Don’t take John. Take me instead
Jerry: Do I have your attention? Excellent. Now, here’s the bottom line. If any harm comes to Alexis Davis or her children, little Johnny boy here gets a bullet in the head. If they have so much as a hangnail or a bad dream, your hope for the future becomes a sad memory. Do I make myself clear? I said, do I make myself clear?
Anthony: Message received.
Jerry: Lovely. I’ll be leaving now. But to make sure you don’t shoot me as I go, I’ll take Johnny along, okay?
Claudia: No! Don’t take John. Take me instead.
Claudia: I make a better hostage. I’m smaller. I’m weaker. I won’t put up a fight. Just let John stay here.
Jerry: I’ve heard you called many things, but weak isn’t one of them.
Anthony: Claudia makes a good point.
Anthony: She’s a woman! She’s ruled by her hormones.
Claudia: Shut up and do something! That crazy man just took John.
Anthony: You see what I mean? I expect the men who work for me to be more levelheaded. How do we get John back?
Claudia: Look, this is really not a great time for me. I — I have lot of stuff to take care of.
Nikolas: Look, okay, okay, it’ll just take a moment, okay? Listen, my aunt is Alexis Davis, the district attorney, and your father is threatening her daughter Kristina. I mean –
Claudia: Okay, okay, okay. My father wanted Johnny released from custody, and he went about it in a completely wrong way.
Nikolas: There’s no point in explaining. Either convince your father to back off, or I’m sorry, I’m going to have to go to Jason Morgan and tell him that you and your brother were responsible for Michael’s shooting.
Claudia: I never meant for Michael to get hurt, and my brother John had nothing to do with this.
Nikolas: Claudia, given your track record, I’m not really inclined to believe that.
Claudia: What changed?
Nikolas: What changed? What do you mean, what changed? Your father is threatening an innocent girl, who by the way, happens to be my — my cousin. I just can’t allow that.
Claudia: Okay, Kristina is perfectly safe. I promise you that. The person who is in trouble here, who is in danger, is my brother. Jerry Jacks has become Alexis’ protector. He showed up at the hotel, kidnapped my brother at gunpoint.
Nikolas: Yeah, well, looks like that past of yours is finally catching up to you, huh?
Claudia: That’s it? That’s –
Nikolas: Well, what do you want –
Claudia: That’s what you have for me, platitudes?
Nikolas: If you’re looking for sympathy from me, I don’t have any left. I’m sorry. Look, just know this. If anything happens to Alexis or those little girls, I’m going to have to tell Jason the truth about you.
Claudia: John!
Jerry: So glad you could come, darling. Now tell your brother he can’t kill me.
Johnny: She doesn’t have the gun.
Jerry: Oh, come on. Claudia, why don’t you tell Johnny that I have proof that — of your dirty, life-destroying secret.
