Juliette had been at Sarah's for two days. To her surprise Rick hadn't tried to contact her at all. She was seriously contemplating divorce. The way Rick had lied to her and used her body for his own personal gain made her skin crawl. She didn't know if she could forgive something like that. She was so worried that Rick accomplished what he set out to do. She'd been throwing up for the last two days. She was afraid to take a test to know for sure. John was bringing Lexie back today. He just knew that she was going to be staying with Sarah for awhile. Sarah had just gotten home from work.

"Hey Juliette." She said.

"Hi."

"Has Rick called you?"

"No."

"I still can't believe what he tried to do."

"Me either." "Thanks again for putting us up."

"No problem." "You're family."

An hour later there was a knock on the door. Juliette answered it. John was standing there holding Lexie's things and her car seat.

"Hi." She said. "I'll take the baby." "Come on in." He went in. She sat the car seat on the couch. "Is she awake?"

"She should be." Juliette removed the blankets. Lexie's blue eyes were staring right at her.

"My baby." Juliette said smiling. She unstrapped her and picked her up. Lexie smiled. "Did mommy's little muffin have fun?"

"Yes she did." "We went swimming in the hotel pool didn't we?"

"How did she take to that?"

"Once she got used to it she loved it."

"Good." Sarah came down the stairs. "Sarah come here I want to introduce you to John." She went over to them. "Sarah this is John." "John this is my sister Sarah."

"It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you to." Sarah said.

"Juliette would you like to come over to the hotel tonight?" John asked looking at her. "I'm gonna be in New York City for a few days." "I figure you and Lexie can get out of your sister's hair for awhile."

"Ok." Juilette said.

"Around seven?"

"Ok."

"Come here Lexie." He said taking her from Juliette. "Daddy has to leave but you and mommy are going to come visit me later." He kissed her on the cheek and gave her back to Juliette.

"Bye John."

"See you later." He left.

"I forgot how good looking he was." Sarah said.

"Yeah he definitely is." Juliette said.

Juliette and Lexie went to John's hotel room at seven. She knocked on the door. He answered.

"Hey you two." He said smiling. "Come on in."

Juliette and John were sitting on the couch.

"Juliette if you don't want to talk about it that's fine but what happened?" John asked.

"With me and Rick you mean?"

"Yeah."

"He's was poking holes in our condoms."

"What?"

"Yeah he wants me to have another baby."

"Another baby?" "That's nuts." "You just had Lexie."

"I know." "He says he loves Lexie but he wants me to have his baby."

"So this is some kind of competition thing with me?"

"That's the way I see it."

"That's sick." "He wants you to have a baby so bad that he sabotaging your birth control."

"I'm thinking about leaving him."

"Really?" John was excited about that possibility.

"I don't know if I can forgive him for this." "I feel used." "I feel violated." "Is that stupid?"

"No." "You have every right to feel that way." "No one has the right to force you to be pregnant."

"I think he's gonna get what he wants."

"You think you're pregnant?"

"Yeah." "I actually bought a test." "Can I use your bathroom?"

"Sure."

Juliette took the test and her cell phone to the bathroom. She did what she was supposed to do and checked it. She sent a text to Rick. It read.

I hope you're happy. You got what you wanted. I'm pregnant. I hate you for this. – Juliette

Juliette came out of the bathroom.

"It's positive." She said tearfully. "I'm pregnant." John hugged her. "John what am I gonna do?" "I don't want another baby right now." "By the time it's born Lexie will only be a little over a year old."

"It's ok." "I'm gonna help you through this I promise."

Rick just went downstairs into the kitchen. He looked at his phone that was sitting on the counter and saw he had a new text message. He smiled when he read it.

"I know you're upset now baby but soon you'll be used to the idea." He thought. "I knew that would work." "I'm a genius." "Now that you're having my baby to John doesn't stand a chance." "Maybe I'll let him live now." "Or maybe not." "One thing's for sure." "She can't leave me now." "She's gonna come home and we're going to be a happy family." "Me, her, Alexandria and hopefully Richard Tyler Porter Jr."