Meredith Grey spent the day feeling like her relationship with Derek Shepherd was finally on solid ground. They had survived the initial awkwardness of their secret romance and the pressures of the internship. But at Seattle Grace Hospital, peace was always temporary. A syphilis outbreak had swept through the staff, forcing the Chief to hold a mandatory—and humiliating—meeting about sexual health. George O’Malley was the most public victim of the "syphilis train," having contracted it from Olivia, the nurse who had caught it from Alex Karev.
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: Addison Montgomery-Shepherd arrives, revealing Derek is married. Meredith Grey spent the day feeling like her
Derek froze, his face draining of color. "Addison. What are you doing here?" A syphilis outbreak had swept through the staff,