Juliet walked in to her house and set the record down on the side table- She moved in slow motion, in shock over realizing the truth. It was so quiet. She turned to push the front door closed, as her fingers touched the door frame her pulse quickened.

Juliet felt two heavy hands yank her up- pulling her back into the darkness.

"Shhh"

Juliet's body pitched and she grabbed the door for support, forcing a breath out of her open mouth. She stared out at the courtyard as she swallowed the memory then stepped back outside and pulled the door closed. Juliet glanced over to the guys house briefly before she focused her long stride- straight towards the Motor Pool.

...

The garage doors were open as Juliet stormed in. There was a new person leaning on the counter.

"Hi, can I help you?" He said innocently.

"Where's Mack!?" Juliet questioned, nostrils flaring, face flushed.

"Uh... Jesse?" The guy said clearly a little frightened by Juliet's demeanor. He moved over sideways and tapped a set of bent knees under a nearby jeep.

Jesse rolled out. "Juliet? What's wrong?" He said quickly getting to his feet and wiping his greasy hands on his pants.

Juliet swallowed, rocking on her heels, trying not to shake. "Mack. Where is he?" She demanded.

Jesse's eyes grew large by her use of tone- it was a Juliet he had not seen before.

"I haven't seen him in two days. He gave me yesterday off and Stuart brought this guy first thing this mm...morning. What's going on?"

Juliet pursed her mouth and angled her eyebrows in confusion, glancing at the new guy- not sure what to do.

"There was no fleet inspection was there?" She said blankly, her face blanching. Jesse shook his head apologetically, still confused. "no"

"M..maybe you should sit down. Y..you don't look too good." Jesse continued as he reached out to her, afraid she might faint.

Juliet stepped back quickly, gave a nod and let out a half cry- half laugh put her hands on her hips. Bending to look at her shoes- looking like she felt stupid. She softened her voice.

"I'm sorry. Jesse, I'm fine. I need... to go." Juliet turned slowly and started back to the main lawn.

Her body was tingling as she mechanically turned away from her house and picked up pace- before she knew it she was yanking the door open to the medical station.

...

Juliet walked over and pulled Bill's curtain back roughly. He was sitting up with his back to her trying to pull a button up shirt on.

"Did you know? Did you know this would happen? " Juliet said, angry- her arms crossed defensively while keeping a good amount of distance between them.

Bill stood up and turned to her with a look of shock

"Did I know what would happen? Do you remember something?" he questioned.

Her breath was trembling as her eyes searched his for some sort of truth.

"What did you tell him?!" She continued accusingly.

"Did you help?" she said steadying her voice, a hurt expression flashing across her face.

He shook his head. "Tell who?"

Juliet let a harsh breath out her mouth. shutting her eyes for a moment.

"Juliet?"

"Right! No one knows anything." She said sarcastically nodding as she turned to go.

Bill moved around to her in haste- grabbing on to her elbow as she reached the door.

"You need to step back... " Juliet said taking an uneven breath, not willing to make eye contact. She had one hand already pressed flatly on the door.

"I didn't tell anyone anything Juliet- I meant it when I said I don't want you to get hurt. I need you... I need you to believe that." He was serious. Moving in, hovering just inches from her face, his grip solid.

Bill's personality was becoming such a gray area to her. She didn't trust him-but for some reason she did believe him. She still had no idea why he was with Sawyer when she woke up in the jungle. There were so many questions and no one was talking.

Juliet was still looking at the door as she attempted to pull away, her energy was officially drained. Bill held on and slipped his free hand under her jaw. She shut her eyes and didn't raise her chin.

"Don't" She whispered.

Bill sighed and released her and she pushed the door open, still refusing to look at him. Leaving him standing there, a unsure frown settling on his face.

...

"Step back... Please" Juliet said carefully

She swallowed hard as she continued "I'm... going to stay with Rachel... for awhile. She needs me."

Edmund's eyes narrowed "No, I need you, Jules. It upsets me that you don't understand that... I need you".

Juliet's eyes met his silently, unwavering. He brought his fingers up to pinch the bridge of his nose as he turned to face a window harshly swiping a stack of files from his desk to the floor.

"I don't think I have to remind you who you are. Without me- you will have noth-ing. It would be in your best interest not to mention our personal affairs. I can make things very difficult for you, Juliet." He turned back to read her reaction. She was staring at the floor.

"You don't look well, you should probably take the rest of the day off." he coldly ended the conversation.

...

She couldn't be who she was. She felt caught in a space between her old self and her present self. The only person left to go to was Horace. Juliet turned the corner of the building and began slowly walking towards the security building wondering as this point what she was even trying to accomplish. She was lost in her own mind when she heard a familiar female voice call to her.

"Juliet, wait!"

Juliet turned, forcing a fake smile- quickly wiping her nose with the back of her hand as Amy caught up to her.

"Hey~ Amy" Juliet said sweetly.

Amy's face was concerned and sympathetic as she got her first glimpse of Juliet since she had been returned.

"Can I talk to you?" Amy said gesturing back toward her house.

Juliet blinked thoughtfully- in appreciation at her friend.

"Of course- I'll stop by in a bit-if that's okay? I need to talk to Horace about... last night." Juliet said awkwardly.

"Actually- Juliet, that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about." Amy said in seriousness.

Juliet looked at Amy with slight confusion, then nodded. For some reason at that moment Amy reminded her of Rachel.

"Yeh, alright."

...

Sawyer fought with the screen door, tossing one crutch onto the porch swing in frustration.

Of course! The "big" figure on the camera footage. It had to be him. Why the hell hadn't put the pieces together sooner?

Miles pressed the door open calmly from the inside.

"Need some help?"

"Yeh- Gimme the phone."

Miles arched an eyebrow at Sawyer then looked back at Jin who was standing in the kitchen pouring himself an orange juice. Miles backed up and gestured for him to have a seat.

"We should talk. We didn't wanna say anything in front of Juliet- ya know- In case she freaked out or something..."

Sawyer's eyebrows furrowed and he tipped his head curiously, using his crutch to hop over into the armchair near the window.

"I ain't got time to "talk" sweetheart. I need a damn phone so I can call Horace- I know who it was, we gotta..." He said through squinted eyes.

Miles sighed.

"Yeh, we know. They picked Mack up last night. While you and Juliet were in the medical station- Horace did checks on everyone who had access to the fence codes. We told em what Bill said about the Motor Pool doing a lot off coming and going..."

Sawyer growled. "Why the hell didn't anyone tell me?"

"You kinda had yer hands full- What with a hole in your leg and all. It's not like you could have helped anyways. By the time they got to his place- he had already a bag packed. He was just sitting there waiting for the sub to come in. Pretty sure he didn't expect anyone would have gotten Juliet back before he was gone.

"He still here?" Sawyer said angrily as he stood up then groaned in pain- before dropping back down. He pulled his pant leg up and could see that it had swollen. Juliet was right again.

"They are putting him on the sub soon" Jin piped in- taking notice of Sawyer's leg and moving to the freezer.

"Well, don't just stand there- help me!"

"I don't think it's a good idea."

"I don't care what you think Ghengis, I want answers!" Sawyer spat.

"Horace said he will tell you whatever you want to know after Mack is gone. He said there was no need to worry about accomplices at this point."

"You believe that?" Sawyer said looking between Miles and Jin. His demeanor anxious.

"I don't see another choice, Sawyer- I'm sorry, I agree with Miles" Jin said.

"Jerry told me that as soon as Stuart got his hands on Mack - he was blubbering like an over sized school girl. Oh, and get this... He says he was paid by some British guy. Called him himself "Charles"."

Miles continued as he looked at Sawyer wide eyed and nodding his head expecting Sawyer to "get it?"

Sawyer shook his head "?"

"Widmore? Charles Widmore!?" Miles continued as Sawyer shrugged at him.

"S'that suppose to mean something to me"

"He's the reason my group came here? One of them. The reason I'm even on this island? Pay attention!"

"Alright, fine... Still doesn't explain what he'd want with Juliet." Sawyer said rubbing his scruff as he set his leg up on the side arm of the chair.

Sawyer ran his fingers back through his hair. Sighing heavily at the thought he addressed the guys

"I'll talk to Juliet. Someone has to let her know."

Jin tossed a frozen bag of peas at Sawyer and gestured to his leg before turning back to the kitchen to close the freezer .

"Uh, Sawyer? I think she knows." Jin said evenly as his eyes drifted out the window.

Sawyer reached for the curtain and held it back to see what Jin was looking at. Scooting up to a leaning position against the chair arm.

Sure enough, there was Amy and Juliet. They were sitting on Amy's steps. Juliet's head was down, her blond hair tucked neatly behind her shoulders. She was staring at the ground, her outstretched arms crossed at the wrist, resting on her knees. She was listening attentively and nodding as Amy was talking to her.

"Sonofa-" he whispered as Miles moved in to get a look.

A few more minutes went by before the two of them stood. Juliet wiped her face and laughed to herself sadly as she took a step down away from Amy. Her fingers dancing nervously about her neck. Amy instantly reached out and embraced Juliet in a soothing manner. Juliet's shoulders began to jerk, she was clearly sobbing now as she awkwardly hugged the petite woman.

Sawyer closed his eyes. His heart clenched at the sight of her so broken down. He'd thank Amy later-knowing there was no way he could compare right now.

They separated as Juliet's glassy eyes glanced up at the guys house. Sawyer let the curtain drop quickly and gave Miles a panicked look. Did she see us?

Miles shrugged.

Sawyer peeked back out just in time to see Amy's screen door close as they moved inside.

...

The sub departed, taking Mack with it. Sawyer didn't get his chance to confront him but really he didn't want to "talk" anyhow- he wanted to just punch the guy... repeatedly, and everyone knew it so in a strange way he understood why they kept him from it all. Juliet was at Amy's though Amy had called to let them know she was "resting".

Sawyer cleaned up and took a much needed and very uncomfortable shower with his wounded leg hanging out of the bathtub. The swelling had gone down and as he wrapped a new bandage around it -Sawyer swore it already looked and even felt five times better. He tried to recall when he was shot on the raft- Once he woke up, he was pretty sure he had been back on his feet the next day.

"Guess we'll just let the island do the rest."

Horace had already stopped by to smooth things over and in turn Sawyer volunteered Miles and Jin to shuttle new recruits around the barracks, introducing them to their new job details and housing assignments. Normally, Phil and Jerry handled the new recruits but they had been busy trying to tie up the loose ends over the security issues, Mack and damages at the rec center. The last thing any of them needed was more animosity with the Dharma Initiative so the guys services were offered as up as a sort of peace offering. Sawyer flashed a charming smile as Horace left-Miles agreed reluctantly but Jin seemed content to have something to occupy his time. Yes, Sawyer definitely knew he had a talent with getting his way- everything was working out after all.

The guys were gone all afternoon and Juliet hadn't left Amy's. Sawyer stared at the book in his hand as he tried to calm his mind. He nodded off uneasily a few times but was jolted back awake by the memory of flashing rushing sound of the smoke monster swirling around them- Juliet, the smoke monster, Richard, Bill... Sawyer wasn't quite sure how to process all the events that had happened. His eyes shifted to the window and he caught sight of Juliet crossing the lawn towards his house. He released a sigh of relief. Juliet had stayed away all day and he was honestly scared to think what was going through her mind. He briefly considered that she might try and get on the sub herself and get the hell away from this place and he couldn't even say he would've blamed her.