1 year ago:
Mellie sat on the sofa of the townhouse, Teddy was at her feet playing with a race car. After filing for divorce her lawyer had moved her in here, it was one of the 5 townhomes his firm had around the city. They were for people who couldn't stay with their spouses and couldn't check into a hotel because of the media circus that surrounded them, and boy did Mellie have a media circus. The home had 3 bedrooms , blackout curtains and triple locks to kept out the press out. The house was fuly stocked with food, water, sheets, and towels. It was clear thought that nobody lived here permanently though. There was no décor and no pictures of anyone, then again the oval was filled with photos of their family, and they were the farthest thing from a family. She turned on the T.V., every channel had a story about the affair, even espn which never showed news. Even thought they were covering the same story each channel was brining something new to the table. Abc was interviewing senator who wanted to impeach Fitz. Cnn was interviewing a divorce lawyer talking about Mellie's divorce options. Nbc was interviewing a therapist talking about the emotional state of the first family, Bnc had James on talking about the whole first family with his inside connections. Mellie smiled as she watched James Blabber on, Cyrus must be ready to murder him. Suddenly there was a knock on the door , Mellie peaked through the curtain , there was a sea of reporters camped out on the streets .Mellie opened the door to let in her lawyer and his publicist , she could see the flashes and here people screaming questions at her. She quickly shut the door and headed pack to the living room.
"That's good" Cassidy said pointing at the TV with the headline IMPEACHMENT COULD COME AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK
"There saying it's one of the most bipartisan efforts in congressional history" Richard said
"Should I make a statement about it or just leave it be?" Mellie asked running her hand through Teddy's hair
"No don't say anything, you want to seem like your split was not politically motivated at all"
"I guess that makes sense" Mellie said
"Now we are going to leak that he's staying with his mistress which he is, we had to serve him the divorce papers there"
"Of course he is" Mellie scoffed
"Your acting like its bad, he is killing himself in the press, while you look like a saint . Now the divorce will hopefully go over smoothly but the custody battle will be extremely messy."
"I want Custody of my kids more than anything"
"Okay well first of all you can't talk to your kids, we can't have the court thinking that you're trying to bias them, now hopefully they will testify for you against your husband, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
"And if they testify for me I will get custody?" she asked
"Most likely yes, but before anything you will need a stable residence. Since all of your money is tied to your husband, you will need to get your parents to buy a house and you can pay them back once your accounts are separate." Richard explained
Mellie glanced at the floor for a second, she had long forgiven her parents for selling her to big Jerry. She had gotten her 3 beautiful children out of it , but had also gotten heartbreak and betrayal and that was something she could never forgive.
"… Hello Cyrus"
"Why am I here Mellie?" he asked slightly annoyed
"I'm great thanks for asking" she said sarcastically
"I know you Mellie, you only want to talk to me when you need something"
"Oh I think you need me more than I need you"
"What are you talking about?" he asked
"Well I'll explain if you come in, and don't worry this isn't some kind of ambush, I'm not going to kill you"
"Good to know" Cyrus said as he entered the house
"You know you and I were the only people who got away unscathed, you're like the guy from titanic who owned the company and realized when it was time to leave the sinking ship"
"And what are you in this analogy….The iceberg?"
"I guess I am, but Fitz was the lookout who was too busy screwing Olivia Pope to see the hundreds of threats and warning signs
"Ah Mellie I missed your bitterness" Cyrus said as he sat down on the sofa next to Mellie
"Well if you miss me so much maybe you can come work for me"
"Work for you?" he asked
"Come on Cyrus don't tell me that you enjoy being a political consultant, being home for 5:00 dinners, you're a political animal , you like scrapping the bottom of peoples souls to get what you want , you are not made for some office job."
"I'm listening"
You had your dream job, the president's chief of staff. You were running the country, making decisions, changing the course of history, and now you're just some boring private citizen. You want to your job back, you want to rule the world but you need a candidate …. You need me."
"You? How the hell will you become president?"
"Everywoman who's been cheated on, is afraid of being cheated on or is jealous of her best friend's hot new boyfriend loves me. Every feminist in American loves me for leaving my pig of a husband. Every religious right person loves me for leaving my husband after he showed such a blatant lack of religious value and every man loves me because they know I have the balls to be president because I and the balls to leave my husband…. Plus I have the most adorable baby "she said motioning to Teddy who was happily playing in his little playpen
"You're an evil genius"
"I try"
"One thing I don't get though… why am I here? You hate me"
"That's true…. But I also know you were cheated out of a job, you should have been there for 8 years but Fitz took that away for you and as you know I'm always cleaning up his messes, so I believe I owe you. I also know you're loyal to a fault, will do anything to win, and are the best in the business.
"So just to be clear you want me to help you become president, and this isn't some kind of double cross?"
"It's not I promise, I want you Cy because you don't just now where the bodies are buried, because you buried them their yourself"
"You do realize you can't just run for president, you need to hold some kind of elective office"
"I'm not stupid Cyrus, I already have it all planed out, and it's all thanks to Olivia Pope"
"What are you talking about?"
"Will Caldwell governor of North Carolina, he's totally gay so he hired Olivia Pope to find him fake wife. Clearly Olivia was is not as great as people say because it came out that the marriage is a sham. His term is up next year, and he's not running for reelection, and everyone is too afraid to run so…."
"So you want this to be the next governor of North Carolina?"
"I want to be the next Governor of North Carolina"