There comes a time in everyone's life where they have to stand up between right and wrong. Where they have a conscious and they have to determine if they are strong enough to be the one who may not have the popular vote but that it's the right one. You have to determine that you are willing to go it alone and be okay with it. If you can do all of those things then that's a job well done.

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"Ms. Anderson, I would like to properly apologize to you and your family for what I said yesterday in my scenario to you," the prosecutor, Ethan, told her professionally. "I am merely trying to make a point across in different scenarios like this one how other families would feel. Regardless, it was wrong and I hope you accept my apology."

Though Alison accepted his apology, she didn't feel comfortable being with him or being around him. After the first trial she attended yesterday, she hired a lawyer immediately as he didn't make her feel very safe. She felt like he was trying to twist her words and didn't believe that what she was saying was the truth. But it was. The judge sat back with a satisfied smile as the prosecutor continued on with his questions.

If Alison were being honest, she was surprised that she heard from Anthony's lawyer, Jack Hemmingway, first before the prosecutor. She would have thought that maybe the prosecutor, Ethan, would have called her but she was glad that he hadn't. That didn't mean that she didn't believe Anthony was innocent. She wasn't really sure what to believe because if what they are claiming he did was true then he should be in jail for a long time. But if what they are claiming is false then he should be innocent.

It was up for the jury to decide as Anthony had decided to have the jury claim his fate. Alison still couldn't believe that this case was on television for people to watch. Everyone threw in their opinions of what was happening as news stations would have lawyers on them and even the news commentators would give their opinion. She supposed it was because Anthony Davis was one of the most high profile lawyers out there.

People liked to weigh in with their opinions on whether they thought Anthony Davis was guilty or not guilty on counts of embezzlement. What he knew and didn't know. Most of them agreed that he was guilty and only a few that were his loyal followers and supporters said he wasn't guilty. That there wasn't any embezzlement and that these clients were lying. If one thing about this trial has taught Alison it was to look at everything objectively and not through emotion.

"I want to ask you because I know you said yesterday that he never took you on trips, correct?" He asked her.

"Yes."

"Has he ever offered to help you in any way?"

"He did once when we first started dating."

"And what was it over?"

"To try and get my dog back that my ex-boyfriend took from me when he left."

"Did anything ever come of it and did you get your dog back?"

"No," Alison shook her head sadly and he gave a curt nod in understanding.

"That is all, your honor," the prosecutor told the judge.

"The testifier will now step down," the judge told jury and Alison got out of the chair as she went back to sit with Mark.

She was still pretty upset about losing her dog, Bear, especially to a man who didn't even love him. Though Anthony had offered to help her and sue her ex-boyfriend nothing had ever come up from it. Mainly because she was scared to sue her ex-boyfriend and also because her busy schedule just consumed her to where they didn't have any time. She just hoped that her dog, Bear, was okay and alive.

"You did good, babe," Mark whispered to his girlfriend as he caressed her hand with his thumb and she gave him a small smile.

"It is now time for the closing arguments," Judge Bristol alerts everyone.

"You know, the testifier, Alison Anderson had to hire a lawyer after she testified because she didn't feel safe with the prosecutor," Jack told the jury. "The reason we brought her on was to show that Anthony did not talk about his business to everyone he knew," the lawyer said. "It wasn't to have her lie or say that she was for her ex-boyfriend, Mr. Davis. No. It was also to show that Mr. Davis cares deeply for his family as any of you would, I'm sure," Jack continued on. "The reason why a majority of Mr. Davis' clients didn't give their money in full was because most of them weren't of age yet and they weren't in the right mind after having so many surgeries. He wanted to make sure that their money was really going toward their surgeries and medical bills. Wouldn't you do the same? When you have a patient who is knocked up on pain killers and can't even remember what day it is. Would you want someone to have twelve million dollars when they can't even remember what day it is or who their family member is at the time?"

The argument wasn't helping Anthony's case at all, but apparently it was the best scenario they could come up with.

The prosecutor came up with his notebook that was loaded with notes and he had points written down that he wanted to talk about in his closing arguments.

"First of all before we begin, I would like to apologize to all of you as well for my scenario I asked of Ms. Anderson as it was never my intention to hurt her or her family like that. I did not mean to make her feel unsafe as that was never my intention. I am sure though that you all will hopefully understand where I was coming from. This is a sensitive subject as you all have listened for these past couple weeks. Hundreds of people and families have lost out on money that they have rightfully earned and deserve. The million dollar question here is how the hell can this have happened? How could a well-respected lawyer have let this happened and how could anyone else turn a blind eye and make it to where Mr. Davis is above the law? Mr. Davis is a lawyer who knows the law which is the ironic thing here. So the question is - is he above the law? Could you imagine having a family member have to have over twenty surgeries in a year, a year, ladies and gentlemen, and not be given the money in full? How can anyone pay those medical bills without that money that they earned in the lawsuit? The family already has the stress of making sure their loved one is alright and has the right medications after surgery to heal better. They do not need the stress of wanting to know where their money went.

"This is just like celebrities who believe they are above the law and do everything that's not in the rule book just to tempt themselves and the law to see if anything will be done about it. They have no care in the world. The defense makes an argument of saying that Mr. Davis cares about his family. If he really did, wouldn't the right thing be to do the right thing and give their clients their money they earned? It should be," he finished then looking down at his notebook at his points and began speaking again after clearing his throat. "Over the course of these two weeks you, the jury, have heard at least seven of the victim's stories. Their truth. The pain they have and are still going through. Again, I want to stress this to you, the jury, no family or person should have to go through the stress of worrying about paying medical bills.

"Where the hell does eighty million dollars go? The defense likes to make the argument that Mr. Davis had a very bad car accident about five years ago. Yet, there is no police record of it. If it were as bad as they claim it was to make him lose some of his memory, wouldn't there be one? I believe there would be. So why isn't there? Is it possible that the accident never happened in the first place? Was it all a setup to make a story seem plausible but it in fact wasn't? We will find out in a couple months if he acted alone in this or if he had other coworkers working with him when his co-owners trial is next month. This is all for you, the jury to decide. That is all," Ethan tells Judge Bristol in his final closing statement argument.

It was now time for the jury to deliberate as they were escorted out of the court room and everyone stood until they left.

"Does the jury have the verdict?" Judge Bristol asked them, hours later.

"We do, your honor," one of the jury said as they handed the papers to the woman who would be reading off the verdict as she handed it to the judge first to look at and then handed it back.

"We the jury find the defendant Anthony J. Davis guilty of fraud. We the jury find the defendant guilty of embezzlement."

Anthony Davis was found guilty on both counts of fraud and embezzlement. He also has to pay a fine of $220,000 as well as having twelve years in prison. He could be let out of prison on the possibility of parole if he displayed good behavior. Alison saw Anthony close his eyes at the verdict and his shoulders shook. Was it out of guilt? Regret? Because he knew he wouldn't see his son grow up?

*

"Hey, you okay?" Mark asked his girlfriend in concern as they were in the Starbucks and sitting in one of the booths.

He had treated her to buy one of their tumblers, a holiday coffee drink which she chose a grande caramel brûlée coffee along with the reindeer cake pop. She didn't even complain when he paid for the items and he knew something was wrong.

"What makes people do bad things?" She asked after she took a sip of her hot coffee and he knew that she was talking about Anthony.

"I'm not sure," he shrugs his shoulder taking a sip of his coffee as well. "It could be a number of things."

"But isn't it a bit selfish? I mean what he did," she shook her head as a few warm tears dropped onto her cheek. "What about his son?"

"What he did was awful," Mark agreed with her as he brought his thumb up to her cheek and wiped away the tears and she she leaned into the palm of his hand as he cupped her cheek. "We still don't know his reasoning behind it all but I imagine he did it because he wanted to give Bentley the best life."

"But it's not really the best life, is it? If he won't be in his life for twelve years..."

"Possibly shorter," Mark corrected her. "He has a possibility for parole if he displays good behavior."

"I know," she nodded her head and placed a kiss in the inner part of his wrist. "Thank you. For being there for me these past couple of days."

"Of course," he leans forward and presses his lips to hers as she closes her eyes and opens them when his lips leave hers. "I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."

"Not even at work doing a breast augmentation or rhinoplasty?" She teased as she leaned forward in the booth as she took a bite of her cake pop.

"Hey," he whined. "I do more than just boob and nose jobs."

*

Alison was back to work at Seattle Grace after taking a couple days off due to the trials. They met up in an on-call room after being pretty handsy with each other and not being able to take it anymore.

"Shirt off," Alison let out a breath as her hair was a mess and he had already taken hers off leaving her in only her bra and pants.

Mark lifted his off with ease and she brought him closer to her again as she tugged on his hair and he lifted her up over to the bed. Panting, moans and sighs were the only thing that could be heard and mutters of their love for each other as she scratched his back. He entered her with ease as she threw her head back and he started moving inside her when they heard a knock on the door.

"Ignore it," Alison murmured and wrapped her legs around his waist bringing him closer to her and his lips on her neck as he moved at a fast, steady rhythm to help finish them off.

"Doctor Sloan," Miranda knocked on the door again this time using her voice and the couple finished off as Mark hurriedly answered the door making sure to crack it slightly so that it shield his naked body from the resident. "Doctor Bailey's baby."

Alison hit her forehead with her hand as she realized Tucker was with Miranda. She quickly got redressed as he talked with the resident.

"It appears nurse Tanya is no longer available for your liposuction at ten. Should I cancel the procedure?"

"Get me another nurse," he tells her. "Get me Kate."

"Why are you already dressed?" Mark groaned as he threw his head back once he saw his girlfriend.

"That's Doctor Bailey out there," she pointed to the door freaking out a little. "And Doctor Bailey's baby."

"So?" He asked frustrated because one round wasn't enough. "That doesn't mean you had to get dressed," but then they heard another knock and he let out another groan as she was beginning to get a little amused.

"Doctor Anderson, Doctor Sloan would like to use nurse Kate this morning. She's scheduled currently for your surgery to remove the spleen this morning. Should we move yours back an hour or we could do yours earlier. Or we could move them both."

Alison gasped as she realized she had Kate on her schedule today. Not only that but also that Doctor Bailey had called her out for sleeping with Mark at work and so she opened up the door halfway.

"Yeah, I'm good with moving mine back or having it sooner. Whichever works with me. Hi Tucker. Don't judge me, Bailey," she greets the little boy and then closes the door.

*

"Oh my God, that was probably the most embarrassing moment of my life so far," Alison let out a groan after she had fixed her appearance and met with Derek in the lobby and she could tell that he was being weird about something.

"Why? What happened?" Derek rushed out and she gave him a weird look.

"Bailey just caught Mark and I having sex in the on-call room," she shuddered at the thought. "And she was with Tucker."

"Oof," Derek shook his head and laughed at the thought. "I'm glad I wasn't in your position," he let out an awkward laugh and ran his fingers through his hair nervously.

"Okay, what the hell is going on? Why are you acting all weird?"

"Weird? I'm not acting... weird."

"Yes you are," she let out a short laugh. "Your hiding something from me! What are you hiding from me?"

"Okay, I'll tell you, only because I don't want you to see the paper on the bulletin board first. "Burke got the Harper Avery Award," he said but it was all in one breath and kind of mixed up together.

"Sorry, what?" He let out a sigh and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Burke got the Harper Avery Award," he told again but this time more normal.

"Oh," she said and he noticed her shoulders deflate slightly. "Well, good for him. Did he mention Cristina at all?"

Derek shook his head.

"That bitch," she replied and walked away as Derek had his jaw dropped.

*

Alison's surgery ended up getting moved for later which she was okay with so now she was with Clair talking about how much they miss Addison already while Richard had paged Mark to talk to him.

"Good morning, chief," Mark greeted the older man.

"Human resources called. As of this morning, the nurses are boycotting your surgeries."

"I haven't done anything to the nurses," Mark defended himself.

It was true. Ever since he had been dating Alison he had stopped sleeping around with other women. His sole focus was on Alison and Alison alone.

"Well nothing that can get us sued," Mark finished his sentence.

"Well whatever you did they felt strongly enough about it that they sent a union rep," Richard told him sternly and frustrated and walked into the room. "Adele?"

"Your wife is the union scout?" Mark asks shocked.

"Nurse mediator, Doctor Sloan," Adele corrects the surgeon. "And you know Wayne from Human Resources."

"B-but h-how d-iid you-" Mark tried to get the words out but was cut off from Richard.

"Adele used to be a nurse," Richard answers his question. "Apparently she's gotten back into her field."

"I'm not just a housewife anymore. There have been complaints about Doctor Sloan. Complaints that this hospital has up until now, ignored," Adele told the two.

"Everything I do is consensual," Mark tells them. "But I haven't slept with any nurses since I've been dating my girlfriend. But hell, some of them even begged for it."

"Sloan," Richard chastised him.

"No formal harassment complaints have been filed," the Human Resources man told the two. "However, the board has decided to progressively protect itself from future litigations. So. As of today if a hospital employee is having sexual relationships with another employee they have to register it."

"It's called date and tell," Adele speaks up and gets up from her seat.

"Is this some kind of joke?" Mark asks the two.

"Do you want to wait until you have a twenty-million dollar lawsuit on your hands?"

"Fill out the forms," Richard told him as he let out a sigh.

"Chief-"

"Shut up and fill out the damn form."

"And you too, Richard," Adele told Richard as she handed him the form.

*

Alison was asking around where Derek was and was told that he was with a new patient for the trial he was going to be doing later today.

"Hey," Alison opened up the door after knocking and smiling sheepishly. "Can I come in?"

"Yeah," Derek smiled at her and ushered her to come in. "Darren this is Doctor Anderson. She's a Pediatrician. I called her down because I thought you might find her interesting."

"How so?" Darren asked as his eyebrows furrowed.

Derek really called her down to hopefully calm Darren down. Help him feel more relaxed as he noticed a difference in him when Todd and his dad were in the same room. It was also to help get the surgery off his mind.

"My dad was in the military," she said with a small smile. "And my brothers are now."

"Really?" Darren asked, intrigued, as he sat up in the hospital bed.

"Yeah," she nodded her head. "My dad was Army but my brother, James, he's in the Marines and is actually stationed at Camp Pendleton right now while my other brother, Adam, is in the Navy. Hi Darren, it's nice to meet you," Alison greeted the patient and shook hands with him.

"Nice to meet you too, Doctor Anderson."

"And your name was Todd, right?" She asked the man who was in his BDU's next to him.

"That's right," he nodded his head and shook hands with the blonde doctor.

*

"The chief needs to know who you've slept with before the end of the day," George told Alison as she just got done with surgery and took the form and her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"I'm confused," she told him. "Why is it any of his business as to who we sleep with? Isn't that not against regulations?"

"Not when your boyfriend is possibly looking at a twenty million lawsuit against the hospital for sleeping with the nurses."

"What?" She shrieked and left George to find her boyfriend for some sort of explanation.

"Do you want to explain to me what this is?" Alison asked rather harshly as she slammed the piece of paper in front of her boyfriend and he looked at her rather sad.

Alison