POLICE STATION, BRENT TAYLOR'S OFFICE
Molly shifts uncomfortably in her
seat. "What?"
"Sarah and I are anything but back
on track," Brent says. "We're being civil, yeah, but even that's still
shaky."
"It's a step."
"A step that's not leading anywhere."
He leans back in the chair again, although this time he maintains eye contact
with her. "I needed to be there for Sarah after Tim's death. And I did
want to be -- I didn't like seeing her go through that feeling like she
was all alone."
"She wasn't all alone. Or she didn't
have to be. We were all there for her. She just wouldn't let us in."
"I realize that. We both know how
Sarah can get." He exhales deeply, taking the extra seconds to pull together
his words. "Molly, the time I've spent with Sarah lately made a lot of
things clear to me."
"It did?" Molly asks, hoping as soon
as the words are out that she doesn't sound as stupid as she thinks she
might.
"Absolutely. I did want to be able
to comfort Sarah -- but that meant I couldn't spend any time with you at
all. And I didn't like that. We're--we're friends, and you deserved just
as much as Sarah to have me there to talk about the whole thing."
"You don't owe me anything, Brent."
"Actually, I do. You've helped me
through a lot of difficult times. And I wanted to be there for you. I know
it had to be a little stifling going over the same things with your family
over and over."
"Just a little bit," she says, holding
her thumb and index finger about an inch apart.
"But the thing is, I couldn't be
there for you because of Sarah. And there's no way I can go on in a marriage
that restricts me like that."
Molly leans forward, resting her
elbows on her knees. "What are you saying?"
"I--" He swallows hard and then springs
to his feet. He begins pacing behind the desk.
Molly's breath is caught in her chest,
and even the effort of speaking a few simple words is a strenuous task.
"What is it?"
"Something I've needed to do for
a while now."
She urges him on with a lift of her
eyebrows.
He stops pacing and their eyes connect.
For Molly, the moment brings her back to so many moments of the past --
moments when she was sure there was something between them. And she can
feel it now, see it now, pulsing in his eyes as they stare into her.
His teeth graze over his lower lip
before he finally speaks. "I'm going through with the divorce."
END OF EPISODE #197
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