I only play with grown-ups
Luke: Good morning, Ms. Zacchara. Can I get you something? Maybe vodka?
Claudia: I’m fine and I’m busy. What do you want?
Luke: Ugly business, shooting a 12-year-old.
Claudia: I didn’t shoot anybody’s kid. I was with Carly when she found out.
Luke: Really?
Claudia: Mm.
Luke: You know, I’m thinking maybe it was a botched hit. Maybe some new kid in town didn’t know the right people to get the job done right.
Claudia: You thinking about blaming this on my brother? He had nothing to do with it.
Luke: Corinthos has been known to shoot first and ask questions later. In this situation, I wouldn’t blame him. Somebody’s going to pay. I want to make sure that Lulu is nowhere near your brother when all that goes down.
Lulu: Since when did you start policing my life?
Lulu: What’s going on? Why are you here?
Claudia: Ask your father, he invited me.
Lulu: Is Johnny okay?
Claudia: He’s fine. Thank you for asking.
Luke: Fine is relative. Corinthos is going to be looking to avenge Michael, and John is the first logical target.
Lulu: Johnny is not responsible, and I can prove it. He was here at the Haunted Star with me when Michael was shot. We didn’t even know about it until Spinelli found us.
Luke: You don’t think maybe he was using you as an alibi?
Lulu: Johnny was supposed to meet with you, remember?
Claudia: John had nothing to do with this. Can we skip the father-daughter mini-drama? Someone from out of town heard things were tense between my family and Sonny. They took advantage. That’s it.
Luke: Maybe, or maybe you tried to kill Sonny and the kid got in the way.
Claudia: I’m not afraid to play rough, but I only play with grown-ups. As far as I’m concerned, in my perfect world kids wouldn’t be let out of the house without guards. I would never pull a gun with a child in the line of fire.
Luke: Well, maybe you wouldn’t. But something tells me whoever you hired did.
Lulu: [Sighs] Why won’t you just believe her? Why are you still pushing this? Do you want Sonny to kill Claudia and Johnny, both?
Claudia: What happened was a tragedy. I had nothing to do with it, and neither did my brother.
Luke: Okay, say I believe you for argument’s sake.
Claudia: Well, you’ve know Sonny Corinthos for a long time. So if you wanted to put in a good word for Johnny and me, I’d make it worth your while.
Luke: I’ll consider it. Later.
Luke: So after what happened to Michael, are you sure you want to hang with the Zaccharas?
Lulu: I don’t want to see anybody else get hurt, so are you going to talk to Sonny?
Luke: Today? Probably not.
Lulu: Mm. All right, fine. If you’re not going to defend Johnny, I will.
Edward: Oh, for Pete’s sake, I have to do everything around here — ridiculous. I’m sorry, the deliveries are — oh, hello.
Claudia: Hi. You must be Edward Quartermaine. I’m Claudia Zacchara, I have a meeting with your sister Tracy.
Edward: Well, Tracy is my daughter.
Claudia: You’re kidding? I never would have guessed, I’m so sorry.
Edward: Thank you.
Claudia: Wow, what a great house, it just seems to go on forever.
Edward: Would you like a tour?
Alice: I’m sorry, but Dr. Q didn’t approve of any home tours today.
Edward: Alice, why don’t you go find something to dust.
Alice: The family isn’t receiving guests at this time, let me show you out.
Tracy: Ms. Zacchara and I have a meeting. Please show her into the living room.
Tracy: My husband is not well.
Claudia: This is good.
Tracy: He almost died last December.
Claudia: Yeah, I heard. The coffee could be a little hotter.
Tracy: I don’t want him investigated by the I.R.S., I don’t want him spending the night in the Haunted Star to protect it, and I don’t want him in the line of somebody else’s fire. So I am prepared to buy you out.
Claudia: I guess that’s one way to get me out of Luke’s lap.
Claudia: How did you and Luke end up getting married, anyway? Was it a joke, or was he after your money?
Tracy: I’ll give you a 10% bump over whatever you paid to buy into the Haunted Star.
Claudia: See, you just seem kind of matronly for a legend like Luke Spencer.
Tracy: Name your price. What will it take to get rid of you for good?
Luke: Now why would anyone want to get rid of Miss Zacchara?
