The two women's heated conversation was put on hold when the butler came in with the cranberry juice and the mini apple tarts, he placed them neatly in the middle and got the dessert plates ready for them, he waited a few more seconds for further requests but sensing that he was interrupting something important, he excused himself and was on his way out.
Gloria didn't need somebody to tell her that what Cynthia meant by the word 'complicated' wasn't what she felt about her aunt's behavior when she defended her niece's ex husband in front of the two biggest gossipers in Washington DC, what she meant by the word 'complicated' was a description of her own feelings towards her ex.