"Is that why you think he did it?" Lennox asked.
"Yes," Gabby answered steadily.
"Why didn't he hold on? Just a few more days. I licked 'em. I beat 'em at their own game ... maybe because I'm their own kind ... but I came out on top. I've still got the old show. I've got a new one. I've got everything I was fighting for. Why couldn't he wait a little?"
"I put you on top," Gabby said.
"That goes without saying. I couldn't have done anything without you, I—"
"You didn't do anything. I did it for you. Roy did it for you."
"Roy! Audibon?"
She nodded. "I made a bargain with Roy. I told him I'd go back to him."
"You told him you'd...." Lennox slumped on a chair. "So that's why the show was renewed. That's why the network bought the new one. It was a deal. Yes?"
"Yes. So here it is," Gabby said. "The life you love ... the life you've been fighting for so desperately ... the life you want more than anything else in the world. Here it is wrapped in ribbon, and cheap at the price."