Avery is told what to say about Juliette's absence, and not to mention she is in rehab/treatment at Rayna and Deacon's wedding. At the reception, Colt confesses to Layla what happened to Jeff. In revenge, Layla asks Glenn to be her manager, and wants Avery to be her producer. While in rehab, Juliette signs the divorce papers. She is eventually released and is able to go back home to Nashville. She starts to change and become a better person. When she arrives home, she receives a lucrative offer to be in a Steven Spielberg movie, but accepting means that she will have to be in Prague for two weeks of filming. She accepts but quits during the press conference so that she can spend more time with Cadence. Initially, Avery limits the time that Juliette can spend with her because he does not quite trust her yet. When Layla finds out that Juliette is back in town, she asks Avery to be her musical director just as she is about to hit the road opening up for Luke. Juliette gets jealous when she sees them rehearsing together, and doesn't want Avery and Cadence to be on the road with Layla. To keep an eye on things, Juliette asks Luke if she can replace his friend Riff. Avery and Layla get closer while working on her album. One night, Avery lets Juliette keep Cadence for the night so that he can spend the night with Layla. The next morning, Juliette finds out that she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Shenandoah Girl and that Avery spent the night with Layla. Juliette confesses to Layla the truth about the night Jeff died while saving her, but Layla says that nothing has changed between them. At the premiere for Shenandoah Girl, she reunites with her co-star Noah West and the two end up having a brief fling. When the Oscars roll around, Juliette is tired of going to all the pre-parties, and wants to see Cadence. Juliette tells Glenn the truth about Jeff's death. Layla leaks the information and Jeff's sister sues Juliette for wrongful death. Juliette and Glenn work out that Layla was the one who leaked it. Layla tries to stop Avery from seeing Juliette on Oscar night, but he does not want to break any plans. Layla calls Jeff's sister and tells her to call Colt, because he saw everything. She then tells Avery that Jeff's sister has an eyewitness. Jeff's sister asks for three million dollars to back down. Juliette makes her lawyers pay it, confesses everything to the press, and skips the Oscars. Avery confronts Layla about lying, and realizing the extent of her manipulation, dumps her and calls her crazy. Avery waits for Juliette at the airport but is told that Juliette's plane sent out a distress signal 90 miles away from Nashville and is missing.
