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𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮

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TWENTY-NINE YEAR OLD MARK EVERETT SLOAN ROLLED OVER TO the other side of his bed, only to be faced with a an empty bedside. a small frown was tugged on his lips as he misses waking up to his six year old daughter who would sneak into his bed early in the morning. he rolled over and laid on his back and thought of all the events that happened that lead up to losing his daughter

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟮𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮

it was around nine pm when mark sloan was in his kitchen studying for one of his exams as his daughter was asleep in his room. a knock on his front door is what interrupted his studying. he furrows his brows in confusion, seeing as he wasn't expecting anyone

he steps off his barstool and heads to open his door. once it's open, his jaw immediately clenches and wants nothing more to shut the door right in front of myleen mendes's face "hi mark" she says

mark clenched the side of the door, his fist turning white "what are you doing here?" he demanded

myleen let out a breath, she figured he would have an attitude "can we talk?" she asks

mark scoffs as he folds his hands against his chest "there's nothing for us to talk about" he argues

she raised a brow "how about our daug—"

mark was quick to cut her off "my! my daughter!" he hissed quietly, remembering his daughter was asleep in his room

"she's my daughter, mark!" myleen argued as she raised her voice, tired of his attitude

"no!" he said stepping right in front of her "you lost the privilege of calling her your daughter the second you left her right here on my door step" he scolded her as he points at the door mat underneath her feet

myleen sighs, ignoring his comments "i want to see my daughter mark. i want to be in her life"

"oh, the queen has finally decided to show up after almost six years!" he argued "screw you"

she clenched her jaw "mark, if you don't let me see my daughter. this will get ugly really fast"

he didn't care, she wasn't going anywhere near his daughter. the one he had to raise by himself with the help of carolyn shepherd "goodbye, myleen" he said taking a step back inside, but before he could close the door she pushed her hand on the door

"then prepare yourself mark, because you'll be hearing from my lawyer" and with that myleen removed her hand and marched away

and soon enough he did, the two ended up taking it up to court. after the first court the jury order the chance for myleen to meet maeve sloan, with mark's presences of course

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮

"daddy, where are we going?" five year old maeve asked her father as he was tying her sneakers

mark glanced up at his daughter, as he finished he placed his hand on knee "well, remember when i told you about daddy having to go talk to the court?" he asks. as she nods, he continues "well, they said that you have to meet someone"

five year old maeve furrows her brows "who?"

mark bit his lips softly, he didn't know how she would react. a part of him was terrified that upon meeting her, she'd want to immediately leave him "your mom" his eyes focused on her face, trying to read her expression

his heart cracked a bit as he notice her pout slightly. she placed her little hand on his "do i have to?" she asks. mark nodded "okay"

mark sighs softly before squeezing her hand "come on, munchkin"

as mark pulled up in one of the parking spots in the park, he looked at his rear-view mirror only to see his daughter playing with a stuffed bear that he got her for her first birthday. a soft smile tugged on his lips before exiting his door and walking over to her car door. he brought her into his arms, carrying her on his side as he closed the door and began to walk towards a empty table

"daddy?" maeve spoke up as she rested her head on his shoulder

"hm?"

"do you think she'll like me?" she asks curiously as her finger draws little shapes on his chest

mark furrows his brows "of course she'll love you. everyone loves you" he tried to reassure her as he steps under a pavilion and walks toward the table, sitting her on top, as he slides in and sits just below her. her legs dangling on his lap

the green eyed brunette glanced down to her lap as she fiddled with her fingers "then why did she leave me?"

the father sighs, he asked himself that question everyday. he brought his focus back on his daughter, gripped both her hands in his and bringing them up to his lips. as he placed a kiss on them he looks up to her "i don't know, munchkin. but she's here now, and that's what's important" he said, absolutely lying through his teeth

before maeve could say anything, another voice spoke up "hi" both their heads turned to the voice, only to meet eyes with myleen. myleen could visually see mark's jaw clench, she noticed the way he placed a protective hand around maeve's waist. but she pushed that all away to focus on her daughter

maeve, not knowing who that was, glanced back at her blue eyed father. as he felt her stare, he turned to meet her green eyes "munchkin, this is myleen... your mom"

upon meeting her eyes, five year old maeve noticed that she looked nothing alike to her mother. maybe it was because a part of her didn't want to see herself in the woman who left her "hi maeve" myleen spoke again with a smile, a gift clutched in her hand as she steps closer towards the table

maeve glanced over to her father, he sent her a nod. upon seeing his reassurance, she finally spoke "hi"

myleen found herself smiling wider. mark didn't even glance over at his ex-fling, he kept his eyes on maeve's stuffed bear that was sat next to her. according to her, it was the thing that kept her safe

"i-i got you something" myleen spoke up as she placed the gift on the table, sliding it over towards the five year old

maeve was a bit hesitant about reaching over for the gift, seeing as she didn't know nor trust the woman who called herself her mother. that's when mark finally turned to look at myleen, but just for a split second, he softly squeezed maeve's side "go ahead" he spoke lowly to his daughter

with his words, maeve leaned over and grabbed the purple gift bag, she removed the tissue paper and pulled out the gift, which was a purple teletubbie in a box. maeve was quick to drop it back in the bag. a snicker left mark's lips as he glanced at his daughter who had a scared look on her face

"what? d-do you not like it?" myleen asks curiously

mark glanced over at her "maeve, doesn't like  teletubbies, they scare her" he said "you would know that, if you never—"

"mark" myleen scolded him, in which he only shrugged as he leaned forward to place a kiss on his daughter's cheek. as he pulled away, maeve leaned over and pushed the gift back to myleen's direction

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟮𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮

"why don't we just call myleen and tell her i don't wanna do this?" maeve asks her father who was flipping through a magazine while she played with the legos that were on the table

"because like i told you, myleen didn't order this. the court did. so again, what are we gonna do?" he asked maeve as he didn't remove his eyes from the magazine

"tell the truth" maeve answered as she continued playing with the legos

"exactly. the sooner we answer these questions, the sooner we get to go home. so, no attitude, okay?" he said

"okay" maeve answered with a sigh "dad?"

"munchkin"

"i kinda like myleen, she pretty and she likes to play with me in the park" maeve admitted, the last few days she's spent with myleen, she's been able to get to know her a little better. myleen even played with her in the park, something mark has never done, it's always been carolyn who's taken her to the park

with her words, stung mark in the heart. he placed his magazine beside his chair, was she going to want to leave him know that myleen's come back in her life? it was his worst nightmare. but all those thoughts washed away when maeve spoke up "but i don't want to live with her. she can be a bit bossy"

"oh, i know" he stated, his mind giving him flashbacks of the night the two met. but he shook his head to get rid of them before focusing on maeve "hey. don't worry. you're not going anywhere" he assured her

maeve glanced down to her lap, before looking at her father "promise?"

mark couldn't help but smile "i promise"

when the last court date came up, both their lawyers went head to head. myleen was asking for full custody of maeve sloan. her lawyer argued that mark sloan was not capable of taking care of a five year old. according to them, he was too occupied with school and partying. that mark would leave maeve at carolyn's shepherd's house for days at a time. mark had no clue how she got that information

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟮𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮

"ms. mendes, excluding to this recent visit with maeve. when was the last time you saw maeve?" mark's lawyer, cullen asked myleen who was on the stand

myleen leaned back on her chair "uh- t-three days after she was born" she admitted

"three day after she was born" cullen repeated "and why was that the last day you seen her?" he asked

myleen shifted in her chair "i- um, left her with mark because i wasn't ready to be a mom, i was only twenty-one and i couldn't give maeve the life she deserved. my parents had kicked me out as soon as i was pregnant and i was living in a cheap motel with little money. so i thought it was best to leave her with mark" she says giving her side of the story

"ms. mendes you said you were kicked out of your home and living in a motel. why did you not go to mr. sloan?" cullen asks

"because i could not get in contact with him" myleen answered

"well, did you try and find him?" cullen proceeded to ask

myleen nodded slightly "best i could. i asked everyone at the bar where we met, but apparently nobody knew him"

"have you ever used a phone book before?" cullen asks myleen

myleen furrows her brows, but nonetheless nodded "yes"

cullen nodded, before stepping to his table and grabbing a new york phone book "you know what? help me out" he said as he held the opened phone book and placed it on the stand by myleen

"here, let's find the sloan's residence" cullen instructed as the phone book was already flipped to the sl' last names

myleen placed her finger on the page, scanned down the names, until she landed on sloan, mark everett. as she looked up, cullen spoke up "read out the numbers"

"clearly you did not try the best you could" cullen stated before continuing "now if my client did not know about the existence of maeve sloan, where did you end up leaving the newborn? seeing as you said you left him with mr. sloan" he asks

myleen glanced down to her lap before answering "on his doorstep"

"your honor, this is—

cullen cut of myleen's lawyer "your honor, if there's one thing here that's sadly obvious, it's that ms. mendes did not try hard enough to find mr. sloan and inform him that she was pregnant. she has also stated that she was not ready to be a mother, but how do you expect for my client to have been ready to be a father if he had no clue she was expecting? and to leave her newborn of three days out on a doorstep? despite living thirty minutes away from her, she never once visited her daughter in almost six years. ms. mendes has never been a genuine guardian of the minor, and her wanting full custody is no less disingenuous"

in the end the judge decided to grant the two joint custody. despite, myleen having left her daughter, the judge decided to give her only weekends with maeve. seeing as she was trying to get back into maeve's life. but once maeve turned twelve she can decided if she still wants to go with myleen. the moment mark was told this, he wanted the ground to swallow him whole. he broke his promise

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- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮

the second maeve sloan saw mark packing a bit of her stuff in a book bag, she knew something was wrong. her heart broke the second, mark told her she had to stay with her mom for two whole days, he broke his promise

as the two stood in the foyer of myleen's house, maeve had her head down. mark placed his hand on her shoulder and took a few steps away from myleen, he knelt down in front of her "hey" he spoke softly as he placed his hands on her small waist "come on. i'm only thirty minutes away" he spoke, with a broken heart as he stroked the side of her stomach

maeve looked up at him with teary green eyes "please don't leave me here" she plead with a broken voice "please"

"no" he whispered not wanting her to cry "look, you're only staying here for two and a half days. you have a better park that is near by unlike the one by our apartment. your mother even has a dog, you've always wanted one" he tried to make her see the bright side

"i don't want it" she said "i want the crummy park that is by our house, please"

"and you got teddy" he motioned to the stuff bear that made her feel safe "in two days i'll be back, and you can stay with me, we can even go see grandma carolyn and uncle derek" he said trying to cheer her up

"i want you, grandma, and uncle derek now!" she argued as she raised her voice

"and in a few years, if you want, you can come back, you can live with me forever" he said trying to hold in his tears

"i wanna stay with you!" she yells, tears rolling down her eyes "dad, you promised me!"

"come on munchkin. don't do this" he plead

"you promised me" that's when her voice broke, her words were below a whisper

"i know" he whispers, pushing the lump in his throat down "i know" he brought his hand to her cheek, wiping away her tears

"please, daddy. why are you leaving me?" she questioned as more tears rolled down her cheek. her heart was broken, the person that loved her most in the world was leaving her

mark brought both his hands to her cheeks, he pushed back her hair and wiped her cheeks "because the court said i had to. you know this kiddo. we've discussed this, come on" he whispered softly as he held her hands

maeve glanced up at him, her eyes were red and puffy. as mark tried to wrap his hands around her, maeve pushed him away "no!"

"hey, maeve"

"no!" she pushed his shoulder

myleen was quick to step in, she grab her shoulders "hey, maeve"

"no! no!" her hands swung at mark's face and shoulders

"sweetheart, you know what?" myleen tried getting her attention but maeve wasn't cooperating, she pushed off myleen's hands

she balled her hands into fists and hit mark's chest "no! you promised me!"

"it's not gonna be as long as you think, honey" myleen tried talking to her, she wrapped her hands around her body

at the sight, mark stood up and began to walk towards the door "daddy!" maeve shouted with tears rolling down her eyes

"it's okay" myleen tried to comfort her

but it was no use, maeve kept crying and screaming "dad! please!"

it broke mark's heart to turn around, the sight of her face becoming red with anger and tears rolling down her eyes, it truly broke him "don't leave me!"

"i know this is hard" myleen whispered to her

"please!"

mark quickly opened the door and walked out, as he stepped down the steps he could hear her yells "no! get your hands off of me!"

back inside maeve was a crying mess "daddy! please!"

"i know this is hard" myleen tries again but maeve finally pushes her off and runs to the window "come back!" she shouts her fists pounding through the door glass "dad! please! don't go! i need you! teddy need you!" her banging wasn't getting his attention which only broke her more "you promised me!" she watched as he was in his car, but what she didn't notice was the mark sloan finally let his tears roll down his cheeks, out of anger he hit against the steering wheel before leaving

later that day, when night came, mark sloan was in his apartment. sat on his couch, beer in his hand, along with more empty beers on his table. derek shepherd had came over to check up on his best friend "you know, after i found out she was mine, a small ounce of me debated if i should find a real family for her. i was in way over my head. and every day i'd say, today's the day, i'm takin' her to child services. and everyday, she'd do something just..." his eyes stayed glued on the door of her room "so unbelievably cool. her little personality was exploding. she was funny, even at a week old. even if she was angry because she was hungry, happy, or sad, she was still cute. just so damn entertaining. and so i kept her. not that that's in her best interest. not that i'm capable of raising a child. a child that always asked for her mother. and now six years late" he stands up from the couch, beer in hand "her mother finally appears. and you know what? it was great. she loved it" he said sarcastically "i thought it would be a nightmare of abandonment and betrayal. but, turns out, it was a huge success" his anger got the best of him and he slammed his beer across the wall "i'm a fucking hero" he was walking away towards his room when derek called out his name "no, derek. i appreciate everything you and your mother have done. just—" he shakes his head and walks into his room

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮

mark sloan was on the phone with myleen mendes. after last night, he needed to talk to maeve "we're having a bit of a problem here" myleen sighs

"what?" mark asks with furrowed brows

"maeve's fine, but she's having a little bit of a meltdown" she explains

"right" he sighs "let me talk to her"

"mark...that's not a good idea—

"she's my daughter, myleen!" mark argues

"mark, your phone call is the reason for the meltdown"

"what?" mark asks confused

"she doesn't want to talk to you, nor does she want to see you" she admitted. truth be told, she was hurting for mark. from the moment she seen them at the park she knew, mark loved her with every fiber in him "she said she wants her grandma carolyn to pick her up tomorrow. i'm sorry mark, but she needs time"

mark stood quiet for a few seconds on the his end of the line before speaking up "just give me five minutes with her"

"if i give her the phone, then i'm gonna betray her trust, and we're gonna have a even bigger problem"

with that mark sighs before hanging up

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ 𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙊𝙁 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌

it's been nine days since mark sloan saw his daughter. the past week, has been hell for mark. he couldn't concentrate in anything. he's officially had enough, he picked up carolyn and went straight to myleen's house

as soon as myleen opened her door, mark barged in. myleen began yelling at him "what are you doing here?"

mark completely ignored her, as soon as he walked into the living room to see maeve playing with her dolls he speaks up "come on, maeve. we're goin' home"

myleen who was now beside him glanced at her "no" maeve whispers as she shook her head

"mark, you're trespassing!" she argued

"are you kidding me?" he scoffs before walking towards maeve, extending his hand out to her "let's go, maeve"

"no!" maeve argued before standing up and running past him, myleen, and carolyn

"hey!" mark yelled

"maeve!" myleen and carolyn yells out

as maeve was running out the door, mark was right on her trail "it's okay. i got her"

before myleen could get passed the door, carolyn beat her to it "absolutely not" carolyn muttered as she blocked her way "think again, lady"

back outside, mark sloan was just inches from maeve "maeve! hey, stop it" he muttered as he gripped arm, he knelt in front of her

maeve was quick to hit his chest "no! let me go!" she yelled as she kept hitting him, she even managed to slap his face multiple times "no!"

"stop, maeve!" mark sighs trying to dodge her hits "stop. stop"

"no!" those were her last words before mark forcefully brought his arm around her, bringing her close to him "you lied to me!"

"i know" he admitted forcing himself to stand up, as he carried her

but despite it, maeve would slap his head "no! no!" she cried

"stop! stop! stop!" mark sighs with a broken heart. with one last hit to the face he brought his hand up to her neck and rested her head on his shoulder "i'm sorry" he said as tears weld up in his blue eyes. he fully wrapped his arms around her and rest his head on against hers "i made a mistake. i'm sorry"

through her cries, maeve spoke up "you promised me"

"i know"

"you promised" she whispered as she wrapped her hands around his shoulders

finally feeling her hands around him, mark couldn't help but let out a small sob "i know. i'm sorry"

maeve found herself hugging him tighter than ever before "you said you wouldn't leave me"

with his hand on her back, he let out a deep breath "i made a mistake. i'm sorry"

maeve lifted her head from his shoulder and pressed her head against his. she brought her hands up to his neck and continued to hug him "i was so sad" she admitted as tears rolled down her cheeks "i missed you"

mark felt a tear roll down at his cheek "i missed you too"

"myleen's dog ripped teddy's leg" she cries, at the fact that the one thing she had from her dad and that made her feel safe was now ripped

"hey, it's okay" he said as he kneeled down to place maeve on her feet "don't worry, i'll buy you a new one"

"but i don't want a new one" she cries

mark's heart broke at the sight of her red puffy eyes "then i'll learn how to sew, so we can fix it" he reassured her

"for real?" she whispered

mark smiled softly as he used his right hand to brush her hair back "yeah"

maeve couldn't help but ask the most important question "why didn't you come back for me?"

"because i thought i was bad for you. and then it dawned on me. if maeve is this amazing, smart, sweet human being, then i must be doing something right" his eyes were filled with tears, as he watched maeve's tears roll down her cheeks. at the sight of his teary blue eyes, maeve brought her hands up to his cheeks, using her two thumbs she pressed them to the corner of his lips and forced a smile on his face

a small chuckle left mark's lips "you're smiling" maeve gives him a small teary smile. with that she wraps her hands around his neck and buries her head by his neck

"i love you munchkin"

꒰ 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 ꒱ؘ ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ
this is probably the longest prologue i've ever written, it's about 4.1k words long

anyways as i've mentioned, this book will have some changes from wonder! so if some things don't add up that's okay, because it helps with this story line!

also, i would like to mention that i still have to work on this book. meaning i have no drafts ready, i have many plans, but i just need to start writing. but keep in mind that i also have more books that i'm also writing! slowly but surely this book will be written <3