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Molly folds her arms in front of her body. Words are twitching on her lips, almost ready to let loose, but they are in conflict and neither set can win out.

"Just admit it already!" Sarah cries. "This is all your fault!"

There is another moment of frozen intensity until Brent cuts in. "No, it's not!"

Sarah turns sharply to him. "Stay out of this!"

"No!" Brent shouts. "I won't! I can't! Because you're wrong -- this isn't Molly's fault!"

"Yes, it is!" Sarah fires.

"No, it's not! Because it's mine! I'm the one who has feelings for her!"

Sarah freezes. Her eyes go wide, though it appears to be more from rage than shock. "Shut up."

"No. Not anymore," Brent says, his voice suddenly weak. "We can't keep dancing around this. I'm the reason all of this has happened -- because I have feelings for Molly."

Before he even realizes it, Sarah's hand pulls back and then comes cracking across his face. Brent brings a hand to his cheek, clearly stunned and trying to figure out what kind of reaction he can allow.

He doesn't have to make a decision. Molly makes it for him: She lunges at her sister, grabbing Sarah by the shoulders and screaming, "You have lost it, Sarah! You are absolutely out of control!"

Sarah fights back, wriggling out of Molly's grip. She shoves her older sister, but Molly bounces right back and reaches both hands up to grab Sarah by the throat.

Brent wedges himself between them and manages to find just enough strength to hold them apart.

"Stop this!" he orders. "This is out of hand!"

Sarah swings her dark blonde hair out of her face, snarling, "Well, if Little Miss Innocent over here would just learn to control herself--"

"Stop!" Brent repeats. "I mean it, Sarah."

He can see the protests rising again in Sarah's face, showing in her burning eyes and her flared nostrils, but she manages to hold them just below the surface.

"Calm down," Brent says, his voice much softer. "And Molly ... I think you should go."

Molly looks to him, her face filled with a thousand questions. Brent acknowledges them with a nod and, for now, that is enough for Molly. She makes her way to the door wordlessly and lets herself out.

Brent and Sarah watch as Molly exits. Once the door closes, Sarah says, "Good thing you got rid of her. This way we can talk this out--"

"No."

"What?"

"No. Not now. We need to cool down, Sarah."

"What we need to do is talk. We need to work this out--"

"I said no." His tone makes it clear that the discussion is over, at least for now. "There's just one thing I want to say to you."

Sarah takes a deep breath and brushes back a few loose pieces of hair. "What?"

"Stop this," he warns her. "Leave Molly alone. And please, just grant me the divorce."

Sarah lets a cold stare linger for a prolonged moment before she flips around. She stomps out of the room, pulling the door shut behind her as loudly as she can.

She pauses on the other side of the slamming door, her breathing now very intense. "This isn't over," she mutters, clutching her purse tightly to her body. "Not by a long shot."

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