JR returned back to the hotel late in the afternoon unaware of the events of the last hours what will change the life of both forever. He looked around everywhere but couldn't find Sue Ellen. As his eyes turned to Randy he could see by his expression that something was wrong. Randy didn't want to tell him what happened during his absence as he didn't feel himself in the position for declarations after he was deeply affected from Sue Ellen's accident. He gave a glass Bourbon to Mr. Ewing as he told him that Sue Ellen should be back in every minute. He never felt himself more attracted to a woman in his young life like he was to Sue Ellen and only could pray her injury isn't as bad as he fears. He looked to JR how nervously he went back and forth with his glass as he waited for Sue Ellen's arriving. He works in The Plaza for four years now and sees couples going in and out every day but he never experienced something that he could compare with the way how this two people looked to each other as they gazes meet by the bird cage yesterday morning. It must have been love. Probably the deepest he ever had seen.

" JR?"

By hearing suddenly her soft voice JR quickly banished the thought that something happened to Sue Ellen as he turned to her with a smile but what he saw would change everything forever. There was Sue Ellen looking up at him from a wheelchair. Her eyes were expressionless and reddish as if she had been crying as he she reached for JR 's hand.

" Oh JR. I'm so sorry. I had to be more careful with myself but it was an accident"

So many emotions suddenly twisted inside of JR as he saw Sue Ellen sitting there helplessly, reaching for his hand as he began slowly to walk toward her to caress her arm.

"Oh my God, Sue Ellen? JR barely got air "What happened to you darling? I left you alone for a few hours and why you are sitting in that… Sue Ellen stopped him. "Wheelchair? You can spoke it out JR. I had a dispute with Nicholas only after you drove away and as I wanted to escape from him I fell on a car on the street and couldn't get up."

" Nicholas did that to you? Where is he?" Asked JR as his eyes filled with viciousness.

" No JR." Sue Ellen took his hand in hers. " It was an accident. He drove me to the hospital as I couldn't stand on my feet." After Nicholas brought Sue Ellen back to the hotel he drove away as he didn't want to bump into JR. That was the last time Sue Ellen saw him.

" And your injury? How bad is it Sue Ellen?" Asked JR quietly while pressing his hand strong in hers. His hand felt cold unlike the other times he had touched her.

" A nerve in my back is injured from the accident so I can't feel anything in my legs. I couldn't really understand what they tried to explain me but I know I can't get up JR. Hear you? I can't get up." Sue Ellen burst into tears as she looked into JR' s eyes which were filled with rue and sadness . His look at that moment would haunt her forever. It was the expression of his infinite love to her and Sue Ellen knew that the ache in her heart would grow stronger with every second from the fact JR has to endure her in that way.

"Will it be like this forever Sue Ellen?

" I don't know JR. Maybe it's not for forever but I really don't know." Sue Ellen closed her eyes as she buried her face in his hands. Her skin was soft in his hard hands and JR gently touched her cheek.

"I'm here to love you Sue Ellen, to hold you in my arms and to protect you. Everything will be alright. I promise you that "

At night JR was sitting on their bed before he went to sleep. He took a picture of him and Sue Ellen and starred at it for a while. Sue Ellen was tired from the happenings of the day and didn't notice that JR is still awake besides her. He had to remember the happenings from the past few weeks, months and years. The pain, the bitterness and all the suffering this woman went through because of him is unforgivable. He knew her illness now is the punishment for all his sins but it shouldn't be Sue Ellen. It would be much easier to endure the pain if it had hit him. He was loved by Sue Ellen from the beginning with true heart and devotion and she even returned to him the previous night as his ache seemed to be the greatest from the loneliness he felt without Sue Ellen in his life. It was a night too beautiful for words. Though JR always held a special place in his heart for her, he took her beauty that reflected her goodness and warmth for granted for such a long time. They will return to Southfork the next day but JR couldn't have the heart to tell John Ross what happened as he listened to his excited voice on the phone after he told his son that Mommy is coming back to him. It was the greatest New Year's present he could make to his son but at the same time he knew how brave they both will have to be in front of Sue Ellen. He was deep in though as some tears landed on the photo. He had to be strong. More than ever. Not only because their son needed them both but because he needed Sue Ellen more than he ever wanted acknowledge. He put the picture back on the table before he fell asleep with holding Sue Ellen close in arms.

The following day the two arrived at Southfork in the early afternoon which was empty at the time as John Ross was visiting the horses with Miss Ellie. JR could feel the insecure and fear his love has to go trough but he told her with holding her hand strong in his that everything will be alright. The press of his hands could calm her until they approached the stable. He pushed Sue Ellen to the horses where their son and Miss Ellie were but JR stopped a few meters away. He touched her shoulder to make her courage before Sue Ellen yelled to his little boy that she came back to him. He ran like the wind to her in his new blue jeans and cowboy boots, wrapped his arms around her from the happiness that came over him by seeing his Mama again.

" Mommy, you're here! Come, ride with me! Come!" Yelled John Ross as he grabbed her mother's hand to pull her to the horses. He was too excited to realize that something was wrong. " Don't sit around. Get up! "

Sue Ellen fought with the tears that filled her eyes as she looked up to JR unable to tell her son why she can't ride with him again anymore.

" Look John Ross. Mommy and I had a long flight. She's tired right now. It' better for her to go back to the Ranch with your grandma and you and I will spend some time here alone. Deal?" Smiled JR as he caressed John Ross's head while his heart broke into pieces from seeing Sue Ellen's inner suffer in front of their son. He never told her but deep inside JR always knew what a wonderful mother Sue Ellen is to John Ross. She was the only one who could heal that fragile heart from any pain and sorrow with the heavenly mother's love she gave him with every goodnight kiss. The sudden sense of repentant went trough his mind as he remembered the nights when he observed Sue Ellen sitting in that old rocking chair in John Ross's room holding her child close in arms while singing the melody her grandmother sang her once to calm her down after her father was drinking again. They wasted too much time fighting over John Ross's custody but on these particular nights he was grateful and proud of himself to be able to give the most wonderful and caring mother to John Ross and someday, he knew, she would be the kind of grandmother Miss Ellie is to their son.

Miss Ellie went back to the Ranch with Sue Ellen while JR stayed there caring the horses with John Ross. Miss Ellie knew what happened the past day as JR told him on the phone but it was a different feeling seeing her daughter in law helpless sitting in that wheelchair. They stayed by the pool and asked Theresa for a glass lemonade.

" How are you Sue Ellen?" Asked Miss Ellie quietly as he took her hand in hers.

Sue Ellen looked to the water. " I can't describe it Miss Ellie. It's like a nightmare. I can't even look in my own son's eyes in that situation. It's indescribable hard to look at JR as I can see how much the happenings hurt him. Even if he thinks I don't notice it, I know him too good to see how he feels."

Miss Ellie lowered her head " Oh Sue Ellen. Why you? I talked with Clayton about you the past night and he agreed that we both have to come back to the Ranch. You are much more important than my past clashes with JR."

" I'm very grateful for that Miss Ellie. Thank you!" Sue Ellen knew there were times when Miss Ellie wouldn't say that. Not in the times as her demons triumphed over her senses . She was brought up to be a lady. To marry a rich man and please everyone's expectations. But she was aware she could never please anyone's. Not her mother's, Miss Ellie's or JR 's except her own misery when she was drinking. In all her life she was surrounded by people who she would call family but her soul was filled with nothing but emptiness screaming for warmness and love.

" Had the ladies a good chat?" asked JR as he returned in the late afternoon with John Ross to the Ranch seeing that Sue Ellen and Miss Ellie were still outside.

" I will ask Theresa to make something to eat for John Ross. " Said Miss Ellie as he went back to the house with his grandson.

Sue Ellen had always loved this time on Southfork. The peace she felt from watching the sunset from the Ranch was incomparable with any other place in the world. She looked thoughtfully in the expanse as suddenly JR hugged her from behind. The reddish yellow rises from the setting sun slowly covered her whole being what made JR always believe it must be a sign of something supersensible. The moment made her too beautiful to compare it with something explainable.

" I had to think about your mother and Jock, JR" Said Sue Ellen as he caressed JR' s arms which were placed on her chest.

" What do you mean my darling?"

" I mean they went through so many things in the life they spent together. And never stopped loving each other. No matter what happened."

" We also will never stop loving each other Sue Ellen. I know that. We had good and bad times but we always found our way back to each other." Answered JR as he nuzzled himself to her hair. " We will speak with John Ross tomorrow. He will understand it. We both love you unconditionally."

Sue Ellen still looked at the empty expanse as a mild wind touched her open brown hair and caressed her soft skin on her face. She closed her eyes and asked quietly " Do you think love last forever? The love inside. Do you think we will take it with us?

JR turned her head to him, his eyes already covered with tears as he answered

" I'm not a great believer in these kind of things but what I know is that we will always find a way to each other. Somehow we will be together. Until all eternity."

Sue Ellen turned herself a bit in her chair to listen the sound of JR' s heartbeat as she placed her hand on his chest. The last lights of the sun are almost gone as JR and Sue Ellen lost themselves in their kisses.