"Mr. Carrington's waiting to see you, Mrs. Colby." "Oh, is he?" "Well, he'll just have to wait, Gerard, because I have some additional notes for the ball that I want you to take down." "Now, first of all, David Jones is sending his personal assistant to do the flowers in the house." "And I want you to tell Mrs. Gunnerson that I'm very happy with her choice of desserts, but I've seen this wonderful one in this book that I think" "Are you quite ready to see me now?" "All right, Gerard, you can go." "All right, Blake, what's this all about?" "It's about you trying to make a deal with Michael Culhane, trying to buy up his shares of stock in the Crater." "I'm a businesswoman." "I have a right to operate as I see fit." ""Right to operate." Does that mean dealing with a man who's destroying your daughter's life?" "If anything's going to destroy her, it's gonna be you and your refusal to let her go." "Ne that as it may, I want to warn you about something." "If you buy one share in the Crater, you will end up with one share of nothing because I'll shut the project down if I have to." "You wouldn't dare." "That's all you've got left." "You're bluffing." "Bluffing, am I?" "You're going to find out that I never bluff." "Never." "I hope you enjoy your ball, because it's the last one that you're going to give." "You are on your way out of this house." "And you too." "My brother making his usual noises." "Adding up to just that, noises." "Don't tell me you're giving it a second thought." "I don't know, there was something in his voice." "Yeah, it's called desperation." "I don't know." "I think you're brother's up to something." "I only wish I knew what it was." "And when I saw that smirk on Alexis' face, it hit me suddenly," "I knew exactly how to use Emily's letter." "Use it?" "But how?" "Darling, you know that there's nothing that I wouldn't tell you, but I've gotta work this all out for myself first." "Blake, I don't understand." "You told me you'd never do anything to hurt Emily's memory." "No one is going to be hurt by that letter, except my brother Ben and Alexis." "Darling, I want you to do something for me." "I want you to get us tickets to Alexis' ball." "Tickets for the entire family." "You can't be serious." "Oh, yes, I am." "I'm deadly serious." "Well, I wanted you to know I am leaning that way, Alexis." "Oh, yes, I will keep in touch." "Bye-bye." " Michael." " Hmm." "Would you mind telling me what that was all about?" "Caught in the act." "What does that mean?" "Your mother and I are planning to have a little fling." "All right, look, Amanda, the way your father's been acting toward me, why shouldn't I sell my share of the Crater to Alexis and get out of Denver and take you back to New Orleans with me?" " No." " Why not?" "Because you'd make things even worse with him." " Well, that's tough." "I mean, real tough." " Michael" "Wait, listen to me." "I went to your father and offered to work with him, and he just threw it right back in my face." "Michael." "Ah, Ms. Deveraux, Gary Tilden, remember?" "I certainly do." "I suppose you're wondering why I haven't returned any of your phone calls." "I've decided to have nothing to do with you." "Ah, well, then, I suppose I was right, you are afraid to perform." "You're wrong." "As a matter of fact, I'm looking forward to it." "But with my own company, in my own way." "Certainly not with the people you represent." "Ms. Deveraux, the people I represent" "Mr. Tilden, I have checked the people you represent very thoroughly." "They're a front." "I know where the money really comes from, and I don't sing that kind of song, Mr. Tilden." "For your information, there's only one studio here that can handle all your needs and we're negotiating to buy it." "Not anymore." "I have just bought it." "You're making a big mistake." "And you're going to make my people very angry." "Take your hands off her." "Now." "Now, move it." "What was that all about?" "Oh, he wanted an autograph and I..." "Nick, I really would rather not discuss it." "I'm just happy that you are here." "I'm here on business." "Nick." "I realise that you're very angry about the other night, but I told you, I just don't fall into bed that easily." "Heh, hey, don't worry about it." "I'll survive." "Uh" "No." "Are you all right?" "I'm fine." "It was the same way with Danny." "Just a touch of morning sickness." "It's not morning, Sammy Jo." "It's 1:00 in the afternoon." "That makes me kind of unique, huh?" "You know, that's my child you're carrying too." "I want you to call the doctor and find out if there's something you can take." "I will, later." "She's probably still out to lunch." "Just try right now, okay?" " Okay." " Thank you." "Hello, Sammy Jo." "Hello, Dr. Craig." "I was feeling a little bit woozy a couple minutes ago and my husband and I were wondering if you could prescribe something." " Prescribe something?" " Mm-hm." "No, not until I see the results of your beta quantitative and know for sure if you are pregnant." "Look, doctor, I" "Sammy Jo, you came to see me and said you were pregnant based on a home pregnancy test." "Now, please, get yourself to the lab and take the proper tests this afternoon." "Then call me and we'll set up an appointment." "All right, I will." "You will what?" "Uh, she wants to check me over tomorrow." "It's nothing serious." "Your coffee's getting cold." "What did she say about a prescription?" "Oh, she just keeps going on about how she has too many patients" "looking for prescriptions and pills." " Whatever." " So in other words, she said no." " That's right." " That's it?" "Yes." "Stop making such a big deal out of this." "I've got a good idea." "Why don't you eat your pie and stop worrying about me." "Where you going?" "I just remembered I have to pick up something in town." "See you." " Yes, come in, Steven." " I got your message, Dad." "Now, I have to leave town for a couple of hours." "While I'm gone, will you try and track down Dan Franklin for me?" " Dan Franklin." " Mm-hm." "Wait a minute." "You mean the drunk who screwed everything up for you at the trial?" "Who said he was with Ben the day your mother died?" "You sure you know what you're doing?" "Yes, I know what I'm doing." "I need him." "Now, I want you to go through every flophouse, every mission, every hospital down on skid row, but find the man for me." "I want something from him, and I'm gonna get it." " Ms. Van Heusen?" " Yes." " I'm Blake Carrington." " Ha, ha." "In a whorehouse." "Now, that's got to be the surprise of the year, even for me." "Girls, we'll finish our talk later." "Sheila, would you bring Mr. Carrington a drink?" " That won't be necessary, thank you." " Sit down, please." "You said on the phone you wanted to talk to me about your brother." "Uh, yes, and also about Caress Morell." "Oh." "You once told Caress that on the day that my mother died in that fire, that you knew that my brother Ben was having an affair with a young woman." "A young woman who had married into a prominent family." "I think that you can identify that woman." "I told Ms. Morell, and now I'll tell you," "I know nothing about any of this." "Emily Fallmont, wasn't it?" "I assume you know that she died recently." "So?" "This is a letter that she wrote to me just before she died." "Now, if I'm to do what she asks, see that justice is done," "I'm gonna need more than just that letter." "Somebody to verify that she and Ben were having an affair?" "Yes." "What would be in it for me?" "You mean money?" "Forget it." "If you'd take money from me, you'd take it from Ben too." "I'm supposed to do this out of the decency of my heart?" "I'm not so sure it's decent to tarnish the name of a dead woman." "That will not happen." "I'll see to it that it doesn't." "Now, are you with me, or am I just wasting my time here?" " Hello, darling." " Hi." " Any word from Steven yet?" " No, nothing." " Where were you this afternoon?" " I drove down to Colorado Springs." "I wanted to get some answers about some things." "I think I'll call Steven at his apartment." "Are you ever gonna tell me what this is all about?" "I promise you that I will." "Just as soon as I get all the pieces together." "Oh, Ms. Cochran, Blake Carrington." "May I speak to my son, please?" "Oh, I see." "Would you ask him to call me when he comes in?" "Thank you." "You'll tell me as soon as you have all the pieces together." "Yes, that's right." "Blake, I know how to get secrets out of you, remember?" "Yes, I do remember, and I didn't tell you not to try." "I think you just won." "Make sure that you have the gown delivered to my house no later than tomorrow at noon." "Thank you." "Krystle." "Hello, Alexis." "What are you doing here?" "I've come for a fitting on my gown for your party." "Oh, yes, that's right, Blake bought a few tickets." "Can he really afford it?" "Obviously, he can, and we'll be there, which I'm sure will give you very little pleasure." "On the contrary, what will give me enormous pleasure, though, is to show the two of you how to give a really good party." "And to show you how I've redecorated your drab bedroom." "I'll have one of the servants take you around." "That won't be necessary." "Blake says that it won't be long now before" "Before what?" "Never mind." "If you're talking about Blake's pathetic threats to get the mansion back, please remind him that I have the deed." "He knows that." "I don't have to remind him of anything." "I think you'd better tell your husband not to try anything to disrupt my party." "Well, you sound worried, Alexis, but I can understand that, knowing him, I'm sure he has something in mind." "And what exactly do you mean by that?" "Well, we'll just have to wait and see, won't we, Alexis?" " Who the hell's in here?" " A long-lost friend." "Ah, that..." "That little voice." "I know that voice." " It's the voice of the woman I love." " Oh, you're so cute." "Hand me my jeans." "Your wish is my command, lover." "So, uh, tell me, Alexis, you were, uh, just in the neighbourhood and decided to drop by?" "Well, actually, I wanted to see your handsome face." "There's more." "What?" "I was thinking about that incredible evening that we spent in your trailer, and I wanted to relive sentimental memories." "Well, I hate to spoil your memories, Alexis, but that night didn't take place here at the crater, it took place upstate at the drilling site." "Don't quibble, lover." "As Gertrude Stein would say, a trailer is a trailer, but you are you are you." "Heh." "So come here, hmm?" " What's the matter?" " What's the matter?" " Yes." " I know you." "I know your kisses." "You either give everything you've got or you use them, and right now, Alexis, you're using them." "Oh, that's absurd." "What do you want?" "I mean, what are you really after here?" " It's Blake." " What about him?" "He's got something up his sleeve and I've got to find out what it is." "First of all, he bought a whole block of tickets for the ball, and then he comes to me and tells me that it will be the last party that I ever give at the mansion." "Then I bump into Krystle and she tells me, in that sanctimonious way of hers, that I'm in for a big surprise." "What has this got to do with me?" "Well, I thought you could maybe help me." "I thought you might find out what's going on." "After all, you are one of the few people in the world that Blake really trusts." "And if I am, do you think that I would tell you what I knew?" "No way, Alexis." "So if your little sentimental journey is over with, you mind if I get back to work?" "All right." "Another time, another trailer." "By the way, you are going to come to the ball, aren't you?" "Well, I hadn't planned on it, Alexis, but now I wouldn't miss it." "Just in case he does have something in mind." "Well, it's your $5,000." "Oh, it might be worth it." "Hmm." "No thank you." "I'm only here for Amanda's sake, I just want you to know that." "Whatever I do, Mr. Carrington, in your book, seems to be wrong." "You've made that perfectly clear." "Well, I just talked to Amanda." "She wants me to come to terms with you because if I don't, I'd be driving you right into Alexis' camp." "And I might sell out to Alexis." "Well, that's for me to decide." "I'm not finished with you yet, Culhane." "How much do you want for your interest in the Crater?" " I'll pay you double what Alexis will." " No deal." " Triple." " I said, no deal." "You're not gonna get me out of Denver or your life that easily, boss." "I hate you and I love your daughter." "It all comes out even." "Wait a minute." "All right, if you won't get out on your own, I'll starve you out." "You can sit on your $50 million until hell freezes over." "So I want all the operations on the crater stopped until I give the go-ahead." " And when is that gonna be?" " When I say so." "When you say so?" "Well, that's no answer." "Blake, we've made commitments." "I've already moved a lot of equipment up here." "I know that, Dex, but I've got to stop Culhane." "He's not only become my partner in this venture, he's already talking to Alexis about her buying his share." "Well, I will not tolerate that, not from either of them." "The big man won't tolerate it." "What about my men?" "The crew I put together." "How are they and their families gonna tolerate their being thrown out of a job?" "I'll get them jobs, hundreds of them." "Oh, well, those are big words." "You wanna tell me where specifically?" "No, I can't do that, not right now." "Blake, you're going back on your word." "That's not like you." "What's happening?" "I'll explain it to you just as soon as I can." "You're double-dealing us, Blake." "Damn it, I am not double-dealing you." "I'm fighting for my life." "Hello, Dr. Craig." "Ahem." "I think we'll be more comfortable over here, Sammy Jo." "Okay." "I'm glad you took the test." "Is my baby all right?" "The very first time you came in," "I could tell how excited you were to be having a baby." "Yes, I am, very excited." "Sammy Jo, sometimes when a woman wants her husband's child desperately, the brain sends messages to other parts of her body and the body responds by mimicking pregnancy symptoms." "I don't understand." "What's that got to do with me?" "Dear, there's no easy way for me to say this." " You are not pregnant." " What?" "It's a false pregnancy, Sammy Jo." "That's crazy." "That's the wildest thing I've ever heard." "The lab tests showed no evidence of true pregnancy." "Then the test is wrong." "Look, my body, everything about me, is the same as when I was carrying Danny." "I was pregnant then and I'm pregnant now." "Sammy Jo, it doesn't mean that you can't have a child." "It simply means" "What it means is that I'm going to see another doctor." "Not one that's gonna try and mix up my life." "Well, that's your privilege, of course, but the fact remains" "Stop using that word, the "fact." I know what the fact is." "I'm carrying my husband's baby." "It's inside me right now." "I feel it." "I know it." "I don't care what you say." "Well?" "Did you see the good doctor?" "Yes." "Well, yes, what did she say?" " A lot." " She gets paid a lot." " You're healthy?" " Yes, I'm fine." "Great, and there's no problem with the baby?" "Ah!" "Which reminds me..." "While you were gone, uh-huh," "I decided to spoil our child six months before it's born." "His or her first gift from the old man." "What do you think?" "It's adorable." "Just like you." "Mm." " Clay." " Yes?" "Yes, Mrs. Fallmont?" "Tell me the truth." "Would you have married me if there were no baby?" " What's the difference?" "There is." " I'd like to know." "Yes." "I think we probably would have gotten married." "Maybe not so fast." "But hey, I don't wanna talk about this anymore." "And I don't want my wife getting neurotic on me, okay?" "I want you to take care of yourself, and I want you to take care of our baby because that baby is very important to me." "He brought us together." "Okay?" "Adam, I want you to sign these." "Adam's not here, Mr. Carrington." "Well, in that case, I'd like you to handle this." "Whatever it is, the answer's no." "I don't take orders from you anymore." "I only take orders from Adam." "I understand that's not all you're taking from him." "Oh, I'm quite aware of his suite at the Carlton, of your rendezvous, of the very long, very long lunches." " Not so fast." " Let go of me." "You had me fooled." "When you refused to tell me what was in Blake's personal files," "I thought you were operating with integrity." "But you were just looking for a better customer, weren't you?" "Dana, would you leave us alone, please?" "Don't ever come into this office again unless you're invited." "And as far as Dana is concerned, I'm in love with her." "If you ever touch her again, you'll be very, very sorry." "Is that clear?" "Put your signature on these, would you, please?" "Look, Carrington, I told your son, you people can't touch me." "Now, you may be sore at me for what happened at the trial, but there's nothing you can do about it now." "Mr. Franklin, my son also told me that you'd stopped drinking." "You're back living with your wife, is that right?" "That's right." "And that's the way I'm gonna stay, with my wife and sober." "Maybe." "Maybe not." "What are you talking about?" "Why did you stop drinking?" "Because I'd finally hit bottom." "You wanted to be back with your wife again." "You wanted to live like a human being again." "Except there's one problem you haven't licked, your conscience." "You lied about me in court, now your conscience won't let you alone." "It keeps nagging at you, doesn't it?" "What are you, God or something?" "How did you know?" "Because I think that deep down you're a decent man." "I wanna give you another chance." "Maybe your last chance to make peace with yourself." "This is my house, Carrington, and you weren't invited here, so get out." "I said, get out." "That's fine, but let Mrs. Colby check it." "Yes, that's very good, Gerard." " Ben, have you seen Adam?" " No, I haven't." "Well, I wonder where he is?" "He's my host, he's supposed to be here and help me greet the guests." "Well, I'm sorry, Alexis, but I'm not my nephew's keeper." "The last time I saw him was at the office with Dana Waring." "She seems to keep him very busy." "Hmm." "Are you insinuating that they're having an affair?" "Is that what you're trying to tell me?" "What office girl in the world wouldn't wanna hook one of the Carrington-Colby heirs?" "We have a party in our future." " Heh, heh, heh." " We have to go to it." "Let's stay here a few more minutes." "As a matter of fact, let's stay here forever." "The room-service bill would blow our minds." "Heh, heh." "We could live on bread and water." " With a cheeseburger once a month." " Mm-hm." "Do you remember Tessie's Shack in Billings?" "Uh-huh." "Ha, ha." "Yes, I do." " Best cheeseburgers in Montana." " Mm-hm." "I used to see you there sometimes after school." "The place would be jammed with kids." "I'd be sitting alone at one end of the diner." "Then you'd come in, alone, order something, always at the other end." "Why didn't you ever come over to me?" "I loved you so much." "I used to pretend you loved me." "I was afraid that even a hello from me would ruin my fantasy." "I wish you had come over." "I must have been the loneliest kid in Billings." "I never believed I could belong anywhere or with anyone." "And all the time I had you, didn't I?" "Mm-hm." "I love you, Dana." "You're the first woman in my life I don't have to put up a front for." "I don't have to smile if I feel low." "I can finally be myself." "Except for tonight at the ball, with the cream of Denver society." "Heh." "Oh, heh." "That's a command performance." " Do we have to go?" " Mm-hm." "Mother is expecting me." "Besides, I wanna show her and everybody else how lovely you are." "And you are." "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "I want to thank all of you for coming tonight and helping me enrich Denver's future by supporting the Alexis Colby Foundation." "I know there's a lot more that I could say but this is a celebration and I want you all to enjoy yourselves." "I can tell, Mrs. Colby, that it's going to be a superlative party." "Oh, thank you, general." "Thank you both for coming." "Hello, Mother." "Hello, darling." "Michael, I need to have a word with you." "Can't it wait?" "No, darling, it's important." "I hope that we can see each other a little bit later." "Excuse me." "What do you think she wants?" "I think that's between your mother and me." "Come on." "It's a pity, Alexis." "Adam still isn't here." "You've apparently been stood up by your co-host." "Heh." "I wouldn't worry about it, Ben." "Adam's my son, he'll be here." "Cheers." "Darling, would you fasten this for me?" "Mm-hm." "It's still going to work for you, you know that, don't you?" "I don't know how." "Franklin turned me down." "I tried to get through to him, but he wouldn't understand." "He wouldn't even talk to me." "Hello?" "Yes, he is." "Just a minute." "It's the desk." "Yes?" "All right, I'll be right down." "Who was it?" "Dan Franklin." "He's down in the lobby." "He wants to talk to me." "Why don't you try the salmon." "I had it flown in from Scotland." "No thanks." "I'm glad you could come to the party, Dex." "You made it simple, Alexis." " What do you mean?" " I had no work to delay me." "The Crater, it was shut down early this afternoon." " He really closed it down?" " Mm-hm." "Everything was moving along fine until you started talking a deal with Culhane." "You knew how Blake felt about him." "I really have better things to do with my time than worry about how Blake feels." "Then worry about the men you've just put out of jobs." "That should put you in a real party mood, Alexis." " Excuse me." " Good evening, Dexter." "You do have a way of picking winners, don't you?" "Yes, well, I picked you, didn't I, lover?" "Heh." "Michael, you have been dragging your heels long enough." "Well, I never said I was Kelly or Astaire." "You know what I'm talking about." "Do I get to buy you out of the Crater or not?" "Why would you want to now, with it shut down?" "Well, let's just say that I like to see Blake with blood in his eye and egg on his face." "Besides, I'm in a better financial position than you." "That's blunt enough." "Yes or no?" "Why don't we just keep our options open for now and keep on enjoying ourselves, hmm?" "You know what I like about you, Michael?" "Hmm?" "Your candour, amongst other things." " Hey, let's go get some food." " I'm not very hungry." "I am." "I'll be right back." "Bye." "Well, hello, Steven." " Hi, Steven." " Hi." "Well, don't you remember?" "We met at Chris Deegan's party." "You were in a big conversation with Bart Fallmont." "No." "No, sorry, I don't remember." "Well, there's no time like the present to start getting acquainted." "Uh, look, there's gotta be a" "There's gotta be a quieter spot in this house where we could talk." "I mean, uh, I'm not Bart, but I'm not too bad a guy." "Excuse me, but I think you'd better stop before you start." "Hey, come on, you're not gonna play straight with me." "I'm not playing." "Period." "I saw what happened, Steven." "I know how you must feel." "You have no idea how I feel." "What the hell does he think he's doing coming onto me like that?" "This is my family's home." "Why don't we go find Clay and get something to eat." "No." "I gotta get out of here and get some fresh air." " I haven't seen him." " That's great." "Heh." "Hello, Jack." "How do you do?" "Tell me something, Alexis, did you enjoy coming on to Culhane during your little minuet?" "I don't come on to men." "They come on to me." "I didn't finish." "Or were you just giving your blessings to his relationship with Amanda?" "I thought you'd finished being concerned about Amanda a long time ago." "She's still a friend, and she's still your daughter." "I hope we both want what's best for her." "Culhane is not." "Really?" "Well, when I need your advice about how to handle Amanda," "I'll ask for it." "Oh, Mrs. Colby, Miss Amanda would like to see you." "She's in the solarium." "Thank you, Gerard." "Mother, I'm sorry we're so late." "Well, you were obviously unavoidably detained." "This must be Miss Waring, from the office." "Yes, Mrs. Colby." "It's so nice to meet you." "Well, it's nice to meet you too, dear." "Darling, Bethany Anderson has just flown in from Tennessee." "She's dying to see you." "I'm sure Miss Waring won't mind." "Excuse me." "I told you she wouldn't like me." "Let's have some champagne." "Amanda?" "Darling, why did you want to see me in here?" " To tell you to stay away from Michael." " What?" "And stop putting him in the middle between yourself and Blake." "Amanda, you know what I think you ought to do?" "You ought to make a clean break with your father." "His hatred for Michael is dangerous." "Mother, please, stay out of my life." "Amanda, I'm only trying to give you some good advice." "I won't break with my father, and I won't lose Michael to you." "Mr. Carrington, Mrs. Carrington." "It's so good to see you." "Thank you, Gerard." "Gerard, would you be good enough to find Mrs. Colby for me?" "And my brother too." " Yes, sir." " Thank you." "Mrs. Carrington, Blake." "I got about a dozen calls from my crew after the news broke." "They don't have very nice things to say about you." "Nick, I told you that those men would be back at work very, very soon." "Maybe in a couple of days." "Look, we've all heard that tune before and nobody dances to it, especially not me." "Excuse me." " Okay, I'll talk to you later." " Bye, now." "Oh, Ms. Deveraux has something on her mind." "I can see it in those beautiful brown eyes." "I most certainly do have something on my mind." "You." "That was quite a greeting you gave Blake." "I had every right to be upset after what he did to my men at the crater today." "I don't think you have the right to speak to Blake in that tone of voice." "Nobody tells me what to say or how to act." "Remember that." "And if you're wondering what I'm doing at an Alexis Colby party, even a wildcatter can afford to contribute to charity." "Well, well, well, Mr. and Mrs. Carrington." "I'm so glad you could honour us with your presence." "I wouldn't have missed it for the world." "Yes, I have a feeling it's a night to remember." "Oh, yes, it is." "I planned it that way." "Well, you know the old saying, the best laid plans..." "Alexis, I want to talk to you." "You too, Ben." " Now?" "Yes." "I want to talk to you both right now, in the library." "Or if you like, we can do it right here, in front of all your guests." "It's your choice." "Close those doors." "All right, Blake, what do you want?" "I want you two to start packing and to move out of this house." "What are you talking about?" "You're going to give me back Denver-Carrington and my South China Sea oil leases." "You must be joking." "And as for you, I want you to get ready to pay back to Dominique and me the money that you won from us in court with your lying testimony." "And that's right now, with no delay." "Let's leave this maniac alone with his delusions." "Just a minute." "I have two affidavits here." " One from Dan Franklin." " Franklin?" "The drunk who was supposed to testify for you at the trial?" "He's a recovering alcoholic now." "He swears that on the day that Mama died in that fire that he was with me." " Who's the other one from?" " It's signed by Cora Van Husen." "You remember that name, don't you, Ben?" "What does it say?" "It says that you and Emily Fallmont were alone together in a motel room at the time of that fire." "She's prepared to testify for me in court, as is Dan Franklin." "You'll need more than that." "I've got more than that." "I have a letter from Emily Fallmont." "Here, read it." "And don't bother to tear up that copy, it's just a copy." "Go on, read it aloud." " No." " Read it." " I won't." " Well, then, I'll read it for you." ""Dear Blake." "You must use this letter to clear yourself." "By the time you read it, I will have left Denver for good." "Blake, Ben and Alexis lied in court." "I was the woman with Ben Carrington the day your mother died." "Buck already knows the truth and our marriage is over, so there's no way you can hurt me, except by not allowing me to set matters straight."" "And it's signed by her." "You'd never make that public." "You'd never destroy Emily's reputation." "You damn well better give me what I'm asking for or I will use this." "You're bluffing, Blake." "Was I bluffing when I threatened to shut down operations on the crater?" "Was I bluffing when I found you cheating in our marriage and threatened to throw you out of the house?" "Blake, wait." "Alexis." "Ben, I am not going to go to jail again." "Then I suggest you give back the things that I've asked for." "Your signature, returning the house and Denver-Carrington to me." "If I sign these, what guarantee do I have that you won't use Emily's letter against us?" "You have my word, which is worth more than anything you've got." "And you'll get the original of this when I have the South China Sea oil leases returned to me." " You don't give an inch, do you?" " Oh, yes." "Yes, I give." "I'll give you one more night in this house, which is more than you gave me and my family." "Oh." "You can sleep in the master bedroom tonight." "I'm having it disinfected tomorrow."