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How long have you known?

For, like, 18 days.

She's a mom at Paige's school.

It's still so hard

for me to grasp.

I was in the kitchen

making sandwiches,

and his phone was there.

He was upstairs with Paige,

and he was getting

all these text messages.

And I don't know why,

but I read them.

It was not good.

Does he know you know?

No.

'Cause, honestly,

I'm not ready to deal with it.

I would like to be

a little less devastated,

if that is possible.

It's classic, though,

isn't it?

The successful wife.

The husband feels like

his manhood is threatened,

so he acts out.

Girlfriend, I guess,

makes him feel

more like a man.

Sometimes I'm not sure

I know how to do that.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Wait, wait, wait.

You're not actually

taking the rap

for any of this, are you?

No! No, no.

He is the one doing

something wrong.

I get that.

Nlonogam-ish is

not what I'm after.

I'm just... I'm taking a sec,

and I'm hoping that it's just

a horrible lapse in judgment

and not, like, love.

And once he moves

through this,

we will eventually

be able to be okay again.

What do you think about that?

Clearly you don't think

that's a possible thing.

-It would be unusual.

-I get that.

I get not everybody

could do that,

but everybody's not us.

I have faith in us

because I believe

he still loves me.

And, you know, we've been

going through so much that...

God, I wish your expressions

weren't so transparent.

Some couples do

survive these things,

you know. I Googled it,

"Staying together

after the affair"

And a lot of couples,

I mean, a lot stay together.

And anyway, there is

something to be said

about moving through it

and focusing on us

and not on the affair.

I don't wanna give up on him.

I know him,

and I know he knows better.

But I am only human,

and I am so mad at him.

You know, so much has

happened to us so fast.

I think part of me

was even expecting this.

Like, you know, he was

the more successful one

when we started out.

No, I didn't know that.

Yeah, he was.

He was a rising star.

And he bowed out

so that I could do this.

He was amazing.

It was all his idea.

I'm sure that's why

I'm even considering

this whole CEO thing,

thinking maybe

someone else coming in

will help me get

my life back on track.

Okay, that's it. I hate

to be the feminist here,

between the two of us,

but you should be able

to have a huge career

and be who you are

without having to accept that

your husband is having an

affair as some kinda payback.

-Right on.

-I mean it.

IVle, too.

But such is life, my friend.

No, it isn't. Not always.

And I'm not so sure

I'd be so forgiving.

I am not so forgiving.

I'm saying that I could

potentially be forgiving.

But don't think that I don't

feel what's going on here.

It's crushing.

And when I think of Paige...

Oh, don't. Oh...

Also, if we got divorced,

he'd remarry

Maybe not to this girl,

but someone.

And we both know I'm not easy.

So I could be,

like, single forever,

which means that...

Forgive me, but this

does keep me up

in the middle of the night.

What?

That I don't wanna be

buried alone.

Paige'll be with her husband,

and Matt'll be

with his new family,

and I will be buried

with strangers.

I will buried in the

strangers singles section

of the cemetery.

Not that, that is a reason

to stay together.

But it's just,

you know, a scary sidebar.

Let's take that one

off your plate right now.

You can be buried

with me and Molly.

I happen to have space, okay?

Oh.

Thank you so much. That is...

And to think I didn't

even wanna hire you.

The one time

I don't have my hanky.

You wanna

watch TV?

Just for a few minutes?

Yeah, sure, I would.

Even though

the planned merger has...

You were meant for me

And I was meant for you

Nature patterned you,

and when she was done

You were all the sweet things

Rolled up in one

You're like a plaintive melody

That never lets me free

For I'm content

The angels must have sent you

And they meant you just for me

Airport, please.

So did we like him?

He said all the right things.

He said that no one knows

About The Fit like me.

That he doesn't wanna remove

the soul of the company.

He said that

he doesn't have a plan.

He wants to watch us

and see what works.

He was polite and respectful

and super smart.

And I hired him.

Seriously?

Yeah.

You did it right in the room?

He told me to sleep on it

and that we'd talk tomorrow,

but I said the job was his.

We shook hands on it.

You know, if we disagree,

he's the tiebreaker?

Of course. He's the CEO.

Yeah. Duh.

Hi.

Hey!

You smell minty.

I just made mint tea.

-Ah.

-So...

Yes? No?

I did it.

I liked him. A IOL And, uh,

I offered him the job.

Wow. Really?

Yeah.

And you're okay with it?

Yeah.

I think it'll be good for us.

Do we have any,

like, real booze,

like vodka or something?

Yeah.

Did "good for us" mean

About The Fit or us?

You and me, us.

I figure

if someone else can call

some of the shots at work,

then maybe

we can get back to where

we were 18 months ago.

They say you can't put

a genie back in the bottle,

but we can try, right?

Hey!

Hi. Wait, you live here?

Yeah, Ben's been putting me up

until I can find a place.

Oh, should I let him know

that you're here?

That's okay. I'll ring.

Okay.

Fiona?

Jules! Come on in.

I'm just on my way to work.

Ben's right in here.

I'll let you two talk.

-See ya.

-IVlmm-hmm.

Hi.

Wow.

You and Fiona, huh? Who knew.

She's a great gal.

She surprised me last night.

She brought over dinner.

It's brand-new.

Congratulations. I love her.

Yeah.

So I was ready

kinda early this morning,

since about 4:
00.

And Matt and Paige left

an hour ago for afield trip,

so I thought I'd come by.

I hope that's okay.

Yeah.

I just wanted to say

I slept on it.

I haven't called

Townsend yet, but

I still feel like

it's the right thing to do.

Well...

I didn't sleep so well myself.

Over this?

You remember the day

I drove you to the warehouse?

You were giving me the

wrong directions and all that?

Yeah. I remember.

Yeah.

Okay, well,

I stood in the back,

and I watched you

show the workers

how to fold and box

the clothes.

I knew then that was

why ATF was a success.

No one else is ever gonna have

that kind of commitment

to your company, Jules.

To me, it's pretty simple.

About The Fit needs you,

and if you don't

mind me saying,

you need it.

Someone may come in with

more experience than you,

but they're never gonna know

what you know.

I never had anything

like this in my life.

Not many people do.

This big, beautiful,

exciting thing

that you created.

It's a dream, isn't it?

And you're gonna give that up

in the hopes that your husband

will stop having an affair?

I don't see how that adds up.

You should feel

nothing but great

about what you've done.

And I'd hate to see you

Ietanyone

take that away from you.

I guess you came over here

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