The parents had released them to him, thankfully, so he hadn’t needed a court order. All he could tell was that she was indeed on the UNOS transplant list awaiting a new liver, though her parents had already confirmed as much. The rest was a whole lot of medical jibberish that it wasn’t his job to understand, so he packed everything up and dropped it off with Dr. Johanssen. He was in a good mood because he hoped the medical records would lead to some kind of break in the case, and because he was going to see Titus later that night. He’d allowed a day to freak out about having his first gay sexual encounter, but then he talked himself down. He’d known he was gay for a while, so while it was a big deal to finally act on it, it wasn’t cataclysmic. And by God, he was very interested in seeing where it could lead. Taking a detour to the bullpen, he decided to update Sonny on what he’d found. When he got there, Sonny’s desk was empty. “Hey Cheryl? Has DeRossi been in this afternoon?”
