"She did what?"

"She said that if I stayed with her for a total of 12 months she would settle the sum of five million dollars on me to do whatever I wanted with!"

"Five million," gasped Donna. "Oh my sainted grandmother!"

"No, my sainted grandmother," Jackie said triumphantly. "This is perfect. All I have to do is follow her rules for another 8 months and I never have to worry about money ever again! I tell you, Donna, those months as a cheese maiden were a living nightmare. Sometimes I still wake up in a panic with the smell of Gouda in my nostrils."

"This is incredible!" Donna considered the development. "Hang on, there has to be a catch. From all you've told me about your grandmother, there is no way you are getting more out of this deal than she is."

"I think it's a win-win situation for us both – I get financial security and she gets 12 months of me."

"And you're worth 5 mill?" Donna said sceptically.

"Well, she offered 3 but I talked her up to 5. And I'm a bargain at twice the price. You know, I really think she enjoys my company, especially since I started learning the ropes at Glow. Donna, I believe I am being groomed!"

"You'd actually let someone groom you? You won't even touch my hairbrush."

"Not that kind of grooming, you lumberjack. I mean groomed to take over the company!"

"Oh. Running a company? Weren't you just rejoicing how you would never have to work again?"

"Yes, but running Glow would not really be working because it fits me so well. It is like Steven and his record store – once he started working there he actually stopped complaining about how employment is the weapon of a capitalist dictatorship. He even worked back late some nights! He denied it, said he was casing a convenience store, but I knew what he was up to."

"And once again the conversation circles back to Hyde. Like we didn't beat that dead horse enough over dinner. Tell me, Jackie, how are you going to survive another 8 months in New York when you are so clearly not over Hyde?"

"It is because I am not over him that I it would be a good thing. Obviously, 4 months is not long enough to forget the man who stole my heart and then pawned it at the 'Don't give a Damn Store'. But if I really throw myself into the shopping, the parties, the cosmetics company and all the guys who are chasing me in Manhattan, I am positive I can be cured."

"I don't know," Donna said doubtfully. "I have a strong feeling you're going to regret this. You'd be better off coming home and trying to work things out with Hyde."

"You know, I was thinking when I came into my 5 million, I'd buy you and Eric a house as a wedding present."

"What!" cried a delighted Donna.

"And I'll buy Michael and Fez the coolest convertibles, the slut-magnet kind."

"What!" cried Kelso and Fez a household away. They did not notice Hyde leaving the room.

"You know, it sounds like New York has a great deal to offer you," Donna said. "I mean, what with the cosmetic empire and the Fifth Avenue shops – can I get something with 4 bedrooms?"

"You really want to live in a house that small?" Jackie questioned.