I’m Claudia Zacchara. Everybody wants me dead
Claudia: Johnny?
Nikolas: What? Is there somebody else out here with you?
[Claudia screams]
Nikolas: Hey — lie still.
Claudia: Okay, stop, stop.
Nikolas: You got a nasty wound here. I’m sorry, honey, I have to staunch the bleeding. Okay, relax. Just sit back, relax. Do you remember anything? Huh? Do you remember what happened?
Claudia: I was stabbed and thrown in the harbor.
Nikolas: Well, we need to get you to a hospital. Alfred, is there any way to reach the mainland right now?
Alfred: The power is out, so are the phones. We won’t be able to call for help until after the storm passes.
Nikolas: She doesn’t have that much time. I need to get this blood under control, right now.
[Claudia moans]
Alfred: I’ll gather bandages and disinfectant.
Nikolas: All right, thank you. Listen — listen, I’m going to do everything I can for you, but we have to get you to a doctor.
Claudia: I would settle for a drink.
Nikolas: What?
Claudia: A drink, something to take the edge off.
Nikolas: All right. Just keep pressure on the wound for me.
Claudia: Okay.
[Thunder]
Claudia: Why are you helping me?
Nikolas: Well, what would you have me do? Leave you out there on the dock?
Claudia: Most people would.
Nikolas: Here you go. Why would somebody leave you out there?
Claudia: You don’t know who I am. I’m Claudia Zacchara. Everybody wants me dead.
[Claudia laughs]
Nikolas: Thank you.
Alfred: Is there anything else I can get for you, Master Nikolas?
Nikolas: No, Alfred, thank you. That’ll be all.
Alfred: Thank you.
Claudia: You make everybody call you “master”? Or just your servants?
Nikolas: Alfred is free to call me whatever he pleases.
Claudia: What pleases you, Master Nikolas?
Nikolas: Okay, listen, this is going to hurt probably a lot, so you might want to take another drink before we keep going here. There.
Claudia: Any chance you know what you’re doing?
Nikolas: Well, my fiancée was a medical student. I used to help her study a lot. So, hopefully, I remember all the basics.
[Claudia laughs]
Claudia: It’s too bad your fiancée is not here right now. She could sew me up and send me on my way.
Nikolas: I wish she could be, but she’s dead. For a while I thought your father was responsible.
Claudia: Maybe he is. Who knows? What makes you so sure he’s not? He’s evil, he’s a pig.
Anthony: Is he the one who stabbed you?
Claudia: Ow!
Nikolas: I know, I know. I’m sorry, I just have to keep pressure on it, okay?
Claudia: Just — it’s going to hurt regardless, so just do what you have to do. Just get it over with.
Nikolas: All right.
[Claudia screams]
Nikolas: Okay, okay, okay. That’s it, that’s it.
Nikolas: There you go. The worst is over.
Claudia: How do you know? Couple of aspirin and a first aid kit doesn’t make you a doctor. Was the cut deep? Was it?
Nikolas: I don’t know. I don’t know. I think that your rib cage kept the knife from puncturing any vital organs, but there’s no way to tell until we get you to a hospital.
[Claudia groans]
Nikolas: What’s wrong?
Claudia: It’s loud — the storms. It’s gotten louder.
Nikolas: I — I hadn’t noticed.
Claudia: It’s pounding in my head.
Nikolas: Well, the storm will pass. And when it does, we can get you some help, and then you can tell the police who stabbed you.
Claudia: No, no, no police, please. No one can know what happened.
[Claudia moans]
Nikolas: I know. You’re burning up.
Claudia: That’s me, I’m hot. Hottest thing any man’s ever seen. They all want me, even Sonny.
Claudia: He’ll hate himself after, but he can’t stay away. He’ll be back.
[Claudia chuckles]
Claudia: They all come back.
Nikolas: Did Sonny do this to you? Is he the one who stabbed you?
Claudia: Sonny?
Nikolas: Yeah.
Claudia: He’s — he doesn’t care if I’m dead or alive or — I hate him. He’d hate me more if he knew. Promise me, John, you have to promise me. He… he can never know. It has to stay our secret, okay?
[Claudia moans]
Claudia: I promise you, Johnny, you don’t have to worry. I’ve taken care of everything.
Nikolas: Okay.
Claudia: Everything’s been handled.
Nikolas: Shh, just try and rest.
Claudia: No, no, no, this was my idea. There’s no way I’m going to let this come back on you, John. I never should have trusted Ian. I’m so sorry. I swear, I had no idea that he was going to shoot that little boy. I didn’t know he’d do that, John.
