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CAN'T YOU SEND SOMEONE ELSE TO THE CALDWELL GALA?
MELLIE, THE VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE--
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.
I HAD NO IDEA HE WAS EVEN GOING.
I'M COMPLETELY OUT OF THE LOOP, LIV.
BUT IT'S NOT THE KNIFE IN MY BACK
THAT IS UPSETTING TO ME.
IT'S THE SIZE OF THE KNIFE IN MY BACK.
IT'S THE... ENORMOUS KNIFE,
CYRUS.
SHE'S GOT HIM. HE LOOKS TO HER.
HE LEANS ON HER. HE'S HER GUY NOW.
MAYBE THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE.
SHE'S HIS WIFE. SHE'S THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN.
THIS IS MELLIE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
(sighs) WHATEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT FITZ, WHATEVER HAPPENED,
LEAVING HIM TO MELLIE-- THAT IS LOW, LIV.
CYRUS.
YEAH, I-I KNOW. I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST...
I ALMOST DON'T KNOW WHO I AM WITHOUT HIM.
(sighs)
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS,
AND SHE'S SHOVING ME OUT THE DOOR.
I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIGHT HER.
(thunder rumbling in distance)
LET MELLIE BE.
THAT'S HOW YOU FIGHT HER.
DON'T OVERTHINK IT. JUST LET MELLIE BE.
LET MELLIE DO WHAT MELLIE'S GOING TO DO.
WHEN IT COMES TO FITZ, MELLIE'S HER OWN WORST ENEMY.
EVENTUALLY, SHE'S GOING TO GO TOO FAR AND CROSS HIM.
YOU JUST NEED TO BE THERE WHEN SHE DOES.
BESIDES, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK,
HE'LL BE SEEING ME AT THE FUND-RAISING GALA.
WHICH SHOULD TAKE THE HEAT OFF YOU,
BECAUSE THE ONLY PERSON FITZ HATES MORE THAN YOU IS ME.