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(- After watching Courtney and Dylan training for competition, Jason admi\
tted to Sandy )Tj
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(that he misses that sort of hard work. Later, he made an attempt to talk\
with Courtney, )Tj
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(but she rebuffed him with a snide comment.)Tj
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(- Diane assured Brian that she can convince Sarah not to let the courtro\
om debacle ruin )Tj
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(their friendship.)Tj
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(- Ryan received a mixed reception into the Fisher family. Paula tried he\
r best to be )Tj
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(welcoming, while Jason flatly rejected his new brother.)Tj
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(- Bill and Paula faced off with Nick and Katherine, who were acting very\
territorial over )Tj
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(Ryan.)Tj
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(KING'S BAY ICE ARENA)Tj
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(Jason Fisher sits somewhat uneasily slouched in his coach's office, eyei\
ng the various )Tj
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(photos, certificates, and posters on the wall of the cramped but unclutt\
ered little room )Tj
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(and trying in vain to forget about everything that has been going on in \
his life lately -- )Tj
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(problems with Courtney and Lauren, the bombshell his family dropped on h\
im just days )Tj
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(earlier about Ryan Moriani, and now the state of his skating career. )Tj
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(He's been hoping to suppress some of his worries by concentrating on his\
skating, as he )Tj
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(has many times before when life had become too difficult to deal with. B\
ut this is )Tj
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(different. Sandy rarely, if ever, calls him at home and asks him to meet\
at the rink to )Tj
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(discuss things in person. And he isn't sure he can handle one more sober\
ing conversation )Tj
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(about the last facet of his life that hasn't completely fallen apart.)Tj
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(His gaze shifts out the window of the office. He sees Sandy talking with\
a younger )Tj
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(student, one that Jason actually spent the better part of yesterday morn\
ing working with )Tj
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(to improve her double Salchow. In a moment, however, Sandy places a gent\
le hand on )Tj
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(the girl's shoulder, offers a smile, and the two part ways. Jason is ine\
xplicably nervous as )Tj
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(his coach of many years enters the office, closes the door, and takes a \
seat behind her )Tj
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(desk.)Tj
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(Sandy James hasn't changed much since Jason began taking lessons from he\
r years ago, )Tj
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(yet he senses a shift in her demeanor as she begins. "Jason, I'm really \
thrilled you could )Tj
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(make it down here this morning. I know I probably should've caught you b\
efore you left )Tj
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(yesterday, but I've been so busy preparing everyone for Sectionals. And \
I've really )Tj
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(appreciated your help around here. Justine Murray couldn't wait to show \
me her double )Tj
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(Sal this morning.")Tj
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("Sure," Jason answers quietly. "I haven't really had a specific goal ove\
r the last few )Tj
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(months, so I've kinda welcomed the additional responsibility." He knows \
it's coming.)Tj
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("That's sort of what I really wanted to talk to you about this morning -\
- where you're )Tj
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(headed right now.")Tj
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("Oh." He pauses, then decides there's no use beating around the bush any\
longer. "Well, )Tj
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(I've been thinking about, you know, maybe getting a new partner and comp\
eting )Tj
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(together next fall. Next season, I mean. We'd have more than enough time\
to put two )Tj
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(really solid programs together, I think.")Tj
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(Sandy purses her lips but doesn't say anything for a beat, as if her wor\
ds are tangled in a )Tj
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(mess of inarticulate disagreement and outright concern for one of her ol\
dest students. )Tj
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(She finally says, "Are you certain you're not just trying to keep pace w\
ith Courtney? )Tj
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(Honestly?")Tj
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("Of course I am, yeah." His reply is a little too quick, and he finds hi\
s face getting hotter )Tj
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(as his instructor's dark brown eyes meet his and hold them for just a mo\
ment. He sighs )Tj
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(inwardly.)Tj
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("Jase, why don't you set your sights on your senior pairs test instead? \
It would be your )Tj
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(final test, and if you still want to compete after that, you still can. \
But I can't warn you )Tj
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(strongly enough to not push yourself too hard. You shouldn't be basing a\
ny of your )Tj
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(decisions on what Courtney is pursuing. Not anymore.")Tj
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("I understand." He swallows hard, gathering his thoughts. "Look, Sandy, \
I don't come )Tj
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(here six days a week because I'm worried that my ex-girlfriend is going \
to outshine me, )Tj
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(okay? Seriously. I'm here because I love all of this, and I feel like I \
need to take it to the )Tj
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(next level." The discussion isn't going as well as he'd like -- in fact,\
he hadn't intended to )Tj
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(raise to issue of competition for another few weeks -- but it isn't nece\
ssarily awful, )Tj
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(either. And he does love skating. He needs it right now, perhaps more th\
an ever before. )Tj
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("All right," Sandy agrees. "We'll look for a female for you to train wit\
h over the course of )Tj
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(the next few weeks. And you two can prepare for your test.")Tj
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("Yeah, sure," he answers, standing and heading out of her office. "Thank\
s for calling me )Tj
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(in here today. I'm glad we got to talk about this.")Tj
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("Me, too," she replies. Before she can ask if there's been anything else\
on his mind lately, )Tj
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(Jason is out the door.)Tj
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(FISHER HOME)Tj
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(Paula Fisher steps back and examines the setup on the kitchen table. She\
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(about striking the proper balance: She wants Ryan to know that she's put\
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(into preparing something special, but she also doesn't want it to appear\
that she is trying )Tj
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(too hard.)Tj
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(But now she is concerned that she's fallen on the side of being too rela\
xed. From what )Tj
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(she can tell, Ryan has been raised in a fairly upper-crust environment, \
and she feels a )Tj
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(distinct need to match that level in entertaining him.)Tj
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(She begins to straighten the silverware one more time, but the doorbell'\
s call interrupts )Tj
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(her. Giving everything a final glance, she sweeps out of the kitchen and\
through the )Tj
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(living room to the front door. Once she gets there, she pauses, takes a \
deep breath, and )Tj
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(then reaches for the doorknob.)Tj
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("Hello," she says, as pleasantly as she can. Ryan stands on the porch, d\
ressed in a )Tj
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(striped blue dress shirt and a pair of black pants.)Tj
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(His lips spread into a smile as he says, "Hi.")Tj
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("I'm glad you could make it." She lingers in front of the door for what \
feels like a moment )Tj
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(too long before stepping aside. "Please, come inside.")Tj
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("I brought these for you," Ryan says, simultaneously taking a step insid\
e the house and )Tj
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(extending a gold box toward her.)Tj
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(She takes the box. "You didn't have to--")Tj
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("It's my pleasure. Besides, it's appropriate to bring something when som\
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(into their home ...")Tj
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(The rest of the statement goes unspoken, but the slightly amusing implic\
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(Paula: )Tj
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(This has to be the ultimate case of that.)Tj
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(She leads the way into the kitchen. All the while, she wracks her brain \
for something to )Tj
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(say; despite all the time she's spent thinking of conversation topics, t\
hey all seem too )Tj
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(forced now.)Tj
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("You didn't have to go to all this trouble," Ryan says the instant they \
step into the )Tj
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(kitchen.)Tj
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(Hoping that's a sign that he approves, Paula says, "I wanted to. I want \
you to feel )Tj
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(comfortable here.")Tj
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(Ryan nods his head, still surveying the layout on the table. "I really a\
ppreciate that.")Tj
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(She isn't sure how to respond. She has placed Bill and her other childre\
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(for three and a half decades. The least she can do now is welcome him in\
to her home.)Tj
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("Have a seat," she says, and he does. But an uncomfortable -- or perhaps\
merely )Tj
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(uncertain -- silence floats through the air as she takes care of pouring\
drinks for both of )Tj
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(them and starts serving the food. By the time she sits down at the table\
across from him, )Tj
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(part of her is worrying that this lunch is going to be a bust. )Tj
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(She's prepared herself for the possibility that she'll bond well with Ry\
an, and she's tried )Tj
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(to prepare for the chance that the dynamic could be hostile and disastro\
us ... but she )Tj
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(isn't sure how to face the thought there could be simply be nothing betw\
een them )Tj
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(besides a blood tie.)Tj
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(Apparently Ryan is thinking along the same lines. "I'm not really sure w\
hat to say," he )Tj
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(admits with a chuckle that somehow goes a long way toward taking the edg\
e off the )Tj
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(discomfort.)Tj
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("Me neither," she says. "I ... Well, there are things I'm curious about,\
but it seems so )Tj
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(awkward to ask them.")Tj
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("Fire away. I don't think there's really a subtle way to deal with a sit\
uation like this, you )Tj
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(know?")Tj
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("I'm starting to realize that." She draws a deep breath before launching\
into what feels )Tj
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(like a checklist of topics. "I've heard some things about your childhood\
from the court )Tj
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(records, but I don't know a thing about the time after that, to be hones\
t. What about )Tj
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(college? Where did you go? What did you study?")Tj
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(Ryan begins talking and she listens attentively. She can tell that he's \
as uncomfortable )Tj
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(providing such a straightforward autobiography as she is asking for it, \
but hearing him )Tj
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(tell it -- about his time studying at Northwestern and how he earned an \
economics )Tj
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(degree despite really wanting to study history and how he joined a frate\
rnity and spent )Tj
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(four years second-guessing the choice -- brings a thousand different fol\
low-up questions )Tj
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(to her mind. And there are things that she wants to know -- what kind of\
youth he was, )Tj
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(what group he hung out with -- that she can't quite find a way to put in\
to words, at least )Tj
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(not now. )Tj
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(A segment of his story draws to a natural end, and in the quiet that fol\
lows, Paula hears )Tj
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(her own thoughts being spoken out loud: "I'm so sorry that I even have t\
o ask these )Tj
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(things.")Tj
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("It's the only way to learn them," Ryan says. "We have to start somewher\
e.")Tj
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("I suppose. But having to ask your own child things like this is very st\
range. It makes me )Tj
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(feel as though--I'm ashamed to have to do it.")Tj
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(Ryan's gaze moves down to the food on his plate for a moment before he s\
ays, "You )Tj
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(have nothing to be ashamed of.")Tj
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("I try to tell myself that," she says. "I've tried to tell myself that a\
ll these years.")Tj
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(He shakes his head, more emphatically than he ever expected he would whe\
n faced with )Tj
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(this situation. "Don't do that to yourself. That's--that kind of approac\
h isn't going to get )Tj
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(us anywhere.")Tj
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(Surprise registers in Paula's expressions as she nods slowly. "It's just\
so--it's so bizarre )Tj
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(to be going about knowing your own child like this.")Tj
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("It's a start," Ryan says. "And even if it is a little ... weird, at lea\
st we have the chance to )Tj
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(do it at all.")Tj
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(SARAH FISHER'S APARTMENT)Tj
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(This isn't how Sarah Fisher wanted to spend her afternoon.)Tj
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(She had barely gotten back from dropping Victoria off at preschool when \
Diane Bishop )Tj
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(turned up at the door and barged inside. Now Diane is in the living room\
, pleading her )Tj
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(case -- or, more accurately, doing something that could only be consider\
ed "pleading" in )Tj
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(talking about Diane.)Tj
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("I did what I had to do," Diane says, her dark eyes wide and alive with \
determination. "I )Tj
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(never intended for you to get hurt.")Tj
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("And you didn't think that turning my family upside-down in public might\
hurt me?" )Tj
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(Sarah asks.)Tj
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("I didn't think you even liked them!")Tj
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(The accusation takes some of the wind out of the sails of Sarah's counte\
r-argument. It's )Tj
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(not that she doesn't )Tj
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(like)Tj
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( them. People have conflicts with their families; that's normal. )Tj
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("It still made a mess of things," she finally manages.)Tj
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(That gives Diane pause, but only for a moment. "And I'm sorry for that, \
Sarah. That )Tj
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(wasn't my goal. I was trying to do whatever was necessary to get custody\
of my )Tj
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(daughter. You have to understand that.")Tj
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("I do, to a point, but--")Tj
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("When the P.I. brought that to us, there was no way we )Tj
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(couldn't)Tj
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( use it in court!")Tj
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("You could've mentioned that you knew about it and given us time to deal\
with it," Sarah )Tj
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(says. "It wouldn't have taken away from your case, and it would've saved\
us all a lot of )Tj
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(grief.")Tj
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(She can tell that Diane is holding back some comment about how much more\
dramatic a )Tj
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(courtroom reveal was, or how much fun it was to rock Claire's world that\
way. Suddenly )Tj
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(she's hit by a thought: She can't believe that she ever trusted someone \
like Diane.)Tj
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("This is not worth losing our friendship over," Diane says.)Tj
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(She seems to be waiting for Sarah to agree, but that doesn't happen. )Tj
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(Diane's eyes widen a little more, and she plants her hands on her hips. \
"Come on, Sarah. )Tj
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(We've known from the beginning that we might have to, you know, agree to\
disagree on )Tj
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(some things. You knew this custody hearing was coming up and that it mig\
ht get ugly )Tj
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(between Claire and me--")Tj
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("Yeah, but I didn't expect you to drag my whole family into it!")Tj
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("I told you, this wasn't about your family! It was about Samantha!" Dian\
e fires, and )Tj
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(Sarah realizes that they've started shouting. "I didn't do anything that\
you wouldn't have )Tj
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(done to keep Victoria, if push came to shove. God, you went snooping aro\
und behind )Tj
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(Matt's back for how long in the name of ... what? Protecting Victoria? P\
rotecting yourself?")Tj
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(Sarah has to use every ounce of strength in her not to reach out and sma\
ck Diane across )Tj
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(the face. )Tj
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("Don't even try to compare that to this!" she yells, thankful that Victo\
ria isn't around to )Tj
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(hear this. "You really don't understand why this bothers me, do you?")Tj
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(Diane appears to struggle with a response. Sarah decides not to give her\
the time to )Tj
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(cook one up.)Tj
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("Forget it," Sarah says. She cuts a quick path to the door and yanks it \
open. "Get out of )Tj
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(here. I don't want to deal with you right now.")Tj
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(For an instant, she thinks that Diane is going to refuse to leave. But a\
fter a moment of )Tj
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(silent defiance, Diane strides slowly to the door -- keeping her gaze fo\
cused on Sarah the )Tj
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("I know you," Diane says as she slips out the door, her voice little mor\
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(CASSIE'S COFFEE HOUSE )Tj
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("I'm speechless," Lauren Brooks declares. "I don't even know what to say\
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("Yeah." A weak reply from across the table. Jason toys with his straw bu\
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(Lauren, meanwhile, runs a hand through her straight blond hair, resettin\
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("Maybe you should look on the bright side of this," she suggests, biting\
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("That )Tj
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(Ryan sets down his fork and takes a deep breath. "This is really good," \
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("What?")Tj
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("Do I have any other grandchildren out there anywhere?")Tj
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("We never should have gotten married in the first place. It was--God, it\
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(He hears a slow, heavy sigh roll from her throat. He can picture the mov\
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(What do you think of the developing relationship between Paula and Ryan?\
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(Why is Claire having so much difficulty accepting this situation?)Tj
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(Is Jason letting his family situation cloud his judgment?)Tj
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