TAD WHITNEY
Hey, C.J.

C.J. holds up her index finger, pretending to talk to someone on the
cell phone.

C.J.
Yeah, okay. Well, we’re gonna put those figures out at the morning
briefing... Yeah. Thank you.
[hangs up]

TAD
What was that about?

C.J.
I... you know... I honestly couldn’t tell you.

TAD
I saw you come out.

C.J.
Yeah. There’s some stuff going on.

TAD
I didn’t get the gig, huh?

C.J.
I gave it to Simon Glazer.

TAD
I heard.

C.J.
I promoted from within.

TAD
Yeah.

C.J.
Promoting from within is very big in my family.

TAD
Yeah. I’m surprised ‘cause I’m pretty qualified. In fact, there’s a
lot of people at State who thought I was a lock.

C.J.
You’re very qualified.

TAD
Yeah. And it wasn’t because I’m a man.

C.J.
Well, no. Simon Glazer’s a man.

TAD
I suppose.

C.J.
Hey!

TAD
And it wasn’t because I stopped seeing you.

C.J.
Tad, it honestly was a matter of Simon... [beat] No! Of course it
didn’t have anything to do with... That was six weeks, five years ago.

TAD
Because I thought you might want an explanation as to why I did.

C.J.
Why you did what?

TAD
Why I stopped calling you.

C.J.
I don’t need an explanation.

TAD
Believe me, it wasn’t because you were bad in bed or anything like
that.

C.J.
No, I didn’t think it was, Tad.

TAD
I mentioned it because I know a lot of women who worry about that.

C.J.
I don’t.

TAD
You’re good in bed.

C.J.
I’m great in bed!

Three men near them heard C.J.’s remark and looks at her.

C.J.
[to the men] How you doing?

TAD
C.J....

C.J.
Tad, you know, I’m sorry you didn’t get the job, but there’s really
no...

TAD
You’re really gonna stand there and tell me this isn’t personal?

C.J.
I really am.

TAD
I think it is. I think it’s personal, and I think it’s unprofessional.
And I think people are gonna know about this. And I think you’ve got a
problem now.

C.J.
I have a number of problems today, and you’re not close to being any
of them.