One hour later, in the Media Center, Alice, Effie, and Pat walks inside, as Didi screams in her office, as she yells "Don't you dare visit you bastard, and leave me the hell alone you son of a bitch! I owe you nothing! NOTHING!" They turn to Didi, as Pat asks "What's wrong honey?" Didi quickly responds "Nothing, a relative from back home called." Alice looks at her Sister, as Effie quips "I think when Pablo and I take that tour of Europe, we'll bypass Albania." A few moments later, Erica, Marian, and Winnie, walks inside, followed by Dwight, as he asks "Where's Missy?" Inside Thomas' office, Missy looks at Anna, as Anna tells Missy "Let me tell your Mother about this announcement instead of you." Missy yells, as Thomas sits at his desk "Do you think I'm a snitch Mrs.Waters?" Anna responds "Well you are Maura's Daughter, and I know your history, and Eliza told me some things last night at the board meeting." Missy turns to Thomas, as she goes "Your Mother must have it out to make my career at this school hell!" Thomas sighs "Missy, remember when I told you about that filter, well it may be cracking." Anna also adds "And by the way Missy, we overlook Mrs.Pat and Ms.Winnie's "breaks", and so should you." Missy yells "Ok! Damn! Let's get this meeting over!" Missy storms out, as Anna and Thomas walks out of his office, as Mary sits at her desk, with Judy, and they follow, as all enter the Media Center, as Anna tells the faculty and staff at Waters Elementary, as Missy glares at Pat and Winnie, and Winnie makes a hiss at Missy, as Alice tells them "Stop that.", Anna announces "Today we're meeting the new Director of Special Education of Caswell County Schools, and he's Corey Horton. From Corinth." Thomas tells everyone, as Erica whispers to Alice "I may start considering retirement now." The door opens, as Corey Horton walks inside, and greets everyone, and warns everyone "Look, I know you all know and loathe the woman in Milledgeville, but she inspired me to do this, to correct her many mistakes." Thomas goes "Too damn many to count." Anna tells everyone "Corey will do excellent, and everyone, please give him a chance." Alice tells everyone "When I did that one year of traveling to Simpson and Corinth to teach Art when the program was still in place, Corey was one of the nicest people I encountered, and trust him when he says he despises who Eliza calls "Snowball.". Didi's phone rings again, as she grows furious, and screams "Damnit!", as she tells everyone "Excuse me." Everyone looks on, as Corey asks "What's her problem?" Missy responds "She's crazy." Anna wraps up the meeting, as she also tells the staff "Mrs.Wilson has resigned, and Ms.Winnie will be taking her class, and next year it will be officially hers!" Winnie yells "Hallelujah! Out of the warden's chambers!" Anna sighs "And once Winter Break concludes, Maura will be back, but closely monitored." Corey tells them, as he assures the staff "I know Maura, and I also know Missy, and parents can be assured that I'll have Maura Carson contained!" Thomas gets up, as he tells Corey "Well keep your word, and you'll do a great job." As everyone leaves the meeting, Winnie looks at Pat, as she asks "Well, I'm a teacher again." Pat smiles, as she responds "Judy will gladly swap out between our rooms, so you'll have help." Everyone leaves, as Corey walks out the door, as he sees Didi screaming on the phone, and shakes his head with disbelief, as Erica tells him "I know your Grandmother, and I have powers to take you out of your job if you remotely start pulling her type of stunts." Corey sighs "I'm not her Dr.Elliott." Erica goes, as she walks away "That's right young man, Dr.Elliott!"
Meanwhile at The Courthouse Inn, Eliza looks around, as Bill arrives, and Eliza asks her Ex-Husband "And what do you want?" Bill walks around, with Peanut, as he goes "Looks like you've been busy." Eliza responds "And since I've updated things, want me to feed you?" Bill looks at Eliza, and tells her "I hurt Mary." Eliza sighs "Oh hell, she isn't even into you!" Bill asks "And since she isn't, do you want to reunite?" Eliza goes "See that rock house up the hill?" Bill nods, and Eliza tells him "I bought it today, and I'm naming it, and no Bill, I won't reunite with you, nor will I marry again." Bill goes "What about the other night? You enjoyed yourself?" Eliza smiles "I did, we can be friends, sharing a successful Son, and maybe benefits." Bill sighs "This will hurt Mary." Eliza yells "Mary is not interested in you!" The door opens, as Maura walks inside, and goes "So I see my favorite restaurant in Caswellton's about to reopen?" Bill looks at Eliza, as Eliza asks Maura "Bored?" Maura responds "Mrs.Nell and I always got along, and I wanted to make sure her precious diner's being respected." Eliza walks up to Maura, and goes "Ms.Sullivan would like to throw you into a lake with concrete blocks, and now if you excuse me, I have some work to do." Maura snarks "I heard about the two of you the other night. And you call my Melissa a slut." Bill yells "You heard her, get the hell out of here before Peanut attacks you." Eliza looks at Bill, as she walks over to the grill, and pulls out a knife, and sighs "Since our family's crazy and all, maybe I should.." Maura snaps "Don't expect me to eat here." Eliza laughs "Thank you bitch, and exercise will do you well walking to Bankhead, LaGrange, Newnan." Maura storms out, as Bill looks at Eliza, and goes "I like seeing you so forceful." Eliza walks over to the grill, and asks "And what do you and the dog want to eat?" Bill tells her, and the phone rings, as Eliza responds "Sure Alice, I can arrange that." Eliza turns to her Ex-Husband, and tells him "The staff's on their way over, so this will be to go." Bill asks "Want to come over later and do what we did the other night?" Eliza looks at Bill, and goes "No." Bill picks up Peanut and yells "I'm going home!" Bill and Peanut leave, as Eliza begins to cook and says to herself "He got something good the other night anyway."
Meanwhile, a car drives down the road, as it pulls off on the side of the road, as a female gets out, and tells the driver "Thank you for picking me up." The driver responds "Thank you for the directions to Caswellton." The driver drives away, as the female walks down a street, as she approaches Maura's Apartment, carrying a suitcase, and dressed in a trench coat. Meanwhile at The Courthouse Inn, Eliza stands at the door, as Thomas walks inside, along with Dwight, Alice, Effie, Pat, Winnie, Mary, Judy, Anna, Corey, Erica, Didi, and Missy, whom Eliza stops and bluntly responds "Toleration fee." Missy goes "What in the hell Ms.Sullivan?" Everyone turns around, as Thomas goes "Mama.." Eliza snaps "Go sit down somewhere, and away from my Son!" Missy looks around, as she finds a seat, and Alice looks around, and tells Eliza "This place looks nice!" Eliza quips "Not much was needed, and I bought myself that rock mansion up the hill." Thomas looks at his Mother, as he asks "When are you going to tell me how much you got out of that divorce from Pedro?" Eliza smiles at her Son, and goes "Baby, it doesn't matter. Mama's set for life, and this is a celebration. Caswellton's oldest restaurant's about to reopen, and I am now on the Caswell County school board. Mr.Horton's the new Director of Special Education as long as he doesn't turn into his Granny." Pat asks Eliza, as she has a cigarette in hand "Ok if we smoke in here?" Eliza yells "It's fine with me! And I'm sure it's fine with Prissy Missy as well." Pat and Winnie light up, as Eliza tells everyone "I have a buffet set on the bar, and we're opening on Sunday after Church." Alice and Effie, along with everyone else tells Eliza "You'll be swamped with business." Eliza quips "Cooler's stocked, and I've already hired some people, and Didi's going to help me. She's my little Albanian Daughter." Didi tells Eliza in a humble tone "That's the nicest thing anyone ever said to me Ms.Sullivan. You have made me feel very welcome in your presence." Eliza looks at Thomas, and asks "Is it ok if we adopt her?" Thomas responds "Alright with me. How will Dad feel?" Eliza goes "We are divorced, and anything that pisses him off leads to great things." Thomas rolls his eyes, as Pat tells Eliza "We got something else to celebrate also." Alice goes "Yeah, Winnie's back at the teacher's desk at Waters Elementary. She's returning to First Grade, and Judy's going to be helping her." Thomas tells Winnie "We're hiring some other assistants, and you'll have one of your own soon." Anna goes "We got an increase in the budget, and we'll be doing great things for the schools, and Corey will do great." Corey gets up, as he tells everyone "I feel beyond blessed, and honored to be here, and I will do my best, and as I said before, not to follow in who some call "Snowball's" footsteps." Missy meanwhile coughs, as Winnie blows smoke towards her, as does Eliza, as Missy snaps "I don't appreciate that!" Alice snaps "Winnie Johnson, straighten up, and you and Pat stop being mean to her!" Eliza laughs "It's alright with me, the girl's a slut, trying to move in on my Son." Missy looks at Thomas, as Thomas asks his Mother with disgust "Are we about to rehash the other night?" Eliza looks at Missy, as she goes "Well Missy, what do you think?" Missy tells Eliza "You can have your damn dinner without me, and you need to back off!" Everyone looks around, and turns towards Missy, as Alice tells her Sister "Effie, this has The Seafood House written all over it." Pat meanwhile looks at Missy, and asks in shock "You're going after a Man that's still mourning losing his Wife and Son?" Missy yells "No I'm not! Screw this, I'm leaving! I won't go where I'm not welcomed!" Eliza snarks "And make sure to remind your Mother as well slut." Missy slams the door, as everyone turns to Thomas, and Thomas tells his Mother "Go apologize to her Mama!" Eliza boldly responds "No!" Thomas walks out, as everyone talks among themselves, as Thomas sees Missy, and tells her "I'm sorry about Mama." Missy looks at Thomas, and warns him "I want to slap her, but I want to keep my job also." Thomas looks at Missy, and tells her "Well, don't let her scare you away." Missy responds "Thomas, my life has scars all through it, and since we're out here alone, I want to tell you something I've always kept to myself." Thomas asks "What is it?" Tears form in Missy's eyes, as she goes "The reason I have a disdain for my Mother isn't for what she made me do to you in school. It's because I don't have a Daddy." Thomas asks "What happened?" Missy fights back her tears, as she tells him "When he found out Mommy Dearest, and the creep Corey Horton has for a Grandma was having an affair, he committed suicide. I found him. It was after you were sent to the Bankhead School." Thomas looks at Missy, and tells her with sympathy "That's horrible." Missy goes "I've never gotten over it, and I know whatever happened to your Wife and Son affected you, but you need to let it out eventually, and I'm here for you." Thomas looks at Missy, as he hugs her, and asks "Please rejoin the party inside, and let's not dwell on our pasts." Missy tells Thomas "I think I'm going to leave, and I know most of the people in that room hate me because of my Mother.." Thomas responds "Not true, I like you, and so does others. Just prove yourself." Missy smiles at Thomas, as she looks into his eyes, as Eliza looks out of the window, as Alice asks "What are you watching?" Eliza snarls "That spawn of Maura's trying to bed my baby, and I'm about to kick her ass!" Dwight, Alice, Effie, Mary, Judy, Anna, Mary, and Corey stops her, as Pat, Winnie, and Erica responds "Go for it!" Didi meanwhile receives a text, and yells "Damnit!", as she storms out, as she says something in Albanian, as Dwight tells everyone "None of you want to know what she just said." Thomas walks back inside, as Missy sits inside her car, and has a thought, and drives to Maura's apartment, as she says to herself "I'm about to let her know how I really feel once and for all!" Thomas walks back inside, as he sees Alice and Effie restrain Eliza, as she asks Thomas "Was Missy offering a proposition to you out there?" Thomas yells "No she wasn't Mama! And damnit just stop with the grudge against Missy Gardner! Everyone in here stop with it!" Alice looks over at Pat and Winnie, as Erica responds "I have no trouble with her." Eliza is silent, as she looks around, and asks "Who wants dessert?" Thomas responds "I'm heading home. Today's been enough, and Mama, you're going to be nice to Missy and I mean it!" Eliza goes "Do I have to?" Thomas snaps "Yes!", as he leaves, and Eliza meanwhile goes "Where's Didi?" Dwight responds "She left, and something's not right with her."
At The Courthouse Inn, the party ends, as everyone leaves, and Alice, Effie, Pat, Winnie, and Erica stay behind, as they help Eliza, as she cleans up, as Pat and Winnie watches the TV, and Alice advises Eliza "If you don't watch it, you'll lose Thomas if you keep up this rivalry you have with Missy. Thomas definitely has your temper, but more quiet." Eliza responds "I just don't want to see him get hurt, and I will never forgive Maura Carson and Snowball for the years of hell they put him through." Alice goes "Neither will Thomas, and he wasn't happy when he saw Missy, but he's giving her a chance, and you should too." Eliza asks "And why should I?" Erica meanwhile tells everyone "Well I'm heading on home." Eliza thanks Erica, and Erica tells Eliza "I'll be here Sunday at the Grand Opening with a crowd." Pat quips "So will the rest of Caswell County." As Erica walks out, Alice and Effie takes Eliza to the side, as Pat and Winnie yell at the TV, as they fill Eliza in on Missy's past, as Eliza goes "Wow." At Bill's Trailer, Bill pours coffee for Thomas, as he has told his Father what Missy revealed to him, as Bill sighs "Son, your Mama is a classic Sullivan in every term, once you give her the remote reason to hate you, she will do it. Don't expect no miracles from her with Missy. I don't think she's a bad girl, but she does have a mouth, and you need to tell her to back off telling me I can't let Peanut ride with me on the bus." Thomas tells his Father "I actually connected with her today." Bill responds "She does look good Thomas, but don't rush into it. You are still mourning Valerie, and.." Thomas responds "Dad, I'm not looking for a relationship, but she was the first girl I kissed." Bill responds "Mary was the first girl I kissed, in the same school, and I got paddled." Thomas laughs "You got your own dilemma going on. I'm headed home, and may want to take a pill in case Mama comes by later after today." Bill goes "How did you know about that?" Thomas responds "Mama told me." Bill rolls his eyes, as he goes "That damn filter of Eliza's done broke." At a rooming house in Downtown Caswellton, Corey sits inside, as he calls a friend and responds "It's been a hell of a day." His friend, who lives in Seattle, tells him "Want me to visit you?" Corey responds "Sure, I may need some company for awhile." At Didi's house, Didi sees a car parked on the side of the street, as she sees her door open, and screams, as she goes "Whip! Get the hell out of my house you old bastard!" Whip Morris, sitting in a chair, holding an antique plate, and throwing it across the room, breaking it, responds "I'm going nowhere Wife, until you pay me, or else I'll make your life here in this hick town hell!" As for Missy, she pulls up at her Mother's apartment, as she has drove around, and knocks on the door, and Maura yells "Come in Melissa." Melissa walks inside, as Maura tells her Daughter "Look who got out on good behavior?" Melissa gasps, as Edna Horton stands up, and looks at Missy, and looks at Maura, as she goes "Who is she?" Missy walks out, as Maura tells Edna, the former Special Education Director for Caswell County Schools "My Daughter." Edna responds "Well, ok then, I thought you were having an affair." Maura kisses Edna, and tells her "I have longed for the day you'd return." Edna responds "So have I Maura, and now you will answer some questions for me, and I expect the correct answers, or else...." Edna pulls out a pistol, and smiles "This was a gift from a nice man who drove me here, and now that I am here, you will follow my rules, or else, Melissa, or you, will pay the price."
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