Well, it’s all behind us now, huh, Daddy?
Claudia: I wonder how much time we have before Daddy gets here.
Johnny: We got enough time for you to fill in some of the blanks. How much of what you said on the witness stand about Jason was true?
Claudia: I edited some things out, obviously, and I embellished others.
Johnny: Be specific.
Claudia: I just rearranged things, John, so that the trial would go from bad to worse.
Johnny: Our father’s a free man. It doesn’t get much worse than that.
Anthony: Good.
Anthony: Pink? Now it’s like old times. I owe both of you a debt of gratitude. You, as well, and you, I —
Claudia: It was Johnny who convinced me that you were sick all those years. That’s why I — it’s why I said the right thing on the witness stand. Said whatever I needed to get you to come home.
Anthony: You’re a good girl, and home, I am, so let’s get down to brass tacks. Kid, you’re excused.
Anthony: First up, how are we dealing with the people looking to compromise us, namely the Corinthos family?
Johnny: They’ve been in chaos since Michael’s been shot.
Anthony: About this kid getting shot in the head, is that you?
Claudia: No, absolutely not. When I shoot to kill, I don’t miss.
Johnny: Claudia did not put the hit out on Sonny, and neither did I. But you many want to question your faithful retainer here. Apparently, I am a comedian. Trevor has been itching to get rid of Sonny.
Anthony: Well, let us all in on the joke.
Trevor: Well, it just struck me how eager each one of us would be if Sonny were actually dead. Take Richie, for instance, he’s become quite an opportunist. It’s not too far of a stretch that he could take out his brother and blame me or John or Claudia. Why not an evil conspiracy, huh, Richie? Take us all out together, then your way would be clear, right?
Anthony: It doesn’t matter. Corinthos lives. I’m home. Wait in the library. I need time with my children.
Anthony: Well, alone at last.
Claudia: It’s really good having all of us under the same roof again.
Johnny: We’ll see about that.
Anthony: My son, the skeptic. Not that I blame you. Listen, I owe you both apologies. Claudia, for having sent you off without regard for your feelings, I apologize. And John, for leaving you at the mercy of Trevor for all these years, I apologize.
Claudia: Well, it’s all behind us now, huh, Daddy?
Anthony: All that time, wasted. But no more.
Anthony: All right. This family is back — solid, unstoppable. There’s nothing we can’t accomplish as long as we stand strong together.
Anthony: All right, bring me up to date on how the various facets of our organization are being run. What’s making money? Where’s the deadwood?
Claudia: I have been working on an experimental route off the coast of Carolina that has been saving us a lot of money.
Anthony: Do you know about this?
Johnny: Claudia fills me in on everything.
Anthony: Then you explain it to me. You shouldn’t be involved, darling. This business is no place for women.
Claudia: Excuse me?
Anthony: Exactly, excuse yourself.
Claudia: Daddy, Uncle Rudy trained the hell out of me. I have been running his organization for years.
Anthony: Uncle Rudy does things his way, and I do things my way. And the Zaccharas don’t involve their women.
Johnny: That’s right. Let’s not waste time arguing about this.
Claudia: Fine.
Anthony: Close the door behind you.
