𝟯𝟯. "𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹" {𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂}

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Callie sits down with Derek, who's drinking beer.

"It's a little early in the day for that, Don't you think? " callie said

"You sound like my mother. " derek said

"I met your mother. I liked her. " callie said

"Who sent you... Richard? " derek asked

" Bailey. "

" Of course. "

" Look, I'm sorry about your patient. I know how hard it could be. I had a patient a couple of years ago ... Young guy, 50 maybe. Simple knee replacement. He was post-op, he was fine. I even told his wife she could go and get him lunch. I mean, it was a simple knee replacement. It was nothing. But he'd been getting short of breath, so I put him on blood thinners for a post-surgical P. E. It wasn't until he was vomiting up dark red blood, looking me in the eye telling me that he was dying. That I figured it out ... that I was wrong. That it wasn't a P. E. He was bleeding internally. And it wouldn't have been fatal, but the blood thinners ... God, I will never forget the look on his wife's face ... When she came back with that sandwich in her hand, Asking me why her husband wasn't in his room anymore. " callie said

"How do you live with it? Killing him ... Taking him from his wife ... How do you live with it? "

" We call it malpractice. "

" I know what we call it. I'm asking you, when you get up in the morning, How do you look at yourself in the mirror? I'm not ... I'm asking. "

"Can I get one of those? " callie asked as Derek hands her a beer.

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Owen finds  Bailey in the hallway

"You paged me, Dr. Bailey? "

"You're finished with your part of the face transplant, right?" Bailey asked

" But I cleared my schedule to watch Sloan and Dr. Yang do their surgeries. So whatever it is you need, I hope it's not too time consuming. "

"That all depends on how fast you can drive and talk. "

"I'm sorry. " owen asked

"I need you to drive out to the woods and talk Derek Shepherd into coming back here. And I believe you also might run into Callie Torres, with a flat tire or a broken heel, or an ... ax-wielding serial killer. "

"You're serious? "

"I sent Torres after Shepherd, and ... she's fallen off the grid. Her phone goes straight to voice mail. I'm normally not a panicky person, but, I'm fan of daytime television, and, you know, the mind creates these scenarios Never mind. I need you to go get Torres and Shepherd and bring them back here Before the Chief notices that any of you are gone." Bailey said

"Shepherd's been gone all week. I'm sure the Chief wouldn't notice ... "

"You survived a war. You can do this. "

" I know I can do this I'm saying I don't want to. People don't really say no to you, do they? "

"Not when I say please. I'm saying please." Bailey said

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