" It's amazing." " Yes, indeed, you are." "I mean being here in Rio." "It's going on winter back home and it's summer here." "I couldn't get over that in school." "It's mind-boggling." "Speaking of mind-boggling." "Mr. Carrington, Mrs. Carrington, I am Joaquin Palmas, manager of the Cocacabana Playa Hotel." "I bid you welcome and, of course, on behalf of Mr. De Vilbis, who telephoned me personally just before your arrival to make sure your honeymoon be as special as possible." " Well, that's vey nice of Peter, isn't it?" " Yes." "This luncheon represents a touch of Rio de Janeiro." "Several specialties to serve as an introduction to our exciting and romantic city." "So, please, enjoy it." " Thank you vey much indeed." " Thank you." "Darling, are you really hungy?" "Well, we should have something." "They've gone through a lot of trouble." "I know, but why not a little bit later?" "After all, the man did say that this is a romantic city." "We don't wanna make a liar out of him, do we?" "No." "Not wasting any time, are we?" " The wedding's over." " Just like our marriage." "Blake and Kystle are in Rio." "And you're on your way down the hall." "Can you give me one good reason why I shouldn't be?" "None that I can think of." "In case we don't see each other, when's our appointment with Andrew Laird?" "I don't know yet." "What do you mean?" "Didn't you talk to him at the wedding last night?" "Yes, about Blake and Kystle." "Kirby, it was a wedding, and talking about signing divorce papers seemed a little morbid to me." "So you'll make the arrangements today?" "Yes." "Kirby, we did the right thing, pretending for their sake, letting them enjoy their honeymoon." "We'll be ruining their homecoming soon enough." "Alexis?" "She's out." "You'll have to call her long distance." "Soon as she gets back, we're taking off for Rio." "Well, look, there's been a change of plans." "The only place you're taking off is up those stairs with her bags." "Look, pal, I work for Mrs. Colby." "Nobody else tells me what to do." "Fine." "If these are too heavy for you, I could" "You wanna get your hands off it?" " What the hell is going on here?" " l was just showing him the way out." "Well, first of all, why don't we find out why he thinks he's in." "Look, I came here to ty to stop you from making a fool of yourself." "Oh, really?" "Your time should be spent on you, Alexis." "Don't waste it on bitter memories." "is that what you came here to tell me?" "Look, from where l stand," "Blake Carrington was a fool to ever let you go, but he did." "That's his mistake." "I'm here right now for you." "That sounds like an invitation." "Yes, to let the past die and look hard at your future instead." "Well, the past never dies, but you could be right." "The future could be interesting." "Why don't you call the airline and cancel my reservation." "The number's next to the phone." "Yes, I'm calling for Alexis Colby." "I'm wanna cancel her reservations on Flight" " Five-forty-nine." " Five-four-nine." "Yes." "I see." "Thank you." "It'd already been cancelled." "Of course." "By me." "You see, I don't waste my time on bitter memories." "Blake Carrington is still a part of my life, and when I destroy him, it's not gonna be in his hotel room, it's going to be in his boardroom." "You could have told me." "I just did." "Your lesson for today." "I make and cancel my own reservations, and I run my own life." "Ms. Kendall?" "Mr. Laird. I'll be out of your way in just a minute." "I wasn't aware the Public Relations Department kept their files in this room." "Well, as Kystle said before she left," "Public Relations must frequently deal with private matters." "And one must always be prepared." "Which is why she gave me the keys." "Marcia, has Mr. Carrington called in with any messages for me?" "No, he hasn't." "But I have you down for a 2:" "OO with a reporter from The Chronícle." "Yes, I know. I'll be waiting for him in Mrs. Carrington's office." "Mrs. Carrington's office?" "No one told me you were going to be using Mrs. Carrington's office." "Well, I'm telling you now, Marcia." "I am speaking for the company in her absence, and I will do it in a proper office behind a proper desk." "How would you like a nightcap?" "I'll have a sip of whatever you have." "But in case nobody's ever told you, you samba vey well." "Yep." "Watch out, Mr. Astaire." "And Mr. Kelly." "Oh, not all that well, Mr. Carrington." "Well, you give me two more weeks here and nothing is going to stop me." "To a lifetime of happiness." "To a lifetime of happiness." "What were you thinking about a little while ago?" "When?" "Oh, a moment ago in the car." "I know that pensive Kystle look." "I was thinking about us." "You especially, how..." "How what?" "How you've given so much to me." "And there's something I wanna give to you." "I have you." "That's all I need." "I wanna give you a child, Blake." "Oh, darling." "You've lived through one disappointment already." "I don't think I can bear to see you suffer that way again, ever." "There's a risk with eveything in life." " A child of our own" " Yes, but we have little Blake and we're gonna have another child under our roof vey soon." "Kirby and Jeff's." "And we'll love them both as if they were our vey own." " You're not eating." " l'm not hungy." "And you're angy." " Am I?" " Yes, what's wrong?" "You promised to call Andrew Laird today, remember?" "I did call him." "He said he couldn't make it until tomorrow." "Kirby, we're not eloping this time." "It takes a little longer for a divorce." "Yes." "And, meanwhile, we have to wait and pretend to go on living like a normal couple, which we're not." "I'm going out for a while." "I'll be back later." "Oh, go away, Jeff." " He lust did." " Oh, not now, Adam." "Leave me alone." "I can't do that, Kirby." "You need me." "I don't need anyone." "Least of all, you." "You need my love." "What do you know about love?" "I knew nothing about it until I met you." "Your brand of love belongs in an alley, Adam." "Yes, I know about the alley." "I spent most of my life there." "I thought I could never love anyone." "And it didn't matter because, for me, love was something you suffered through." "You waited for it to end, leave you alone again, so why bother?" "Well, now we found we have something in common." "Kirby." " Yesterday, I asked you to mary me." " Oh, yes." "Your sense of moral responsibility, paternal obligation." "Call it whatever you want but I learned something about myself." "And no matter how hard I ty to ignore it," "Adam Carrington loves you as he's never loved anyone else in his life before." "I don't want your love." "We all change." "We all change." " Given a chance together, we could" " What?" "End up like Jeff and me?" "No, thank you." "Keep your love." "The baby and I will be just fine." "Will you?" "Look at me, Kirby." "Look at me." "You're looking at a man who was deprived of his birthright." "I did not know who I was." "is that what you want for our child?" "He'll grow up hating you because you stole what was rightfully his." "Which would you prefer?" "Him hating me or growing up a Carrington and hating you?" "I love you and I want to mary you." "But if you ty to take my child away from me, to keep him from his family rights, I'll fight you all along the way if I have to to make sure that he knows that when his name is called," "that name is Carrington." "Yeah." "And don't you give Mrs. Gordon a hard time." "Come on, you have to be a little older to do that, sweetheart." "Well, Danny, ready for another tough day in the park?" " Morning." " Good morning." "See you later, pal." "I'm keeping my eye on that one." "Why, Mrs. Gordon?" "What's he done?" "Oh, nothing, I guess." "Except, evey day he comes by and calls Danny by his name." "A little too friendly." "Well, is that all?" "He probably heard it from you." "All the same, you'd think he'd have something better to do than hang around a park all day." "Oh, I don't know. I think this is a lovely place to spend the day." "Except if you're late for work." "I've gotta run." "Mrs. Gordon, you know where to get me if you need anything." " Bye-bye." " Bye." "What say we go home and frost your daddy's birthday cake?" "And you, my love, will lick the spoon." "And when you get to Flat Rock, I want you to take this to Mr. Dyer and inform him that we are a little curious as to why wells Number 4 and Number 6 have shown a 20-percent decrease in profits recently, all right?" "And I want you to go to Bulldog Creek" "Mother, mother, I'm only gonna be there for a few hours." "Oh, I know, darling, but I promise you, you'll be back in plenty of time to pay your respects to your father and his new wife." " l did promise, you know." " l know." "Claudia told me about your birthday plans." "It's all right." "She's your wife, she should come first." "How about a little post-birthday celebration?" "Just the three of us." "Yes, I'd like that. I'll fix the date, and then we'll go from there." " Great." "Bye-bye." " Bye." "Oh, speaking of dates, whatever happened to the start-up date for the Tar Sands project?" "Well, you should have that information on your desk by now." "When it comes to the Lex-Dex Corporation, mother, there is no information." "Not only has your silent partner failed to notify me, but I can't even find him." "Any ideas?" "I don't keep tabs on his evey movement, Steven." "I'm not suggesting you should but he is your partner." "He has a certain obligation to at least stay in touch." "Steven, Eric is waiting for you at the airport." "If you want to be back in time, I suggest that you go and leave Mr. Dexter to me." "I can handle him." "Hello, Alexis." " Dex." " And goodbye, Steven." "I see your son still approves of me." " He has a mind of his own." " Inherited from you, no doubt." "I'm busy, Dex." "I usually make an appointment when I want to see someone." "I don't remember having made one with you." "You and I have had an appointment for a long time, Alexis, and we both know it." "Check with my secretay." "He'll see if he can fit you in." "No need to." "Believe me, we fit." " You're vey presumptuous." " Not at all." "I don't have time for games, Alexis, and that's what we've been playing." "Now, I've lust spent the last two weeks away from you, deliberately." "Two weeks." "Seems like only yesterday since I threw you out of my apartment." "Two weeks in Australia, Alexis." "I pretended to go there on family business but, the fact is, I needed that time to think about my life." "Where it's been, where it's going, and with whom." "It always came down to one woman." "You." "Sory, you're dealing with a disinterested party." "Oh, at first, that's what I thought." "You tried to shut me out too many times, Alexis, to be disinterested." "You're afraid of me." "Afraid." "Nothing frightens me, Dex." " If you knew me, you'd know that." " Come on, save it." "You're frightened because you want me as much as I want you." "Two weeks in the outback and this is what you come up with?" "No." "I spent most of my time searching for the one thing on this earth that comes closest to matching you." "This." "Oh, my God." "It's breathtaking." "The setting was designed by me." "Each stone was handpicked by me." "And each facet was cut to reflect your beauty." "You are afraid." "Don't be." "It's not a collar, Alexis, it's a tribute." " l can't." " Yes, you can." "Magnificent." "Peter was right about you, Mr. Pinero." "You are a brilliant architect." "Then you are pleased." "Pleased?" "When I think of what this wing could have looked like, compared to what it will look like with your designs..." "To genius." "Let us say, to a man who tries vey hard to please." "And to our mutual friend, Peter." "My father's returning from his honeymoon today." "I've sent copies of this over to his office, which I'm sure he'll approve on sight, so we can begin construction immediately." "I feel guilty not staying to oversee the project." "Oh, that's all right." "You've already done more than I dreamed was possible." " Are you sure?" " l'm sure." "Before you go to Rio, though, I would like you to meet my contractor to go over the specifications." " This afternoon all right?" " That would be fine." "Sory, Fallon, I thought you were alone." "Perfect timing." "Meet Ernesto Pinero." " Ernesto, my brother, Adam." " Peter De Vilbis' master builder." "Not quite." "There are vey few masters in the world." " _te logo, Fallon." " Goodbye." " Muíto prazer, Señor Carrington." " Hey." " Pretty impressive, huh?" " Yeah, I'm impressed, all right." "Have you gone over the cost estimates for this dream house of yours?" " Of course I have." " Then you're aware how little relationship they bear to reality." " In your opinion." " My experienced opinion, yes." "Well, I don't agree." "Because Peter De Vilbis says so." "Fallon, lust because a man looks good in a dinner jacket does not necessarily mean he's a good businessman." "His business is none of your business." "Look, not only am I in charge of Blake's real estate operations, but I'm also, whether you like it or not, your brother." "I don't wanna see you hurt, financially or personally." "Why don't you let me wory about Peter De Vilbis." "That's the problem, Fallon." "You don't wory." "I've talked to De Vilbis." "Cotton candy." "Sickeningly sweet and full of air." "Since when are you an authority on relationships between a man and a woman?" "Look, I have work to do." "So I sign here?" "Kirby, you don't have to sign this right now." "So why don't you think about it for a while." "Because I'm tired of thinking." "I lust want this over with." "It's been two weeks." "And what about Jeff and what you're doing to him?" "He's better off, believe me." "What's the matter, Kirby?" "Nothing." "I'm fine." "Thank you for coming." "They say that one out of two end in divorce." "For me, it's two out of two." "How long before it's final?" "Ninety days from filing and I did that two weeks ago." "Good." "Good." "That's quite a comment on my life, isn't it?" "It's not a fait accompli, Jeff." "I can undo a divorce easier than I can a marriage." "The marriage is undone, Andrew." "Come on, Jeff. I don't believe that." "It says it right there in your petition." ""lrretrievable breakdown." "Irreconcilable differences."" "Tell that to the judge." "This is me, my friend." "I've never known you to walk away from differences, let alone a baby." "Now listen, I was at the airport when your father flew to Korea, and I was there when they flew his body back." "I couldn't do anything about that." "But don't expect me to sit back and watch you destroy your life." "Andrew, I appreciate your concern and your loyalty, but it is my life." "Now, are you going to handle the divorce or am I going to have to find someone else?" "All right. I'll proceed with this." "But at the risk of overstepping my bounds, let me ask you something." "I'm a trained observer, and I wonder, I lust wonder, if your split with Kirby doesn't have something to do with Fallon, something you still feel for her that you haven't quite overcome." "Andrew, what I may or may not feel toward Fallon has nothing to do with Kirby and my divorce." "Nothing." "I hope that's true for eveyone's sake." "Eveything seems to be happening so quickly." "You and Kirby, this divorce." "Fallon and Peter De Vilbis." "Has she talked to you about him and their plans for the future?" "Fallon leads her own life." "What she does with this De Vilbis, that's her business." "Except for one thing, Jeff." "If they get married, he becomes your son's stepfather." "Think about that too." " Who is it?" " Ernesto." "Where is Peter?" "Oh, I imagine he's still in the clouds with Fallon Colby." "Well, he had better land soon." "There's a line of anxious friends waiting to greet him." "What are you so nervous about, Ernesto?" "I received a call from the bank." "They know I am leaving for Rio tonight and they expect a payment from me on arrival." "So?" "Take a later flight." "You know, Everett l'm a bit tired of your attitude." "I borrowed $2 million to finish that damn hotel of Peter's." "He owes me." "He just paid you 1 million from his sale of half interest in Allegree to Blake Carrington." "From the money he is squandering on his habit lately, what guarantees do I have about getting that money?" "My friend, you wory too much." "Why the hell am I talking to you?" "You tell Peter, when he is through with Blake Carrington's daughter that I will talk to him, not to his puppet." "Now you listen to me." "I speak for Peter De Vilbis at his request." "And whatever's thrown at him, I catch first, and I don't play softball." "Understand?" "Now, when you get off your plane in Rio, you tell your welcoming committee that Peter De Vilbis has just about struck oil." "And he always pays his debts." "Kystle." "Daddy." " Hello." " Welcome home." "What a vey welcome welcoming committee you are." " Hi." " Here." " How was Rio?" " Rio was beautiful." "Your hotel is magnificent." " Well, thank you." " What is this?" "Oh, well, we knew you weren't gonna wanna leave your hotel room so we did some shopping for you." "Souvenirs from Rio." "Well, we did manage to do some shopping ourselves, but it's a lovely idea." "Thank you." "Now look, we got a long ride home, why don't we continue it in the car." "We didn't come out with Alfred, Daddy." "We're gonna stay here." "Peter's giving me my first flying lesson." "A flying lesson?" " Don't wory, she's in good hands." " l am." "Well, shouldn't a licensed instructor be along?" "Peter's been flying since he was 18." "He flies his own jets." "Don't wory, I'll be perfectly safe." "And, besides, I have a vested interest." "See you later." "Vested interest." "Just what exactly does that mean to you?" "Oh, I see." " Mrs. Carrington." " Yes, Ray." "I've been looking for you." "Mrs. Gordon's been tying to get you." " She said it's urgent." " Thank you." "Mrs. Gordon, it's Mrs. Carrington." "What is it?" "That man." "That man in the park I was telling you about." "What about him?" "He followed us." "He's outside now." " He followed you?" " Yes." "Double lock the door and don't let anyone in until I get there." "I'm on my way." "All right, all right, Mrs. Carrington." "Bye." "There's no one down there." "Are you sure?" "Oh, yes, yes, I'm sure." "He was right across the street, Mrs. Carrington." "And I could swear he was looking up here." "Well, maybe he lust lives in the area." "Looking up." "And that's not all." "There was a phone call afterwards." "It was his voice. I know it." "He asked what number it was and I said, "Who is this?"" "And he hung up." "Mrs. Carrington, I think we should call the police." "And say what?" "That a man was standing on the corner, and then someone called and asked what number this was?" "But after the terrible thing that happened to little Blake... I mean, the kidnapping." "Mrs. Gordon, nothing has happened here." "You were right to call me, but there's no need to panic." "No, of course not." "I'll just go and check on little Danny." "Hello, this is Mrs. Carrington." "Is my husband back yet?" "Well, can he be reached?" "Well, look, could you please ty and get through to him as soon as possible?" "It's vey important." "So this is the official end of the Colbyco merger, huh?" "Yes." "We can safely say that it's past histoy that never happened." "You can safely say it's the end of Alexis' little scheme as well." "Good work, Andrew." "Good work." "I appreciate your keeping an eye on things while I was gone." "Both eyes, Blake." "Which brings me to a rather delicate subject." "What's that?" "When I went to get these papers, I discovered Kystle's assistant going through the confidential files." "Well, nothing unusual about that." "Kystle gave Tracy the key." "You think that was wise?" "Kystle's the head of the department." "I trust her decision." "Well, that's up to you, Blake." "But confidential means just that." "And giving an underling access to that kind of information" "Andrew, that underling happens to be a vey capable young woman." "What's bothering you?" "You've been on edge since you walked in here." "It's got nothing to do with a loose key, either." "Come on now, what is it?" "I'm lust concerned that..." "Oh, never mind." "Andrew, what is it?" "I don't wanna talk about it right now." "Hello?" "Well, hello, Claudia, how are you?" "Looking forward to tonight, I" "What is it?" "Claudia, what's the matter?" "Now, ty to relax, Claudia." "Kystle is showing Mrs. Gordon her room and with our security people outside, Danny couldn't be safer." "Well, maybe I overreacted, but when I couldn't reach Steven, I" " You did exactly the right thing." " l don't know." "Maybe nothing." "It's lust I started thinking about little Blake and the kidnapping." "You don't have to apologise for bringing Danny here." "This is where he belongs until we get this straightened out." "Well, at least until Steven comes home." "Yes." "And then what?" "The two of you spending your days with Danny behind locked doors, wondering where and who that man is." "That's too great a risk to take." "Blake, he can't stay here indefinitely." "He has a home." "Yes, he does." "You all do." "Right here with us." "Live here?" "Oh, Blake, I'm delighted that you and Steven are finding each other again, but he would never agree to that." "Now, there is no reason, under the circumstances, why the three of you shouldn't stay here." "I mean, after all, it's for the baby's sake and we are family." "Now, please, I want you to think about that." " Is eveything all right?" " Well, Mrs. Gordon's settled" " and Danny's asleep, finally." " Good." "Thank you." "Well, I still have a job to do." "Blake, I'll think about that." " Maybe we can talk it over at dinner." " Fine." "Will you tell Mrs. Gordon that I'll call her in about an hour?" " Yes." " Thanks." "Which reminds me, I have a meeting across town." "Oh, darling, you know, that flight from Rio was a long one and you're not expected in the office today, why don't you lust play hoom and take advantage of the fact that Danny's in the house." "Well, I would like to spend some time with him." "Good." "Blake, what did you ask Claudia to think about?" "Something that might make your wish to have another baby under the roof come true." "You owe me an explanation, Claudia, and I want one right now." "Alexis, I did not move Danny in with Blake and Kystle as an attack on you." "That child belongs to me just as much as he does to Blake." "I am not denying that." "But right now, Danny is safer at Blake's than anywhere else." "But that place is a prison." "It's got guards, it's got fences, it's got visiting hours." "Now Blake refuses to allow me in." "What am I supposed to do?" "Send Danny a postcard?" "Steven and I will bring Danny to see you anytime you want." "Now, Steven is that child's father and he makes the decisions, not you, Claudia." "Understand this, Alexis." "As far as Steven is concerned, I am Danny's mother." "And I don't need anyone's permission to act where my son's safety is concerned." "Safety?" "With Blake Carrington?" "That man destroys, Claudia." "He destroys from within." "And what would you do, Alexis, to satisfy your hatred of Blake?" "Would you ieopardise Danny's safety?" "If that's true, I feel sory for you." "And that really is all that I have to say." "Then we both said all there is to say." "For now." "Mrs. Carrington?" "Mrs. Carrington?" " Yes, Jeannette." " It's Kirby, Mrs. Carrington." " l'm worried about her." " Well, what's wrong?" "It's her ring finger." "It's terribly swollen." "It's as though her wedding band is cutting off the circulation." " You can't get it off?" " We've tried eveything." "Soap, oil." "She's in a great deal of pain and I don't know what to do." " Where is she?" " Downstairs in the kitchen." "Call Tony at the stable." "Have him bring a tool that will cut through gold." "Be careful, Tony." "It hurts." "Hury, please." "Hold still, Kirby, it's just about over." " Hury, Tony." " Just about." "Oh, hury, hury, please." " l'll take that." "Thank you, Tony." " It's over." "Eveything's fine." "It's fine." "And don't wory about the ring." "I'll take it to Jensen's, have it repaired, and it will be back on your finger before Jeff gets home." "It isn't just one finger." "It's all of my fingers." "Look at my hands." "Oh, my God." "What is it?" "I'll call a doctor."