Callie.

Meredith: they're in love.
Delilah: no way.
Callie: what, Leo and the doorman?
Meredith: avitene. I caught them.
Callie: that's awesome.
Delilah: totally. And so sweet.
Jo: like, caught them caught them?
Meredith: just holding hands– very PG. Nothing like what I saw this morning.

I look at Meredith and start laughing.

Jo: they're in love. That's sweet.
Meredith: it's sad. They have love right in front of them. That doorman is gonna keep opening that door, letting love out and letting it back in again and then letting it walk right by him.

Callie steps in and joins us.

Callie: 15 blade.
Owen: you know, that is sad.

-later-

I had to step out of Leo's surgery to go into a different surgery to fix a mistake that Nelson made. I found out from Mer that Leo has cancer, which sucked.

I'm walking out of my patient's post-op room and I look over the chart at the nurses station.

Amy: hey kiddo.
Delilah: hey.
Amy: how did your guy go?
Delilah: he has cancer.
Amy: ouch. And your guy that had the brain bleed from Nelson?
Delilah: he's still asleep. Won't know more until he wakes up.
Amy: let's hope you don't lose him.
Delilah: I hope so too, or else I'm ripping Nelson a new one.

Amy and I share a laugh.

Delilah: what about you? How was surgery on your DBS guy?
Amy: he's in recovery.
Delilah: that's good.

There was a brief moment of silence.

Delilah: my bio mom is roaming around the hospital.

Amy's eyes grow wide.

Amy: what?! How long?
Delilah: do you remember that kid I had a while back?
Amy: car accident downtown?
Delilah: mhmm.
Amy: yeah?
Delilah: that's her son.

Amy's eyes grow wide again.

Amy: oh my god.
Delilah: she's been coming around the hospital a lot since her son started his physiotherapy.
Amy: why didn't you tell me about this?
Delilah: I just want to avoid it.
Amy: are you okay?
Delilah: I just hate that she's walking around my hospital. She's walking around here, trying to pretend that she didn't walk out of my life and completely abandon me.
Amy: you have absolutely no obligation to her.
Delilah: I know I don't.