So, this is the end of the story. I'm glad toi peeps liked it. Thanks for your support:)

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"Learning how to say Goodbye"

Epilogue: Almost a an later

Cuddy's POV

Rachel walked into my office. "Mom! House a volé, étole all the candies!"
"Rach, toi know House ..."
"But Mom! He a volé, étole all the candies!
"Ok ..."

I pick up the phone and call your office.

"House ..."
"House! Why on earth do toi always have to steal candies from Rachel?"
"Why do toi always accuse me?"
"Because usually you're the one who causes problems here!"
"This time I behaved in a mature way and toi give me ..."
"Mature way? toi have stolen candies from a 3-year-old!"
"She had already eaten too many. If I hadn't taken them she would have made herself sick!"

toi seem sincere. I put a hand on the receiver and I speak to Rachel.

"Honey, is it true that toi had already eaten a lot of candies?"
"No ..."
"Are toi telling me the truth?"
"Yes ..."

That said, my daughter went out shutting the door behind her.

"She's only 3 years old and has already learned to lie to her mother ..." I rue.
"Like mother like daughter ..."
"House!"
"Sorry ..."
"Go back to work ..."
"Not to worry, I sent Thirteen to do my shift in the clinic ..."
"House, toi should be the one doing your shift ..."
"But I also saved the teeth and stomach of your baby. Shouldn't I have a reward for that?"
"We'll discuss this later..."
"Ok, I'll be down in your office in 5 minutes. Be prepared!"
"No Greg! We will talk at accueil ..."
"But Mom!... "
"No buts ..."
"Ugh ..."
"Go back to work, and par that I mean also the clinic!"
"But..."
"Now House"
"Ok ..."
"And ... House ... thanks!"
"Mmmm ... you're welcome ..."

I turn my attention back to my work.

"Mom!" Rachel came back into my office, waving a fraise lollipop in one hand and a crumpled $1 bill in the other.
"Rachel, what is it now?"
"I know something toi don't know!"
"Ok, wanna tell me about it?"
"House said: do not tell anyone, not Mom ou Uncle Jimmy!"
"Oh, did he really say that?"
"Yes, and he also gave me $1 for my candies he took!"
"Honey, if it's something important toi should tell Mom ..."
"If I tell you, toi won't tell anyone?"
"Of course I won't tell anyone!"
"Promise..."
"Ok, I promise not to tell anyone your secret."
"House told me he wants to surprise toi ..."
"Did he really tell toi this?"
"Yes! Well, I found it par myself."
"Oh ... what's that?"
"I found a box in his office ..."
"What? Rachel I told toi not to run around the hospital par yourself. Do toi understand?"
"Yes, sorry ..."
"So, what did toi find?"
"She found this ..."

At that moment toi enter my office with a big blue box. Your eyes are fixed on me. Rachel, sitting on the canapé with me, starts laughing. I stand up and walk towards you. toi take my hand and pull me down to sit suivant to toi on the couch.

"House, what is it?"
"It's everything we've been through."
"What?"
"Everything that reminds me of our adventures."
"Our adventures, huh?"
"Yeah. Everything from our history together – from studying in Michigan, the infarction in my leg, all the way up to the Lucas idiot ..."
"Lucas idiot?" Rachel looks at toi smiling, and with her eyes looks back and forth between us.
"Do toi remember Lucas? Mommy's old friend?"
"Yes ... the younger one..."
" Hey, Are toi calling me old?"
"Yes, but you're better looking!"

I laugh like I've never done before. My daughter likes to joke around with you!

"She's starting to talk like toi Cuddy!"
"Yeah ..."
"Anyway, this is everything we've been through till today."
"Today?"
"Yes, today ..."
"Why today?"
"Because today it's been 24 years we've known each other."

I look at toi in amazement. After all these years of pranks and practical jokes toi are in my office on a jour that could be normal for anyone but us. We are celebrating 24 years together. It's been a strange relationship made of ups and downs. There have been days when we loved each other and days when we can't stand each other, days when toi mean everything to me and days when I wanted to cut off your head, days when I wanted to take the first step and days when I wished toi had. We are unable to have a normal relationship, because are not just any people. We are Lisa and Greg. We've known each other for an age. I've loved toi for a lifetime.