Beth's POV
I walk in the salesroom, hot tubs fill the room, "Hey, anyone here!" I call out "back here." I hear a voice I immediately recognize. I walk through the halls and stop when I see Rio standing in my office. "Whatcha doing here?" I ask in optimistic tone. "Checking on my business." He says. "Our, our business." I corrected him. "Right,Right." He says in a slightly mocking voice. My smile immediately faded off my face. "Okay then..." I walk out of my office door. "Elizabeth," I stop "Come here." He says sternly, I turn around and walk back into my office, "What's this?" He says as he takes an picture out of the desk drawer, I look closer, it's a picture of Gayle and Dean. "That's the previous owner and my husband, remember?" I say with a slight fake smile. "Yeah, why's it in your desk?" I shake my head. "I don't know, didn't get to clean it out, guess she left it here by accident, can you please just put that away?" I ask trying not to sound to bitchy with him. He puts it back and closes the drawer. A tear falls down my face. "I'm sorry." I say starting to full on cry. "Hey... wipe those tears, mama. He ain't worth it." He says in a gentle tone. He hasn't talked to me like that since... since the last time we kissed. Fuck, don't think about that Beth. "Thanks." I say as I wipe my tears. Why is he being nice to me? Just a week ago he wanted to kill me.
"Why are you...being nice to me? After everything." I say trying my best to not make eye contact with him. "Cause you proven yourself, we're good now." Are we really though? He doesn't seem like the person who forgives and forgets, he has to be up to something. "Alright." I say, not trying to pick a fight with him. My phone rings.
"Hello?" I ask, putting my phone on speaker phone do Rio doesn't ask questions. "Hey Beth, I just wanted to say thanks for being so understanding, and not kicking me out, I love you Bethie, and I love our kids, we're gonna make it work." Dean says into the phone. "No problem Dean." I say putting on a fake nice voice like I used too. "You love me?" He askes, I look up at Rio who's looking at me with a disgusted look, but not at me to Dean. "Yeah, I love you. I got to go Dean, I'm working." I say and hang up the phone. "Dick" I mutter to myself. I can't stand him. I slide my back against the wall and sit down, Fuck him. I start sobbing forgetting who's in the room, but at this point who cares? "Elizabeth." He squats so he would be at head level with me. "I can't stop." Is all I'm able to make out through the sobs. He sits down next to me and sighs. I cover my face with my hands and cry louder, It's not just about dean anymore... "Sh, relax ma." Rio says as he rubs my back. His touch sends chills down my back, but also calms me down a bit, finally my sobs stop and I can speak. "You shouldn't be here, you shouldn't see me like this." I say feeling a bit light headed from all the crying. He doesn't say anything, but just keeps rubbing my back. "Rio." I say crying heavily again. "Anything I can do to help Elizabeth?" He asks in a soft way. "Can you hold me?" I ask quietly. He nods and puts his arms around me and I put my head in his lap. Crying again, I missed his embrace, I missed talking like this, "This isn't going to make work weird?" I ask "Nah." He says stroking my hair.
