Trudy woke up very early the next day. Adrian was asleep. She leaned forward and brushed her lips to his. He stirred and woke up.

"Well, this is a beautiful way to wake up," he smiled.

Trudy grinned.

"I know it's a little early," she said.

"It's fine," Adrian replied, "I love waking up to you."

He got up and brushed his teeth.

"What time did you wake up," he asked her as soon as he came out of the bathroom.

"About 10 minutes ago," she said.

"Want pancakes for breakfast?" he asked her.

"Sure," she said, "Thank you honey."

He made her blueberry pancakes.

"Adrian, this is delicious," Trudy said.

They kissed goodbye. Trudy went to her appointment with Dr. Bell.

"Come on in," Dr. Bell said, "Have a seat."

"Thanks," Trudy said sitting down, "My memories are starting to come back."

"Good memories?"

"Some good," Trudy said, "A combination really. I fought leukemia for three ½ years. Actually, I went into remission on the same day my friend Angela went into remission. I was 3 when I got sick and 6 ½ when I got better."

"Did you meet Angela in the hospital?"

"Well, I didn't have to go to the hospital," Trudy said, "We met in the treatment waiting room. We bonded from day one. She played BEARY SWEET BEAR in Moral Bears and Ilizabeth played BEARY NICE BEAR."

"Ilizabeth? That's a very unique name."

Trudy nodded.

"It was definitely a unique name. She's pregnant now with her first child. It's a girl."

"How does that make you feel? I remember you saying that the bombing damaged your reproductive organs."

"Adrian and I are going to adopt a newborn baby girl after our honeymoon. We're planning to name her Hope."

"That's a beautiful name," Dr. Bell said.

"I also know we're going to be positive. It's much better to be positive than negative."

"Absolutely," Dr. Bell said, "Sometimes it takes more energy but it's always worth it."

"Oh, before I forget," Trudy said, "I have a bunch of gifts for your kids. It's the DVDS of the original Moral Bears. It has my signature along with Angela's and Ilizabeth's."

"Thank you, Trudy," Dr. Bell said, "That's very thoughtful of you."

"You know, yesterday Adrian and I were holding hands. I will never forget the first time he held my hand. Sometimes I get so emotional. I mean simple things like holding hands with the person you love, and people take that for granted. People fight about all sorts of stupid things."

"Did you and Adrian ever fight," Dr. Bell asked gently.

Trudy shook her head.

"I mean we had disagreements," she said, "But even before I knew I was Trudy we never ''fought''."

"Did you ever get impatient with him?"

"I never got impatient with him as Trudy," she replied, "Though I'll admit as Natalie I got impatient with him at times."

"Well from what I can understand he can be pretty… unique."

"His fears are unique," Trudy admitted, "But he's overcome many of them. I mean he's terrified of germs and of pain but when I was sentenced to wear a shock bracelet for a year, he took it off of me and put it on himself so I wouldn't have to hurt."

Dr. Bell raised an eyebrow.

"He did? Adrian wore a shock bracelet for a year?"

"It ended up being 2 ½ days," Trudy said.

Twelve years ago

"We have a reservation," Adrian said.

"Adrian… Trudy over here," Joseph called.

"Coming," Adrian said.

He and Trudy went to join Joseph and his wife Alison for lunch.

'Please don't go off. Please don't go off. Please don't go off,' Adrian prayed silently. When a shock went off Adrian pinched himself to keep from yelling.

"Are you alright," Joseph asked Adrian.

"I'm fine," Adrian said, pinching himself again, "Must be a new tick."

Joseph smiled.

"Adrian Monk, you must really love your wife," Joseph said.

"Of course I love her," Adrian said, "Is it really that surprising that a husband would love his wife?"

"No. Of course not, but you take love to the hundredth degree," Joseph replied.

"I'm not sure I know what you mean," Adrian said– his voice getting a little higher from a shock.

"Leland told me everything," Joseph explained.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE HE RATTED ME OUT!" Adrian exclaimed.

Joseph shook his head.

"He didn't. He knew you'd be acting weird even for you."

"I did what I had to do," Adrian replied, "You would have done the same thing if it were Alison."

Touched by the unremitting show of love that Adrian had, Joseph turned to Trudy.

"You know what," he said, "Anyone whose husband loves her that much could not possibly be guilty of what you were accused of."

He turned back to Adrian.

"Adrian," he said, "You can take off the bracelet. We will consider the sentence paid in full."

"Honey," Alison said, "You could get in trouble for that."

Joseph gently put his hand on top of his wife's.

"If I do, I do," he said, "Sometimes doing the right thing hurts. Love always has to come first. Adrian is right. If it were you, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to do what he did."

"Oh, thank GOD," Trudy said, breathing a sigh of relief. Adrian had tried to hide the shocks from her, but she could tell. It hurt her when he was hurting.

"Adrian took the bracelet off as fast as possible. It was a huge relief to both of us."

"I can imagine," Dr. Bell replied.

"I also remember the time I was assigned to cover the Olympics in Singapore," Trudy replied thoughtfully, "Adrian went with me. As we were walking to the hotel, I happened to absentmindedly kick a pebble. I was arrested for doing so."

"Did the pebble get in someone's eye or something," Dr. Bell asked.

"No but according to the officer it 'could have'. I was sentenced to twelve strokes of the bamboo cane on my legs, back and hindquarters. I have never seen Adrian so calm in his life. He told the judge that he understood the sentence had to be carried out but begged her to carry out the sentence on him instead of me."

"Did the judge agree," Dr. Bell asked.

Trudy nodded. Tears came to her eyes, and she wiped them away.

Dr. Bell looked at the clock.

"I'm afraid our time is up," he said, "I'll see you next week."

Trudy wrote out the check.

Two o'clock came. Trudy went over to Ilizabeth's house. They went out to lunch.

"Are you looking forward to the concert," Ilizabeth asked.

"Absolutely," Trudy replied, "I'm his biggest fan."

"What's your favorite Willie Nelson song," Ilizabeth asked Trudy.

"Probably Blue Eyes Crying in The Rain," Trudy said, "I love the end. Someday when we meet up yonder, we'll stroll hand in hand again in a land that knows no parting blue eyes crying in the rain."

"It must feel great to stroll hand in hand with Adrian again isn't it," Ilizabeth asked.

"It's wonderful," Trudy replied,