House got out of बिस्तर after the longest of the nights. He had barely slept a wink after a full night, tossing and turning in the cotton sheets beneath him. He stumbled out of bed, landing on the floor. The pain in his leg ached. And so did his hand. He attempted to stand up, getting on his feet making his way to the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror and slid his hand across his face. His beard faded all the way up to his hair, fading into stubble. He checked his eyes to see if his vicodin had finally shot his liver, as he did every morning.
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Cuddy's eyes shot open. A screaming Rachel...

Chapter 11 – Stop This Train –

Monday on PPTH was, as all Mondays, hard to begin; but this time was harder, especially to Lisa Cuddy. The other night, Cuddy told Erin what had happened but for some reason she didn’t felt better. House was going to avoid her, she knew it; but at the middle of the दिन she realized that she was the one who was avoiding him.

He stormed into her office, unannounced. “I need to do a brain biopsy.”

She stared at him, trying to think of what to say.

“You were supposed to say something, आप know, like” he mimicked her gestures as he went on, there’s the...

Chapter 10 – Coming back home, alone -

Cuddy opened her door and went straight to her room, she had completely forgotten about Wilson and Erin. She stopped at her bedroom door while her brain processed the last piece of information that she had seen. She gave a few steps back and looked at her couch, and there they were; two people, Erin and James. Wilson’s arms were around Erin’s body, they hugged and looked so peaceful; she wished she was in their place, she wanted to feel a hug, the warmth of his skin against hers. But tonight she was going to be all alone, once again, and this time...