Mariah believes what Sharon told her – JT came to the party but Vikki gave him money and sent him away. The women didn’t know they were being filmed – JT installed the camera. The night Nick had Tessa stay late while he was moving data, she came across a bunch of videos. JT never left that house alive.
We can fix this, Mariah suggests they delete the files off the cloud and destroy this hard drive. But Tessa saved encrypted copies. Your nest egg, Mariah’s pissed that she underestimated Tessa. Tessa learned that JT put a GPS tracker in Vikki’s car – creepy huh? She looked for the files stamped April 30th – they buried JT at the park. We’re talking about my Mother, Mariah reminds.
The launch party at the club in full swing, Mia drags Rey over to chat with Abby and Arturo. The ladies getting along well, Mia rushes after a tray of champagne. Posing at the photo station, Phyllis and Lauren spot Kerry (and pull her away from Mike) The three ladies then say a few words to the audience about Jabotique. Phyllis is excited to be kicking off her tenure at Jabot with such an original concept. At the bar, Billy grumbles loud enough for Nick to spot them. Phyllis’ smile vanishes when she sees Billy and Sharon schmoozing over champagne.
Tessa describes how the pieces fell into place – the four women always hanging out doing charity work. Nikki and Sharon have been so good to you! Mariah lashes out. Tessa was scared – beaten up, getting text messages every day. She saw this as a way out. Mariah understands wanting to break free of a nightmare – it’s how I feel right now!
Sharon doesn’t like Phyllis taking credit for Billy’s idea either but it’s better not to make a scene in front of the press. She’s alone for a moment when Rey comes along to chat. But that only lasts a moment too; Mai wastes no time whisking Rey off to meet her friends. Aside, a proud Kyle hands out Lola’s card to Jack and Nate. After a few nice words from Traci, Phyllis asks Billy where his date is. He’s more interested in where his credit is (for Jabotiques)
Billy reminds Phyllis that his idea is public record. Phyllis turned his liability into HER asset. Yes, Billy made some bad decisions but it’s not selfish for him to want some credit for his one good decision. Don’t force my hand, Phyllis threatens to go public on why he’s no longer CEO. Low? Having revenge sex with my daughter is much lower.