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Ric: After you.

Alexis: Thank you.

Ric: Mm-hmm.

Ric: So, how are things in the D.A.'s office?

Alexis: All right, if this is about the Addison case that I picked up on where you left off, that I actually strengthened for you, then --

Ric: No. Hey, hey -- no, no need to explain. I'm sure you are handling it perfectly.

Alexis: Just like that?

Ric: Just like that.

Alexis: You're not going to argue, or spar with me, or pick apart the minutiae of the case?

Ric: Do I look like a man who's wallowing in minutiae?

Alexis: No, actually, you don’t.

Ric: Thank you.

Alexis: And since you've paid me a compliment, I'll choke one right back at you. You look -- good.

Ric: Oh.

Alexis: You do. You look well rested. You look -- oh, my God -- content.

Ric: Well, thank you very much, which is why I hope that you've enjoyed resuming your duties as the district attorney.

Alexis: Is this your really weird way of saying that you want your job back?

Ric: Actually, I'm hoping that you'll want to resume those duties permanently.

Ric: When I was in Martha’s Vineyard with Marianna, I felt whole. I felt renewed. And I was hopeful that I could look towards a future without being encumbered by the past.

Alexis: Yeah, see, now I know something's up.

Ric: Okay, come on; cut me some slack, all right? I'm willing to give it a shot.

Alexis: You're not going to miss this job at all?

[Ric scoffs]

Ric: Miss what? Chest-puffing, boot-lick politics for City Hall?

Alexis: So what are you going to do all day?

Ric: Oh, I don't know, I just -- maybe take up basket weaving or butterfly chasing. I have a perfectly good law degree.

Alexis: From Harvard.

Ric: Yeah, better than Yale.

Alexis: Yeah. So Mayor Floyd and the boys are going to think you're a big wimp.

Ric: Well, Mayor Floyd and the boys are your problem now, Alexis, not mine. I can't tell you what a relief it is to not have to worry about what anybody thinks.

Alexis: Not even your brother?

Ric: Making Sonny pay for his crimes wasn't about justice. It was about revenge.

Alexis: You've been driven by revenge your whole life, Ric.

Ric: Yeah, and it was poisoning me. And if I ever doubt the havoc that it could wreak, I don't need to look any further than what I did to you.

Ric: You know, I've always had so much anger towards Sonny and then even when I did try to make amends, there was always that resentment that was right beneath the surface.

Alexis: So you're honestly telling me that it's not anymore?

Ric: Well, I'm a work in progress.

Alexis: So what brought this on?

Ric: I have a daughter. I want her to be proud of her father. I want her to be able to love her sister and her uncle, and figured that starts with me standing on my own two feet, realizing that I'm in charge of my own life -- no blame, no excuses.

Alexis: Hmm. Where would life be without excuses?

Ric: Hmm. Well, I'm not really sure but I'm -- I'm finding out.

Alexis: If you ever need a crutch and you want to go out for ice cream or something with the girls, so we can remind each other what's really important in life, you can call me.

Ric: I may take you up on that sometime. But for right now, I seem to be doing pretty well.