Mad Woman✓

Epilogue.

"Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne.. I was taken by the view like we were in Paris, like we were somewhere else"

   POV TAYLOR

It's been three months since we got married.

Two days after Joe's birthday, Liz passed away from heart failure. Joe still feels terrible that he wasn't with her when it happened. Patrick and I were there, though. And it was horrifying. From the fear on Liz's face to the moment peace fell over her.

When Joe came back, he knew immediately. I was unable to say anything and Patrick was sobbing in a chair beside me.

He just fell to his knees and silently cried for at least two hours.

Penelope flew over the next day and helped me arrange the funeral. A month after that, we flew back to the States.

Joe is still grieving, but he is slowly starting to feel liike himself again. But he had been grieving even before her death and he managed to stay positive; she's with Joe's Dad now and she's no longer in pain. Patrick is back in school and obsessively focussing on that. I get it.

Joe looks at me and smiles. "Are you excited?" he asks.

Because of all that's happened, we didn't have our honeymoon yet. However, we are landing in Paris in an hour. We will spend a week there and then fly to Greece, where we will spend two more weeks. After that, we plan on spending a week on the Maldives. And we want to go to California too...

And a baby. We talked about it again a few days ago and now that I am completely sure that I did not kill anyone, I think I'm ready. I'm so ready. I can't wait, actually....

"I am so excited. This is going to be the most amazing and romantic and naked trip of our lives", I chuckle. I am lying on the couch with my head in Joe's lap and reach my hand up to touch his cheek.

"I love you.. I am so lucky to know you."

I smile at him. I'm so in love that I might stop breathing.