Fitz looked around the conference room. Olivia wouldn't look at him. He was waiting for her to go over the quarterly earnings report. She turned a page in her binder and started to speak. Her voice cracked.
"Are you okay?" Her coworker asked.
Olivia kept talking and tears wet her cheeks then the paper. His employees looked at him for answers.
"The meeting is over."
"What about the SEC filings?" His employee asked.
"I'll worry about that."
Fitz waited until they cleared the conference room. Olivia cried louder covering her mouth.
"I'm sorry. This is embarrassing." She said, wiping her face.
"I'm sorry. It's okay."
"It's not okay!" She screamed, her tears soaking the important documents.
Fitz pulled her out of the chair and lifted her in his arms. He kissed her forehead and sat down.
"We're going to be okay Livvie."
"You left me all alone. I was scared. Don't make me choose." She cried.
"I shouldn't have said that to you. I'm sorry."
"Why are you treating me like this? You have never been so mean to me."
"Because I'm used to getting my way. I shouldn't have made you cry."
"Why can't you be happy?" Olivia asked.
"It's not the babies fault. I know that."
"We created these babies. We have to be responsible."
"This change is going to be huge. We need three full time nannies to keep our current uninterrupted lifestyle, and we can't afford that without a lot of sacrifices. No more designer clothes, fine dining restaurants, giving up both apartments for a house, no vacations at luxury resorts, clipping coupons. After paying nannies, preschool tuition, and all of our bills we're going to be working class. We worked so hard to avoid being poor, and we're going to be shopping the clearance racks at department stores. We'll have plenty of time together without the babies, but we'll be broke. I don't know how we can afford these babies and our current lifestyle."
"Fitz, I would give up all of this to be happy with you and these babies. We don't have to live like we're rich. I don't care about any of that stuff. We don't need any of that, and we can make it with one part time nanny."
"Okay, let's go home. We don't need to be here. Not today."