Abby responds, "Yes. Which is why I had to get away from her before I slapped her." Olivia takes a breath as she says, "And again. I am grateful that didn't happen. Where is she right now?" Abby says, "She's in her room thinking about her life choices I hope. Because hooking up with a gold digger isn't the wisest move."

Olivia responds, "Come on Abs. We can't judge him like that. We don't know him." Abby replies, "And whose fault is that exactly?" She wants to again give the benefit of the doubt; but she can't front. She has a valid point.

Abby continues, "All we can do is call it like we see it Liv. I'm betting her parents feel the same way. That's why they shut down her cards. And I don't blame them. Even if he's not a gold digger; this is way too much too fast. She's funding excursions for him around town, and nobody knows him from a can of paint. You know what that looks like."

Again she's on point, as Olivia says, "Right. I'm sure her parents are pretty ticked off at this point and are of the same mindset of him using her. But, I need to talk to her before I can weigh in, and if at all possible, meet him." Abby scoffs, "Well, good luck with both of those endeavors. I am going to stay away from this mess for a minute. I need to decompress." She sees her get up and asks, "Where are you going?" She replies, "To the gym. I need to work out this anger, so I don't catch an assault case."

Olivia nods as she replies, "Good deal. I'm going to go up and chat with Mel. Hopefully I can help calm things down a bit more, and get to the bottom of this." Abby responds, "Okay. I'll be back in an hour or so. I hate to leave you like this Liv." Olivia smiles as she says, "No worries hon. I got it. You've been dealing with it all day. I'll take it the rest of the way."

Abby nods as she says, "Thanks." Olivia replies, "You're welcome. And don't think this lets you off the hook from telling me about your night with Kevin." Abby smiles as she responds, "Okay. You have to share the details of your night too woman." Olivia agrees as she says, "It's a deal. We'll talk later." She agrees, and Olivia heads upstairs to talk to Mel. While Abby gets dressed to go to the gym.

When Olivia makes it up the stairs, she pulls her phone out of her pocket. She sees a message from Fitz and remembers she forgot to let him know she made it home. She clicks the message and sees, "Hey, call me when you get a minute. I just hung up with Mellie."

She replies, "Okay. I am headed in to talk to her now. Call you as soon as I can." He responds, "Okay. Let me know if you need me to come over earlier." She smiles as she says, "Thanks I appreciate it. I'll touch base soon." He replies, "Okay. Cool."

As Olivia finds herself standing in front of Mellie's door. She also hears the front door open and close. Seeing that Abby is now gone, she knocks on the door; but there's no answer. She knocks again, and says, "Mel. It's me Liv." But still no answer. She tries to open the door; but it feels locked. Feeling like she needs to bet into the room, she says, "Whether you want me to or not; I'm coming in Mel." Still no answer, so she pulls a hair pin out of her updo, and she jimmies the lock. When she opens the door, she's gets quite the surprise. Something she certainly didn't expect.

Thank you for reading my fan fiction tale. Well, quite a bit to unpack here for sure. I cannot wait to hear you all weigh in. Do you think Mellie's parents were justified in suspending her cards? What do you think Olivia found in Mellie's room? And how do you think they'll be able to carry forward with the blow out between Mellie and Abby that took place? At least Fitz and Liv are that much closer to being a public couple. Or are they? All this and more in the next installment of Between Friends.