* Please Review! So I finished it and I'm sorry it took so long for me to do so! *

Robert took her to see one of his friends, who was a lawyer. If anyone could tell them what to do, what they could do, it would be Kent. Kent was one of the smartest guys Robert knew. With the two of them holding hands tightly, Jillian went over her whole story with Kent. She told him about her messing around with Robert behind Shane's back, Shane finding out and what he had done as well as her losing her job.

" Tell me there is something we can do." Robert said when she was finished up. Kent sat back in his chair and passed one hand over his blond hair.

" Here's the thing. At least part of what he is saying is true. She did have an affair and in some people's eyes, that paints her as a whore. I'm not saying she is, but she did have an affair. Now he is alleging that she was paid for her services, making her out to be a hooker, and we could sue for that, on the grounds of slander." Kent started.

" Let's do it!" Robert said quickly.

" Now just relax and let me explain things to you about that. Why you can sue for that because he has no proveth of it and he went public with it, Jillian's name will be dragged through the mud, even more than it has been. Given who he is, if this goes to court, it will no doubt get public attention. He runs in a very powerful circle of friends who, I'm sure, will stand up for him. They will be his witnesses to his character. His lawyer will paint him as a heartbroken man who's girlfriend slept around behind his back. He may have to pay for what he said about you but the truth is, you cheated on him You will not get a job in the high end schools because those are the places his friends send their kids. You won't get a job at a public school because your name will have the title of whore attached to it." Kent explained, sadly.

" What are you saying?" Robert said.

" He's saying I may win money but that is all. He's saying my name and reputation is already ruined and nothing will save it." Jillian filled it.

" No. No, Babe, no. There's something we can do. Kent, come on, Man. Do something. I introduced you to your girlfriend. I did that for you, now you do something for me." Robert said. Kent shook his head which made Jillian sighed.

" There's nothing more we can do, Rob." She pushed herself up and held out her hand. " Thank you for talking with us, Kent." She said, holding out her hand. Kent nodded and smiled.

" I'm sorry I couldn't be more help." He said, shaking her hand.

" It's okay." She said. Robert stood up too, but he was frowning.

Quietly, the two of them made their way through the office, in complete silence. Jillian was holding her arms against her, hugging herself tightly. Robert had his hands in his pocket. His hands were in tight fists. His mind was filtering through a million different things at once. He wanted to do something, anything, for her but nothing was hitting him. They could sue Shane but in the end, it would be worst for Jillian than it was. She lost her job and it didn't look like she was going to be able to get another one. As Robert held the door open for her, he promised himself he wasn't going to lose her. Whatever they had to do to fix things, he'd do it. He wasn't letting her go again.

" There is only one way out of this." She said quietly once they were back inside his car.

" And how's that?" Robert asked. She stared straight out of his window, almost refusing to look at him.

" I have to leave. I have to go back to Maine. I know I can get my old teaching job back. The principal there loved me." She said quietly.

" Okay." Robert said. " Then I guess that's where we are headed then." He said. Jillian shook her head and looked at him with a sad frown.

" No. Not us. Me. I can't ask you to give up everything." She said. It was Robert's turn to frown.

" You are not going without me. You have done that once already, I'm not letting it happen again." He said quickly.

" Rob..."

" No, Jillian. We aren't doing this again. We aren't breaking up again. You need to leave here to get a job, pick the place and I'm going. You want to move to Texas, we are going. Michigan? On our way. Ohio, I prefer Ohio to Michigan. We will go anywhere but you aren't going without me. We can back out of the lease, only losing the deposit and first month rent. We will get the last month's rent back, that's twelve hundred dollars back. I rent my studio on a month to month bases so I can leave whenever I want." Robert rushed to say.

" Robert," She tried again. Robert reached out and grabbed her hand, hard.

" You are not going anywhere without me." Robert said slowly. She searched his eyes, searched his face. Everything she saw there told her how serious he was. He wasn't frowning or smiling. He was just serious.

" You will come back with me?" She asked.

" In a heartbeat." Robert said while he continued to stare. She drew in a long, deep breath then nodded.

" Then I have some phone calls to make." Jillian said.

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" You sure you're ready to leave all this behind?" She asked Robert as he leaned against the U-Haul truck he had rented. He grabbed her by her hips and pulled her towards him.

" I'm excited." He answered before he kissed her.

The principal at the school, Jillian had been working in hadn't filled her position with anyone permanent so he was excited to hear she was coming back. Robert took everything out of his storage unit and packed up a U-Haul truck. His car was on a trailer and would be towed by the U-Haul with Jillian taking the lead for their trip. She called the apartment building she had been living in beforehand and got her old apartment back. Robert was going to submit his writing pieces online planned on looking for a studio to rent for himself.

Even though they were driving, they stayed in contact with their phones. They talked until they pulled into rest stops then for the night. They were going to take the trip in two days. Robert was excited and hopeful for the first time in years. Jillian still couldn't believe that he had agreed to leave and live with her. As they picked a hotel for the night, parked and moved into each other, she was never so happy.

" When we get there, I need to change my number." Robert said while they walked into the office of the hotel.

" Is she still calling you?" Jillian asked.

" Yep. So how about for the second part of the trip, you take my phone and I take yours. You put her in her place." Robert said. Jillian nodded with a smile.

" I would love too." She said.