"I swear it." "I didn't see her." "She ran out of the hotel, right in front of my cab." "Get a doctor and an ambulance fast." "And bring some blankets." " Blake?" " Yes, yes, Emily." "I'm here." "I can't breathe." "You're gonna be all right." "The doctor will be here very soon." "He'll take care of you." "I left..." "I left a letter for you." "Read it." "Emily." "My God, what happened?" "I slammed on the brakes, it was too late." "I'm so cold." "Where the devil are those blankets?" "Here, Emily." "Here, baby." "Oh, sweet." "My sweet." "My hand." "Take my hand." "Hold it." "Oh, Buck, squeeze it, darling." "Emily." "Emily, listen to me." "Don't die on me." "I need you, you hear me?" "Buck, I love you." "I've always loved you..." "And I love our sons." "And Clay is your son." "I swear to you." "Where is Clay?" "I want to see Clay now." "I don't know, baby." "I'll find him." "No, I want to see him now." "He is your son." "Baby." "He is your son." "He is your son." "We came here to get married, Clay, not to have one of your teeth pulled." "I know that." "Well, you sure don't look like the happy bridegroom." "Let me tell you something, this bride doesn't want to be any part of a shotgun wedding." "So why don't we just call the whole thing off." "It was a dumb idea to begin with, it's getting dumber by the minute." "Sammy Jo, I came here because I want to marry you." "And because I want to put this on your finger and make you my wife." "Where did you get this?" "In the jewellery boutique in the lobby." "It's for blackjack winners, and, uh, bridegrooms." "Oh, it's very beautiful." "Thank you." "I just wish" "What?" "I just wish that we didn't have to go to one of those tacky marriage parlours." "You know, the ones with the fake flowers and the justice of the peace's wife with curlers in her hair." "Ha, ha." "I've taken care of that." "In fact it should be here any minute." "I'll get that." " Mr. Fallmont?" " Yes, come in." "Thank you." "Forgive me." "I'm a little late." "We had three other weddings to perform in hotel rooms tonight." " Ha, ha." " In hotel rooms?" "Yes, it's what you might call a room-service wedding." "Ha, ha." "Very good, young man." "If I can have your first names," "I'll be happy to decorate the cake with them." "Uh, I don't think that'll be necessary." " You are the witness, I assume." " Sure am." "And one-man band." " Ha, ha." " Well, now, if you're both ready..." "Uh, yes, we are." "Do you, Clay Fallmont, take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?" "And do you promise to love, keep her and honour her in sickness and in health, and to keep yourself faithful unto her as long as you both shall live?" "I do." "And do you, Samantha Josephine Reece, take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?" "And do you promise to love, honour and keep him in sickness and in health, to keep yourself faithful unto him as long as you both shall live?" "I do." " Is there a ring?" " Yes." "Will you place it on her finger, please, and repeat after me?" "With this ring I thee wed." "With this ring I thee wed." "By the authority and the powers of this state vested in me," "I pronounce you husband and wife." "You may kiss the bride." "Dr. Adams, Radiology." "Dr. Adams, Radiology." "Blake, how is she?" "It doesn't look good." " Were you able to find Clay?" " No." "He's not at the Fallmont house." "I tried calling Sammy Jo, but she's not at Delta Rho, either." "Nobody seems to know where they've gone." "Dr. Goldberg to Emergency." "Dr. Goldberg." " How is she, Buck?" " She's gone." "No." "I'm so sorry." "I sat with her by the bed." "Held her hand, kissed it and told her how much I loved her, how much I need her." "She didn't even hear me." "Well, maybe she did hear you." "Come on." "Let's sit down." "Dr. Kelly to Paediatrics." "Dr. Kelly to Paediatrics." "I've been so miserable to her these past months, the drinking blinded me." "I said things to her I shouldn't have said." "Did things to her I shouldn't have done." "Why did I do that?" "Buck, right now think of all the good years you had with each other." "Yeah, we had some- We had some happy times." "Then remember them." "Those are the memories you've got to hold on to now." "Come in." "Mother." "Gerard gave me your message." "What are you doing working in the middle of the night?" "I am trying to meet a personal deadline about Amanda and the man she's living with." " Amanda's having an affair?" " Yes." ""Culhane, Michael."" "He's your father's ex-chauffeur." "He's now a multi-millionaire." "I've been going through these newspaper morgue files to see if there's anything else I can find." "What else?" "Well, apparently your sister's lover has quite a past." " Does Amanda know about this?" " Yes, I've told her." "She's dumped him, of course." "For about an hour." "They're back together again." " What?" " It's called sex, Adam." "Whatever it's called, Mother, we've got to stop him." "Well, I don't know whether I want to stop him." "He's an interesting man." "He's ambitious." "He's anxious to add to his fortune." "I don't think that we should do that to Amanda right now." "Nothing until you gain back her confidence." "Yes." "Besides, I'm curious about him." "What's he doing in Denver, and why?" "I think there's something missing but I think I've got a lead on it." " What's that?" " This." "An item dated September, 1983, that Gordon Wales overlooked." "Read the part I underlined." ""Questioned along with Zach Powers of Los Angeles in the SEC investigation was Michael Culhane, a New Orleans businessman."" "Now, you beat Gordon Wales in finding out about Blake's Crater." "See what you can do with this." "I want you to find out if Culhane is still involved with Zach Powers, and how involved he is with Blake's Crater." "What could father's new project possibly have to do with Culhane?" "I don't know, Adam." "I don't know." "When I find out, I'll give you the answer." "I'd like to speak to you..." "Alone if you don't mind." "Oh." "I'll see you upstairs, darling." "I heard about Emily Fallmont on the news." "Yes." "What about it?" "You're responsible for her death, Blake." "If you hadn't brought Caress back here, she'd still be alive." "I loved her once." "I loved her very much." "You don't know the meaning of the word." "And you never will." "Get your hands off me." "If you're thinking now that Emily Fallmont's dead you can destroy me, don't try it." "Necause I'll deny everything." "And without proof, all you'll be able to manage is to drag a good woman's name through the mud." "The woman hasn't been dead an hour, and you're still using her to protect yourself." "You disgust me." "Mr. Carrington." " Yes?" "This letter was left for you by Mrs. Fallmont." "Oh, thank you." "My dear Blake." "You wouldn't have lost everything if Ben had told the truth in court." "So 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." "I was the one 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." "Oh, Blake, I beg you, please, use this letter." "Emily Fallmont." ""You must use this letter to clear yourself."" "This took a lot of courage." "Yes." "It's like Emily." "Well, my mind is made up." " You're not going to use the letter." " No." "She was more than just a senator's wife." "A lot of people loved her." "She was a warm and wonderful woman, and that's the way people should remember her." "Including her sons." "I'll try Sammy Jo again, see if Clay's with her." "No answer." "We've got to find him." "We've got to let him know what's happened." "Good morning, Mrs. Fallmont." " Would you say that again?" " Okay." "Backwards this time." "Mrs. Fallmont, good morning." "I love that." "Either way." "It's music to my ears." "Our ears." "Well, that could be the radio you're hearing." "No." "It's you." "Five till 6." "Why did you set the alarm so early?" "Maybe because the sooner we make love, the better this whole day is going to be." "It's 5:55 and..." "Clay, last night" " Was quite a night, huh?" " I know that." "But are you happy that you married me?" "Yes." "I mean really and truly and all-the-way happy?" "Sammy Jo." "I'm your husband." "You're my wife." "I love you and I love that baby we're going to have." "So no more questions, okay?" "The death of Mrs. Emily Fallmont, wife of former Colorado senator, Buck Fallmont." "According to Denver Police, Mrs. Fallmont was leaving the fashionable Carlton Hotel late last evening and walking towards her car when she was hit by an oncoming taxi." "Mrs. Fallmont was then rushed to a nearby hospital in a vain effort to save her life." "Her husband was at her bedside when she died." "From San Francisco, a report..." "Mom." "Clay, I'm so sorry." "I know how much you loved her, and so did I." "Let's go." "God." "Dad." "Oh, my God, what happened?" " I got here as soon as I could." " "Soon as you could," huh?" " A night and half a day later." " I know, I" "What am I so surprised about?" "You never were around when you were needed." "You never could be counted on." "You know, the last thing your mother asked for before she" "She asked to see her son, the son who's never around." "Oh, yeah, you turn it against me." "That's okay, I'm used to it." "And if you can pull yourself out of that bottle long enough to tell me, what was she doing at that hotel?" "And why did she run out the way she did?" "I don't want to talk about it." "Well, I do." "She's my mother." "And I want to know what happened." "Now, why?" "We had a quarrel earlier in the evening." "What about this time?" "Something out of the past." "Something that happened a long, long time ago." "And which you wouldn't let go of, right?" "None of your damn business." "That's between your mother and me." "And that's the way it's gonna stay." "Now why don't you go get dressed and change your clothes, get into something right." "We've got people coming here." "Oh, okay, I'll go up and put on a dark suit and my black armband and I'll get sloshed, like you, and then I'll listen to you reminisce about how wonderful the years the two of you had together were, huh?" " We had some wonderful years." " Yeah, right." "They were." "We had some problems, but we had wonderful years." "Wonderful." "Go change your clothes." "Clay." " Sammy Jo." "Come on in." "I know you asked me to wait outside, but" " What in the hell is she doing here?" " We got married last night." "So you went and did it, eh?" "Married a Carrington." "I should have figured that." "But you always did let the family down." "Your brother, Bart, me, your mother." "My mother loved me." "Your mother loved what you could have been." "Not what you are." "Which is nothing." "My mother loved me, damn it." "Now, say it." "Say it." "My mother loved me as much as I loved her." "You're nothing." "And now you're married to nothing." "Clay, let's go." "Yeah, we'll go, Sammy Jo." "We'll get out of here, for good." " I'll get us some coffee, okay?" " I don't want anything, thanks." "You didn't say a word in the car." "Want to talk?" "I asked my mom once what I could do about him." "With Bart being the only thing he gave a damn about." "And she said, "lt'll change, you'll see."" "It didn't." "I never really had a father." "Thank God I've got you, Sammy Jo." "Thank God you're gonna have our baby." "I'm gonna be a real father to it." "A real father." "I'm glad you agreed to have lunch with me, darling." "I knew you were hesitant when I called you." "Does that surprise you?" "After the way you treated Michael at dinner last night?" "Well, I didn't mean to hurt either of you." "Now, I've apologised." "Isn't that the point of us getting together?" "Oh, Howard, we'll order a little later." "The fact is, I rather like your Mr. Culhane." " Really?" " Yes." "Unlike your father who bears this terrible grudge against him," "I like the way he attacks, for one thing." "Something like you, Mother?" "Well, if being open and honest is something like me, yes." "He's ambitious." "He's obviously made a fortune in the past few years." "And also he seems to know the right people to deal with in business." "Like Zach Powers, for instance." "Has he ever mentioned Zach Powers to you?" "What's this really about, Mother?" "Did you invite me here to pump me about Michael?" "Darling, if I wanted to find out information about Michael," "I have plenty of contacts I can call." "Except, I happen to be living with him at the moment." "And I'm the closest source right now." "I'm not very hungry." "Come on in." "The door's unlocked." "Where's Danny?" "Who are you?" "I'm his mother, that's who." "Oh, I'm Claire Prentice." "Um, of course you're wondering where Danny is." "Everything's fine." "He's at the park with his nanny." "It's good for him to get out after we have had one of our sessions." "What kind of session?" " A therapy session." " For Danny?" "Why does Danny need any therapy?" "He needs help because he's been living with confusion all his life, and it has finally caught up with him." "You are the confusion, Steven." "You and the interesting life you've led all" "Let's not talk about me." "Let's talk about our son." "You are manipulating Danny." "And I will not have it." "I got married last night." "I'm Mrs. Clay Fallmont now." "It's quite a name in Colorado." "And I intend to use it, in court, to get my son back." "And I'll win this time." "So you can tell your therapist to stop wasting her time." "Because Danny's not going to be here much longer." "I'm sorry, I" "When I realised that she was Danny's mother," "I thought that she would be happy that he was getting help." "She won't be happy until she takes Danny away from me." "But that's never going to happen." "Ever." "I'll do all I can to help you." "I really want you to know that." "Let's let the public know that the Black and White Ball is going to be Denver's event of the decade." "I want features on the menu, the guest list, the decor." "I want constant emphasis on the fact that the Alexis Colby Foundation will be launched at the ball." "As for the photographers, I" "I've got a lead on Culhane." "What lead?" "He's been playing it very big in Denver." "Fifty million dollars deposited and withdrawn in one day." "The same day Zach Powers made his deal with Blake." "I knew it, Adam." "I knew it." "He's Blake's silent partner." "The one that Zach Powers wouldn't mention." "Oh, I can suddenly taste the future and it's absolutely delicious." "You promised that we would work together to help Amanda." "What you're doing is competing for her love, making me out to be an ogre, while you set yourself up as the concerned parent." " No, I'm not." " No?" "What about Michael Culhane?" "You volunteer to get information about him." "Amanda tells me you invited them here for dinner." "Yes." "As my dear old mother used to say:" "You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." "Alexis, our daughter is going through a very bad time." "And no matter what we feel about each other, this is an area that we should be working together in." "Well, we will." "You know I'd never do anything to hurt Amanda." "Good." "I hope you mean that." "I do." "All right." "Now what have you found out about Culhane?" "Nothing of any importance." "Yet." "You're lying." "You're lying through your teeth." "These are the papers you wanted." "I'll wait while you check them." "Steven, what's the matter?" "Are you upset because of the memorial service?" "No." "I mean, you know how much I liked Emily." "But, no, that's not it." "What is it?" "Krystle, I've got to talk to somebody." "Now that Sammy Jo and Clay are married, I'm in a hell of a spot." "There's a chance, a good chance, that they could take Danny away from me." ""They"?" " Has Clay talked to you about this?" " No." "No, but Sammy Jo sure has." "She's done enough harm already." "She insults the therapist I hired." "She confuses Danny by talking about this baby brother or sister he's going to have soon." "And then she threatens me with taking Danny away from me." "Steven, maybe part of this is your fault too." "My fault?" "How?" "I've done everything I can to keep the peace." "I let her see Danny any time she wants, within reason." "I let her and Clay take him to the circus, to ball games, name it." "I'm talking about your attitude towards her." "Meaning what?" "You're still treating her like the irresponsible child she was when you married her." "She's made some mistakes, but she's also learned from them and changed." "And she deserves to be treated like the adult she's become." "I think the two of you should sit down and talk." "You think she'll come around and everything will be fine." "Is that it?" "Well, the way you're doing it now is getting you nowhere." "I mean, if you do talk, like two adults, maybe everything will be fine." "Why don't you think about it?" "Okay." "I will." "Good." "Your turn." "Well, one of those has got to be the Old Maid." " Mommy." " Hi, sweetheart." "All right, I'm going to pick this one." " That's not fair." " Oh, Danny, I'm always fair." " Are you, Alexis?" " Ha, ha." "Mommy, we're playing Old Maid." "Alexis won." "That's no surprise." "Now why don't you get nanny to take you to the playground?" " Okay." " Goodbye, sweetheart." "Well, you finally pulled it off, didn't you?" "I finally have a chance to welcome the not-so-pure and not-so-blushing bride back to Denver." "How would you like to walk out of here with that deck of cards stuck between your teeth?" "You may have fooled Clay Fallmont into thinking that you were the perfect wife and the perfect mother but you don't fool me." "And what are you trying to do, Alexis?" "Get all of Denver into thinking you're the" "Wait, how did your newspaper rag put it, the "Empress of the City"?" "And I hear you're throwing a black and blue party just to prove it." "It's Black and White Ball, dear." "And I'm not out to bruise anyone, just overwhelm them." "I've heard of social climbers, but you've had them build you a new ladder, haven't you?" "A steel one, so it doesn't topple over when someone out there tries to push it." "If you think that you can insult me, you little slut, you can't even make a dent." "But I'm going to keep on firing at you because you're an easy target until you get the message." "What message?" "Now that you're Mrs. Clay Fallmont, don't get any ideas about getting Danny back." "Oh, I'll get him back." "Just wait and see." "Oh, no, you won't." "Because I happen to be a woman who has considerable influence with certain officials, and I will see to it that their door is slammed in your ice-cream-parlour face once and for all." "Yeah?" "Come in." "Well." "Sorry, we're not hiring today." "Oh, that's very, very funny, Mr. Kimball." "Look, no matter what you may feel about me, and I know it's not terrific," "I prefer to be called Nick." "All right." "So, what can I do for you, Dominique?" "I've read your operations report on The Crater." " I don't like what I see." " For instance?" "Well, your transportation costs are too high." "I don't understand all of these expenses that are chalked up to maintenance." "Lady, listen, I, uh" "I'm gonna be honest with you." "I don't appreciate your sticking your pretty nose into my business." "Nick, I have invested more money in Carrington Ventures than you've seen in your entire life." "As a matter of fact, when it comes to handling finances, you're not exactly talking to a novice." "But we're here in Colorado and you don't know anything about getting gas and oil from the ground, and besides, I wasn't aware of the fact that I was supposed to be taking orders from you." "Have a nice trip back to town." "When I have time to work on it, you'll get your memos." "You do that." "Take care." " Sorry I'm late." " Mm." " There was a conference." " It's all right." "But suddenly I've got a problem." "Something just developed and I have to get to a meeting." " With your mother." " What?" "She called, invited me to the mansion for cocktails, said it was important." " I'll go with you." " She asked me to come alone." "I don't want you to go, Michael." "Ah, I'm curious to find out what she's got in mind." "Hey, come on." "I know what's bothering you." "You think it won't be for anybody's good but her own." "There is one person on this earth who's important to me." "You." "And if this in any way affects you, I'll tell the lady off, okay?" "Come here." "How about walking me to my car?" "Dexter." "Amanda." " I didn't realise you knew one another." " Barely." "This will be just fine, thank you." " Oh, hello, Dominique." " Dex." " Care for something to drink?" " Yes, uh, just an espresso, please." "Make that two espressos." "Well, you saw Nick Kimball at The Crater." "Yes, I certainly did." "And what of it?" "You look about as thrilled as he did when he told me about it." "Oh, he complained?" "Ha, ha." "Well, that's just too damned bad." "Dominique, he's one of the best in the business." "I don't throw around compliments." "You know that." "If that's supposed to put a lid on my asking questions," "I'm sorry, it's not going to." "When I ask questions, I expect answers." "I'm sure that he'll give you answers." "Yes, when he has the time." "Well, you'd better tell him for me, Dex, he better make the time." "Thank you." "Dominique, why are you being so hard on him?" "Is there something you're not telling me?" "As far as I'm concerned, there's really nothing to know." "Dex, I have a very large stake in this business and I don't want anyone to endanger it." "I don't think that it's all business." "I think it's also personal." "It's about $50 million, Dex." "Believe me." "It is not personal." "How do you like your martini, Michael?" " Very dry." " So do I." "All right, Marie, I'll fix them." "You can go." "First of all, I want to apologise for my directness at dinner the other night." "I was only trying to protect my daughter." " You do understand?" " Not really." "Protect her from what?" "She's not use to dealing with men as complex as you." "Oh, I see." "She's on the naive side." " Somewhat." " Not like her mother." "Let's just say that," "I could match you, or any other man in any field, any time." "You know something, Alexis, that could be a very interesting encounter." "You and me in any field." " Something wrong?" " Oh, no." "As a matter of fact, there's something very right." "You." "I'm not surprised Amanda is so beautiful." "She has a gorgeous mother whose eyes are like emeralds." "Thank you, Michael." "It's funny, I never liked diamonds on women." "But emeralds always turn me on." "You know what turns me on, Michael?" "Power, strength, and daring." "It took a lot of courage for you to put $50 million of your own money into Blake's company and become his silent partner in The Crater." "No reaction?" "Well, maybe this will get a reaction from you." "I'm willing to give you $60 million for your share." "Deal?" "Well, if I were Blake's silent partner," "I'd have to think that one over very carefully." "Oh, do that." "And maybe this could be the beginning of a long and very interesting relationship." " Cheers." " Cheers." "Michael Culhane?" "Yeah, I knew him in Alberta, Canada." "When was that?" "About three years ago when we were both bidding on oil property." "He got one of the girls who worked for me drunk, and into bed, so he could get the figures on my bid and undercut me." "Oh, that sounds like Culhane." "How could you have possibly found out about it?" "The girl came to me after he dumped her, told me what had happened." " He's dirt, Blake." " Yeah." "Now it's Amanda's turn." "I've tried everything possible to get her to see him as he really is." "Maybe I'll have better luck if I try to talk to her." "No." "No, thank you, it's my problem." "I'll take care of it." "I'll find a way." "So therefore, it was only appropriate that Adnan Khashoggi would use the Aschberg Palace here in Vienna, Austria, for Mohamed's 21st birthday party." "Mr. and Mrs. Khashoggi and family..." "I'm Robin Leech with champagne wishes and caviar dreams." "We look forward to being with you on the next Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." "Yes?" "Come in." "Cassie." "Cassie." "Where have you been?" "You haven't been to work." "I've been so worried about you." "The fact is I'm fine now." "And I've come to say goodbye." "I'm leaving Denver." "Leaving?" "Why?" "To get my life in order." "It's been a bit of a mess." "I thought I could put it together here, but, well, the trouble is it just isn't working out." "Oh, Cassie." "How can you leave?" "We just started having a relationship like real sisters." "I can't stay here, Alexis." "I'm afraid." " Afraid of what?" " Of Ben." "He's dangerous." "He's capable of any sort of crime." "Even murder." " Oh, Cassie" " Yes, he is." "He tried to have me killed to keep me away from Emily." "I'm afraid, for myself, and for you." "Don't you think you're getting a bit carried away by your imagination?" "No, I'm not." "Don't ever turn your back on him." "I mean that." "Please." "Be careful." "Don't worry." "I never turn my back on anyone." "Who is it?" "Mr. Kimball." "I brought your memos." "You might have phoned from the lobby to tell me that you were on your way up." "That day at the recording studio, you called me self-centred, conceited and over-confident." "Now I guess you can add impolite to that list." "Who knows where we'll go from here?" "Besides, now I know what you look like when you're relaxing." "You look wonderful." "I'll read this and let you know what I think." "Thank you." "What's the problem, Dominique?" "Are you afraid of involvement?" " What are you talking about?" " With me." "Is that why you keep putting me off?" "Nick, I keep putting you off because I don't believe we have anything in common." "Look, I know you've been divorced." "I know you broke off with a man at your engagement party." "Maybe you're a little gun-shy." "Oh, please, Nick." "I" "I don't want to take the rap for Brady Lloyd and Garrett Boydston." "Then don't." "And as far as my being afraid of involvement is concerned," "I'm not afraid of any man." "Good." "Then maybe I'm home free." "Listen, mister, you're a long way from home." "I'm going to bed alone tonight." "Goodnight." " Hello, Amanda." " My father sent you." "No, no." "In fact, he told me not to come." "But I thought I should." "If it's about Michael and the problems you had in Wyoming, he already told me about them." "Right, uh, his side." "It's the only side I care about, Dex." "Amanda, he's a user." "He uses women." "Women are objects for him to manipulate." "I don't want to hear any more of this, Dex." "Look, when your father came between the two of us, he was right." "We both know that now." "He is just as right about Michael Culhane." "Dex." "What are you doing here?" "Talking about you." " Get out." " All right." "I'll go." "Amanda's very special to me, Culhane." "And I'm gonna keep looking out for her." "Don't forget that." "I said, get out, Dexter." " Don't let him upset you, Michael." " Mm." "Him?" "He doesn't upset me." " It's your mother." " My mother?" " What happened?" " Nothing yet." "But she knows I'm Blake's partner." " How?" " I don't know." "But she promised to keep it from him until I was ready to tell him myself." "When she finds out I'm not playing her kind of game, she'll spill it." "I can't let that happen, Amanda." "Yeah?" " Well, what is it, Caress?" " Emily Fallmont is dead." "Your secret is safe, Ben." "So there's no point in my staying in Denver, is there?" "It really wouldn't bother me if you did stay, now that you're harmless." " What are you going to do?" " A little writing." "Well, I'd stick to fiction if I were you." "Memoirs can be dangerous." "Look, on the remote chance that I might want to get in touch with you, where are you heading?" "Oh, didn't I mention it?" "The Crillon." "I've always loved Paris." "Yes, it's Caress Morell." "I ordered a limousine." "That's right." "To the airport." "I have to catch the 11:00 flight to Australia." "You're sure the car is on its way?" "Good." "I'm in a hurry." "So that's the whole story." "I planned to seduce Amanda, then dump her and I used Zach Powers to become your silent partner in The Crater." "And now you're ready to throw it all in my face." "I intended to." "To get even for what you did to me five years ago." "Having me thrown out of Denver." "I could have sold out to Alexis." "She offered me $60 million." "I turned her down because" "Because what?" "Because things have changed." "I've fallen in love with Amanda." "And I ask you now for your understanding." "For your acceptance." "I suppose you're asking on your bended knee." "If you want me to, I'll get down on my knee." "Blake, I love your daughter." "And I want to work with you as a real partner." "A partner." "After all you've done to my family, all the lying, cheating, and the pain that you've caused, you've got the nerve enough to ask to be my partner?" " Listen to me." " Get out of my way." " For God's sake, will you listen to me?" " I said, get out of my way." " What did he want?" " He wants to be my partner." "Can you imagine, after all he's done." "My partner." "I won't have it." "Damn it, I won't have it." "If I have to, I'll shut down The Crater." "I'll get everything back." "Get it back?" "How?" "Emily wanted me to use this letter." "I'm going to use it." "I'll get them." "I'll get the whole pack of them."