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February 26, 2002
Skye: Skye Quartermaine, ELQ. Got your message, check your e-mail for the prospectus and get back to me. Let me know what you think, thanks. Well, at least I know how to be a CEO.
[Knock on door]
Skye: Door's open. Could you turn the bed down, please, and leave some extra chocolates? And, ooh, don't forget to take the laundry with you, thanks.
Edward: Do I look like the maid?
Skye: Grandfather! You're out of the hospital.
Edward: Yes, and you sound rather disappointed, dear.
Skye: Well, shouldn't you be home resting?
Edward: You really think that I will let you walk away with my life's work?
Skye: Grandfather, we've been through all this.
Edward: Oh, yes. Just because you stole ELQ from me and you gave me a heart attack and you promised me my job back and broke your word.
Skye: It's nothing personal.
Edward: Neither is there in this, my dear.
Skye: Look, if you're here to threaten me...
Edward: No, no, no, no, no. I'm here to make you a very fair deal. If you will make me CEO of ELQ, I won't tell Jax what you confessed.
Skye: Excuse me? "Confessed"?
Edward: Oh, sure, of course, when you thought, when you hoped that I was dying, hmm?
Skye: When you were delusional, lost in post-op drugs.
Edward: Oh, God! You think Jax will believe that?
[Edward chuckles]
Skye: He already does.
Edward: Oh, well, he'll change his mind when he hears what you have in store for him.
Jax: Oh, this sounds interesting, please...
Edward: Oh.
Jax: ...go on.
Edward: Mr. Jacks, your timing is just impeccable.
Skye: My thoughts exactly.
Edward: You know what? She thinks this is a setup, huh?
[Edward and Jax laugh]
Jax: Well, you know, Skye's a suspicious woman. How are you feeling?
Edward: Much better all the time, thank you.
Jax: Good. You have something to share with us?
Edward: It's up to Skye.
Skye: You go ahead, Grandfather. You tell him whatever you want.
Edward: Skye was never threatened by Sonny Corinthos or anyone else. She made the whole thing up so that you would come and, and rescue her.
Skye: You've missed a lot when you were sick, Grandfather.
Edward: Oh, yes, when I was in the hospital recovering from the heart attack which you caused.
Skye: Jax knows there's no real threat from Sonny.
Edward: Jax, do you know that she made up everything?
Skye: Yes.
Edward: And yet she, she still has the job?
Jax: We've come to an understanding.
Edward: Oh, yes, as a result, I'm sure, of Skye's rather obvious romantic overtures.
Jax: A little personal isn't it, Edward?
Edward: Oh, you know, or it could be justice. You know, repayment for the companies that you've raided, you know, causing all that trouble.
Jax: That's entirely possible.
Skye: Edward, you've made your point.
 Edward: Oh, no I haven't, my dear, but I'm about to. Did you know that Skye openly admitted that she would take whatever steps were necessary, including lying about some nonexistent danger, to get you in her bed? Isn't that what you told me, dear?
Skye: Where do you come up with these things, Grandfather?
Edward: You told me yourself.
Skye: Well, you're obviously confused.
Edward: Oh, are you saying that I'm wrong?
Skye: I want Jax so I can tell the Quartermaines to go to Hell, and that is all I told you.
Edward: There, isn't that enough?
Jax: It's not how I usually do business.
Skye: I got carried away, that's all.
Edward: Then you don't want Jax.
Jax: I don't work this way, Skye. I never have.
Skye: I can't believe you're buying into this.
Jax: And I don't appreciate how you've treated the Quartermaines.
Edward: Then give me back my company.
Jax: And I don't expect this sort of thing from friends.
Skye: I, I didn't mean to...
Jax: For me to find out? Obviously not. You're good at the game, Skye. I have to hand it to you, but I honestly believed that we were friends, to say the least.
Edward: Now, you hold the controlling shares of ELQ, huh? I demand you reinstate me as CEO!
Jax: You know, why don't we just turn this into a little game?
Edward: Hmm?
Jax: Not your kind of game, Skye, but somewhere along the lines of a little test.
Skye: I'm not interested.
Jax: Winner gets to be CEO for the next six months.
Skye: I won't do it.
Jax: Well, then I'll have to hand the reins back to Edward, effective immediately. It's your call.
[Edward chuckles]
Skye: I have a company to run.
Edward: Not for much longer.
Skye: I don't have time for this.
Jax: But, Skye, this is a game. You love games, don't you?
Skye: Fine.
Edward: You can ask me anything.
Jax: Ok, who owns Aladdin's Vault and what does the company sell? Edward?
Edward: Now look, this is obviously a trick question.
Jax: Skye?
Skye: Aladdin's Vault sells server space. ELQ owns its company and all of its subsidiaries as of two weeks ago.
Edward: While I was at death's door, huh?
Skye: Well, I made a good deal, Edward. What can I say?
Jax: Your cut alone is worth about a million and a half.
Edward: Bunch of trash heap tech stocks that have probably crashed by now.
Jax: I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Skye: If it starts to crater, we'll sell.
Jax: When's the last time you actually looked at the ELQ portfolio?
Edward: But I just got out of the hospital.
Jax: Then you're clearly not up to speed.
Edward: I should've known that you two would gang up against me. Give me that!
Jax: You know, Edward, Skye is difficult. She fancies herself a little dangerous even, but she is the first and only choice for ELQ, for the moment.
Edward: Now why am I not surprised? A scheming raider in bed with lying trash.
Skye: Thank you, Grandfather.
Edward: You know something, Jax? She is no more than you deserve, so enjoy!
Jax: I don't even get a thank you.
Skye: Look, I don't know what just happened here, but you've made it clear that we aren't friends. So, why did you ask such an easy question?
Jax: Did you really tell Edward that you wanted me?
Skye: I don't have time for confessions, Jax. I have a company to run, at least for now. Isn't that what you said?
Jax: If you wanted me, why didn't you just ask?
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