As the Inn's van pulls away, Lorelai sees Jason exiting his car and is approaching
''Well this is a nice surprise'' Lorelai says
''Well apparently this is a day for surprises'' he says
''Oh what's the matter?'' she asks
''I just spent the entire day trying to track down your father'' he tells her
''Do you want to sit or plant or...'' Lorelai asks
''I left messages at his house, on his cell phone...finally I went to the office and he wasn't there'' Jason says
''O-okay'' she says
''The only people that were there were two extremely uncomfortable looking secretaries who practically threw their back out trying to avoid eye contact with me'' he says
''Why?'' she asks him
''Why?'' he says in a questioning tone
Yes that's a good question I asked myself the same thing and then I got a call from Richard's lawyer'' he tells her
''yea and What did he want?'' she asks him
''To tell me that Richard's going back into business with my father'' Jason tells her
''What!'' she says
''Jason be serious... no, my father wouldn't do that'' she tells him
'' I am and He did '' he tells her
''No that company forced him out'' she tells him
''now they have welcomed him back in he has his own boutique company under their banner, a big office, no overhead'' Jason says
''Well there must be some mistake'' Lorelai says looking confused
''Mistake?'' he asks
''don't you get it he is taking all our clients with him I...can't believe it I thought it was one of those crazy, not-so-funny, Billy-Crystal-At-The-Oscars kind of jokes so I spent the last two hours calling every client I could and they're all gone'' he tells her
''Oh Jason'' she says in disbelief
''The ones I brought in from my father's company the ones I've brought in since their all gone'' he says
''How could he do this?'' she asks him
'' How could my father just take the business from you?'' she asks him
''Oh, no no no He left me the business but without the clients the business consists of some stationery, a coffee maker, and some rubber pencil grips'' he tells her
''I don't understand Why would my father do that'' she says
''Because it's brilliant It's perfect He gets my dad to drop the lawsuit, he makes some extra cash, and he's sitting pretty'' he says
''it Makes perfect sense'' he says
''But he was your partner'' she says
''And now he's the guy running around town, bad-mouthing me''
''It is amazing uour father has done a very thorough job I've got nothing He has ruined my reputation'' he says
''What do I do now?'' he asks her
''I don't know Move Start over somewhere else? What?'' He's pacing nervously
''Well you can't move''
''Well I have to work and he's making it pretty impossible for me to work here'' he says
'' Oh my God I'm gonna end up in Houston.'' he says in a freaked tone
''Jason...'' she says to try and calm him down
''Where all the financial wash ups wash up. It's gonna be me and the Enron boys smoking cigars while their ankle cuffs beep in the background'' he says in a panicked tone
''What can I do?'' she asks
''Nothing I just needed to vent I'm okay Thank you'' he says
''Come in'' she says
''No no I really can't I'll call you later'' He gives Lorelai a quick kiss
''ok'' she says and looks at him helpless and shakes her head as he leaves then grabs her keys from her pocket and gets in her jeep and drives immediately to Hartford to her parent's house