Frankie still insists that the curse will never let her and Cass get together, but she doesn't want to drop him from her life, so since the curse only applies to the objects of Frankie's desire, she has a compromise: she and Cass can be in each other's lives, but not romantically involved, because when they started getting closer, the bad things started happening, so Frankie wants to go back to the way they were before that. Cass tells Frankie they can give that a try, and asks when she wants to start as they shake hands on it. Frankie says they can start right now, and Cass says that's great. As they head into Cass's private office to work on some of the files that piled up while they were in Vegas, Cass conversationally asks Frankie to describe Grandma Almo. Frankie describes her as the Three Witches from MacBeth all rolled into one, a real old crony, someone you should definitely give a wide berth to, which, unfortunately, Frankie didn't. Cass just watches her with a smile playing on his face.
After working for a while, Cass suggests they take a break. Frankie wants to go home, but Cass asks her to stay, and she agrees. Then there's a knock at the front door of the law office, and Frankie goes to answer it. A rather nondescript old woman says she's there to see Cass Winthrop. Cass comes out and greets her. The old woman says that she called earlier. Cass remembers, and asks Frankie if she knows who the old woman is. Frankie looks at the old woman and says no, she doesn't know her; should she? Cass replies that he thinks so--the old woman is Grandma Almo!
Frankie asks what Grandma Almo is doing there. Cass explains that he sent for Grandma Almo. Frankie panics and asks Cass if he's nuts. Grandma Almo is out to get her, and Cass sent a chauffeur to pick her up? Cass tells Frankie that she and Grandma just need to clear the air, and then Frankie will see that the curse is all in her head. Frankie bolts for Cass's private office and closes the door, yelling through the door to Cass that the curse is NOT in her head, and she asks Cass if he needs another building to fall on them. Didn't Vegas prove to him that she's cursed?
Cass drags Frankie out of his private office to face Grandma Almo and the curse once and for all, and in the ensuing conversation, Frankie learns a few things that she didn't know before...like that Tony Almo had a bad heart from the time he was a child. And that he had many more girlfriends than Frankie and Bernadette, the woman that Frankie walked in on him in bed with and whose nightgown he died wearing. Cass tells Grandma Almo that Frankie thinks Grandma Almo blames her for Tony's death. Grandma Almo replies that that's not so. Frankie didn't give Tony a bad heart, or a taste for floozies. Frankie's a good girl, and Grandma hoped she would change Tony. Frankie asks why Grandma cursed her then, and explains that Mario, the chef at The Blue Grotto, translated what Grandma Almo said. Grandma Almo replies that Mario the chef learned his Italian at Berlitz, and that Grandma did say angry words, but they were not directed at Frankie; they were directed at Tony and his bimbo Bernadette, because Tony was a cheater, and he brought shame to the family the way he died. Cass and Frankie exchange a look, and Frankie says she doesn't believe this. Frankie says that she thought Grandma Almo wished her evil, and bad luck to her and anyone who loves her. Grandma tells Frankie no, she could never do that. Bernadette, on the other hand, she did wish pain. But never Frankie. Cass says he's glad they got that straightened out. Frankie says she is too. Grandma Almo gives Frankie the varsity letter that Tony won in college. Frankie thanks Grandma and says that it will help her remember the good times. Grandma Almo tells Cass not to hurt Frankie. "Oh, no. No way!" Cass assures Grandma. The car is waiting to take Grandma Almo home, but before she leaves, she tells Frankie and Cass that she wishes them both only good things. Frankie thanks Grandma and closes the door behind her after she leaves.
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