"[DOOR OPENS]" " Hello, darling." " Oh, Nlake." "Are you all right?" "They wouldn't tell me anything." "Yes, yes, I'm fine." "I didn't want you to come." "I didn't want you to see me this way." "What are they doing to get you out of here?" "Earl Thompson's arranging bail now." "[sighs]" "Damn it." "It just doesn't make sense." "I'm not a murderer." "Nut there are people around who think I'm guilty whether there's proof or not." "Nut there's no proof of anything, just accusations in the Mirror." "Yes, Alexis is lying, just the way she did in court about my mother's death." "Well, they may have believed her then but not now." "I'm going to prove that she has been lying." "Oh, Earl." "I'm sorry, Nlake." "They won't buy it, no bail." "They won't?" "Why not?" "I've tried." "The judge won't decide until the arraignment." "Blake." "I'm sorry." "Well, there's gotta be something we can do." "Darling, we'll get this whole thing straightened out by tomorrow." "Nut I think, in the meantime, you ought to go back to the hotel and get a good night's sleep." "Blake, I..." "What is it, darling?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing, I'm just a little light-headed, that's all." "Here, sit down." "Well, you know this isn't the first time on this." "Blake, I'm just tired." "Now listen to me." "No matter how long it takes," "I'm going to deal with this and I'm going to win." "Nut if anything were to happen to you, I don't think I could survive that." "Now please, go to see a doctor, will you?" "Promise me that." "FERGUSON:" "That's fine." "Send her in." "Good morning, Mr. Ferguson." "I understand that congratulations are in order." "Congratulations for what, Mrs. Colby?" "On your very bright political future in this state." "That's a bit premature, don't you think?" "Not if you win your case against Nlake Carrington, with the Mirror behind you." "Our office has a strong case now." "With Nlake Carrington, you need more than a strong case." "You need an air-tight one." "As his brother and I proved in court, he's been getting away with murder for years." " We've got him nailed, Mrs. Colby." " Good." "Necause I know he's guilty, and I will stake my reputation and the reputation of my newspaper against it." "Now, if you've got the proof, then I think it's about time you shared it with the good people of Denver, don't you think?" "Mrs. Colby, we don't release evidence before a trial." "Fine, then you can just share it with me." "I can't." "Look, this case can change your life for the better." "If I think that you've got a strong case, my newspaper will make your name a household word." " Would this be off the record?" " Absolutely." "Carrington had the motive." "He's practically bankrupt, he needs to raise capital and La Mirage was heavily insured." "He leaves the hotel just before the fire starts." " That is not enough to convict him." " There's more." "On Carrington's orders, his manager hired a known arsonist, Frank Marin." ""Marin." Go on." "He hired him after Carrington was turned down by the first arsonist he approached." "The first arsonist?" "That's right." "A professional named Crane." "[DOOR OPENS]" "Hard at work, as usual." "That's what I'm here for." "It looks like your day is off to a pretty good start." "Well, I just came from the DA's office." "It seems he has quite a case against Nlake." "The manager of La Mirage is willing to testify that Nlake forced him to hire Frank Marin." "And if that doesn't work," "Ferguson's got the name of another arsonist that Nlake tried to hire." " What more could we ask for then?" " Credibility." "It's all too pat." "Alexis, you want Nlake convicted, don't you?" "Well, Dan Crane is just the man who can" "I never mentioned his name." "Look, you wanna nail the coffin shut?" "We do it with him." "No, Nen, because Dan Crane is your creation." "Now, Ferguson has built this entire case on your lies." "Blake never approached Dan Crane." "But they'll believe he did." "You are running the risk of having this case thrown out of court." "All I'm doing is insuring that Nlake can't escape." "He's boxed in, Alexis." "I know that Nlake is guilty." "And once that is proved, then everyone is going to know that I have been the victim." "Nut we are going to do it with the truth." "And you may have jeopardised that chance." "Well, the x-rays confirm our original findings." "Physically, there's nothing wrong." "I'm not just imagining this dizziness." "Krystle, our bodies react to tension and stress, and right now I think yours is trying to tell you to slow down." "Well, I understand what you're saying but I can't." "Not with everything that's happening to Nlake now." "Well, if you want the dizziness to go away, you're going to have to get some rest." "I know you're right and I'll try." "It's just that my husband needs me and I'm gonna be there for him." "I'll be in touch, doctor." " Nye." " Bye." "[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR]" "Dominique, I was just going to call you." "Krystle, Amanda told me about Nlake being arrested." "How is he?" "Krystle?" "Krystle?" "Krystle, what is it?" "I'm sorry, I had something else on my mind." "Um, Nlake's fine." "Would you excuse me for a moment?" "I'm gonna check on Kristina." "Yes." "Yes, of course, I will." "All right now, listen, there's no time for this." "I'll rest later, I promise." " I have nothing to say to you." " Good, then you can just listen." "One thing about jail is you don't have to see unwanted visitors." "If you care about your children, Nlake, then you'll listen to me." "What about the children?" "I know you blame me for all your problems, but it's your fault, Nlake." "You set yourself up as some kind of god." "You wanted everybody to live by your rules." "Is this what you've come here for, a lecture?" "You've lost everything and in your eyes you're still accusing me." "I haven't lost everything." "I can still do one thing that you could never do, tell the truth." "Ha, ha." "The truth?" "Ask the relatives of the people who died in the fire about your kind of truth." "I had nothing to do with that fire and you know it." "Look, I have a proposition for you." "Even though I believe you're guilty as hell," "I am willing to mount a campaign in my newspaper to have all charges against you dropped" "if you leave Denver and never see the children again." "Leave them to you?" "What's the matter, Alexis?" "You beginning to run scared?" "If this case goes to trial, Nlake, and it will, and you're convicted, which you will be, the children will suffer." "Is that what you want?" "You're not worried about the children, you're worried about yourself." "You're scared to death when they find out about your lies, that one by one, they'll turn their backs on you." "They'll never do that." "Oh, yes, believe me, they will." "Then you'll really know what it means to lose everything." "The money, the power, none of that is important." "But the children, when they won't have anything to do with you, you'll have nothing left to live for." "I'm giving you a chance to save you neck." "You'd better look out for your own neck, you're about to hang yourself." "[whispering lNDlSTlNCTLY]" " Nlake." " Yes?" "I don't know how to tell you this, but, uh, Ferguson is talking plea bargaining." "Plea bargaining?" "Absolutely not." "Earl, I've told you I am innocent." "Now, do you believe me?" "Nlake, as your attorney, I'm bound to pass this information on to you." "Now, all other charges will be dropped if you plead guilty to arson" " and manslaughter." " No, absolutely not, never." "All right." "[GAVEL POUNDS]" "If you gentlemen are ready, let's proceed." "Your Honour, as Mr. Carrington has pleaded not guilty as charged, forcing the people to proceed to trial, we request that the accused be held without bail." "May I remind Mr. Ferguson that Mr. Carrington is one of Denver's leading citizens." "Who is on trial for a capital offence." "Arson and murder, Mr. Thompson, several counts." "Who is innocent until proven guilty." "FERGUSON:" "Your Honour, Mr. Carrington has lost everything, his home, his business, his fortune." "Clearly, there's nothing left to keep him from fleeing to avoid prosecution." "Except his innocence, Your Honour, which we eagerly look forward to proving at Mr. Carrington's trial." "Innocence, Mr. Thompson?" "We're not debating the freedom of an innocent man." "Mr. Carrington is a convicted felon." "Convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the violent death of Ted Dinard." "THOMPSON:" "Objection, Your Honour, that was five years ago." "There were mitigating circumstances and it has no relevance." "Mr. Thompson, I've come to my decision." "Bail is denied." "[CROWD MURMURS]" "Nlake Carrington, you will be held over without bail until the date of your preliminary hearing." "Nusy, busy place you got here." "Yeah, they're working up a real sweat out there, uh, moving that oil rig." "Heard a couple of guys, they were talking about, uh, Nlake Carrington." "Does he have anything to do with what's, uh, you know, going on here?" "These things?" " Hey, look, all I'm asking is" " Ask me, Wales." "Dexter, I was just looking for you." "Oh, you spent the last 20 minutes, uh, walking around this site just looking for me?" "You got a lousy sense of direction." "A great sense of smell though." "You're in on a deal with Nlake Carrington, and I got some questions." " I don't have any answers." " Oh, come on, Dexter, you're doing business with scum like Carrington." "There's a lot to answer for." "[DEX sighs]" "Why don't you get out of here?" " Look, I don't take orders" " I said now!" "[sighs]" "KRYSTLE:" "I don't understand." "First the handcuffs and now this." "It's as if they've already convicted you." "It just means that we have to fight harder, and we will." "Yes, we will." "I'm so thankful that I still have you and my friends and my family, people who believe in me, people who trust me." "Oh, Nlake." "I love you so much." "We'll win this one." "We'll win, you'll see." "You bet we're going to." "[KRYSTLE sighs]" "What is it, darling?" "Come on." "You were upset when you came into the courtroom this morning." "Is there something the matter with Kristina?" "Oh, no, Kristina's fine." "I was hoping I wouldn't have to tell you." "[sighs]" "It's about the Crater." "What about the Crater?" "Kimball called this morning." "He knows how much this project means to you but he couldn't hold the crew together." "[sighs]" "Yeah." "Tsk." "That doesn't come as a surprise to me." "Nick is a good man but he can't work miracles." " Is Dex still with me?" " Yes." "Well, then we'll get another crew just as soon as I get out of here." "Nlake, there's got to be something I can do." "Why don't I go back to Harmon Springs and ask some more questions?" "You never know, I might get some answers." "Mrs. Carrington, I wish I could give you more information but I just can't." "Why?" "Necause you've been ordered not to?" "The DA's Department has every right to keep its evidence from the public." "But I'm not just the public." "My husband is facing a murder charge, don't I have a right to know the evidence against him?" "If it were up to me, sure, but I have to answer to the public prosecutor." "Nut you don't believe Nlake Carrington is guilty, do you?" "I didn't say that." "Captain, my husband is innocent." "When I came to you before, you helped me by telling me about the sprinkler system at La Mirage." "Now, you didn't have to but you did." "I need your help again." "Look, try the Harmon Springs Police Arson Squad." "They're handling the case." "Meanwhile, my husband's in jail accused of something he didn't do." "Oh, captain, please, help me." "If I were you, Mrs. Carrington, I'd look very closely at the coroner's report on the man your husband supposedly hired to burn down La Mirage, Frank Marin." "But we know he died in the fire." "His body was burned in the fire, that's true, but the coroner's report indicates that he died of smoke inhalation." "Smoke inhalation?" "But that doesn't make sense." "Mr. Ferguson claims that Marin started the fire and then was burned to death when the cleaning fluid exploded." "Unless he didn't start the fire at all." "And if he didn't, then who did?" "I fired Dana Waring as my assistant, you had no right to hire her." "Who are you to tell me what to do?" "I work for Alexis." "I answer only to Alexis." "I've tried to establish some kind of relationship between us." "You have." "You want me out of the way so you can have free rein with my mother." "Well, I promise you, Nen, that will never happen because l" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "What's going on?" "I am tired of having my authority undermined by your son." "What does he mean by that, Adam?" "He fired Dana Waring, I hired her." "She was father's assistant." "She has personal knowledge not only of Nlake's files but also what he was thinking and what he was planning." "If I hadn't hired her back" "We would have lost a very valuable contact." " Adam was right." " Alexis" "I don't want to hear any more about this." "Now, I've decided to acquire these leases." "I'd like a written report from both of you as to how they fit in with our holdings." "I want your report on my desk first thing in the morning." "My report goes to Alexis." "You want to fight me, Adam?" "Fine." "Nut let me warn you, if I have to, I'll destroy you." "That you can count on." "[lNTERCOM BUZZES]" "Yeah?" "Australia?" "I'm not in." "First, Australia calls the house, and all the numbers are changed." "And now they've found you here." "Gonna change these number too, Nen?" "Whoever it is, they're gonna find you sooner or later." "And that's a meeting I don't want to miss." " Dana" " I know, you don't give a man flowers." "Maybe a bottle of Scotch, maybe aftershave lotion." "Nut, frankly, Mr. Carrington, as your new assistant," "I'd say you're a boss who needs some beauty in his life." "Do you mind?" "[CHUCKLES]" "On the contrary, I think it's long overdue." "Thank you." "Well, I watched your father under pressure, I know what it's like." "Ooh, it'll take a lot more than flowers to relieve this pressure." "Alexis wants an answer on these oil leases immediately and I don't know where to start looking." "Well, that's what I'm here for." "Why don't you give me the lot numbers?" "I'm sure there's a file here someplace." "Unfortunately, I think the answer is in the personal file that my father took with him." "Oh, I see." "I know that he had an interest in these leases at one time." "If I could only find out what's in that file, oh, would my life be easier." "Adam..." "Look, you have my absolute loyalty, just as your father did." "When I'm told something's confidential, that's how it remains." "I wouldn't want it any other way." "Dana, your loyalty to my father is very important to me because I share that loyalty." "Did you know he told me to come work for Mother?" "No, I didn't." "Necause he knew that this is where the opportunity lies, to be successful, to grow." "For my own sake, he urged me to leave him, not as his son, but as my own man." "So you see, when you're loyal to Nlake, you're loyal to me too." "[ADAM LAUGHS]" "And as for confidentiality, whatever happens between us remains between us." "Tell me, with all of Nlake's pressure, did you ever bring him flowers?" "Never." "Let me give you something in return, just between us." "Darling, I know this is painful for you but something you said happened the night of the fire." "Something in the corridor." "Well, I could smell smoke." "Nut you didn't see any flames?" "Not until I was in front of Claudia's room." "When she opened the door to her room there was all this fire around her and there were flames shooting out from behind her." "I tried to help her, Mother, but I couldn't do anything." "All right, darling, of course you couldn't, it's all right." "The fire shot out from behind her?" "Oh, my God." "Claudia." "DOMlNlQUE:" "Krystle?" "Do you think this information could do it?" " Dominique, finally, we know the truth." " Yes." "I'm a busy man, I've got a job to do." "I have proof that my husband is innocent." "Your whole case is based on the premise that Frank Marin started the fire." "I'm not about to reveal to you what my case is, Mrs. Carrington." "Well, I've got a revelation for you." "Dominique's Deveraux's daughter, Jackie, saw where the fire started." "It was in Claudia Carrington's room." "Go on." "Jackie was coming down the hall." "There was smoke everywhere." "Nut she didn't see flames until she reached Claudia's room." "Claudia opened the door and a wall of flame shot out from behind her." "Now, that's where the fire started." "Frank Marin was trapped in a service pantry." "And according to the coroner's report, he died from smoke inhalation." "So I strongly suggest you drop all the charges against my husband." "You have no case, Mr. Ferguson." "And if you take this to trial, you'll lose." "That is the last bale of hay I pitch today." "What's the matter?" "Did the poor little rich boy get bored with playing ranch hand?" "Playing?" "I have been out there working for three hours, and I've had a pulled muscle for the past two." "I have just the solution." "I was hoping you'd say that." "This." "This is horse liniment." "Don't think you're man enough?" "On the sofa." "I was hoping you'd say that too." "[CHUCKLES]" "Oh." "All right." "[GRUNTS]" "Mm." "You know..." "[sighs]" "I'll bet that if I looked long enough," "I could find a sore muscle in your body too." "[CHUCKLES]" "Why don't the two of us lock ourselves up here for the next week and do nothing but make love, huh?" "You can clear your calendar and I'll call my mother and cancel our dinner date tomorrow night." "The dinner with your mother and father?" "No" "Mm-hm." "Sammy Jo, why don't we just forget about the dinner?" "Nesides, the last time my father sat down to dinner with a Carrington it was a battle royal." "And I would rather make love, not war." "The battle was over the pipeline, Clay, and that's done with." "Nesides, I don't wanna disappoint your mother." "She likes me and I like her." "You'd rather disappoint me, is that it?" "No, it's just that we can wait until after the dinner." "Sammy Jo, why don't we just forget about the dinner?" "The two of us here, huh?" "Clay, does this have anything to do with making love?" "Or is there some reason you don't want me to sit down with your family?" "I'll show you exactly what this has to do with." "michael:" "Amanda," "I'm sorry for what you're going through." "On the drive home, I saw your face in the rearview mirror." "I thought I was better at hiding my feelings than that." "You don't have to hide your feelings from me." "What they're doing to your father is terrible." "I'm sorry to see what it's doing to you." "You really are, aren't you?" "If you need someone to talk to, a friend, anytime." "I wish I could wipe away the sadness." "Thank you, Michael." "I'll remember that." "I thought that was you out in the parking lot, Steven." "As long as you're with Amanda, you can figure I'll just be a step behind." "What are you worried about?" "I'm a careful driver." "I wanna know what you're up to." "I'm just the family chauffeur, Steven." "I drive people where they wanna go." "Yeah, you were just the chauffeur when you used Fallon." "It was too late to stop you then but I'll stop you before you hurt Amanda." "I've got some free time now, so if you'll excuse me." "Your sudden return to Denver was no accident, pal." "What have you been doing the last five years?" "Planning a spontaneous return?" "The life and times of the great Nlake Carrington." "Mother." "Forgive me." "Forgive you for what, Nen?" "Nothing." "Oh." "Your mother was so beautiful." "She never thought so." "Well, maybe that's what made her even more beautiful than she was." "[SONNlNG] Oh, my God." "What kind of man can destroy such beauty and go on living with himself?" "Oh, Nen, your mother's death was an accident." "No, it was my fault." "She died because I was selfish and irresponsible." "As sure as that woman gave me life," "I took hers." "Oh, Nen." "Ben, we've all made mistakes." "Sometimes they can haunt us for the rest of our lives." "And however much we try to forget, they never stop hurting." "JUDGE:" "Will the assistant district attorney please address the court?" "[CLEARS THROAT]" "Your Honour, certain facts pertaining to the probable cause of the fire and resulting deaths at La Mirage in Harmon Springs, heretofore unknown by the people, have convinced the District Attorney's Office that..." "We move for dismissal in the interest of justice." "[CROWD MURMURS]" "[GAVEL pounding]" "Motion granted." "Mr. Carrington, you are free to go." "All rise." "[DOMlNlQUE LAUGHS]" " Congratulations, Dad." "DOMlNlQUE:" "Nlake, you did it." "Well, Nlake, so much for plea bargaining." "I'm glad I didn't push for it." "If you had, I'd have pushed back hard." "[LAUGHS]" " Thank you, Earl." " All right." "Excuse me." "Question, Mr. Ferguson." "Since when are you so interested in justice?" "You weren't working for the people on this one." "You'd been tricked into working for Alexis Colby and her newspaper." "Well, you both ended up with nothing." ""Free to go." Neautiful words, aren't they?" "Yes, it's over." "When the Carringtons present a united front, there is no stopping us." "There'd be no celebrating if you two hadn't done what you did." "Come on, let's show them what victory is really like." "REPORTER 1 :" "We'd like a quote." "REPORTER 2:" "Get in closer." "WALES:" "You're a happy man, Mr. Carrington." "A grateful man." "Fact is a lot of people have suffered, many of them have died and I'm not gonna stop until I find out what it was all about." "What's your next move, Mr. Carrington?" "Something big, something exciting." "Something certainly beyond your imagination, Mr. Wales." "I have a vivid imagination." "In fact, I imagine this something big has to do with Dex Dexter, am I right?" "Jumping to conclusions, aren't you?" "WALES [ON TV]:" "I was with Dexteryesterday." "He's supplying you with drilling equipment?" "Uh, for what and, uh, where?" "I have no comment." "WALES [ON TV]:" "Uh, Mr. Carrington..." "Eric, I want you to have the helicopter standing by." "Yes, I'm paying a surprise visit to Mr. Dexter out in the field." "Oh, I knew there was a storm brewing, I didn't know it carried such an ill wind." "Well, you'd better run for cover, Dex." "Necause if you're doing what Gordon Wales says you're doing, I'll ruin you." "Hurricane Alexis hit with no warning and left no survivors." " Coffee?" " No." "Is it true that you are supplying Nlake with drilling equipment?" " Yes." " That's my equipment, Dex." "Mm-mm." "My equipment, Alexis." "I wouldn't touch anything of yours, not without asking first." "[SCOFFS]" "[PHONE rings]" "Excuse me." "Yeah?" "Right, Eric, I'll give her the word." "What word?" "Your pilot is very sorry, Mrs. Colby." "There's a storm advisory and it's headed this way." " There'll be no flying out of here now." " I don't believe it." "Let me talk to him." "Hello, Eric?" "Eric, this is impossible." "I have to get out of here." "I have to be in Denver tonight." "Well, what do you mean there's a storm and high winds?" "[sighs]" "All right, call me when it's over." "So stuck here with the peasants." "Alexis Colby grounded at last." "What are you smiling at?" "You." "I mean, here you are stuck in the middle of nowhere in a trailer, surrounded by dust and dirt and you're still playing the queen bee." "I'm not playing, Dex." "That's too bad." "We used to play very well together." "I'll take those." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "[THUNDER RUMBLES]" "NUCK:" "Well, thank you very much." "Now, shall we have another toast?" "To my esteemed friends, the Carringtons." "Buck, please." "And you too, Sammy Jo." "Ah." "And what surprises have you for the Fallmonts, Sammy Jo?" "Dad, Sammy Jo isn't a Carrington, you know that." " She married a Carrington, didn't she?" " And she divorced him." "Oh, yes, Steven Carrington." "The man who ruined my son's life." "You can't blame Steven for what happened to Nart." "The hell I can't, Emily." "Of course, it can't do any good." "I mean, you can blame anything if you want to but nothing ever sticks to the Carringtons." " Not even arson or murder" " That's not true." "Hmm?" "You've obviously been reading those lies in the Denver Mirror." " And for you to attack Sammy" " I can speak for myself, Clay." "Thank you." "There was a time, Mr. Fallmont, when I couldn't speak for myself because I didn't know who I was." "What I know now is that I made a lot of mistakes." "And thanks to Nlake and Krystle, I discovered I do have some value." "The only thing that counts is being honest with yourself and not blaming others for your own mistakes." "It's a shame you don't know them better." "You could learn something from them too." "Now, if you'll excuse me." " I'm sorry, Mrs. Fallmont." " Me too." "Sammy Jo." " Are you satisfied?" " What's the matter, Emily?" "Did I ruin it for you?" "Your grand plans for a Fallmont-Carrington merger?" "Sammy Jo is a fine girl." "She could be wonderful for Clay." "Forget about Clay." "He's just a lot of trouble and you know it." "He's our son." "What about our son Nart?" "Remember him?" "The one with the ambition, the drive." "The one that had the future." " Oh, I won't listen to this." " Emily, sit down." "All you ever do is concern yourself with Clay." ""Clay, Clay, Clay," that's all I hear." "Don't you ever worry about Nart?" "Oh, that's not fair." "Bart kept his secret from both of us." "If I had known, if he had shared with us, maybe we'd still be a family." "It's not right to turn your back on Clay." "I'm not." "[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]" "Mm." "Pretend it's caviar." "Even I can't turn a plate of bangers and beans into caviar." "Don't you have any glasses?" "Accept reality then." "Dex, your reality and mine have nothing in common." "We have everything in common, Alexis." "We're a part of each other." "That's what frightens you." "Nothing frightens me, Dex." "Certainly not you." " Then why are you running away?" " I'm not." "Look at me, then." " Are you afraid to?" " Mm." "That's your fantasy." "I am the only man you've ever lost control to." "Ha, ha." "Oh, that is ridiculous." "The only man who's ever forced you to look at yourself, to doubt yourself." "And the only man who's ever loved you for what you are." "[sighs]" "Sometimes I don't always know who and what I am." "So how could you?" "Necause I can see into you, Alexis." "I can break through that shell and love the woman no one else has ever found." "Now, that's what excites you and that's what frightens you." "Ha." "I told you before, Dex, nothing frightens me." "Nothing." "[rain pattering]" "[THUNDER BOOMS THEN ALEXlS GASPS]" "[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]" "Have I thanked you enough for, uh, rescuing me from the dungeon?" "No, not nearly enough." "[CHUCKLES]" "[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR]" "Don't move, I'll be right back." "I haven't finished thanking you." " Adam." " May I come in?" "Yes, yes, of course, come in." " Krystle." " Adam." "What brings you here?" "I know I'm here uninvited but there's something you should see." "This came for you today." "It's from Caracas." "I don't know what it's about but I know you have oil dealings down there and I figured it was important." "Oh, thank you very much but you could have had Dana forward this to me." "And I would have, but I had to keep Nen from seeing it." "What's Nen got to do with this?" "He's left orders that all mail addressed to you be sent through him." " What?" " He wants to see everything." "I intercepted that before he could see it." "It's still sealed so whatever it is it's still private." "I may work for Mother now but Nen is a different matter altogether." "And I will not be a part of anything underhanded directed at either one of you." "I'm sorry for the interruption." " Good night." " Good night." "Thank you." "It's from Caress." " Alexis' sister?" " Mm-hm." " What's she doing in Venezuela?" " She's in prison, listen." ""l don't know whether this letter will ever reach you but if it does, please, Nlake, help me." "Your brother, Nen, kidnapped me and had me brought back to this hellhole." "Unless you help me, I'll probably die here."" "Oh." "What are you going to do?" "I'm gonna get her out of there." "Then I'm gonna bring her back here to Denver." "Don't you see, darling?" "Caress is the key to clearing up this whole thing." "Caress is the one who can help me get back at Nen and Alexis." "She's the one who can prove that they've been lying about me all along."