Black Hearted Killer

Okay, girl, I am outta here.

- Drinks? - Not tonight.

I have so much stuff I have to do.

Okay, don't run yourself into the ground.

You should go out and date.

Get out. I'll see you tomorrow.

We're closed.

Help!

Mornin'.

Can you believe it, I did another

conference call Sarah scheduled today?

I know, my day's already packed.

Yeah, not to rain on it, but Davis just got a call

from Shirley LeCroy, and it seems she's unhappy

with the banister on the staircase.

Wait, who's the contractor on that house?

Gary Brothers.

But parkside stairs versus a... Man.

So I suppose they want me out there.

You know what, why don't we get Liz to handle it?

Um, it's-it's okay, I can...

She's very familiar with the property.

It's all right, I'll handle it.

What is it?

You know, actually, could you get Liz to handle this?

Um, something just came up.

Hey, you're home early.

What's wrong?

I got this email at work today.

My God.

I know we agreed that we'd leave it up to the recipient

to contact us...

Honestly, I never thought this day would come.

But it has.

I don't think I can do it.

Well... then we don't have to.

Okay. You don't want to?

I think it would bring some closure.

I just miss her so much.

Look, I don't think closure means forgetting her.

That's never gonna happen, I'm not gonna let that happen.

But meeting the person who has her heart...

A piece of her lives,

giving life to someone who needs it.

We should see who's been given that gift.

Right?

Yeah.

I think Madison would want that.

Yeah, I know she would.

It's good that we're doin' this.

- Yeah. - Don't be nervous.

Whatever happens, happens, right?

Hi. Are you Mr. and Mrs. Cummings?

- Juley, please. - Hi.

- This is Dennis. - Hey, how are you?

- Pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you, yeah.

You must be Vera.

Can we get you a coffee? Can you drink coffee?

- Yes. Yeah. - Okay.

Um, since it's been six months,

I'm not completely out of the woods yet,

but my body hasn't shown any signs of rejection,

so fingers crossed.

Could we get three coffees, please?

And you want, milk and sugar on the side?

- Sure. - Yeah, okay.

So how are you feeling overall?

Well, I'm feeling like myself again...

thanks to you two.

I know this can't be easy for you.

When they told me that my donor's family

might wanna meet with me, I-I couldn't

pass up the opportunity.

- We're really glad you're here. - Thank you.

After the foundation gave me your information,

I sat with it for so many days.

I wasn't sure how you'd react, I-I didn't wanna

bring up any painful memories.

What I'm trying to say is that

I know that the only reason

that I'm able to sit here with you

is because you had to lose someone

so precious to you.

But there is not a moment that goes by

that I don't think about that.

And I want to honor her every single day.

I'm so sorry, I didn't, I didn't mean to upset you, I...

I-I just wanted to let you know how-how grateful I am,

how-how lucky...

- I'm so sorry. - It's okay.

Um...

This is my cell phone number.

If you...

I-if you wanna see me again, j-ju...

Please don't hesitate to call. I, I'm so sorry, I-I didn't...

I messed this up. I'm so sorry.

It's all right.

I swear she must have thought I was unhinged.

Well, you had every right

to feel the way you felt.

Did you see her?

I scared her so much, she couldn't get away from us

fast enough.

And I don't blame her.

Hey, there's no manual for this.

We're doing the best we can.

Hey, honey, how are you?

Hey, how's your day going?

You know, just

putting out fires as usual, every minute. What's going on?

So do you think you can come home a little early tonight?

I've a surprise for you.

A surprise?

Okay, I, I-I think I can manage that.

Okay, great. See you then. Love you.

Love you, too.

Hey, honey, I'm so sorry I'm late.

There was terrible traffic.

Honey?

Hello, Dennis.

Hey, hon.

Here we go.

- Come on, join us. - Okay.

My God, Juley.

I-I thought I hadn't caught up gnocchi

when I studied abroad in Italy,

but this blows that straight out of the water.

I just boiled some water and heated up the sauce, that's it.

So, Vera, tell us a little more about yourself.

Well, my life is an open book.

I'm afraid you might not find it very interesting.

Well, I mean, what do you do for a job?

I'm sorry. Are you, are you able to work?

Yes. Yes, I am able to work now.

I had to take a short break during my recovery,

but, um, I can't afford to not work anymore,

so I'm looking now.

W-what did you do before?

Well, I graduated a couple of years ago

from Breton University.

- Great. - Yeah.

It's a small liberal arts college

about an hour up the coast.

I majored in classics, so wasn't exactly easy

to find a job after graduation.

I can imagine.

Now the guys I went to school with, the same ones

who were playing video games all day and getting stoned,

they got offered six-figure salaries

just because they could code.

But no one wanted to hire me to discuss Middlemarch.

Well, you have plenty of time, believe me.

I had no idea what I wanted to do when I was your age.

You always talk about how you used to redecorate

your doll houses when you were a kid, right?

What I'm trying to say is that there's no rush, okay?

What are you gonna do now?

Well, when I couldn't get a big-girl job,

I turned to waitressing,

up until the point that I got sick.

Don't worry, I know it's nothing to brag about,

but I could pay the bills.

I think it's incredible that you do interior design.

I know it must have taken so much work to get where you are.

I hope to be like you one day, Juley.

Vera, that's so sweet. Thank you.

That means a lot.

And, you know, if-if interior design

is something that you think you might wanna pursue,

I mean, I could help you.

No, I, I wouldn't wanna overstep.

No, seriously, it would be my pleasure.

Wow.

I mean, I don't have words.

- Thank you. - Of course. Of course.

- I will talk to HR tomorrow. - Well, cheers to that.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

You know, I think I had a little too much tea.

Do you mind if I use the restroom?

Yeah. Um, up the stairs to the right.

Thank you.

What?

"What?" What? Everything what.

What the... Why is she even here?

I-I didn't really think it was that big of a deal, Dennis.

And, you know, I, I wanted to surprise you.

Okay, look, I'm sorry that I didn't tell you,

but, you know, I-I didn't really think

that you would be open to it.

Yeah, exactly.

I felt really bad for how I reacted the other day, okay?

I just wanted to have a clean slate with her.

So you offered her a job at your fir...

at your firm? W-what? That's not like you, Jules.

Well, we barely even know her.

Wow, you're being really insensitive.

Hey. Keep your voice down.

Do you have any idea what she's going through?

She got sick, she had surgery and now she's out of a job.

God, I felt really terrible for her, and she did not deserve