Grace glances at the team and quickly follows Boyd. Mel touched a raw nerve. She doesn't catch him before the elevator. She goes back upstairs and finds Boyd sitting in his office. "What is it Boyd?"
"That's how little they think of me, isn't it? If they knew more about me what Mel just said would apply to me. They don't understand when they say things like that that it affects people." Boyd says seriously.
Grace closes the door to Boyd's office and goes over to sit next to him. She puts her arm around Boyd's shoulders and he leans against her. "That was a very self-aware, emotional thing to say. Something they said really affected you."
"When I was young I watched my father belittle and disrespect my mother and me and my brothers. I suppose when Mel started talking like that it just reminded me too much of my father." Boyd discloses.
Grace hugs him tightly and Boyd slowly slips his arm around Grace's waist. Grace almost thinks Boyd is crying, but she knows better than that. Grace and Boyd pull away from each other when there's a knock on the door.
"Hi Boyd." Mel says quietly as she enters the office. "I'm sorry if I said something that upset you. I need to remember to think a little more carefully before I speak."
"It's okay, Mel. You had a valid point and my personal feelings caused me to make an unfair judgement. Just try and show a little more sensitivity next time." Boyd says seriously in a sad tone of voice.