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May 9, 2002
Rae: Well, I am glad that we can all have dinner together.
Skye: So you've said, Mother. Three times now.
Rae: Have I? Oh, sorry.
Jax: [to Skye about her wrap] Here, let me get this.
Skye: Thank you. Oh, you know what? I'm going to go check on our table. I'll be right back.
Rae: Ok. Jax, there's something that I want you to know. I'm not a meddler by nature, well, maybe professionally I am, but I'm certainly not one of those mothers that shines a light on every area of their child's life.
Jax: I wouldn't expect otherwise.
Rae: You know, there's a lot about Skye I don't know. I didn't raise her. Oh, I'm sure you already know that, she's told you. I've missed so much of her life and both of us have a lot to learn about each other. I don't seem to be saying this very well, do I?
 Jax: You can say what whatever you want, Rae. It'll stay confidential between us.
Rae: Ok. Skye told me about how invaluable you were with AJ when he needed help.
Jax: Your daughter is a very special woman.
Rae: Well, you're a very charming man, that's quite clear. The problem is charm can be a little deceptive. So I want you to forgive me for what I'm going to ask you right now. Can Skye trust you?
Jax: Yeah, Skye can trust me. But the better question would have been, will she ever believe that I trust her?
Rae: Well, maybe you are the right man for her.
[Jax leaves and Skye comes up to Rae]
Rae: What?
Skye: All right, look, you're the relationship expert. There must be some advice you can give on how not to sabotage this relationship, hmm? And make it quick.
Rae: Honey, there is no magic formula.
Skye: Oh, come on. There must be six simple rules on how to make a relationship work or a single girl's guidebook that I never got. What?
Rae: No. Skye, no, there isn't. Now, the only thing I can tell you...
Edward: You home wrecker!
Rae: What?
Edward: You have no standing to be advising anyone.
 Skye: How dare you speak to us like that! You have no right...
Edward: Listen, listen! Do you know that Monica served your father with divorce papers the very day that Rae made another of her unwelcome visits? Oh, you're surprised, huh? I don't know why. You're as much to blame as she is.
Skye: Me?
Edward: Yes, you. You're the one who made Alan choose between his wife and his son.
Skye: AJ is in trouble. Your grandson, as a matter of fact. Not that you'd care. In fact, quite the opposite. You're the one who encourages him to self-destruct!
Edward: You didn't seem to care what AJ was up to when he was helping you in your pathetic little scheme to get your hooks into Jax.
Rae: Jax seems quite content with Skye.
Edward: Well, then he has lost whatever sense he has. But who cares? If you want to turn on Jax, fine. But not AJ! You made him think that he could count on you. And now, when he is making a serious effort to get his son back, even going up against Sonny Corinthos, you turn on him and you accuse him of drunkeness. And you know what? You have put his father in an untenable situation that is ruining his marriage.
 Rae: Now you listen to me, you miserable old fossil! You had better leave my daughter alone.
Edward: Everyone should leave your daughter alone.
Jax: Think twice, Edward, before you say another word.
[Jax grabs Edward]
Edward: Don't pull me around! What?
Jax: How could you speak to a woman like that?! Especially your granddaughter?
Edward: What did I say? I was telling the truth.
Jax: Yeah, the way you see it!
Edward: No, the way it is, Jax. Rae was nothing until Alan met her. Her mother, Myrtle? She was a carnival con woman, for God's sake.
Jax: Edward, Rae is a human being. She deserves as much respect as you.
Edward: Oh, please.
 Jax: Did your near-death experience have no effect on you whatsoever?
Edward: Of course it did. It showed me that I have a family to protect.
Jax: Ok, fine. Then start with getting AJ out of his latest little disaster.
Edward: I will not apologize for helping AJ. Michael is his son and he deserves to be back in the Quartermaine fold.
Jax: No, no.
Edward: Yes, he does!
Jax: Not the way AJ is going about it. And here's another idea, take Skye up on her offer. Take over ELQ, ok? Boot AJ out of the house. You'll have Skye out of your hair and you'll have exactly what you want.
Edward: How would you know exactly what I want? You've never had children of your own. You've never known the pressure of trying to safeguard your family's future.
Jax: The way you treat Skye, who, I'll remind you again, is your granddaughter, that says everything about what family really means to you, Edward.
Skye: Did Monica tell you she was divorcing my father?
Rae: I was there. Worst time, worst place. And I believed that Monica was just doing one of her many threats, and I still think that's all it is.
Skye: I, I can't believe it. I knew it wasn't a great marriage or that Monica even made him happy, quite the contrary, but I can't help but feel like this is partly my fault.
Rae: Skye, Alan and Monica are adults. They've been together a very long time, and they know each other too well to shift responsibility to somebody else. Skye?
Skye: I am going to find a way to fix this, Mother.
Rae: "Fix"? Like what, what do you mean, "fix"? You're going to try and get them back together, or you're going to split them up?
Skye: Mother, I am simply going to help my father feel better, that's all.
 Rae: I'm going to say two words to you, and I want you to pay close attention because your life will depend on this. Don't help. I make it a rule, I never give out advice like this to family or close friends. But I'm going to make an exception in your case.
Skye: Because I'm your daughter?
Rae: No, because you're you. Honey, you have this wonderful man in your life now who obviously is crazy about you. And I want you to have every chance to make this work.
Skye: My goal exactly, Mother. So tell me, what is your advice?
Rae: All right. What I tell most people is to go with their first impulse, but in your case, I think it should be the second or the third or... You know what? Even a little longer.
 Skye: In my case?
Rae: Yes, because every time you go with your instinct, you, you ruin it. You're counterproductive, you're even destructive. You know it. Does Max Holden and Ben Davidson come to mind?
Skye: Mother, ok, all right. I get it.
Rae: All right.
Skye: Look, I didn't tell you that I suddenly changed overnight, ok? What I did tell you is that I suddenly find myself in this thing with this unbelievably wonderful man and I'm so worried that I'm going to screw it up.
Rae: "Worried." You see? Worried. Worried is a good sign. Most women would not be. Most women would...
Jax: Edward asked me to convey his apologies. He suddenly remembered someplace he had to be.
Rae: Oh.
Skye: How dare he just walk off like that!
Rae: [clearing her throat] Hmm.
Skye: You know what? On second thought, I don't think that we should let his vindictive nature spoil this, this lovely evening we have ahead of us.
Rae: I agree.
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Jax: Awfully quiet since I dealt with Edward. What's on your mind?
Skye: Well, I'll try not to go with my first impulse, but I have absolutely no idea what my second one is, let alone my third.
Jax: What are you talking about?
Skye: Getting that old goat, my hateful, despicable grandfather, for the way he practically spit on me and my mother tonight. My first impulse was homicidal.
 Jax: It was probably good to check that one.
Skye: But you agree Edward was way out of line.
Jax: Oh, absolutely.
Skye: All right, then you are going to use that secret you have on my grandfather to blackmail him into backing off.
Jax: Skye, I can't do that.
Skye: Well, you used it to keep him from sending me and AJ to prison.
Jax: That's right, I did. And I gave him my word that I would never use that against him in that way again.
Skye: Fine. But this is an emergency.
Jax: My word, Skye.
Skye: Oh, Jax, come on. You're supposed to be this ruthless corporate raider.
Jax: That's right, I am. And I'm successful because people can rely on my word.
Skye: Well, hooray for you. You get the chivalry award of the month. Meanwhile, my brother has a young girl trapped in a loveless marriage. He's going to toss her aside like last week's garbage, all to punish Sonny. Come on, I thought that you were supposed to be the one that was so protective of Courtney.
Jax: I feel sorry for her.
 Skye: Then you'll help me, right?
Jax: Not this way. Can you live with that?
Skye: Oh. Do I really have a choice?
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