brnpc commented on michimonster's post in blueridgeschool:

Immediately after receiving Sera's owl, Madeline tried calling Mick at work. He wasn't answering his phone, but dispatch could usually track him down when she needed him. She couldn't exactly send out an owl to locate his police car. She was just about to the hospital when he did finally phone her back, and as if trying to answer the stupid muggle phone she was forced to carry around wasn't bad enough, she was absolutely taken back by his words in response to what she told him.

"She made her choice, Madeline. I told her that if she's with that girl then she's dead to me," he'd told her. She was completely shocked and appalled that he would even have the audacity to say that in a situation like this, in a situation when his daughter very well could be dying. She had simply hung up on him, she didn't really know what to say to that. They were their children, and regardless of what he thought, she was going to be there for Tatum, for both her and Sera.

In shock more than anything, she had to keep going. He wasn't the man she thought she had married, she never imagined he could be so cold or heartless, and nothing could really make up for it. One thing was that the girls could no longer live in their own home, not that she ever once for a second agreed with that either but they were both adults who spent most of their time away at school anyway, but this was a different story. This could literally be a matter of life and death and he couldn't even come just to make sure she was okay.

It was, frankly, unforgivable in Madeline's opinion. She couldn't forgive him, and she doubted either of the girls would either, they had no reason to. He had already let them down as a father, this was just too far to come back from. She would figure out what she was going to do about him once Tatum was stable, that was what mattered most right then. Checking in, and seeing that she was doing all right. But something was going to be done, she couldn't just go home and act like nothing was wrong. He was leaving, or she was.

Part of her realized that she should have done something, or left, a long time ago. Back when he had kicked Tatum out, but she loved him. Now though, it was quite a bit harder to love him, his true colors were showing clearer and she wasn't sure she still could. That brief phone conversation may very well have ended their seventeen year marriage. She hoped he was happy with himself, he had now effectively pushed away his entire family with his prejudice. He really had no one left, she really doubted that Rath would want anything to do with him either after this. His wife and all of his children were now alienated by his actions.

She rushed her way into the hospital, insisting to be brought to where Tatum's room was immediately. Upstairs in the waiting room, she ran briefly into Sera, grabbing her in a hug as soon as she saw her. She didn't have to deal with this alone, and neither did Tatum, and from now on she had every intention to be the mother that they needed, even if Mick couldn't be the father that they deserved. She had made a promise to Tatum's mother, Claire had been a good friend to her, and she was sure as hell keeping it.