Just when Shally heard Gerard mentioning the job she froze for a while and gave Gerard a look mixed between a disappointment and surprise and shock and many other not good things, she felt like a knife is stabbing in her heart: "The job? Asking for the job made me a gold digger? Really?" Shally then started crying and laughing in the same time on the state she fell in not believing what she was hearing, Gerard tried to get close to her but she pushed him away and said with a voice full of anger and pride: "That job was a part of a deal, you take and you give in return this is how deals work and I thought you're the business man you'll know this better than me but you are right in one thing, I took that job with a lie so I don't deserve it." Gerard tried to defend himself: "Shally, it's not what I meant" but Shally walked to leave and Gerard was following her from behind not being able to walk correctly looking to his broken leg; when Shally opened the door of Gerard's room to leave, she got shocked by the three people standing outside including Margret so she stopped all at once not expecting to see them standing there, what is worse is that they heard everything so now Margret know that everyone lied to her, Gerard lied to everyone and everyone lied to Margret. After Shally saw Margret's disappointed and sad face it was like sticking a knife in her heart, after all, she just has been in the same situation as Margret now, so she knew what she was exactly feeling; Shally closed her eyes tightly crying then gathered her voice and spoke: "Aunt Margret, I know exactly what you are feeling right now, I'm so sorry that I put you through this and made you feel such a disappointment, I didn't mean to upset you or break your heart but I really don't know how did things got so far. Lying to a mother was never wise and I'm paying for it, I almost lost my father yesterday and today I discovered that I've been fooled and token to dinner just to be proved a gold digger. (Crying hard) I'm not finding excuses for what I did, I just hope you be able to forgive me one day because I really loved you and considered you as my second mother" leaving these words, Shally run without waiting for Margret's answer; Margret looked at her son with disappointment and eyes full of tears and spoke to him with a low voice: "All of this just to not get married? And all of this because you think that women are gold digger? When did you become a cruel person? Who are you? Because you are not the Gerard I raised." Margret then turned to Gwen and Andrew with the same look: "And you two? You knew all of this but you preferred to keep silent? Do you think you were protecting your best friend? I used to think that I have three children but it turned out I don't have any, shame on all of you." Andrew and Gwen put their heads down feeling ashamed and Gerard tried to talk to his mother: "Mom..." but Margret raised her hand saying 'Enough' and left, Gerard left a big sigh and turned to see Andrew and Gwen looking at him waiting for explanations, then Gerard shouted: "What? We are in this together." Andrew took the word, the more he spoke the more he raised his voice: "I've always trusted you, I always took you as an example to me, I thought we were best friends and there were no secrets between us but it turned out that you lied to us just to win a deal? So the damn deal was more important than our friendship and the trust between us? Do you know what's bothering me more? It's that I've always liked my secretary but I never dared to do a step toward her, why? Because my best friend with many experiences proved to me that all women are gold diggers so I didn't want a gold digger in my life. (With a low voice) I feel so disappointed man, very disappointed." After these words, Andrew left without waiting for Gerard to explain anything so Gerard turned to Gwen expecting her to rebuke him her turn but Gwen said with arrogance: "Do you see Gerard? I'm the only one who left, I'm the only one who didn't ask you questions or shout or even tell you why. This is how much I love you." Gerard feeling annoyed by Gwen he slammed the door in her face, Gwen got mad for a while from Gerard's action but then she calmed herself down and whispered: "You'll accept my love sooner or later Gerard" and left her turn.
Shally after leaving Gerard's house, she left to a garden to be able to gather her mind and get over what happened to her but that was hard to her, she couldn't stop thinking that Gerard did all that just to prove her a gold digger, every time she thinks about it her heart aches, she couldn't stop crying; while she was thinking of all the events in the garden, Henry called her: "Hey Shall! I went to the hospital but they told me you left this morning, I guess your father got better?" Shally tried to answer him but she couldn't speak from crying so when Henry didn't have any answer he asked: "Shally? Are you there? Are you okay?" Shally tried to not make Henry feel anything: "I'm...fine" but it was so clear from her voice that she was crying, Henry understood it immediately: "Are you crying? What happened? Where are you?" Shally told him that she was in a garden having some fresh air so Henry told her to wait for him. An hour later, Henry arrived to Shally's place and found her on a bench crying, when Shally saw him she burst crying and through herself to Henry's arms, Henry had no idea about what happened, he said tenderly: "Hey! Calm down and tell me what's wrong, take a deep breath and try to relax, whenever you feel ready, tell me the problem" Shally corrected her sit and wiped her face then said with a trembling voice: "I want to quit." Henry looked at her, raised both his eyebrows, smiled ironically and spoke: "I beg your pardon? I think I didn't hear you right, did you just mention 'Quit'?" Shally nodded her head 'Yes', Henry stood up all at once and started shouting not leaving a chance for Shally to explain anything: "No, hell no, no question, I'm not letting you do this now, I'm not letting you leave in this situation. Quit? Are you crazy? We are a week far from the show and you want to quit? I refuse this, I'm not giving you the permission to quit, you better get this idea out of your mind and never think to bring it up again or we will fight." After Henry finished all what he had to say, Shally looked down and said: "
× I can't do this Henry, I'm so sorry but I don't deserve this job.
× (Astonished) What do you mean you don't deserve this job? You've been doing it for two months now, where did this come from?
× Let's be realistic Henry, if Gerard didn't call you and told you to take me, you wasn't going to give me the job.
× (Hesitating) What? No, I...
× It's okay Henry, you don't have to look for excuses, we both know that is the truth.
× No it isn't, you are doing a great job and your designs are awesome, you are good at what you do so you deserve this job.
× But still, I got it thanks to Gerard.
× That's not true."
Shally gave him a look as to say 'Oh come on! You can't fool me with that' so Henry resumed: "
× Okay fine! Maybe Gerard has a hand in this but he just made it a bit easier for you, the opportunity came to you and you seized it but now you are throwing it with your own hands.
× I was thinking like that once but then...I just figured out that everything was a lie, I don't deserve it.
× (Sighed) You are stubborn as usual so I need to call my arguments to convince you."