#040 Monday June 18th

At Number 37, Anna, Estelle and Amee are having a meeting about designs.

Anna: I'm even more impressed with your designs, Amee. Their some of the best I've seen since I've been in the business.

Estelle: We want to get your line in the new Carter-McGregor stores by fall.

Amee: Well, I haven't completed everything in the line yet.

Anna: I think we have more than enough to start a sizable line of furniture.

Amee: Okay, if you think you can pull this off, I'm all for it.

Anna: I think your style is exactly what the market needs.

Estelle: But, we will need you to help make a presentation to our primary investors in New York.

Amee: How soon?

Anna: Next week.

Amee: I don't know, I've never really done anything like that before.

Anna: Don't worry about it, I'm sending JC with you, he'll handle all the technical aspects, like the numbers. All you have to do is talk about your designs.

Amee: I guess it won't be so hard since you put it like that.

Anna: Good, the travel arrangements will be made very shortly.

Estelle looks over and spots Carol at the bar

Estelle: Will you excuse me for a minute?

Estelle gets up and goes over to the bar.

Carol: Long time no see, not that it really makes a difference to me.

Estelle: That little stunt you pulled on me almost caused me a lot of trouble.

Carol: I felt that I couldn't trust you, seeing as you are in partnership with Anna.

Estelle: Oh, no dear, it's you that cannot me trusted.

Carol: I had to protect my company.

Estelle: From what? I do business and I don't ever stab anyone in the back, unlike you.

Carol: Please, I gave you fair warning before I severed the contract, you knew what was going to happen.

Estelle: There was nothing fair about it, but of course your definition of fair is completely different that everyone else's.

Carol: You found another buyer, so stop acting like you were on the brink of financial ruin.

Estelle: It's the principal of the thing.

Carol: Principals are out the window when it comes to protecting what's mine.

Estelle: (sarcastically) Yes, principals are just so overrated.

Carol: Truer words were never spoken.

Jim is back at home packing some things, when Lynette comes in.

Lynette: Jim, I wasn't expecting to see you here.

Jim: I'm just grabbing a few things, I'll be out of here in a second.

Lynette: We need to talk.

Jim: We've done all the talking that we need to for awhile.

Lynette: I'm losing my mind over this, I get headaches, I can't sleep.

Jim: And you think I'm not suffering over this? I want things to be right again, but we really need to give ourselves some time apart in order to get past this.

Lynette: But is being apart really the solution? I feel that you are doing this because you don't want to face your own issues.

Jim: I know I have issues, it's you that needs to work on yours.

Lynette: So now I have issues?

Jim: Everything is so black and white with you, there is no in between, not when it comes to me.

Lynette: I tried to make things as easy as possible on you, but you wouldn't even try.

Jim: I didn't come here to argue.

Lynette: It seems like arguing is the only time you ever say more than two words to me.

Jim: I don't want to go on like this, I can't.

Jim leaves