Henry, he showed up out of nowhere. He's obviously stirred up from reading about his wife sleeping with her boss. When your friend's husband asks you if it's true, you don't feed the fire.
This whole thing...
Yeah.
Do you have any idea who it could've been?
I mean, it could've been a lot of people, Bess.
Weren't that many people out to get me.
Maybe not out to get you, but if they were asked? They all had eyes. Whether anything happened or not, he clearly favored you.
Wait...
Look, I know you didn't cross any lines. I mean, I don't even think there's anything wrong with how you benefited from it. Uh...
Wow. So you think I used Conrad.
No. I'm-- I'm not... No. I'm not saying you didn't earn everything that you've achieved, and believe me, I will be first in line to vote for you. I know it's totally unfair to you, but it's not hard for people who saw your dynamic with Conrad to think there could have been something to those rumors.
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