" Here he comes." " Mr. Carrington." " Is it true that your grandson-?" " No comment." "Please." "Any prediction on the outcome of tomorrow's hearing?" "Yes, I'm gonna get my grandson back home where he belongs." " l agree with him." " That's all we get?" "Your confidence is all right for those reporters but don't buy it yourself." "Steven's lanyer may be his gay lover, but Chris Deegan isn't stupid." "You can count on a tough cross-examination from him." "He will do eveything he can to discredit you." "With the ghost of Ted Dinard, you mean." "That's right." "Andrew, that was in the past." "What concerns me now is the future, my grandson's future." "No matter how rough it gets, I'm gonna get little Danny out of that environment." "Come on, girls." "Let's go, let's go." "Samantha, I got buyers out there waiting to see my swim line, so do you mind?" "Listen, you got mixed up with the wrong guy and your baby's up for grabs." "I'm sory." "But you do the hurting on your own time, okay?" "I'll be right there, Mr. Melman." "We made a deal, Steven, and this wasn't it." "Blake, how can you have such compassion and understanding for Claudia Blaisdel and then be so cruel toward your own son?" "I am the head of this family, Kystle." "If the people who belong to this family don't conduct their lives in a decent fashion, then it is my responsibility to take some action." "No one else's." "Now, ty to understand that." "You said you wanted me to come back to you." " l mean it, you know that." " Do I?" "You said you wanted me because you needed me." "But for what?" "To agree with you when in my soul I know that you're wrong?" "Blake, I was so close to saying yes." "But if you're determined to go through with this, I can't be a part of it." "Kystle, I love you and I do need you." "But if your coming back to me is conditional on my blinding myself about Steven," "I'm sory, it's no deal." "I understand you've trapped a certain Claudia Blaisdel in here?" "Hello, handsome." "Give us a minute, okay?" "So I figure, if we place tables for ten in each of the corners we can seat 40 more without being cramped." " And the rest remain tables of eight?" " It's gonna work, I promise." "Terrific." "Meet my new assistant." "You're kidding." " You're not kidding." " How about that?" "That's great." "Congratulations." "To both of you." "If you can spare her for a minute, we've got a date." "Just let me organise this with the banquet manager and I'll see you in the lobby in ten minutes." "And, Fallon, thanks for eveything." "The thanks come from both of us." "Claudia deserves a chance." "Only one week out of the sanatorium, she's come a long way." "It's been a long trip for all of us the last seven days, hasn't it?" "A rough road, yeah." "It's gonna be even rougher at the hearing tomorrow." "I wish it could happen to somebody else." "Someplace else." "Well, with you and Mother and Kystle to testify for me, how can I lose?" "Someone is gonna lose." "Whoever it is, it's gonna be somebody I love." "Blake's gonna learn a vey painful lesson from this." "He can't go around shoving his prejudice down other people's throats." "You've got your son, and I'm gonna keep mine." "Look, Steven." "I think it would lust be a little too painful for me to sit through all that hearing watching you and Daddy on opposite sides of the room." "So I'm lust gonna be there when I have to be, when I have to testify, all right?" "Yeah." "Of course it's all right." "Well, you didn't drive all the way out here for a cup of coffee, Andrew." "So why don't you get to the point." "All right, I will." "Blake doesn't know I'm here." "But as your friend, Kystle, I'm asking you not to testify on Steven's behalf tomorrow." "A friend would never ask me that." "Kystle, I'm a vey good lanyer, and I don't wear gloves in the courtroom." "When Chris Deegan calls you as a character witness for Steven, it's gonna be my lob to discredit your testimony." "You have a background." "A previous marriage, a family." "And you have a certain niece." "What I have to say has nothing to do with Sammy Jo." "Didn't you invite her to live with you under Blake's roof?" "Yes." "And you were in that house when she went after Steven, weren't you?" "That has nothing to do with Steven's right to his own child." "is it possible that you and Sammy Jo have something in common?" "You both come from relatively poor backgrounds, right?" "Wrong." "Vey poor." "And you both married men who could offer you comfort and luxuy beyond any expectation." "I can't speak for Sammy Jo, but as far as Blake and I are concerned" "Kystle." "What about the other men in your life?" "What are you talking about?" "Are you sure you're the best iudge of a man's character?" "Take Mark Jennings, your first husband." "A tennis pro who earns more on the side than his profession would seem to warrant." " l've had enough of this." " Kystle, please." "Don't you see?" "If you take the stand, this is only the beginning." "It will get ugly." "Then I'll lust have to take my chances." " Mrs. Colby, may I help you?" " No, thank you, Jeanette." "I'm lust on my way to see the baby." "I know the way." "Oh, I love your daddy so much." "So much." "Daddy." "Hello, Kirby." "Hello, darling." "Look what I've brought you." "Obviously, you came to see little Blake, excuse me." "Kirby, I haven't seen you since Jo- Since your father's funeral." "I lust want you to know how sory i am." "Sory?" "You didn't even bother to attend his memorial service." "I wanted to be there but Blake wouldn't let me." "He wouldn't let you play act at a memorial for a man, who for all practical purposes, you killed?" "I don't know what you're talking about, Kirby." "You threatened to ruin Mr. Carrington, my father knew it." "is that according to the great god Blake?" "Yes." "But there has to be more to it than that." "You drove a man to kill himself." "I saw how my father looked at you." "You" " You frightened him." "Frightened him?" "We hardly spoke." "When you did, whatever you said destroyed him." "I wanna know the truth, Mrs. Colby." "Do you hear me?" "Do you?" "Do you hear me?" "Oh, Jeanette, you can cancel that search." "I found the folder I was looking for." "I'm glad, sir. I'll tell Gerard." "Tell Mrs. Gunnerson I won't be home for dinner." "I'm facing a meeting that could go well into the night." " He killed himself." " Yes." "He took his own life because of what you said or did to him." "I did or said nothing." "The man took his life because he was distraught about something." " You have no idea what that was?" " No, I do not." "Kirby, listen to me." "Now I know that you're upset but I lust want you to understand that I didn't" "Oh, get your hands off me." "Get your hands" "Kirby, are you crazy?" "Oh, good gracious." "What the devil-?" "Let go of her." "Let go." "It's all right there, master." " She tried to strangle me." " It's all right." " She's out of her mind." " Quiet now." "It's all right." "It's all right." " l'm sory. I'm sory." " It's all right." "Now, Jeanette, I'd appreciate it if you'd take Kirby to her room." "And would you remind the nanny that her place is here with little Blake?" "Yes, sir." "Kirby, now, be quiet." "And you and I are going to have a little talk." "I don't care who's wife she is, that was unprovoked." " Unprovoked?" " Yes, I came with a gift for the baby." "The gifts that you bring, Alexis, can be deadly." "Now, you listen to me." "I once told you that I would not deny you access to your grandson." "But now, if I have to post an armed guard at the front door, you'll not see Little Blake under this roof again." "Oh, really?" "Well, not even an armed guard is going to keep me away." "If you wanna see your grandson, you'll have to arrange with Fallon to bring him to you." "I will not have you threatening Kirby." "What is this, Blake, the sacred house of Lord Carrington of Denver, hear no evil, speak no evil?" "How can you cast the first stone when eveybody knows that you are planning tomorrow to destroy your own son?" "Get out of here." "Just go." "Take your hands off me, Blake." "I loathe being touched by trash." "And that's what you still are and always will be." "Father?" "Hello, Adam." "I promised I wouldn't head back to Montana without saying goodbye, so here I am." "I'm glad that you're here but I'm sory that it's goodbye." "Really?" "I sensed a collective sigh of relief at my impending departure." "No." "If you think that I'm happy about seeing you go then you're wrong." "Am I?" "Was I wrong when I came here first from Montana to expect you to welcome me back to my family?" "Well, I'm human, Father." "I wanted to be loved not tested." "Adam, I'm a cautious man about some things, it's my nature." "Now, if I have hurt you on that score then I'm truly sory." "Accepted and let's lust forget it." "I'll survive." "Well, there's more to life than just survival, you know?" "Not for me." "Don't you understand?" "When you grow up alone, when you live alone, never knowing who you are or what you are, survival is your only friend." "You never learn how to reach out, to become a part of someone else's life." "Well, listen to me, son." "At the hospital, when your mother accused you of tying to kill her, her own son, you reached out to me." "You said you needed a father and a friend." "I still do." "Well, so do I." "There's gotta be something between us." "Give me a chance." "Give us a chance." "I don't know if I can be the son you expect." "I don't wanna hear that kind of talk." "Now, I don't wanna lose you." "I've already lost my other son." "Please." " Sounds like a wisdom tooth to me." " At his age?" "I got a precocious kid." "It's in the genes." "Little Danny's in with his nurse, Mr. Carrington." "He's fine." "I'm sure he is." "May I get you a drink?" "Oh, no. I was just" "Let me guess." "Taking inventoy." "Why don't I take these groceries inside and I'll check on Danny?" "Mrs. Blaisdel, Ms. Pomeroy." "Ms. Pomeroy is a social worker the court sent." "She wants to see Danny and me on our home ground." " Hello." " How do you do?" "You said "Mrs." Blaisdel?" "That's right, Ms. Pomeroy." "I do have friends of both sexes." "Really, I didn't mean" "Look you were here once before, did we have a second appointment?" "Not in the formal sense, no." "What about the informal sense?" "Hoping to uncover some dark hidden secret?" "Don't take this personally, Mr. Carrington." "How am I suppose to take it?" "You saw Danny and me together, you saw how we lived, you graded my performance." "Grades are for children." "And I don't appreciate people who ty to provoke me." "So is hide-and-seek for children." "I don't appreciate people, who ty to invade my privacy." " Hey, it's all right." " No, it's not all right." "The lady was going through the bar." "Maybe she'd like to check out my dresser, see if I fold my clothes properly or what colour underwear I seem to prefer." " Look, Ms. Pomeroy" " It's all right, Mr. Deegan." "I'm finished here anyway." "And I did enjoy seeing Danny again." "I will be seeing you gentlemen again too, in court, won't I?" "If that was the ninth inning, you just lost the ballgame." "I don't like being spied on, Chris." "What, did she think I was putting on an act during her first visit?" "Whatever she thinks, she's going to testify tomorrow." " What she says counts for something." " And what about what I say?" "That may lust be the problem, what you say and how you say it." "Sometimes I wonder if you're fighting to keep your son, or simply to defeat your father." "My son means eveything to me and you know it." "What I know is this:" "You keep handing your father ammunition to destroy you with." "Did you ty to convince them we're living together as friends not lovers?" " He wouldn't listen." " It's up to you to make him listen." "My right to raise my son as I see fit is at stake here, not my arguments with my father." "If that's true, you'd better change your attitude." "Why don't you get another lanyer?" "Or at least I should move out of here." "No, wait." "Wait a minute." "I won't change the way I live or my beliefs, lust to make life easier for Blake Carrington." "If I don't settle this now once and for all I'll always be afraid of losing Danny because of his prejudice." "Steven, what about your own preiudice?" "You've never believed your father that Ted Dinard's death, was an accident, not intentional." "He has a right to his principles too." "And I to mine." "It's my principles, it's my son." " Oh, hello to you too." " What?" "Oh, I'm sory, Fallon." "It's Kirby, isn't it?" "Well, give her time." "Joseph's death was a terrible shock to all of us, especially to her." "She'll come out of it." "Well, I keep telling myself that, but it gets worse, not better." "I wish she would open up and tell me what's going on." "I feel so damn frustrated." "Well, move over. I can't seem to reason with Blake or Steven." "And it looks like I've hit a dead end in Montana." "What, that chemical poisoning thing?" "That thing that might have killed you." "I've finally located a company in Billings that manufactures mercuric oxide and it turns out the foreman, the man whole case revolved around, doesn't work there anymore." "And nobody knows where he is." "Well, you know what I think, Fallon, I think you're overreaching on this." "I'm not exactly crazy about Adam either, but he did say the lawsuit wasn't his case." "Except I think he's lying." "Oh, maybe I should forget the whole thing." "And Adam too." "Finally he's going back to where he came from." "Thank God." "May I suggest a Shakespeare sonnet, read aloud." "Something soft and sweet." "They say eveything you do affects your unborn child." "Do you always sneak up on people like this?" "Sory, Kirby, I didn't mean to frighten you." "Well, you did." "Look, let's start over again, shall we?" " Let's not." " Kirby, wait, please." "You look so beautiful." "And you're gonna have a beautiful baby." "I don't wanna talk about the baby." "Kirby, I'm just tying to" "Sometimes I find it difficult to say what I feel." "I lust wanted to tell you how glad I am for you." "And Jeff." "He's a lucm man." " Are you finished, Adam?" " No." " l'd like to go." " No, I'm not." "Just let me say this, Kirby, please." "I mean it." "He is a lucm man." "I hope I'm lucm enough to have a child of my own one day." "You'll never know how much I pray you don't." " What does that mean?" "Kirby, what?" " l don't wanna hear any more of this." " l don't wanna continue this." " What the hell are you doing here?" "Didn't Blake send word over to Colbyco?" "I'm working for him now." "Terrific, Adam." "What are you doing here?" "I just moved in, Jeff." "I live here now." "What are you doing here?" "Just been for a swim." "I lust moved in, the house that does have 45 rooms, and I guess I got the wrong door." "I'm glad I did." "God, you're sexier now than you were that night." "The first time." "Jeff's away." "And while the cat's away, the mice should play." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "Let me go, please." "No, please." "Let me go." "No." "No, please." " No." "No." " Kirby." "Kirby, wake up." " No, let me go." " Sweetheart, wake up." "Kirby." "You're having a bad dream." " Is it your father?" " Please, I don't wanna talk about it." "Please." "Kirby, I'm your husband." "I love you. I wanna help you." "I'm lust- l'm just frightened, that's all." "My father commits suicide." "I mean, suicide." "What's inside of me?" "What kind of baby am I gonna have?" "A wonderful child." "Kirby, I know how much you hurt now." "But we have a great future together." "Do we?" "Yes." "You and me and the child, it'll be perfect." "Perfect?" "Steven has a child and tomorrow he has to go to court to fight Blake for that child." "Kirby." "Sweetheart, look at me." "This is our child." "No one will ever take him from us." "Okay." "Did you see him?" " How are you feeling this morning?" " l'm fine, how are you?" "You look pretty confident, Mr. Carrington." "You think the court will rule in your favour?" "Yes, I do. I certainly do." "That's all, ladies and gentlemen." "Thank you." "Good luck." "I'll see you at lunch." "Okay." "Mr. Carrington, may I ask you a question, sir?" "Do you think there's a chance the court will permit a single gay parent to raise his child while living with another homosexual?" "No, I don't." "Good morning." "Blake, there are a couple of things I wanna make sure you're clear on." "During the interrogation of certain witnesses, it's important for us" "Excuse me." "Good morning, Kystle, how are you?" "I'm fine." "is that all?" "Is that all we can say to each other?" "Would you like me to wish you luck?" "I only wish it hadn't come this far." "Excuse me, Kystle." "I'd like to have a few words with my son." "All rise, the Honourable Judge Heny Kendall." "It'll have to wait, Mrs. Colby." "Good luck, darling." "Be seated." "The plaintiff in this hearing, Mr. Blake Carrington, has entered a motion for change of custody of his grandson," "Daniel Steven Carrington, on the grounds that the child's father, Steven Carrington, is a homosexual and living with another man." "And is thus an unfit parent not entitled to retain said custody." "is the counsel for the plaintiff prepared to call its first witness?" "Yes, Your Honour." "We call Helen Pomeroy." "Ms. Pomeroy, you have a master's degree in social work." "is that correct?" "Yes, I do." "And a bachelors in sociology." "And are you presently qualified to investigate and evaluate the parents of children who's cases come before the court?" "Yes, sir, I am." "And didn't you recently complete such an investigation of Steven Carrington?" "Yes, sir." "Please share with us your conclusions based on that investigation, won't you?" "Well, there's no doubt that his child is physically well-cared for." "A comfortable apartment, certainly a reliable nursemaid." "Yes." "But what about the emotional environment?" "And its potential impact on this child?" "My opinion is that a child raised by two gay individuals will, in all likelihood, become gay." "Objection, Your Honour." "Studies don't support that opinion." "Or is this lust something Ms. Pomeroy drummed up?" "Mr. Deegan, this is a hearing, not a trial." "As such, I must permit opinions to be heard." "Now let's get on with it." "Now," "Ms. Pomeroy, based on your observations, what kind of a parent is Steven Carrington?" "Well, he certainly doesn't like surprises, I can tell you that." "What makes you say that?" "People sometimes prepare for my visits so I ty to make at least one unexpected one." "You mean, catching them with their hair down, so to speak." "Exactly." "You can tell a lot by observing people's reactions to a surprise visit." "What was Steven Carrington's reaction?" "I'd say he overreacted." "Would you explain that, please?" "He became antagonistic and overemotional." "But based on my experiences with these people, they all seem to be that way." "Objection." "That's biased, Your Honour." "Again, Ms. Pomeroy's unverified opinion." "With no bearing on Mr. Carrington's fitness as a parent." "Objection overruled." "This court is only concerned with the best interests of the child, and opinions about the quality of the father's emotional stability are certainly germane when there is no balancing factor of a mother." "Sammy Jo, that's some balancing factor." "Look, don't give me the "protect the boss" routine." "I wanna talk to Mr. Carrington now." "When he gets out of court, tell him that Samantha is tying to reach him from New York." "And I'll keep on calling until I do." "So you would not call this action to gain custody of your grandson a vendetta against your son, Steven?" "No, certainly not." "Isn't it true that you were in the process of legally adopting Danny when you learned that Steven might still be alive?" "Yes, and I immediately flew to Singapore to bring Steven back home." "So he could be a father to his own child and we could all be a family once again." "Was it to turn out that way?" "Unfortunately, no." "Up to that point, the child had been surrounded by love." "Steven saw fit to remove the child from that love." "Supposedly to raise the baby on his own as a single parent." "Tell me, Mr. Carrington, is that so uncommon, for a single parent to raise his or her own child?" "Of course not." "But no sooner did Steven move in to his new apartment, I discovered that he invited another man to move in with him." "Now, that is uncommon." "And that is unhealthy." "An innocent child who might wander in the middle of the night into his father's bedroom, find him in bed with a man." "Objection, Your Honour." "If he found him in bed with a woman, it would still be traumatic for the child." "We expect parents to use discretion." "That's why doors have locks." "Sustained." "That exchange will be stricken from the record of this hearing." "Mr. Carrington, this action has to be painful for you." "Why have you taken it?" "I've always placed love of my family ahead of anything else in my life." "Now, Steven's love for his son and his concern for his well-being obviously do not come first." "My grandson deserves better than that." "Thank you." "No further questions." "Did you wish to cross-examine, Mr. Deegan?" "Oh, yes." "Do you consider yourself a prejudiced man, Mr. Carrington?" "As I understand the word, no." "Would you share your understanding of the word "prejudice" with this court?" " It's an opinion based on ignorance." " Vey good." "Tell me, Mr. Carrington, have you met many homosexuals?" " A5ew." " A qe_" "Do you have any friends who are homosexual?" "Not to my knowledge." "Any working for you?" "Probably, but none that I'm aware of personally." "What if you were aware?" "Would you do anything about it?" "If their lifestyle didn't interfere with their work or with me, no." "In other words, as long as they stay clear of Blake Carrington, it's fine." "Objection, leading the witness." "Sustained." "You will kindly refrain from that tack, Mr. Deegan." "Yes, Your Honour." "You have a large circle of so-called straight friends." "I like to think so, yes." "Are some of them honest?" "Some not?" "Does one maybe cheat on his wife while another is a model-family man?" "Do some drink too much?" "In short, Mr. Carrington, do you find in your straight world that individual's vay from man to man?" "Yes, of course." "Why do you have this preiudice against homosexuals?" "I deny that I have any preiudice, Mr. Deegan." "Do you also deny that you were convicted of murdering a homosexual?" "A certain Ted Dinard?" "Who's only crime was that of saying goodbye to his old friend," " yOUf son" " Old friend?" "They were lovers." "And I am not a murderer." "That was an accident." "And it happened a long time ago." "Mr. Deegan, I am not on trial here." "What is on trial here is my son's lifestyle and the damaging effect that it'll have on the life of his son." "Now, Mr. Carrington." "I will not sit back and allow an innocent child to be victimized" "That's enough, Mr. Carrington." "You will please control yourself." "Any more questions, counsellor?" "No, Your Honour." "Vey well, we'll recess for lunch." "This hearing will resume at 3 p.m." "All rise." "Be careful, Blake." "Don't keep on losing your cool or you could end up losing this case." "Chris Deegan really scratched the surface, Steven." "The ugly in Blake Carrington goes to the bone." "I think your lanyer should go after it." "Mother, Chris knows what he's doing." "I'm not gonna insult his intelligence by telling him how to practise." "Darling, all I am suggesting is that he call Blake back to the stand." "There are things that were they revealed would guarantee that you would get custody of Danny." "After all, isn't that what we all want?" "But from what Steven said at lunch, it seems like Chris was vey effective." "Claudia, there is effective, vey effective and extremely effective." "Believe me, I should know." "Well, if Chris pushes Blake further," "Laird could go after Steven with a vengeance." "Yes, you may have a point." "Problems." "Excuse me." "Problems?" "There's problems?" "Why isn't Fallon handling it?" " Where is she?" " l thought I told you, she's with the architect." "I'll just be in a minute." "She's a lovely creature" " but she seems a bit fragile." " Fragile?" "Yes." "I think she's been out of the real world for so long that she's forgotten how ruthless it can be." "Mother, I know Claudia a lot better than you do." "A sanatorium is a vey real world." "She had some problems and she solved them." "J Well more power to her." "She's vey perceptive and there is nothing fragile about her mind." "It works vey well." "Darling, I didn't mean to criticise her." "Now, you have stated with great conviction that Steven Carrington will make not just a good father but an outstanding one." "Please tell us why." "Well, because I've experienced his gentleness and understanding and tolerance." "Would you explain that?" "I first met Steven when I was about to mary his father." "The..." "The entire family, even the staff, treated me as an outsider." "Steven was the only exception." "And how did he treat you?" "He offered me love and understanding." "And he asked nothing in return." "No more questions." "Excuse me." "There's something else I'd like to say." "When I was married to Blake Carrington, I had a miscarriage." "It was something I thought I'd never get over." "And then Steven's wife offered Danny to us for adoption." "J Well I thought my whole life had finally come together." "Then we learned that Steven was alive." "And knowing that Danny would grow up with Steven's warmth and tenderness," "J well l knew it was the best thing in the world for both of them." "Thank you." "Do you have any questions for this witness, Mr. Laird?" "Blake, I have got to cross-examine." "Not as long as you're my lanyer, no." "No questions, Your Honour." "You may step down, Mrs. Carrington." "The defence calls Mrs. Alexis Colby, Your Honour." "Mrs. Colby, you are the first wife of Blake Carrington and the mother of his three children, is that correct?" "As it turns out, Mr. Deegan, I am the mother of his three children, and his only wife." "As a parent, how would you evaluate your son Steven in the same role?" "Steven is gentle and bright." "He's sensitive to the feelings of others, he can be strong without being belligerent." "But Steven's qualities as a parent and as a man, are not the only issue here." "Between Blake Carrington and my son, lies a universe of differences." "Mrs. Colby, let's lust stay with Steven for the moment." "Judge Kendall, you said that we were gathered here in the best interests of Steven's child, isn't that correct?" "That's true, Mrs. Colby." "Therefore, the question is not whether Steven is a fit parent for the child, but whether Blake Carrington is suitable to bring him up." "And I could tell you from personal experience that the man is not fit to raise his own children." "Blake is a human power broker who has always treated the members of his family like his personal possessions, and Danny would lust be the latest in his collection." "I don't think it's proper for this" "Adopt Danny?" "He merely purchased him from Steven's desperate wife." "That is a lie, damn it." "Fit father for the child?" "A man with a streak of cruelty so deep that he banished me from my own children." " He deprived them of my guidance." " Mrs. Colby." "Depriving them of eveything a mother- lt was your guidance that did it." "You had seven years to turn him into what he is." "I've been fighting to make him into a man ever since." "That's enough, Mr. Carrington." "Sit down." "This hearing is adiourned until 1 O:" "OO tomorrow." "I suggest, Mr. Laird, that you counsel your client to remain in control when he returns to this chamber." "All rise." "You know vey well Blake didn't buy that baby from Sammy Jo." "She offered him to us." "Would you mind lowering you voice." "There's a terrible echo in here." "He tried evey way he could to get her to keep him." "Strange how he failed." "He's usually so persuasive." "You know, I'm surprised at you defending your husband so vigorously when you walked out on him." "Well, at least Blake tells the truth." "The truth as he sees it." "Now I understand why you refused my offer of a million dollars to get out of town permanently." " Do you?" " Yes." "You obviously figured it was worth more to stick around." "You know, Kystle, if I were you, I'd start checking the want ads for a new secretarial job." "Blake may be rich now, but when our merger goes through, he's going to be working for me." "And if you thought he was difficult to live with before, when that happens, he's going to be impossible." " l'll be with you in a minute, Andrew." " All right." "Steven." "I'd like to have a word with you in private, if I may." "Blake, I'll wait for you in the hallway." " l..." " Make it brief, Dad." "I'd like to get home." "I'm sory about what happened with your mother and what I said about you." "I- l never meant it to come out that way, believe me." "You meant it." "You've always meant it." "It's lust that now you've managed to put it into words." "All this talk about fatherly love, but when do we talk about the hate?" "You hate me." "You always have." "That's not true, Steven." "Steven." "Kystle." "Hello, Mark." "You look like you've had a rough day." "Can I buy you a drink?" "I'm sory, I- l really feel like being alone right now." "I have some sorting out to do." "Did Carrington's lanyer give you a rough time on the stand?" "As a matter of fact," "Blake wouldn't let his lanyer question me at all." "I appreciate your offer, Sammy Jo, but" "Just put me on that stand, Mr. Carrington, and I guarantee you'll get Danny back."