July 8, 2004 Transcript
"Forget about our courtship. We don't have a courtship"

Wyndermere

[Knock on door]

Alexis: I came as soon as I got your message. I'm glad you're all right.

Nikolas: Yeah. I hope I didn't say anything to mislead you, Alexis. I know that you are my aunt because I have been told by several people that you are my aunt, and I have read several articles to that effect, but I don't remember you. And I'm not interested in some big, fat, phony, emotional reunion. I asked you to come here because you're supposed to be my lawyer, and I want to know how much I’m worth.

Alexis: I wanted to tell you the truth, Nikolas, but Emily made a very compelling argument -- that it might be startling for you, so I deferred to her.

Nikolas: Hmm, yeah, well, that ends now. Tell me something, Alexis, does the Cassadine estate go to you in the event of my death?

Alexis: No.

Nikolas: No? No, because, see, I couldn't help but wonder. See, everyone else involved in this has a motive that they won't admit to, and I’m just trying to figure out what yours is.

Alexis: Your best interests.

Nikolas: "Your best --" please. I've heard that one so much I'm choking on it!

Alexis: I'm sure that's probably true. To answer your question, you left money in trust to my daughter, Kristina, your niece. You left money to your sister Lesley Lu. Your will is being challenged by your grandmother. Her name is Helena. She's a very evil woman, and I mean that.

Nikolas: Yeah, well, at least she hasn't lied to me yet.

Alexis: Nikolas, I hope you'll believe that I'm telling you the truth now. You blessedly don't remember your grandmother, and that is a good thing because she is something to be wary of. If she finds out that you're alive, she will stop at nothing to control you.

Nikolas: Right. As opposed to you and Emily and Mary, who's controlled me by deception for months, Alexis -- for months?

Lorenzo: Sorry for interrupting.

Alexis: Well, you are. What do you want?

Lorenzo: I've just seen Mary. She told me what happened. You deserve an explanation of my part in all this. So consider me available whenever you'd like to speak to me.

Nikolas: Yeah, well, you're here now. You'll excuse us, won't you?

Alexis: You are dealing with a very dangerous man, Nikolas. Please don't destroy yourself just to get back at the rest of us.

Nikolas: Well, I'll give you this much -- at least you're the first person to openly account for your lies.

On the docks

Alexis: For once, I'm happy to run into you. I was on my way looking for you.

Ric: Well, then allow me to save myself the misery of enduring another one of your harangues. I'm a loathsome, repugnant attorney who misuses the power of my office to pursue some sort of bizarre courtship --

Alexis: Forget about our courtship. We don't have a courtship. And this is important. I want you to find some way to put Lorenzo Alcazar into custody as soon as possible.

Ric: Why can't you just be simply happy and relieved that your nephew is alive? Why do you want to put Lorenzo Alcazar in jail for the horrible crime of speaking to your nephew?

Alexis: Because he has an agenda. He's going to use Nikolas' memory loss against him or against me. I don't know -- he still holds me responsible for his brother's death.

Ric: I don't know why he would do that -- because you did kill him.

Alexis: You know, not now.

Ric: Look, I'm sorry. The fact remains that Lorenzo hasn't done anything. He hasn't broken the law, so there's no way I can charge him, so I can't arrest him.

Alexis: Since when? I don't know why I wasted my time coming to see you in the first place because not only are you woefully incompetent, you are jaw-droppingly lazy.

Ric: See, here it comes.

Alexis: You're the D.A.; he's a criminal. You excel in trumping up charges. Why don't you trump up a charge against somebody who is actually guilty for a change? That would be novel. Get him off the street before he hurts my nephew.