Two months had passed. Juliette was shocked when she learned that Rick had killed himself. She was even more shocked when she found out he did because of her. She'd felt a little guilty. She'd went to the prison that day just to show him what he had done. Not to drive him over the edge and cause him to commit suicide. Juliette finally got to go home. She still couldn't feel anything in her legs but she now had the skills to live on her own with her disability. She was going to continue her therapy at home. John had bought her a beautiful home in New York City but he made sure she signed the deed. He made it very clear that it was her house. The kids were already living there. Sarah had been staying with them. Everything was at Juliette level in the home. There was even an elevator to get up to the second floor. Juliette was in her room sitting in her wheelchair waiting for John. He was flying back to New York City with her. John came in the room.
"Hey baby." He said smiling.
"Hi." She said smiling back. He went over to her. They kissed.
"Ready to go home?"
"So ready." "I can't wait to see the kids."
"They can't wait to see you either." "Come on let's get out of here."
Juliette fell asleep on the plane ride home.
Juliette was in her house. John came down the stairs with a suitcase in his hand.
"Where are you going John?" Juliette asked.
"I'm leaving you." "I can't do this anymore."
"I love you."
"I love you too but this is to much for me." He left.
"Juliette." John said. "Juliette wake up." Juliette opened her eyes. "We're about to land." "Are you ok?"
"Yeah it was just a bad dream."
When they got to the house no one was in the living room.
"Hello?" Juliette said. "Sarah?" "Lexie? "Little muffin it's mommy sweetheart." They went into the kitchen. Sarah and Lexie popped out.
"Surprise." They yelled. Sarah was holding Nick. There was a cake on table.
"Mommy!" Lexie said running up to her. Juliette picked her up.
"Little muffin." Juliette said smiling. Sarah gave Nick to Juliette. "My babies."
Juliette, John, Sarah and Lexie had just finished their cake. Lexie had it all over her.
"Look at daddy's messy girl." John said. "Daddy's gonna have to give you a bath." "First I have a present for mommy." "It's in the garage."
"John what did you do now?" Juliette asked.
"Just come with me to the garage."
They were outside of the garage.
"Close your eyes." John said. She did. He wheeled her inside. "Ok open." When she opened them she saw a car. "This is your new car." John opened the drivers side door. It was made so Juliette could just wheel herself right in. She got in. "Everything's controlled by buttons."
"You didn't have to."
"Sure I did." "You need to be able to get around."
"Thank you." She hugged him. "Have ever told you how much I love you?"
"Yeah but I never get tired of hearing it." They kissed.
Later that night the kids were in bed. Juliette was sitting up in bed waiting for John to come in. He was taking a shower. Five minutes later he came into the room. He got in bed next to Juliette. He put his arm around her.
"This is nice." He said.
"Yeah." "It's been awhile."
"What was your dream about?"
"What?"
"On the plane you said you had a bad dream."
"Oh." "You left me."
"I left you?"
"Yeah."
"You know I would never do that don't you?"
"Yeah."
"Are you gonna be ok when I go back on the road tomorrow?"
"Yeah." "If you wanna sleep with someone else it's alright." "Just use protection."
"What?" "Juliette what are you talking about?"
"I understand that you're a man and you have needs." "I can't fulfill those needs anymore." "I wish I could but I can't." "Just because I can't have sex anymore doesn't mean you should have to suffer.
"I don't want to have sex with anyone else."
"Well you can't have sex with me anymore."
"Then I won't have sex."
"John you need some kind of a sexual release."
"Then I'll do what I used to do before I started having sex."
"If you mean what I think you mean that's not the same thing." "I want you to be able to enjoy yourself."
"That's enjoyable."
"Eventually you'll want to go back to traditional sex." "You should be able to."
"I'm not have sex with anyone but you."
"You're in for a long wait."
"I don't care." "I won't cheat on you."
"I wouldn't think of it as cheating."
"I would." "I love you Juliette." "If I can't have sex with you, I'm not having sex with anyone."
"I love you too." They kissed.