Jude went to June's room, she was sitting in bed and reading a book. He sighed, knowing she wasn't going to be happy after hearing this.

"Hey." Jude said, June turned to him and smiled.

"What are you reading?" Jude asked.

"A book Uncle Max gave me last year...It was for my birthday." June reminded.

"Come here." Jude gestured.

Jude sat on the bed and placed June in his lap, he kissed her hair.

"Baby, you know when we said that we would do ANYTHING to get Uncle Max better?" Jude asked.

"Uh-huh." June nodded.

"Well, Aunt Sadie was telling me that maybe it would be better if Uncle Max left New York for awhile." Jude explained.

"Will he be back?" June asked.

"Oh yeah, he'll be away for about a month or so." Jude assured.

"Why do you look so sad?" June asked.

"Uncle Max, can't do this alone any more. I'm going with him." Jude said simply.

"Should I start packing?" June asked.

"No June, you can't come with us." Jude shook his head.

"Why not?" June asked.

"Because he is...contagious in a way." Jude said quietly.

"Who's going to stay with me?" June asked.

"Aunt Sadie and Uncle JoJo are going to take good care of you." Jude smiled.

"Okay...You can go with Uncle Max." June sighed.

The next morning, Jude and Max were getting ready to leave. They were both saying goodbye to June.

"Okay...Now, I don't want you to cry about this. It's only a month and I swear we'll write every day. All right?" Max whispered to June, who could only nod in response "Okay. Give me a hug." June hugged Max goodbye "I love you."

"He's right. We love you and we are not doing this to hurt you, but it's for his own good. You remember that. I love you so much." Jude quickly kissed June's cheek and ran down the stairs, Max followed.

The two left the apartment building, Jude kept looking back.

"You don't have to do this, man. I can easily take a vacation when I've recovered." Max insisted.

"No way, Max. I can't let you go at it alone." Jude disagreed.

The two began walking down the street towards the car when Jude hunched over for a second, Max stopped and went to him.

"You okay?" Max asked.

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Just got...a bit queasy." Jude assured.

"How about I drive, okay?" Max suggested, Jude nodded.