" Youwanted to see me, Father?" " Yes, Adam." "I want you to see these figures I just got." "Very gratifying." "I knew those Colbyco stockholders would come around." "According to the last reports, they were deserting in droves." "Well, I'm offering them $60 a share for stock that's listed at 40." "They'd be fools not to sell." "You went up to 60?" "Mm-hm." "How much is this gonna cost you in the long run?" "By the time I'm through, it could cost a fortune, but it will be worth it because I'll have Colbyco and I'll have Alexis." "Father, are you sure this is the wisest way to go about this?" "I know what I'm doing, Adam." "We can't miss." "The debt you're incurring is enormous." "I think it's dangerous." "You were all for this takeover at the board meeting." "I still am." "I'm also urging caution." "Caution is for street signs, son." "Caution never won a war." "I hope you're not letting your antagonism towards Mother cloud your judgement." "This is between me and your mother." "And I'll worry about my judgement." "So much for my concerned opinion." "Wait." "Yes." "Yes, the debt is enormous." "But our South China Sea leases are going to be an endless source of income." "And they'll more than cover the debt should there be one." "Nothing is going to change that." "Well done, George." "I'll get those figures to the Chinese as soon as possible." "And Tell Minister Han I want to meet with him in Hong Kong in a few days." "It's happening, Ben." "It's all happening." "I cannot wait to see Blake's face when he sees his new oil production figures." "What happens if he discovers you've doctored them?" "My brother's a smart man." "He's not as smart as I am." "I am going to double-cross Blake Carrington" "like no man has ever been double-crossed before." "He's going to lose everything." "Are you so sure about that?" "I'm gonna mark the date in my calendar." "In one week, I am going to own 100 percent of the most valuable oil leases in the world." "And after that I am going to own Denver-Carrington." "Well, we'll celebrate together." " Will we?" " Yeah." "A ton of caviar, your favourite kind, and that'll only be the appetiser." "Tell me something, Ben." "What are you really after?" "What kind of question is that?" "You're certainly not staying in Denver because it's more exciting than Rio or Paris." "You're worth a fortune now." "You could go anywhere you want, do anything you want." "But I wouldn't be near you, for one thing." "What?" "For another, I wouldn't be able to split those oil leases with you." "Split them?" "You must be joking." "Consider the facts, Alexis." "This whole thing started when you came to get me in Australia." "None of it would have happened without me." "And your phoney-figure scheme wouldn't stand a chance with the Chinese if it weren't for the damage we did to Blake's good name at the trial." "We did, together." "You and I." "So you owe me, Alexis." "Oh, no, Ben." "Oh, no." "I don't owe you a damned thing." "One hundred and twenty-five million dollars." "One quarter of your father's estate." "That was our bargain, and now we're even, as far as I'm concerned." "I may be into a lot of things, but charity to you is definitely not one of them." "What the hell was that all about, Dexter?" "It was just Chinese for "Watch out, bandit."" "You apparently understood." "I did not." "It just startled me." "Bartender, I'll take a beer." "So, uh, Alexis found you down in Australia." " How long you live down there?" " What business is it of yours?" "Look, Carrington, I asked you something." "I just want an answer." "I'd rather not make a scene." "Twenty years, give or take." "And don't try to threaten me, Dexter." "The scene might backfire on you." "Twenty years." "How many trips, uh, did you make from Australia over to China?" " What?" " You heard me." "I told you, I recognised you from somewhere, Carrington." "The little map in my head, it says Shanghai, the port area." "You know something, Dexter?" "I think that little map in your head is like the eggs I had for breakfast." "Scrambled." "So Ben Carrington reminds you of a Caucasian male, blond, blue-eyed, whom you met in China once." "And who could either be American or British or possibly Scandinavian, and who is obviously a figment of your vivid imagination." "It was Carrington, Alexis." "What exactly are you accusing him of?" "Of lying to me today." "Of maybe lying to you these past few weeks." "Of possibly being up to something that's gonna get you in trouble of some kind." "How dramatic." "What a pity that my sister isn't here." "She could write another piece of trashy fiction about it." "Be careful of him." "Wary, watchful, suspicious." "The way I wasn't about you." "Look, I already told you that thing with Amanda was a mistake." "A mistake?" "It was a stiletto, Dex, and you'll never know how much it hurt me." "But I decided that you just weren't worth the pain." "In fact, none of my ex-husbands have been worth a damn." "And as for Ben Carrington," "I'm perfectly capable of doing character analysis without your help." "So everything's just fine?" "New romance and all?" "There isn't a new romance." "We're just business partners." "And, yes, everything's just fine." "Somehow I just don't believe that." "On either count." "I know you, Alexis." "No, you don't, Dex." "I intend to keep it that way." "Just be careful of him." "The guy's trouble." "Just as soon as I buy up enough Colbyco stock, and that's gonna be very soon," "I'm gonna have Alexis right where I want her, in the street." "Blake." "Is there any way this can fail?" "Something Alexis can do?" "I mean, she's not blind to what's going on." "She's probably sitting up nights trying to figure out ways of fighting you." "Krystle, darling, everything is going to be fine." "Believe me." "Excuse me, Mr. Carrington." "This cable just arrived." " Oh, thank you, Gerard." "Will that be all?" "Yes, thank you." "From China." "Minister Han." "What is it?" ""Urgent." "Reports of discrepancies in your royalty payments on the oil leases has come to our attention." "Please come to Hong Kong immediately, where we will meet to discuss the above." "Minister Han."" "Discrepancies in the payments?" "Now, what the devil could he mean by that?" "Are you insinuating that I had something to do with this?" "That's exactly what I'm doing." "I know you're up to something." "What kind of a dirty trick are you pulling this time?" "I'm not up to any dirty tricks." "And may I remind you, that since I own 25 percent of those oil leases, why would I wanna put them in jeopardy?" "Knowing you, to get the other 75 percent." "Oh, that's absurd." "If there are any discrepancies in the royalty payments," "I can only assume that it's due to Denver-Carrington's usual slackness and inefficiency." "Which, of course, will all change when I take over the company." "No." "No, no, Alexis, the takeover's going to be in the other direction." "It won't be too long before we'll have Colbyco, and high on my list of assets will be the fact that I'll never have to deal with you again." "Now, I don't know what this is about, but I'll clear it up just as soon as I have my meeting with Mr. Han." "Uh, don't bother to see me out." "This is Mrs. Colby." "There's been a change of plan." "I want you to have my plane ready for takeoff to Hong Kong tonight." "Yes, you heard me correctly." "Tonight." "These figures on how much oil Blake Carrington has been pumping out of the South China Sea, you say they're false?" "Yes." "I hate to say this about somebody that I have to do business with, but the other document represents the accurate figures." "Why should I believe any of this, Mrs. Colby?" "You do realise you are accusing the man of cheating my government out of millions of dollars of royalties." "Yes, I certainly do, but you have just said the operative word, cheating." "Meaning exactly?" "Here's a transcript of the trial that Blake Carrington was recently involved in, in which the judge ruled that he had cheated his own brother out of his inheritance." "And he was also implicated in his mother's death, which he had blamed on his brother for years." "It's all there for you to read." "Including the fact that Blake was found guilty of the most flagrant lies." "So do you still question the accuracy of my figures?" "I've always known Blake Carrington to be a man of total honour and, frankly, this news disturbs me." "Oh, well, I can understand that because it disturbs me too." "After all, he is the father of my children." "But we are talking about a huge business venture between our two countries, in which there are major financial stakes." "I cannot possibly stand by and see your country swindled." "If this is all true, what do you propose, Mrs. Colby?" "Simply this." "Since I already own 25 percent of the South China Sea oil leases, if you gave me full control, I will see that the fraud is corrected." ""Simply this"?" "Nothing in life is really that simple, is it?" "Not in your country, nor in mine." "But I thank you for bringing this situation to my attention." "And I'll consider your request." "Thank you, minister." "You've been most gracious." "I know that this has been as difficult for you as it has for me." "This has probably been one of the most important trips of my life." "Goodbye." " Dad?" " Yes?" "Before you leave for the airport, I need your help." " What is it, Steven?" " When you put me on your board, you gave me carte blanche to do a full financial review, right?" "Right." "Why?" "Some problems?" "No, no, it's just that a few departments' expenditures are way up from last year and I wanna know why." "Well, what's stopping you?" "Certain elements here at Denver-Carrington aren't exactly cooperating." ""Certain elements"?" "Who?" "That's not really important." "I just need" "It is to me." "Who?" "Adam is one of them." "Adam?" "And who else?" "I asked you a question, Steven." "It's" " It's only Adam." "Did he say why he wasn't cooperating?" "No." "No, he just refused to let me see certain files and we had words about it." "My God, when are you two gonna learn to live together and work together?" "Now, son, this may be nothing at all, but when I get back, I'll have a talk with your brother about this." "But, in the meantime, you do what you feel is right." "As a matter of fact, I'll back you up." "I'll write a memo saying that you have access to all the files." "Every one of them." "Good." "Thank you, I appreciate it." "I, uh, hope your trip goes well, and that you get the situation in Hong Kong straightened out." " I'm sure we will." " Okay." " Bye-bye." "See you in a couple of days." " All right." "Whoa." "Hey, Greg, let's take a break, okay?" " Amanda." " Hi, Clay." " Who are you playing tennis with?" " I just played with Kate Burroughs" " and she beat me in a tiebreaker." " Ha." "You look good." "I feel good." "In fact, I feel very good." "You'll never know how happy I am that your mother was able to get to you before..." "Before what?" "Well, I'm just glad that you're back in the world again." "And I'm sorry I hadn't sensed how much trouble you were in the night before." " I didn't." " Look, Clay, you did try and help me." "It's just that I wasn't very receptive." "But I don't want people feeling sorry for me anymore." "If I've learned anything from this experience, it's that pity can't give me strength." "That has to come from inside." " It's funny." " What is?" "I told Sammy Jo that you'd learn from the experience." "And you have." " Sammy Jo?" " Yeah." "Is she the one who told you about me?" "Well, yeah." "She thought I'd wanna know." "Oh, she thought you'd want to know." "I see." "Clay, would you excuse me?" "I've gotta go." "What-?" "I want an explanation on this latest feed bill." "You could have gotten it for 20 percent less if you bought it from the people my father used to deal with." "I'll call you back." "My maid said you phoned." "You said you weren't gonna be here till 3." "Well, I hope I'm not interrupting your snack or your big business dealing." "What is it, Amanda?" "I don't appreciate your telling Clay Fallmont about what happened to me." "The pills." "I'm sorry, Amanda." "I shouldn't have opened my mouth." " You damned well know it." " I said, I'm sorry." "Well, from what I've heard, Sammy Jo, there's a big risk in believing anything you say." "Just let me make it clear." "What I do with my life is my personal business." "Oh, could that personal business be a good-looking guy named Clay Fallmont?" "Tell me something, Amanda, would you have come here at all if I had told some Joe Doe about what happened and not Clay?" "That is what's bothering you, isn't it?" "I just told the wrong guy." "Clay Fallmont has absolutely nothing to do with this." "Look, I might have been born dirt poor, but it seems like a senator's son prefers me over born-rich types like you, so I'm riding high, Amanda." "Or heading for a fall, Sammy Jo." "Look, I've got work to do so there's the door." "I'd like to speak to Clay Fallmont, please." " What the hell are you doing?" " You saw the memo from Dad." "I have access to all Denver-Carrington files, including yours." "That memo read "employees' files," Steven." "I'm a vice-president here, so hands off." "Tell me something." "If you had grown up in this family, instead of coming into it so late, would you still be so devious?" "Meaning, would I otherwise be a stalwart and upright character like you, who sets his father against his brother?" "I'm doing no such thing." "Those purchase orders don't add up." "If you have nothing to worry about, give me the information." " Straighten me out." " You listen to me, Steven." "Denver-Carrington is my turf, not yours." "And until Father gets back from Hong Kong to tell me personally that you can see whatever you want in this office, you're gonna have to wait." "Why don't we call him up right now?" "Oh, for God's sake, Steven." "He's got more important business on his mind than your concerns and suspicions about a few files or one or two irregularities, so-called." "You're hiding something and I don't know what it is but I'll find out, eventually." "Meg, there are some papers I've got to shred." "Is the room open?" "Thank you." "The roses may be courtesy of the hotel but the orchids are from me." "Surprised to see me, Alexis?" "Nothing you do surprises me, Ben." "What are you doing in Hong Kong?" "Well, I need a new wardrobe." "What better place to get one?" "Really?" "I'd like to know what you're really doing here." "He who is not jealous is not in love." "In case you haven't noticed, I'm in love with you, Alexis." "Ha." "And you're telling me that you're jealous?" "Of whom?" "Your friend, Mr. Liu." "I overheard." "The day you phoned him in San Francisco," "I got the feeling you were intimating a favour in return for setting up a meeting with the Chinese oil minister." "What's his name?" "His name is none of your business." "Well, anyway, the thought of you and Mr. Liu together bothered me enough to send me halfway around the world." "That is a lot of bother." "And a lot of love." "I always have loved you, Alexis, and you know it." "Ben, look, I know that you had a teenage crush on me years ago when I married Blake and you were jealous then, but Mr. Liu?" "I just don't buy that." "Anyway, I'm rather tired and I'd like to go to my room and, uh, I think you'd better go to yours." "I presume you do have a room at this hotel." "I do, but I don't intend to spend the night in it." "Then I don't really think that you have a choice." "Unless you want to go to the harbour and find yourself a berth on some junk." "Haven't you pretended long enough that you don't want me as much as I want you?" "It's only a matter of time before I get you." "Incredible." "I don't know where Minister Han got his figures on the royalty payments, but it doesn't make sense." "Here, take a look at this." "Those are Denver-Carrington figures." "Compare them with their figures." "At least you have the documentation to prove that yours are accurate." "I'm just concerned that you have to answer to the Chinese government." "Well, in this case, the Chinese government boils down to one man, Minister Han." "He happens to be a very intelligent man." "I'm sure that he and I will he able to straighten this out." "Well, I know Alexis denied having anything to do with this but we both know what that's worth." "Hello, this is Mrs. Carrington." "Has a Mrs. Colby checked in yet?" "What are you doing?" "I see." "Thank you." "She's here, Blake." "She's in Hong Kong." "I knew she'd have a finger in the pie somewhere." "I've gotta go, darling." "I've got that appointment with Mr. Han." "I'll see you some time this afternoon." "Goodbye." "I think I'll have a little talk with Alexis." "Come in." "Well, at breakfast already?" " Good morning." " What's good about it?" "I have a proposition to make to you, Alexis." "Hmm." "You made one last night." "I turned you down, remember?" "You wouldn't be so edgy if you'd taken me up on it." "I am not edgy." "I have a lot of things on my mind." "I wish you would stop thinking of me as some sort of distraction." "What do you want to be then?" "My business partner?" "Isn't that part of your obsession with me?" "Look, I said it last night." "I'm in love with you." " Oh." " And I meant it." "But what if you and I did become partners?" "We'd make a world-class team." "Share the profit as well as the problems." "No, thank you." "Colbyco is doing very nicely with just one person running it, me." "Consider this, Alexis." "The two of us setting up a new company." "I'll put in my 125 million, you put in whatever you think is fair, and we'll work together." "You never give up, do you?" "No, I am cured of business partnerships with men, forever." "You can thank Dex Dexter and your dear brother for that." "As you can see, sir, those figures are correct." "And they're substantiated by your own reports." "Then how do you account for the discrepancies, Mr. Carrington?" "We all have enemies, Mr. Han." "I have several." "I can only assume that one of them falsified those reports." "Someone who is out to get you." "That is the expression, huh?" "Yes." "I'll have to consider that possibility, of course." "Just, uh, as I'll have to be very honest with you right now, Mr. Carrington." "Those figures are not the only reason I have to see you." "There's another matter I have to know more about." "And what might that be?" "The legal matter brought against you by your brother." "As we understand it, you were convicted in a court of law for cheating your brother, as well as abandoning your mother, leaving her to die." "Mr. Han, those accusations were lies." "I didn't say that I personally believed them." "Yes, but you do feel that it might affect our deal." "Is that what you're trying to say, sir?" "As you know, we here in Asia value honour very highly." "We have to consider the man's character as well as his skills when choosing a partner." "Now, those are very serious charges." "Mr. Han, my brother and my ex-wife both perjured themselves in that courtroom for their own rotten gain." "Now, sir, I've spent a lifetime establishing a business based on integrity, on principle, on honour, on truth." "I've tried to inculcate those principles in my children as well." "And no one, not you, not your government, no one has the right to question my character." "Go on, Mr. Carrington." "I'm ready to hear whatever proof you have in your defence." "These are lovely." "And one of a kind." "You will not find another strand like it in all the world." "Hmm." "Thank you." "I'll leave you to decide." "Well, well, what a coincidence." "The two of us in Hong Kong, in the same shop, at the same time." "Coincidence?" "I've been looking all over Hong Kong for you." "Oh, yes, to tell me that your husband's got a problem." "So I've heard." "Oh, I'll bet you did more than just hear, Alexis." "I think you're behind it." "Look, if Blake's been cheating the Chinese, don't accuse me." "All I'm doing is looking out for my leases." "And for no other reason?" "Well, to do some shopping, naturally." "You're not going to hurt Blake, Alexis." "No matter how hard you try, you're not." "You know, I'm really not sure about these pearls." "They're so dowdy." "They might look good on you." "But then again, where would you wear them after Blake goes broke?" "To a cafeteria?" "Damn." "You know that old saying, Alexis:" ""You break them, you bought them."" "What a perfect picture." "Pearls before swine." " And I'm sure you'd like flowers, right?" " Like flowers?" "That night, I want that room filled with flowers, all colours, the happiest ones you can find." "Of course, Miss Deveraux." "And congratulations to you and Mr. Boydston from all of us here at La Mirage." "How nice." "Thank you very much." "My pleasure." " Jackie." " Hello, Mother." "I have hardly seen you since our" "Disagreement." "I guess I needed time to think about some things." "I wanna apologise for the way I've been acting." "I owe you an apology too, Jackie." "For all the heartache that I have caused you." "My father was married to somebody else." "What else could you do?" "I just" "I didn't know how to explain it to you when you were a little girl." "And then the years passed" " and I still found it difficult to explain." " I know." "I know." "What matters now is that you and Garrett are going to be engaged." "And we can all be together." "My mother, my father, and me." "It's so wonderful." "I can hardly believe it." "It is wonderful, darling, and you believe it." "You believe every word of it." "There." "Plenty of whipped cream." "Well, at least try it." "Well, I'm sure it's very good, Sammy Jo, but somehow a banana split after a four-course meal," "I'm stuffed." "Well, next time I'll order a lighter meal." "I guess I was sort of uncertain." "Nervous, I mean, about playing hostess." "You're a terrific hostess." "And there's nothing to be nervous about." "Thanks." "Here." "Now for some brandy." " On the rug?" " Yeah." "It's kind of chilly." "I thought it'd be nice by the fire." "I think we should drink to a very special evening." " For me, at least." " Mm, me too." " Cheers." " Cheers" " Oh, my" " Oh, I'm so sorry." " Ha, ha." " It's all right." " I'm" "No, it isn't." "Look at your shirt." "I'm sorry." " See, I told you I was nervous tonight." " Well, you shouldn't be." "In fact, what you should be is yourself." " What do you mean, myself?" " Just that." "You are a beautiful girl with a good mind who is a lot of fun when she's not nervous, okay?" "So just relax." "But your shirt." "It's wet." "So let's hang it up to dry." "It's very good to see you again, my friend." " You're looking very fit." " Heh, heh." "And you don't look a day older than you did when I worked for you." "Ah, Mr. Carrington, you did more than work for us." "You were our consultant when we found oil in the South China Seas." "We would have never known about those deposits if it weren't for you." "Well, I had a job to do." "I did it." " Now sit, sit." " Thank you." "I understand you met with my brother, Blake." "Yes." "I, uh, heard his side of the story." "I found him to be very sincere." "The word is "desperate," minister." "What do you mean?" "Well, that his sincerity is about as shallow as he is." "The true story is a" "Oh, it's a horrible story." "The shame of our family that I've had to cover up all these years." "But, finally, I was forced to tell the truth about how my brother was responsible for our mother's death." "Then you apparently agree with Mrs. Colby that Blake Carrington isn't morally fit to control the leases, true?" " That's right." " Ah." "However, I thought you might be interested in this." "It's about Alexis Colby." "Now, I hate to bring this up about Mrs. Colby because she is an extraordinary woman." "But this is a chapter from a book written by her sister." "It brings to light some interesting personal facts about the lady." "It may surprise you, even dismay you, but, well, I feel you're entitled to know the truth." "Cancelled?" "Well, he can't cancel his appointment with me." "Well, when can we reschedule?" "Well, call me the moment he's free." "It's essential that I meet with him as quickly as possible." "Thank you." "I thought everything was settled." "Han seems to be avoiding me for some reason." " Blake?" " I don't know." "But somebody's obviously got to him." "Otherwise, why would he be taking so long to make up his mind?" " Ha." "What?" " Well, that means, loosely:" ""He's the boss here." "His privilege."" "I didn't know you spoke Chinese." "Oh, a word here, two words there." "I worked with some Chinese people on a mineral rights deal in Australia a few years ago." "You never told me that." "You never asked." "There are so many things I don't know about you, Ben." "For example, how easily you lied on that stand." "It's a gift we both share." "Hmm." "Now we have a dinner date." "By my watch, it's exactly 7:30, so..." "I really don't feel like having dinner tonight." "I really have to wait for that phone call." "Well, I'll just have to eat on my own." "Everything's gonna work out fine, Alexis." "Trust me." "Trust you?" "Well, well." "As brothers, I guess we have the same taste in travel, don't we?" "If you think I'm all that surprised, I'm not." "We discovered Alexis was in the hotel." "I knew that we'd find you crawling around here somewhere." "The way I hear it, you're the one who's crawling, Blake." "To the Oil Ministry, begging to keep those leases." "It doesn't fit with the well-known Blake Carrington image, does it?" "Then again, things change." "Fortunes change." "I want you to know this and remember it:" "Your filthy lies may have followed me these 12,000 miles but you're not gonna get what you're after." "You're not gonna get that revenge that you're so desperate for." "Never." "I don't know what the hell you're talking about." "I've gotten what I wanted." "My 125 million." "I'm just here in Hong Kong looking for some deals I can invest in." "Have you decided on anything, Mrs. Carrington?" "Yes, I think I'll take the mink, and I'll take the full-length fox and the sable, and the three jackets, the chinchilla, the lynx and the ermine." "That's three coats and three jackets?" "I believe that's what I said, yes." "Along with the chinchilla muff and the two Persian lamb ski hats?" "Are you in the business of counting or are you in the business of selling?" "Has Blake Carrington been in here talking to you about me?" "Why, no, of course not." "Have any of the other Carringtons been in here?" "Is that why you're so uninterested in selling to me?" "Mrs. Carrington, I think you've misunderstood." "I didn't mean anything like that." "I know exactly what you meant." "I'm not a fool." "And I'm very good at sensing hostility where I find it." "I'm sorry." "I think we both got a little out of hand." "I'm glad we understand each other." "Just send the bill to my husband, Adam Carrington." "I heard about your little shopping spree today." "Why should I pay for all this?" "Because, technically, we're still married." "And because I had to put up with you and all of your lies, so you owe me." "Oh, Claudia, is this how it is with you?" "Going from one of us to the other, staying with whoever is stupid enough to pay your bills?" "Not anymore." "I'm finished with all of the Carringtons now that I have my well." "I wouldn't count on living off my profits if I were you." "Don't you threaten me, Adam." "You can't take it back." "I still have a weapon over you." "Take it?" "I wouldn't take it as a present." "And in case you haven't checked your production yet, your well is drying up." "Much like this conversation." "It can't be." "Yes." "Let me speak to Blake Carrington." "No, when he gets back to town it'll be soon enough." "Mm-hm." "Yes." "Look, Sam, we've gotta leave for the airport." "Yes." "We're going back to Denver tonight." "Now, you call me there when you hear from Mr. Han." "No, no." "No, everything is gonna be just fine." "Right." "Bye." "Blake, is everything going to be fine?" "Yes." "Yes, it is." "Darling, you don't have to be optimistic for me." "Are we leaving Hong Kong without definite word from Mr. Han?" "I can only tell you what he said." "That I would get my answer in due time." "Which means that I have no alternative." "I have to wait." "And I thought it'd be better to wait in Denver than here." "Besides, I'm convinced that everything is going to work out perfectly." "And as for you," "I want you to stop worrying about me, do you hear?" "All right." "Just don't yell at me." "Okay." "I love you very much." "And you have my word and my kiss on that." "I still haven't heard from Han." "Something is definitely wrong." "Nothing is wrong." "Look at this." "It's a news story the Oil Ministry's releasing in 48 hours." "Well, this is in Chinese." "Oh, then let me translate it for you." "Well, it seems, Alexis, that they're cancelling all the South China Sea oil leases" " that belong to you and Blake" " What?" " and giving them to somebody named..." "Well, what do you know?" "Ben Carrington." "Damn you, Ben." "You've double-crossed me." "Damn you." "Nobody does that to me." "Nobody." "Alexis, just calm down and listen to me." "Listen to me." "Now, I offered to split them with you." "You refused me." "I had to do something in my own interests." " Well, undo them." " Just listen, I haven't finished yet." "Now, what would you say if I were to give you 25 percent of those leases?" "I'd say that you were a thief." "Those were my leases" " and you stole them from me." " Twenty-five percent." "That's all you had to begin with, Alexis." "So you really haven't lost anything." "Besides, you could only love a man who is as clever as you are." "Love you?" "I don't even like you, let alone trust you." "Well, you better, because you have a taste for blood, Alexis, and so do I." "Blake's." "I'm gonna get you both, you and your brother." "I'm gonna take you both down." "Believe me, I will." "I will."