Two weeks had passed. Rick pled guilty so there was no trial. For the charge of kidnapping he got twenty years and for the charge of attempted murder he got life, with the possibility of parole after twenty years. Juliette was being moved from the hospital to a rehabilitation hospital. She was just waiting for the paperwork to come through. She still couldn't feel anything in her legs. It had been a very hard adjustment for her. The only things keeping her going were John and the kids. John walked into the room holding Nick in the car seat in one hand. Lexie was walking holding onto John's other hand.
"Mommy." Lexie said. She looked at John and held up her arms. "Daddy up." "Up."
"Ok." He put the car seat on the floor and picked her up. "Wanna sit on the bed with mommy?" She nodded her head yes. John put her on the bed. Lexie hugged her.
"Hi little muffin." Juliette said.
"Mommy home." Lexie said.
"I can't not right now."
"Want mommy home."
"I know I wanna be there to."
"Do you want Nick?" John asked.
"Yeah." He handed him to her. "Hi Nick." "You're getting so big."
"How are you doing today Juliette?"
"The same."
"Well hopefully this rehabilitation place will help get your muscles working in your legs."
"Yeah hopefully." She said not sounding so sure.
The doctor came in.
"Juliette the paperwork was just faxed over." The doctor said. "We can transfer you now."
"Ok."
"Here baby I'll help you." John said. "Give me the baby." She handed him to him. John put Nick in his car seat. "Come on Lexie get up I have to help mommy." He picked Lexie up and stood her on the ground. He went back over to Juliette. "Grab me." Juliette put her arms around John's neck. He picked her up like a bride and put her in her wheelchair.
Juliette spent most of the day exercising and learning how to get in and out of her chair by herself. John stayed there all day but at night they both agreed it would be best if John stayed with the kids at night. Juliette woke up in the middle of the night. She needed to go to the bathroom. Her chair was within arms-reach so she put it next to her bed and started to pull herself out but she forget to put the brakes on. The chair rolled backwards and Juliette fell on the floor. It took her a few minutes but eventually she was able to pull herself to her chair and lock it. She pulled herself into her chair. By the time she did she was exhausted. She started to cry thinking about how much she'd lost. She knew John would eventually get tired of this and leave her and she didn't blame him one bit.
The next day Juliette was working out with her physical therapist in the therapy room. John came in holding roses.
"Hi John." She said.
"Hi." "Here." He said handing her the roses.
"Thank you." They kissed.
"What's this?" He asked pointing to the electrodes on her legs.
"It's a muscle simulator."
After her therapy session John took Juliette out for lunch. They were at a restaurant.
"I want to move back to New York City." Juliette said. "I think when I get out of the rehab I should be around family."
"That's a good idea." "Juliette I want you to let me buy you a house."
"Buy me a house?"
"Yeah." "All the extra stuff you're gonna need now, all the modifications and accommodations that's gonna cost a lot of money." "Please let me do this for you."
"You're to good to me." "Alright." "I mean I will need that stuff and I can't afford it by myself." "John I want you to take me to see Rick."
"Why?"
"He doesn't know what he did." "I wanna show him."
A guard walked down the hall to Rick's cell.
"Rick you have a visitor." He said.
When Rick got to the visitors area he was shocked to see Juliette. He sat down.
"Hi." He said. "Why are you in a wheelchair?"
"I damaged my spinal cord when I fell down the stairs." "I'm paralyzed thanks to you."
"No."
"Look what you did to me." She said angrily.
"No." He said with tears in his eyes. "I didn't want to hurt you." "I wanted you hurt him." "I love you."
"Thanks to you I can't lead a normal life." "I can't play with my own children." "You've robbed me of having more children." "This is the time you will ever see me." "Fuck you for what you did." "I hope when you die to go straight to hell where you belong."
"I didn't mean it." She started to leave. "Juliette I'm sorry." She left.
Later that night a guard was makes his rounds up make sure everyone was in their cells. When he got to Rick's he found him hanging from the window bars by a bedsheet he was dead. When they went into his cell to get him down they found a note. It read.
I can't live in this world knowing what I've done to her. I never meant to hurt her. I'm so sorry.
To one of my guest reviewers I think you're confused. Juliette is not pregnant.