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Characters: Nikolas Cassadine, David Harper, Scott Baldwin
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Nikolas:I guess I’m a little confused as to how you got yourself thrown in jail for contempt in court.
Nadine: Baldwin’s a jerk.
Nikolas:Yes, but doesn’t that kind of go without saying? All you had to do was testify that you found Logan’s body on the sidewalk and saw some car drive away, right?
Nadine: Yeah, well, he wasn’t interested in the facts. He wanted me to say that I saw John Zacchara driving that car.
Nikolas:But you didn’t.
Nadine: No, I didn’t.
Nikolas:That’s all you had to say.
Nadine: Yeah, well, Baldwin’s a lawyer, Nikolas. They don’t just ask questions. They — they frame them in this way so that if you don’t answer them in the way that you want them to, then you look guilty to the entire room, or at least suspect.
Nikolas:But if you didn’t see the driver, and you didn’t, what else was there to say?
Nadine: Well, then it’s like I might be lying.
Nikolas:But why would you lie? Why would you protect a guy like John Zacchara?
Nadine: Because you’re Lulu’s brother and I work for you and I’m a girl, after all, and you’re you. You are wealthy, handsome, available Nikolas Cassadine and why wouldn’t I lie for you if you asked?
Nikolas:That’s — that’s ridiculous.
Nadine: Yeah, it’s outrageous.
Nikolas:I would never try to influence your testimony.
Nadine: No, of course you wouldn’t. And even if — if you did, I would never — I would never do that, even if I were in love with you.
Nadine: I certainly hope you don’t think that I blurted out my feelings in the middle of an entire courtroom. And not that those are my feelings. I mean, I enjoy your company, but when I said the word “love,” that was only hypothetical, which is all that it could be, obviously. I was only trying to make a point.
Nikolas:Right. And what point would that be?
Nadine: That Scott Baldwin was wrong, of course. It is a tragedy that his son died and justice needs to be served, obviously. But he’s not interested in justice. He’s only out for revenge and he was just trying to use my testimony to get that.
Nikolas:Nadine, I believe you. I think you’re right.
Nadine: I know I’m right and it makes me madder than a cut snake. And it is just not in me to stay quiet when I see that kind of injustice going on.
Nikolas:I know. It’s one of the things I admire about you the most. But you have to learn how to make your point. I mean, when you go on the attack like that, people stop listening to you. It gets you nothing.
Nadine: Yeah, well, thanks for the pep talk.
Nikolas:Oh, I’m not finished with you yet. Bye.
Nadine: Bye.
Nadine: You posted my bail?
Scott: Hey, hey, hey, hey, put her back in the cell. The court — the judge is never going to sign off on that.
Nikolas:Too late, it’s already done.
Harper: The night judge set bail, it’s been paid. She gets to walk.
Scott: You lied on the witness stand. That’s called perjury.
Nikolas:Back off, Scott.
Scott: Your girlfriend is covering up for a murderer.
Nikolas:Save it for the courtroom.
Scott: You know, when I get your sister up on the witness stand –
Nikolas:Oh, too bad, you can’t. She’s not well enough, sorry.
Scott: She’s faking it. I can prove it. Eventually, Lulu is going to roll over on Johnny, and when she does, I will come after her for what she did, then I’m going to come after your girlfriend.
Nikolas:Will you listen to yourself for a moment? You’re talking about the daughter of a woman you say you love.
Scott: Well, that’s ’cause she’s — she lied. She lied to Logan. She led him on, and then she tried to help Johnny escape. Now she’s going to pay for –
Nikolas:Shut up! All right, all right, all right.
Nikolas:I’m sorry I lost my cool like that.
Nadine: Baldwin had it coming.
Nikolas:I just — I just gave you this huge lecture about how going on the attack gets you nothing.
Nadine: Punching Scott Baldwin was a thing of beauty. There’s no bigger accomplishment than that, is there?
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