Olivia sat down in the therapist's office. She seemed to be a little more nervous than she thought. Fitz and her had decided that before they moved further with their relationship, she should be seeing a therapist. He had told her that he had started seeing someone as well. He had met with a lawyer as well and consulted with Olivia for some of the legal points involving the divorce. He would be presenting the points to Mellie that afternoon. Olivia had seen a medical doctor to get some medicine so she could sleep through reliving the episodes of her kidnapping. Some nights she could count on Fitz, by just picking up the phone and hearing his voice to lull her back to sleep. They knew because of the optics that she couldn't spend the night all the time or he couldn't come to her place. The pills allowed her to have a good night sleep. Still, she still had issues that put the brakes on their relationship and the next step.

The lady came out from the door and smiled. "Olivia? Please come in." Sarah Jenkins said with confidence. She was highly recommended to Olivia and Fitz. Olivia gathered her Prada bag and then got up from the couch.

Now Olivia, tell me what you are feeling today." Sarah started.

Tom and Hal stood very still as they watched the former First Lady walk in the door of the building. Fitz wanted to have these meetings in a neutral place. He didn't want her near the White House, so he had paid to rent this office until the proceedings were over. Mellie strolled in the room with her lawyer in tow. She was a female shark who was known for being the defender of women who were married to the rich and famous. If a woman was wronged by her celebrity husband, she was referred to her. She considered this the crown jewel of her career, the First Lady was suing her husband for divorce. He had filed first, but she knew she could win this round with all the dirt she had on her dear Fitzgerald.

Fitz walked in after Hal and Tom. He had been accompanied by his own lawyer, Tom Harris. Tom was an old fraternity buddy who also went to Harvard with Fitz. He knew the long , painful history that he had with the First Lady and actually had him draw up the pre-nup for the marriage. Even though Olivia was also a lawyer, he wanted her as far away from the courtroom. She could consult with him on some of the matters, but it was Tom who was Fitz's lawyer in the first chair.

Tom opened up the manila file and then put on his glasses. "Now , Mrs Grant, you have had time to look at the points that my client has prepared . I think that President Grant has been very generous with what he has offered. I now leave it up to you and your counsel." He stated.

Arlene took a breath and then slammed down the file. She turned to Mellie to assure her that she knew what she was doing. "You expect Mrs Grant, the First Lady of the United States to take the mere pittance that this man is offering her for her sacrifices, giving him children, not to mention that he is the sole heir to the Grant fortune?, We also should address the future stipends he will be paid as the former President for speaking engagements, any future political appointments, also when he is offered money for writing his memoirs in , this is not enough. " she yelled.

"Mellie knew what she was getting into when we were married. She knew it was a business deal. Her father and my father made a deal and that is what this farce of a marriage is based on. I was the one who was left in the dark. " Fitz exclaimed. "I will bend on the houses, add an additional two million, and this is pushing it but will also endorse her career, that is it." He added.

"What about those kids , Fitz?" Mellie asked desperately. "They are mine too."

"You never wanted kids, you even told Cyrus that you hated babies, I know after Jerry's death you beat yourself up for not treating him decently and ignoring him. But you have ignored Teddy from the very start. He was not even the product of our love. He was a political tactic to save my Presidency. " Fitz shook his head. "I think he deserves to have a mother that thinks of him more than a photo op."

"Her?" screamed Mellie. "You are going to allow our son to be raised by your whore!"

"I will not have you calling her that !" roared Fitz. "Remember this, if we would have been able to pull our marriage together and show the American people who we were, we would have never needed her. She called us on the carpet and helped to present the picture perfect American family for the voters. She helped us win."

"But I never asked her to sleep with you." Mellie said deliberately. "It was not her job."

"That woman had more love for me than you ever did. All I was to you was your meal ticket , your way to the White House. You would ride my coattails until you could launch your own political career. You couldn't do it the hard way, you picked the easy way. Ever since you have lied and cheated and forged your way out of every mess." Fitz said as he looked at her.

"Your father raped me." Mellie broke down and cried. "He ruined me and he ruined us. I didn't know if he was Big jerry's or yours. That was why I couldn't be near you. I thought that when you were on me , it only reminded me of him. That is why I pushed you away." She cried.

"And ran into Andrew Nichols arms." Fitz added. "Tell me Mellie, is he Karen's father?"

Mellie looked down but she couldn't answer him.

"Is he?" Fitz cross examined her.

"Yes." Mellie whispered.

Fitz lowered his head and then put his hands to his temples. He didn't know how much more he could take.

"I will allow you supervised visits, but I want full custody of Teddy. I will not have you ruin another one of my children. Karen is old enough to decide which one of us she wants to live with. And I no longer want you to use those kids in your political aspirations. I think both of them have been used enough." He added.

"This is fair for our first offer, but we will have to do some tweeking." Arlene said as she put the folder in her briefcase. She got up from the table and then looked at her watch. "I trust that we will be meeting in two weeks again to look at the finer points. President Grant, I am an admirer of yours and it is pleasure to be working with you." She couldn't help but admire the figure that the middle aged man cut in his business suit. No fat , all muscle. Next thing he knew she was out the door.

"Tom, if you will excuse me, I want to talk to Mrs Grant." Fitz ushered Mellie into the small inner office.

"Now you listen to me, you bitch. I have had it with all of your tactics. Your crying and pleading are not going to work at this point. Between me and Olivia , I have a file on you that won't allow you to get elected for dog catcher. All of your dirty little tricks are documented in it. I have negotiated with terrorists and political leaders and you are not going to beat me. You are going to be happy with what I have offered you and that is generous considering you have violated the pre nup. I know you were cheating on me before Olivia. I want to get this over with as soon as possible . I want us to get on with our lives . We have wasted enough time on this. Sign those papers Mellie be happy with what you are getting. Or so help me, I will go to the newspapers, the wire services, and every television news program with your dirty little secrets." Fitz stood over her and used that soft ,threatening voice just enough to scare her. His curl fell onto his forehead as sweat caused it to.

Olivia left the therapists office with almost a smile on her face. She had been going for quite a while now. With each visit, she felt like she was getting better. She had admitted her fears to the relationship and her feelings about each of the men in her life. She talked about how she didn't feel she deserved love or that she had no self esteem because she was the mistress in the relationship. Sarah helped her to see things clearly. But she also realized her to see that she had a long way to go yet.

Emotionally drained, Olivia opened her door and then she found Fitz sitting on the couch. Tom and Hal were stationed outside the door as always. He had a dozen roses in his hands. He sat on the couch with his ankles crossed and his foot up.

"This is certainly nice to come home to." Olivia smiled.

"You wouldn't believe the day I 've had." Fitz said as he got up and handed her the flowers. He wrapped his arms around her torso and then began to kiss her.