Disclaimer: See chapter 1
The elevator doors opened and she walked into the offices, doing her best to try to get back to some kind of normal life. It was still relatively early, so she was one of the few people here already. She put her purse down and hung her jacket up, grabbing the faxes out of the machine, reviewing the numbers from yesterday. She sat down and grimaced slightly when she saw how well Purple Haze was doing.
"Ok, if you're the one who changed the product name, you'd better just get –"
"What, duck and cover?"
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to fulfill my final duty as your husband."
"You've already fulfilled your final duty as my husband -- a divorce." And it did happen, so I have to start…
"As per your request. But I made you a promise, and I'm sticking by it."
"Ok. Well, as of right now, all promises, deals, and agreements are null and void."
"Have you forgotten our plane ride?"
"Oh! It all runs together."
"Well, some things shouldn't run together." Breathe, Kendall, breathe!
"Well, what do you want to give me?"
"I told you on the plane. I'm going to find Babe and buy her shares of Fusion and give them to you."
"Ok, well, that's very nice, thank you, but I can take care of my own problems."
"I know that. But what good is a ruggedly handsome, sexy ex-husband like myself if he can't help you with your dirty work?" He does look very good today… no, knock it off!
"Well, dirty work is my favorite kind, so I will handle Babe, thank you. You can -- you can leave now. Thank you so much. What? What the hell are you smiling about?" He really needs to stop smiling, it's starting to… "You want to freak me out? Well, too bad. I'm unfreak-outable. So stop smiling already."
"Hmm. It takes time, patience, and a deep and complex understanding of the human psyche. And I think I'm finally starting to get you." What in the world is he talking about?
"You can't get me. I'm un-getable. I'm unfreak-outable and un-getable, so you can just go away, please."
"I made you a promise, and I'm going to help you, whether you like it or not.'
"I've decided to have Ryan's baby, full term. Labor, screaming, all of it. And he wants to be there for me, maybe even in the delivery room. Go ahead, go ahead, tell me again, I'm an idiot, Ryan's a jerk. Go ahead and dump your totally biased opinions on me."
"If you're happy, I'm happy." Wow… ok, not exactly the response I was expecting…
"You're not even remotely happy."
"I'm working on it. But you're happy, because you got everything you always wanted, right?"
"I'm just fine. And I'm really busy. I have a lot of work to do, like find out what idiot messed with an old tried-and-true product."
"Because Fusion is all that matters."
"Ask my mother. I've got nothing else." But I really do want something else… right?
"Maybe it's time to change that."
"What is it that you think I want or need that I don't already have?"
The memory quickly faded away as she heard the elevator doors open. She looked up and glared at Babe Chandler walked in and dropped her purse on the desk opposite Kendall. Without saying a word, she smiled and grabbed the papers that Kendall had finished looking at. "Morning Kendall" she said sweetly as she sat down and started to read. Kendall wanted to dig her eyes out with a spoon.
TBC…