Scarlett was just coming out from the house to tea when she saw Anne's hand
come down across Cat's face. Scarlett cried out and ran to her daughter,
taking her in her arms. She looked up at Anne over Cat's shoulder, fury
clearly written across her face. Anne was standing with her mouth hanging
open, staring at her hand.
"Kittycat, are you are alright, baby?" Scarlett asked as she pulled apart from her daughter and looked at her. Cat rubbed her red cheek and nodded. "Honey, why don't you go in the house and find Mrs. Fitz. I have to talk to Anne." Scarlett said. She shot a look at Anne that filled the woman with fear. Cat walked into the house. As soon as she was out of sight, Scarlett turned around and started bearing down on Anne. "How dare you slap my daughter?" she seethed. "What kind of a woman does that?"
"I—I didn't mean to." Anne stuttered.
"You didn't mean to?" Scarlett yelled.
"I'm sorry! I just lost my temper" Anne stammered
"Lose your temper with me, Anne!" Scarlett shouted. "Slap me! Or is that not your style, huh? You like to be the bigger person don't you? You go for the small defenseless people, don't you?" Scarlett raised her hand; intent on inflicting the pain Cat had felt onto Anne.
" I wouldn't do that, Scarlett." Rhett's voice came from behind. Scarlett dropped her hand and turned to look at him. "What's going on here?" he asked.
"What's going on?" Scarlett repeated. "What's going on is that your insane wife attacked our daughter!" Rhett started and stared at Anne.
"What?"
"She slapped Cat. I told you that she shouldn't be left alone with her, I told you!" Scarlett yelled.
"You slapped my daughter?" Rhett asked Anne in a measured tone. He was trying to keep his cool but he was evidently furious.
"Rhett I'm so sorry!" Anne cried. "I just lost my temper and-and it's so painful to see her knowing that she's your and Mrs. O'Hara's."
"Painful?!" Scarlett shouted. "I'll show you pain, you-you witch! You've never known any pain in your perfect little life!"
"That's enough Scarlett." Rhett warned.
"Get out of my house." Scarlett said calmly to Anne. "I don't want to ever see you again. I don't want Cat to ever see you again. If you don't get out of my house I won't be able to control my actions."
"Scarlett you cannot kick my wife out." Said Rhett.
"I can do anything I damn well please. This is my house, is it not?"
"We just got here, I just got to meet my daughter!"
"Rhett I'm so sorry" Anne whimpered.
"Anne go into the house, Scarlett and I need to talk."
"But Rhett let me stay. We can work this out-"
"In the house, Anne! We'll talk later." Rhett said forebodingly. Anne opened her mouth to speak, but then turned and walked apprehensively into the house.
"I mean it Rhett." Scarlett said, turning to him. "I want her out of my house."
"Scarlett you can't do that. If you kick her out I have to go with her. I just met Cat, I don't want to leave." Rhett said.
"Well I'm sorry but that's the way it's going to be. None of this would have happened if you had just listened to me. I told you I didn't want Anne to be alone with Cat, and you ignored me."
"I never thought that Anne would do something like this. She's never hurt a fly in her life."
"But the fact is that she slapped my daughter and I want her out."
Rhett sighed. "I don't want to have to go to a lawyer and get custody of Cat." He said. Scarlett gaped at him.
"You promised." She whispered. "You promised me." Rhett shrugged. "Is that a threat?" Scarlett asked.
"It could be take as one." Rhett returned.
"Well then here's one for you. If you go to a lawyer, I'll turn Cat against you. And if you ever try to take her from me, I'll shoot you."
"Scarlett you and I both know that you could never shoot a man."
"Don't underestimate me, Rhett. I've killed a man before. I am more then capable."
"You wh-" Rhett began before Scarlett interrupted him.
"I want your wife out of my house in no more then three hours. If she's not gone, I may have to have some of my strapping cousins assist her. Your mother is more then welcome to stay, if she wants to. If you'll excuse me, I have to go tend to my daughter."
"I wish you weren't doing this Scarlett." Rhett said petulantly.
"I wish I didn't have to." Scarlett said before she turned and went in search of Cat.
"Kittycat, are you are alright, baby?" Scarlett asked as she pulled apart from her daughter and looked at her. Cat rubbed her red cheek and nodded. "Honey, why don't you go in the house and find Mrs. Fitz. I have to talk to Anne." Scarlett said. She shot a look at Anne that filled the woman with fear. Cat walked into the house. As soon as she was out of sight, Scarlett turned around and started bearing down on Anne. "How dare you slap my daughter?" she seethed. "What kind of a woman does that?"
"I—I didn't mean to." Anne stuttered.
"You didn't mean to?" Scarlett yelled.
"I'm sorry! I just lost my temper" Anne stammered
"Lose your temper with me, Anne!" Scarlett shouted. "Slap me! Or is that not your style, huh? You like to be the bigger person don't you? You go for the small defenseless people, don't you?" Scarlett raised her hand; intent on inflicting the pain Cat had felt onto Anne.
" I wouldn't do that, Scarlett." Rhett's voice came from behind. Scarlett dropped her hand and turned to look at him. "What's going on here?" he asked.
"What's going on?" Scarlett repeated. "What's going on is that your insane wife attacked our daughter!" Rhett started and stared at Anne.
"What?"
"She slapped Cat. I told you that she shouldn't be left alone with her, I told you!" Scarlett yelled.
"You slapped my daughter?" Rhett asked Anne in a measured tone. He was trying to keep his cool but he was evidently furious.
"Rhett I'm so sorry!" Anne cried. "I just lost my temper and-and it's so painful to see her knowing that she's your and Mrs. O'Hara's."
"Painful?!" Scarlett shouted. "I'll show you pain, you-you witch! You've never known any pain in your perfect little life!"
"That's enough Scarlett." Rhett warned.
"Get out of my house." Scarlett said calmly to Anne. "I don't want to ever see you again. I don't want Cat to ever see you again. If you don't get out of my house I won't be able to control my actions."
"Scarlett you cannot kick my wife out." Said Rhett.
"I can do anything I damn well please. This is my house, is it not?"
"We just got here, I just got to meet my daughter!"
"Rhett I'm so sorry" Anne whimpered.
"Anne go into the house, Scarlett and I need to talk."
"But Rhett let me stay. We can work this out-"
"In the house, Anne! We'll talk later." Rhett said forebodingly. Anne opened her mouth to speak, but then turned and walked apprehensively into the house.
"I mean it Rhett." Scarlett said, turning to him. "I want her out of my house."
"Scarlett you can't do that. If you kick her out I have to go with her. I just met Cat, I don't want to leave." Rhett said.
"Well I'm sorry but that's the way it's going to be. None of this would have happened if you had just listened to me. I told you I didn't want Anne to be alone with Cat, and you ignored me."
"I never thought that Anne would do something like this. She's never hurt a fly in her life."
"But the fact is that she slapped my daughter and I want her out."
Rhett sighed. "I don't want to have to go to a lawyer and get custody of Cat." He said. Scarlett gaped at him.
"You promised." She whispered. "You promised me." Rhett shrugged. "Is that a threat?" Scarlett asked.
"It could be take as one." Rhett returned.
"Well then here's one for you. If you go to a lawyer, I'll turn Cat against you. And if you ever try to take her from me, I'll shoot you."
"Scarlett you and I both know that you could never shoot a man."
"Don't underestimate me, Rhett. I've killed a man before. I am more then capable."
"You wh-" Rhett began before Scarlett interrupted him.
"I want your wife out of my house in no more then three hours. If she's not gone, I may have to have some of my strapping cousins assist her. Your mother is more then welcome to stay, if she wants to. If you'll excuse me, I have to go tend to my daughter."
"I wish you weren't doing this Scarlett." Rhett said petulantly.
"I wish I didn't have to." Scarlett said before she turned and went in search of Cat.