Scenes: 3
Characters: Scott Baldwin, Ric Lansing, Nikolas Cassadine
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Scott: The prosecution calls Nadine Crowell.
Bailiff: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Nadine: Yes.
Scott: Where do you work?
Nadine: I’m a floor nurse at General Hospital.
Scott: Is that your only job?
Nadine: No, I also work at the Emily Quartermaine Free Clinic on Nan Ness.
Scott: Where were you the night of the murder?
Nadine: That sort of sounds like you think I did it.
Judge: Just answer the question, Ms. Crowell.
Nadine: Oh, I was at the clinic.
Scott: Were you alone?
Nadine: No, Nikolas was there, Nikolas Cassadine. He owns the clinic. He hired me.
Ric: Objection, Your Honor. He’s deliberately allowing the witness to go off topic.
Judge: Move it along, Mr. Baldwin.
Scott: Did you find Logan Hayes’s body that night?
Nadine: Yes, I did.
Scott: Where did you find it?
Nadine: Right outside the door of the clinic.
Scott: Did you see or hear anything when Logan’s body was dumped on the steps at the clinic?
Nadine: Uh, I heard a car drive off.
Scott: Did you see the car?
Nadine: It was dark.
Scott: Did you see who was driving the car?
Nadine: If I didn’t see the car, how could I have seen who was driving?
Scott: Well, didn’t you see that guy throw Logan’s body from the car?
Nadine: I already told you. I saw a car pull away, but I did not see the driver.
Scott: Ok, well, let’s just start from the beginning.
Ric: Objection, Your Honor. Argumentative.
Judge: Tone it down, Mr. Baldwin.
Scott: Tell the court what happened that night.
Nadine: Sure. I was working late at the clinic, checking through meds. Nikolas was working in the back. Um, I heard a thud. Sounded sort of like someone had fallen up against the door. I called out for Nikolas, but, before he came to meet me, I opened the door and found the body.
Scott: You mentioned Nikolas Cassadine. He owns the clinic, right?
Ric: Objection, relevance.
Scott: Well, the witness brought it up. I don’t see why I can’t pursue it.
Judge: Objection overruled.
Scott: Nikolas Cassadine is Lulu Spencer’s half-brother, right?
Ric: Objection, relevance.
Judge: Get where you’re going, Mr. Baldwin.
Scott: You like Nikolas, don’t you?
Ric: Your honor.
Judge: You know better, Mr. Baldwin.
Scott: Well, I mean, he would really be impressed if you were to help Lulu’s boyfriend with your testimony. He might like you back, huh?
Ric: Objection, your honor.
Nadine: Pardon my french, Mr. Baldwin, but that’s a pile of horse-pucky.
Scott: Do you have a personal relationship with Nikolas Cassadine?
Nadine: We all know what that means, Mr. Baldwin, and I don’t appreciate the implication one little bit.
Scott: Yes or no?
Nadine: You want this whole courtroom to think that I am in love with Nikolas Cassadine, and even if I am, which I’m probably not, it would never influence my testimony.
Scott: Objection.
Ric: You can’t object to your own witness.
Judge: That’s enough, Ms. Crowell.
Nadine: I’m not finished.
Scott: I’m finished with you, you crackpot.
Nadine: Nikolas is worried sick about his little sister. She’s about to lose her mind, because that man is about to railroad her boyfriend into a lethal injection.
Judge: That’s enough, Ms. Crowell.
Nadine: No, your honor, this whole trial is all wrong. Scott Baldwin hates the Spencers. He’s just out for revenge because Lulu’s mother dumped him like a million years ago. Talk about conflict of interest. I mean, don’t take this the wrong way, but he shouldn’t even be allowed in this courtroom.
Judge: That is quite enough.
(In jail.)
Nikolas: Well, hello, Nadine.
Nadine: Oh, hey, Nikolas. How are you doing? Good to see you.
Nikolas: Yeah. So, what exactly did you do now?
[Nadine sighs]
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