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"Learning how to say Goodbye"

Epilogue: Almost a năm later

Cuddy's POV

Rachel walked into my office. "Mom! House lấy trộm, đánh cắp all the candies!"
"Rach, bạn know House ..."
"But Mom! He lấy trộm, đánh cắp all the candies!
"Ok ..."

I pick up the phone and call your office.

"House ..."
"House! Why on earth do bạn always have to steal candies from Rachel?"
"Why do bạn always accuse me?"
"Because usually you're the one who causes problems here!"
"This time I behaved in a mature way and bạn give me ..."
"Mature way? bạn 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!"

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

"Honey, is it true that bạn had already eaten a lot of candies?"
"No ..."
"Are bạn 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, bạn 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 trang chủ ..."
"But Mom!... "
"No buts ..."
"Ugh ..."
"Go back to work, and bởi 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 dâu, dâu tây lollipop in one hand and a crumpled $1 bill in the other.
"Rachel, what is it now?"
"I know something bạn don't know!"
"Ok, wanna tell me about it?"
"House said: do not tell anyone, not Mom hoặc 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 bạn should tell Mom ..."
"If I tell you, bạn 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 bạn ..."
"Did he really tell bạn this?"
"Yes! Well, I found it bởi myself."
"Oh ... what's that?"
"I found a box in his office ..."
"What? Rachel I told bạn not to run around the hospital bởi yourself. Do bạn understand?"
"Yes, sorry ..."
"So, what did bạn find?"
"She found this ..."

At that moment bạn enter my office with a big blue box. Your eyes are fixed on me. Rachel, sitting on the đi văng with me, starts laughing. I stand up and walk towards you. bạn take my hand and pull me down to sit tiếp theo to bạn 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 bạn smiling, and with her eyes looks back and forth between us.
"Do bạn remember Lucas? Mommy's old friend?"
"Yes ... the younger one..."
" Hey, Are bạn 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 bạn 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 bạn in amazement. After all these years of pranks and practical jokes bạn are in my office on a ngày 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 bạn 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 bạn 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 bạn for a lifetime.