MATT GRAY'S APARTMENT
No sooner has
Matt opened the door
than Sarah
comes bursting into the apartment. "You are not going to believe
this!" she explodes.
"Did I miss a hurricane warning or
something?" Matt wonders aloud as he stands by the open door.
Sarah's outburst, ready to continue,
freezes on her lips. She shoots him a baffled look. "Huh?"
"The way you came blowing in here,"
he says. "You just about knocked me over!"
"Sorry," Sarah says, putting her
free hand to her forehead as she rebalances
Victoria with the other arm.
"I'm just a little on-edge, that's all. You would not believe the
night I had last night."
"Why? What happened?"
"Well, I was out working 'til pretty
late. I was thinking I'd have a chance to relax when I got home, right?"
She pauses a second for dramatic effect. "No such luck. I start flipping
through the mail and I find this letter from a
lawyer--Brent's lawyer."
Matt flashes an expression that combines
curiosity and a desire to say, "Uh-oh."
"So apparently," she says, throwing
up her free arm, "Brent decided to go ahead with the divorce without even
talking it over with me!"
"Oh my gosh."
"Yeah. I figured I should go discuss
it with him, you know? But when I go over to the hotel -- ugh -- you are
not going to believe what happened."
She swings around as she finishes
speaking. Matt moves closer, reaching out his arms. Before Sarah speaks
again, she takes the hint and hands off Victoria.
She goes on. "Of course,
Molly was
there. I'm sure she was up to her usual routine of bad-mouthing me and
making Brent feel sorry for her."
Matt bounces Victoria lightly. "I
don't think I like where this is going."
"You have no idea where this is going.
Seeing Molly there--it just set me off. And all of a sudden, it was like
I couldn't control myself anymore. I lost it, Matt. I completely let loose."
He nods, urging her on.
"I just ... I tore into Molly. Into
both of them. And the way she was standing there -- so smug, like she just
loved letting Brent see me blow up -- it made me so angry."
"What'd you do?" Matt asks, concern
edging into his voice.
"Nothing terrible. Don't worry. I
just yelled at her. I tried to get her to admit that she's totally obsessed
with Brent."
"And?"
"She wouldn't say anything. At least,
she didn't have a chance. Brent jumped in and got to be her hero all over
again. And get this -- he said that Molly isn't the one to blame, because
he is."
"Isn't that a good thing, for him
to be taking the blame instead of throwing it on you?"
"Maybe." Sarah brushes back her hair
with a full hand. "Maybe. But not this way."
"What way?"
"The reason Brent says he's to blame
... is because he has feelings for Molly."
Matt's eyes literally bug out. "What?
Did he say that?"
"In those words. It just goes to
show how brainwashed she's got him, doesn't it?"
Matt is silent.
"Ugh," Sarah groans. "And you know
what else? I finally let them know that I saw them kiss on the night Brent
and I got married."
"You did?"
"Yep. I figured a little guilt might
do some good."
Matt raises an eyebrow. "What kind
of good?"
Sarah trips over her response. "Just--you
know--so they have to acknowledge that they're the ones who set this in
motion."
"So what now?" Matt asks as he watches
Victoria wrap her fist around one of his fingers.
"I'm not dropping this. I'm going
to make Brent see what a mistake he's making here. And I'm going to make
Molly pay."
Again, Matt doesn't say anything.
Sarah doesn't seem to take the hint.
A grin crosses her lips as she explains, "I'm going to file a counter-suit.
And I'm naming Molly as co-respondent."
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