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Andrew Trueblood
Andrew is a Certified Professional Yacht Broker with 35 years of experience in the marine business. During his 6 years at Selene Seattle, Andrew was the top sales agent on the West Coast for new and brokerage Selene Trawlers.
He is now the owner of Ocean Trawler Yachts, where he has developed the innovative and highly effective Yacht Video Marketing Program. Andrew understands that video is the fastest growing sector in online advertising and how to leverage this powerful tool to showcase yachts through the use of multiple media platforms.
Andrew was introduced to boating at an early age by his uncle, a shipwright and circumnavigator. He has been an owner/captain in the commercial fishing industry for more than 15 years, operating in the waters of California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. More recently Andrew fished in the Bristol Bay, Alaska Salmon Fishery where he owned several boats and permits.
He has been a yacht broker for the past 20 years, assisting clients in the sales of power and sailing yachts, while representing Hallberg-Rassy, Pacific Seacraft, Hampton Yachts and Selene. Previously, Andrew worked for West Coast Yachts, Seacraft Yacht Sales, Adventure Yachts and Selene Seattle.
Andrew's many years of practical experience come from having owned, operated, and personally maintained five pleasure craft and nine commercial vessels over the years. Andrew works diligently to provide a high level of service, cultivating long term relationships with his clients and serving as a continuing resource long after each sale has concluded. Andrew is a longtime member of Northwest Yacht Brokers Association.
Paul Golubinki
Paul grew up in Michigan where his love for the water started as a boy when he became a member of the Sea Explorers on the Great Lakes. He later moved to California where he worked in a variety of marine related professions, from working as an engineer on tugboats to yacht delivery and sales. Paul has not only worked in the industry, he's lived it. He has a total of 26 years experience aboard both power and sailing yachts. He started his profession as a broker in San Francisco Bay at Kermit Parker Yachts. He eventually moved on to represent several other well known brorkerage firms including Admiralty Yacht sales, Passage Maker Yachts, and Kadey Krogen. During his many years of working and selling fine quality cruising yachts, he's perfected his skills, which makes him an excellent negotiator and resource to represent your interests in any yacht transaction. We are proud to have him aboard our Ocean Trawler Yachts team.
Dan McConkey
Dan is a Washington native with 36 years in the marine industry and 18 years of expertise in yacht brokerage.
Dan grew up with a love for the water and a love of boats. He bought his first vessel, a 14 foot O'Day sail boat, while attending Evergreen State College in Olympia. After completing a degree in Marine Studies with an emphasis on Marine Architecture and Boat Building, Dan relocated to Florida and founded Compass Rose Yacht Service, a full-service maintenance, equipment, delivery and carpentry company. While living in the Sunshine State, he sailed Florida's east and west coasts and intercoastal waterways, as well as the waters of the Bahamas and the Great Dismal Swamp Canal in Virginia and North Carolina.
Dan returned to Washington state in 1990, restarted his yacht services company and simultaneously began working for Hannon Marine which specializes in wood boats. In 1996, he helped open a brokerage in Long Beach, California that were dealers for Albin and Tarab yachts. Dan also enjoyed organizing boat shows in San Diego, Newport, Long Beach and Marina Del Ray.
In 2003, Dan sailed his 54' sloop from L.A. to Porta Vallarta, Mexico to meet his wife and 2-year-old son and spent the next year sailing the Mexican coast, Guatemala, and finally El Salvador. The family returned to Washington to restart Compass Rose Yacht Services and a few years later, Dan returned to the career of yacht broker.
Dan's knowledge, enthusiasm and love for yachts is invaluable to our business and makes him the perfect fit for our team here at Ocean Trawler Yachts.
Louann Rizor
Louann Rizor has lived in Seattle area for over 20 years working in a variety of industries in a financially supportive role as bookkeeper, controller, board member and project manager. She has been the owner of 3 boats in her lifetime, but it's her 2 person, Old Town canoe that is her favorite.
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Positioning equity portfolios for when rates rise
In this article
- The bull market in bonds may have ended
- A look at history: Interest rate increases and equity markets
- The benefits of selectivity and active management
The current equity bull market is now more than eight years old and has survived several calls for its demise. So far, it has weathered economic weakness, deflation fears, earnings slowdowns, a collapse in oil prices, wild currency swings, a range of geopolitical risks and valuation worries. Another persistent concern has often been associated with corrections or the onset of bear markets: Federal Reserve rate hikes and rising bond yields. The interest rate environment has been volatile (to say the least), but rates have been rising unevenly over the past year, and we expect that trend will persist. While this will likely contribute to market volatility, it shouldn't spell the end of the equity bull market. It may, however, affect the way that investors access opportunities in U.S. equity markets.
Should investors expect rates to rise?
Since the end of the Great Recession, it has been widely expected that improving economic growth would lead to an increase in interest rates. But that hasn't happened — or at least not consistently. This is partially due to a global environment of low (and even negative) bond yields that have suppressed rates in the United States. And risk aversion has generally remained high among investors, prompting several flights to quality. Most recently, for example, concerns over hurricane-related economic damage drove Treasury yields to new 2017 lows before they subsequently rebounded.
We expect the interest rate outlook to remain complicated and anticipate additional periods of short-term rate declines. But we also believe economic growth should continue growing modestly, which should put upward pressure on yields. While the current economic cycle is old in calendar terms, that doesn't mean it's coming to an end. Actuarial tables make sense for predicting human lifespans but are useless for predicting economic cycles. We don't see the excesses that would indicate the end of the current cycle such as an inverted yield curve, rising credit spreads or rapidly rising inflation, all of which can occur before an expansion ends.
Yet, it is fair to ask: If people have been calling for a rate increase for eight years and it hasn't happened yet, what's different this time? To answer, we would disagree with the premise of that question. Rates have been falling on and off for years, until the 10-year Treasury reached a low of 1.37% in July 2016. We believe rates are now in an environment of rising unevenly. We will no doubt see ongoing drops in yields such as those that occurred recently, but if U.S. and global growth continues to improve, we should see a longer-term trend of rising rates.
A look at history: interest rate increases and equity markets
If interest rates are likely to increase, is that a negative for equity markets? Investors typically fear rising rates and think they are bad for equities, but this actually hasn't been the case.
It is tough to pinpoint exactly when "rising rates" periods begin. In the present cycle, it can be argued that we have been in such an environment since the Federal Reserve ended its quantitative easing program, or when rates bottomed in 2016. But for purposes of historical comparison, we can analyze how equities performed after the first Fed rate hike in different tightening cycles.
Consider the past six rate hike cycles going back to the early 1980s. Using time periods of 250 trading days (roughly equivalent to one year), we found that while pockets of weakness surrounded rate hikes, equities generally weathered the storm. In most cases, equities performed well prior to times when rates rose, struggled or declined slightly after the onset of rate hikes, and then recovered and continued solid performance. The black line in Exhibit 2 represents the average performance of the S&P 500 Index during these cycles.
If interest rates are likely to increase, is that a negative for equity markets? Investors typically fear rising rates and think they are bad for equities, but this actually hasn't been the case.
We have also seen periods of heightened volatility when the Fed embarked on tightening cycles. In particular, a period of consolidation often accompanied the start of rate increases. In the 250 days before the first rate hike and the 500 days after, stock prices trended higher but experienced a modest selloff. The data is different for each of the six time periods, but on average, equities have experienced a peak-to-trough decline of roughly 10%. This development is known among traders as "three steps and a stumble," an anecdotal trend pointing to market declines after a third Fed rate move higher.
So far, the current cycle has more or less followed this historical trend. Since the first rate hike in December 2015 (the blue line in Exhibit 2), stock prices experienced some pullbacks but managed to grind higher.
It matters why rates rise
History is a good starting point for considering how equities might respond to rising interest rates, but we also must look closely at today's markets. Interest rates can rise for many reasons — and those reasons can affect how equity markets perform.
For example, if the U.S. were in the midst of an inflation scare, as in the 1970s, interest rates would rise while equity prices fell. Conversely, if interest rates are rising due to improving economic growth, that would probably be good for stock prices. As a result, we sometimes see positive correlations between rising rates and higher equity prices, while at other times we see negative correlations, as shown in Exhibit 3. For the most part, we believe the current backdrop should lead to a positive correlation.
In addition, we think U.S. stocks should benefit from the interest rate "starting point" in this cycle. This current cycle represents the first time in history that the Fed is raising rates from such a low level. And at the same time, bond yields are much lower than during other rate increase cycles.
We think this is important, since periods of low and upward moving rates may be a good backdrop for equities. Exhibit 4 divides the average historical monthly S&P 500 Index performance based on the 10-year Treasury yield during times of rising and falling rates. Not surprisingly, equities fared poorly when yields were high and moving higher, but performed well when yields were decreasing from elevated levels. Interestingly, stock prices also tended to rise significantly when yields were low and starting to move higher.
The 10-year Treasury yield is still quite low by historic standards at around 2.3%, so we don't believe rising rates and yields are likely to act as a drag on stock prices any time soon.
Investment selectivity:Which areas of the market might benefit?
We don't believe equities as a whole are likely to suffer during the current period of rising rates, but different areas of the market will likely perform better than others. The closing section of this paper offers our individual views and investment themes.
Consider sector performance, for example. In periods of rising rates, equity valuations tend not to expand, so earnings growth becomes the main driver of equity returns. Not surprisingly, sectors that tend to exhibit better growth prospects, such as financials or technology, have generally outperformed during periods of rising rates. Conversely, areas that are income driven and act as bond proxies, such as utilities and telecommunications services, tended to under perform, as shown in Exhibit 5.
We don't believe equities as a whole are likely to suffer during the current period of rising rates, but different areas of the market will likely perform better than others.
Interestingly, equity markets appear to be more affected than usual by changes in bond yields today than they have in the past. Exhibit 5 shows a higher correlation between equity market sectors and changes in the 10-year Treasury yield over the last five years than over the last 20 years — in both a positive and negative direction. This is likely because Fed policy has heavily influenced economic growth in the post-crisis environment, and changes in bond yields at such low levels may have had an outsized influence on global financial markets in general. In any case, we expect these correlations to remain high for the time being.
In addition to sector differentials, we believe focusing on dividends and particularly on dividend growth is a notable consideration. Dividend growth can be an important element of investment performance in any environment, but especially so when rates and yields are rising.
Exhibit 6 illustrates how different types of stocks performed in the months following Fed interest rate increases. Companies that grew their dividends tended to outperform those that did not change dividend policies, did not pay dividends or cut dividends.
Exhibit 7 considers dividend growth from a different perspective. Dividend growers have also performed well from a risk/return perspective when Treasury yields moved higher. And, as we indicated earlier, Treasury yields probably affect stock performance more than changes in the fed funds rate. During months when the 10-year Treasury yield increased, companies that demonstrated higher levels of dividend growth produced better returns per unit of risk (measured by standard deviation) than those that merely had high levels of absolute dividend yield.
Next steps: the benefits of selectivity and active management
When interest rates and yields rise, equity investing may grow more complicated. But we believe opportunities still exist. Rising rates do not necessarily lead to market pullbacks, and even when they do, those pullbacks are likely to be temporary. Additionally, we believe changes in the interest rate and yield environment have affected intra-market moves across sectors and across differing dividend yields. We expect this trend to continue.
In particular, we believe some areas of the market are more likely than others to outperform, meaning selectivity and active management within equities could grow in importance. Below, we highlight some of our individual views and thoughts about how we are approaching equity markets:
Changes in the interest rate and yield environment can be an important factor driving equity returns — and these changes make some factors more or less important when looking for attractively valued companies with improving fundamentals.
In general, we have been focusing more on cyclical sectors and value areas of the market as interest rates have moved unevenly higher since the middle of last year. These parts of the market tend to perform better when economic growth improves and when interest rates rise. We found that these areas tended to outperform when rates moved higher (such as toward the end of 2016) but did less well when rates stopped rising or fell (such as during periodic flights to quality).
From a sector perspective, we're seeing some solid opportunities in financials, focusing on large global banks that may benefit from a rising rates environment. At the same time, we have a mostly unfavorable view toward utilities, which tend to act more like bonds
In our view, the current interest rate environment is good for equity markets. Yields are rising, but they remain close to historically low levels. And we think low-but-rising yields favor stocks. In our opinion, 10-year Treasury yield would need to rise to 4% or 5% before it would act as a drag on stock prices. At that point, equity market multiples may begin to contract.
Within this context, we view some areas of the market as better positioned than others. To start, we suggest avoiding capital-intensive industries such as industrials. These areas of the market are likely to experience higher borrowing costs as rates rise and could be at a disadvantage. In contrast, we would focus on areas where a preponderance of companies have strong balance sheets, such as the technology sector.
We also see opportunities from a capitalization perspective. Small cap stocks have lagged large cap stocks notably this year. We think that trend should reverse as rates rise. Higher interest rates in the U.S. may also cause the dollar to increase, which should offer a relative advantage to small caps over large-cap companies.
Many investors pay attention to dividend yield, but we think it is critically important to focus not on absolute yield, but on dividend growth. This is especially true in times of rising interest rates. Many companies that offer impressive dividend levels may actually underperform when interest rates rise. Income-oriented segments of the market tend to act like bonds and may not be a good option when yields are moving higher.
In contrast, dividend growers tend to be financially stable and well managed. As such, they tend to have strong balance sheets, which can help limit the effect of higher funding costs often associated with rising interest rates.
Regarding specific areas of the market we find attractive in the current environment, we would point to the materials and energy sectors as offering good value. Additionally, we see select opportunities in the real estate sector and favor the media and advertising segments of the consumer sectors. We are more cautious about technology, as we believe much of that sector's strong performance has come from large, non-dividend paying companies.
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I am 50 years old male 5'9" 204lbs. Most of my life I have not been able to work out and stay fit. Worked on a job long hours. The since Dec 2016 I have been working out in a gym and have my diet under control resulting in a 70lbs weight loss. I have been taking supplements not sure if I can say from where (don't want t break any rules). For the first time in my life I can start to see my side abs forming. I have had gains in my chest, arms, legs and neck. I think the term I am using is correct I feel that I am "leaning out". Seems like I am now trading fat weight loss for muscle weight. I am fine with that but my goal is 185lbs. I workout in the mornings for an hour to an hour and 20mins. 4 days a week, taking Weds and the weekends off. I am active on the weekends (5ks,Tough Mudder, hunting and farm work). I try to intake 200 grams of protein a day, take multi Vitamins and eat fairly health a cheat day a couple times a month.
My goal of 185lbs and to be cut, not huge be look big when I flex.I know this probably sounds crazy to be asking here but I have no one to ask questions to. There is SO much online about diet,workout and supplements I thought that asking here might open my eyes to the direction I need to go. With that said here we go;
1. What supplements would be good to use?
2. Best place to find diet program?
3. Whey Protein power to use?
4. Any advice for me that might help?
Please feel free to ask me questions if it helps. Again thanks for your time.
for now I will give you some general answers..
1. fish oil and maybe a little DHEA
2. check in the nutrition section of these forums again there will be lots of info to wade through but you need to learn about it anyhow so spend some time reading up on things that grab your attention, like "keto" or "Intermittent fasting"
3. use the brand that tastes best to you... you will get what u pay for so make sure you look to reputable brands, typically not the stuff u find at walmart
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2) Keep your diet simple! Use an online calculator to find your tdee and then set your macros. A good ratio to start for weight loss/muscle is 1.5g/lb protein, .2g/lb fat, and the rest carbs. Stick to reasonably "clean" foods mostly but don't be afraid to have a good cheat now and then (good mentally for consistency and also good for your body to mix it up a bit). If you're gaining fat (use the mirror more than the scale), lower your calories (remove some carbs first), if you're losing weight too fast, add some cals... simple
3)There's so many options on the market, its really more about flavor haha. PES Select is one of my personal favorites for its blend (not just whey).
4) Don't jump straight into the deep end... make smaller changes and sustain them before making more or bigger ones. This whole game is a marathon and not a sprint, so dont get caught up in crash diets, insane lifting programs, cutting out all of certain types of food, etc... These make it more difficult and your chances of sticking with it in the long term are much slimmer. Don't forget to live your life!
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Thanks guys I really appreciate the help. So I see some brand names. I have been taking Steel 1-Andro AF (1month) and Shredded AF. Before this month I was taking Steel Alpha AF the switched. I take an Omega 3 Fish Oil.. Will look into the Orange Triad been taking Alive Chew-able Multi-vitamin.
1 - For general health (easier to train well if your in good health) I personally like garlic, cinnamon, green/matcha tea extract, vit d, fish oil and zinc/magnesium. For performance creatine mono.
2 - personally I just track food/calorie intake and aim for a 40:30:30 macro split (when leaning out - I operate better on lower carbs than others though....macro split is often personal. Agree with comment above about looking at and research keto, IF etc if you like the idea try it and see how you feel - best diet is one you can adhere to. As long as your target calories are aligned with your goal you can't go far wrong.
3 - look for protein content percentage. Unless your deliberately buying an all in one (blend of carbs, vits, aminos etc) then my view is aim for 90% plus protein content (I buy my carb source separately and add the quantity I want).
4 - as above. Time and consistency. Enjoy the process pal
Good luck
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As booneman77 has pointed out you defo need to sort on cycle and pct supports (I've not run my first pro hormone cycle yet but been researching it for the past 6 months).
I'm starting in the next two weeks and from the wealth of knowledge on AM I'm clear on what's needed. As a minimum you need something like CEL cycle assist and some sort of serm (clomid or nolvadex) for pct (post cycle therapy)....
Honestly mate, spend some time searching threads. Everything you need is here and your body will thank you for doing so...
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Reginald: It's all over now.
Donna: No! No! We're getting out of here!
Michael: Donna, you go.
Donna: No!
Michael: Yes, you go! I'll be ok!
Donna: No, Michael, he'll kill you!
Michael: No, he won't!
Donna: Yes, he will!
Reginald: Get out of the way, Donna.
Donna: No! No!
Reginald: Donna!
Donna: You killed my mother! You're a monster!
Michael: Donna --
Donna: And I won't let you kill anyone else love! Do you hear me?
Michael: Donna, go!
Donna: No, you're going to have to kill me first! No!
Reginald: It's all over now, darling. You're mine again.
Donna: No! Michael -- oh. Michael?
Michael: Hey. I'm here. I'm right here.
Donna: Oh.
Michael: How you feeling?
Donna: I was so afraid.
Michael: Oh, for what, huh?
Donna: Oh, I was dreaming. I was remembering.
Michael: Donna, it's all over now. It's all over.
Donna: No, I was -- I was thinking about that night and that I'd never get to see you again.
Michael: Well, you can't get rid of me that easily, baby.
Donna: Honey, you look awful.
Michael: Well, how nice of you to notice.
Donna: No. I can see you look so tired.
Michael: It's just I haven't shaved, that's all.
Donna: No, and you're pale.
Michael: Fluorescent lights.
Donna: He shot you.
Michael: Yes, he did, but I'm ok. Remember, you saved my life.
Donna: No, no, your -- your shoulder --
Michael: Donna -- hey, my shoulder's fine, ok? You want to see? Watch this. I can fly like a bird. I lift my -- agh. Well, I'm kind of ok. It's going to be fine, really. It's -- it's going to be fine.
Donna: But you were there for me. I mean, you -- you came for me.
Michael: [As Bogart] for a classy dame like you, sweetheart, who wouldn't be, huh?
Donna: It really is over, isn't it?
Michael: [Normal voice] yeah. And for you and for me and for our kids, it's a new beginning.
Cass: Thank you.
Scott: Hey, Cass.
Cass: Hi, Scott. You're here for a visit, huh?
Scott: Yeah, I wasn't going to come, but I -- well --
Cass: It's kind of hard to figure, you know?
Scott: All the things he did?
Cass: To his own children. This must be particularly hard for you. I mean, no matter what, he's still your father.
Scott: Yeah, well, I still have the same questions as everybody else. And that's why I'm here. I want some answers. So if you'll excuse me --
Cass: Sure.
Andre: I need to know where the plane, flight number 37, is being loaded. Right -- small jet, no passengers, just cargo.
Andre: Hangar 17. Thank you.
Nicole: Ok.
[Knock on door]
Nicole: That's funny. I thought it was unlocked. Hmm. Hi! Come on in!
Felicia: Good morning. Nicole, this is Jack.
Jack: Brooks, ma'am.
Felicia: Yes, Brooks, and he's going to be guarding the fashions on the plane to Monte Carlo.
Nicole: Oh, that's right. I was supposed to hire a security guard for the clothes.
Felicia: Honey, it's ok. It's ok. I've done it.
Nicole: You know, Felicia, it went right out of my mind.
Felicia: It's all right. You're thinking about Donna right now.
Nicole: Yeah. Oh, thank you. You're a lifesaver.
Felicia: All right, what Jack and I need is a list of the cargo.
Nicole: Oh, right. That's over here on the desk. Come with me, Mr. Brooks. Oh, boy. Cass must have been in a hurry. Everything's all over the place here. Yeah, this is it.
Felicia: Ok.
Jack: Thanks.
Felicia: Now, I think I should take Jack upstairs and show him the crates that are going to the airport. Now, he will be responsible for all of them until we arrive in Monte Carlo, so come on, Jack.
Nicole: I'm not going.
Felicia: What?
Nicole: I can't leave Donna now.
Felicia: Honey, you have to go.
Nicole: Oh, come on. I'll show you where the crates are, Mr. Brooks. They're upstairs here.
Felicia: Nicole, are you serious? Honey, you're not going to Monte Car--
Michael: So we are going to have the most beautiful child you've ev--
Donna: Oh, oh, I get to see the baby.
Michael: You what?
Donna: Yeah. There's a sonogram. Jamie told me all about it. I get to see the baby!
Michael: Are you kidding?
Donna: No! No, you see, sound waves create this picture on a television screen. I mean, isn't that amazing?
[Knock on door]
Michael: It's incredible.
Donna: Yeah!
Cass: Hi. Can I come in for a minute?
Michael: Hi, Cass.
Donna: Cass, of course!
Cass: Hi. Hi, Mike.
Michael: How you doing?
Cass: How you feeling?
Michael: Good.
Cass: And how are you feeling?
Donna: Hi! Oh, I'm -- I'm fine, really.
Cass: Good, good.
Donna: Well, how's Nicole?
Cass: Well, she's -- actually, she didn't sleep too well last night.
Donna: Oh, she's getting excited about the trip, huh?
Cass: No. She's worried about you.
Donna: Me? Well, I'm fine.
Cass: Well, good. She'll be glad to hear that.
Donna: Well, she saw me yesterday. Cass, she knows that.
Cass: I think the quarrel that you two had is bothering her a lot.
Donna: Oh, Michael, you didn't say anything to her, did you?
Michael: I didn't say a word.
Cass: About what? Come on, you guys, I'm in the room, remember? What's going on here?
Donna: Maybe -- maybe Cass should know.
Michael: Ok, Cass, but this has to stay between the three of us for now, ok?
Cass: What is it?
Donna: The night that my mother died all those years ago, Cass, it wasn't suicide.
Cass: What?
Donna: Father killed our mother.
Cass: He murdered her?
Michael: Yes.
Cass: But why?
Donna: Because she was having an affair with Jason Frame.
Cass: Jason Frame and your mother?
Donna: Yes. He found out about it, and they had a quarrel, and he had a gun.
Michael: It's -- it's not clear whether or not he shot at her or they were struggling for the gun and he accidently shot her, but either way, the bullet grazed her head and knocked her unconscious.
Cass: Wait, wait, wait, wait. I thought there was a fire.
Michael: Well, there was. You see, that's how Reginald covered his tracks. He left her there. The firemen found her, but she died from smoke inhalation.
Cass: Oh, that's -- I mean, even for Reginald, that's --
Michael: So we haven't told anyone about this.
Cass: Nicole doesn't know?
Michael: No. And Adam is trying to keep it from being leaked to the press.
Donna: Cass, please, I don't want Nicole to find out about the murder or the affair.
Michael: I mean, what's the point, right?
Cass: Right.
Michael: It's over now. It's over. It's in the past.
Donna: Right. It's -- it's a beginning. It's a whole new beginning for all of us.
Michael: And Reginald is history.
Scott: Deja vu, isn't it? Me standing over you like this when you were laying flat on your back from the heart attack last year. The only difference was that I was really scared then because I really cared about you. But now I'm just numb. Can you hear me? Well, I want you to know that mom told me everything. She told -- she told me how you planned your first wife's suicide and then how you killed her. I mean, what kind of a man are you? What kind of a man would even think about doing something like that, and then even carry it out? Do you think you're above the law? Do you even care about anybody? Do you feel anything for people? Do you have any feelings to offer anybody? What's -- what's so unbelievable is I still -- I still would have helped you! All you had to do was be honest and be the least bit sorry for what you have done. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. That means that I could have helped you. All you had to do was ask. But, no. No, no, no. You just wanted to try to cover everything up and kill Jason, and then you almost killed mom. Well, if you ever wake up, who knows? You're going to prison. That's a fact. You are not, not in control anymore. But I want you to understand me, if you can hear me, I want you to understand the last thing that I'm ever going to say to you. For what you've done, I'm never going to forgive you. Never. Never.
Andre: Need to check how our boy's doing.
Andre: Hey, old man? Hey, I'm getting you out of here, today.
Nicole: Ok, Mr. Brooks. And then you're to unload the crates in Monaco and take them directly to the hotel.
Felicia: And then I will take possession of them from there.
Nicole: Ok.
Jack: I guess I'll see you in Monte Carlo, then.
Felicia: Great, Jack. Thanks very much.
Nicole: Thank you.
Felicia: Right?
Nicole: Thank you! I'm so glad I don't have to worry about this.
Felicia: Well, I think you have enough to worry about right now.
Nicole: And I'm sorry to throw this all on you, but I just can't do it, not now. I -- I can't go.
Felicia: I understand. I think I understand.
Sophie: Nicole?
Nicole: Thanks.
Sophie: It is Mrs. Cory and the doctor. They are coming to pick up the wedding dress and the bridesmaids' dresses.
Nicole: Oh, no. When, Sophie?
Sophie: This afternoon. But the dress for Julie Ann -- it is not yet hemmed.
Felicia: You know what, Sophie? I'm sure that you can handle this, can't you? Nicole has so many things on her mind right now.
Sophie: But of course.
Felicia: Of course, thank you. Right.
Nicole: I am really forgetting all sorts of things.
Felicia: Well, I think you're allowed. But, you know, you really shouldn't worry so much.
Nicole: Yeah, I keep telling myself that.
Felicia: Ok, now, look, Donna is going to be fine, right?
Nicole: We hope.
Felicia: And you got the dresses made for this wedding.
Nicole: Barely.
Felicia: No, but you did make the deadline, and the fashion show in Monte Carlo is going to go off whether you're there or not.
Nicole: I know, I know.
Felicia: Well, honey, what can you be worrying about?
Nicole: Oh --
Felicia: Ah. Cass?
Nicole: Is it that obvious?
Felicia: I'm a romance writer, remember?
Nicole: Yeah. The other night, before we heard about Donna, I told him that I wanted to be with him.
Felicia: Great.
Nicole: Oh, Felicia, I don't know.
Felicia: He didn't run away, did he?
Nicole: No.
Felicia: So?
Nicole: Felicia, I'm scared to death.
Felicia: Well, I guess that settles it.
Nicole: What?
Felicia: Well, if you're scared to death, that definitely means you're in love.
Nicole: Why? It goes with the territory?
Felicia: Well, I don't think you should worry about it so much, you see, because lovers do survive.
Nicole: Yeah, I know, but -- oh, I don't know. Cass and I are so close.
Felicia: In other ways?
Nicole: Right.
Felicia: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yeah, well, it's rough, you know. You're risking a good friendship.
Nicole: Yeah, we're a great business team, too.
Felicia: Obviously.
Nicole: So risking that for a chance at love? You know, I just feel things are getting away from me.
Felicia: You know, I felt very much the same way with Mitch.
Nicole: Really?
Felicia: Yeah. It sort of feels like you're giving up control.
Nicole: I guess you do, sort of, when you love someone.
Felicia: Yeah, but you're not totally powerless.
Nicole: Yes, I am. That's the problem.
Felicia: Why? Why do you say that?
Nicole: Oh, I don't know. Things that have happened, I guess.
Felicia: What? With other men?
Nicole: Yeah. Oh, what few there were. When I thought I loved someone, I --
Felicia: What?
Nicole: Well, I've always made a complete fool of myself.
Felicia: Oh.
Nicole: So I learned to play it safe.
Felicia: Yeah, well, you mean no passionate kisses?
Nicole: Yeah, no calling just to hear his voice.
Felicia: No risk, no pain.
Nicole: You've got it.
Felicia: Oh, yes. Lonely evenings with just your teddy bear, huh?
Nicole: Yeah. I can take that.
Felicia: Except now, right?
Nicole: Yeah, because, you know -- well, Cass is different.
Felicia: You know, he's no saint. You know that?
Nicole: Oh, hey, no kidding.
Felicia: But he is very special. So what do you think? You're going to risk it?
Nicole: That's the problem. How am I going to know? After I've made a total fool of myself? After I've wrecked a great friendship?
Felicia: You know what? Nobody can answer that question.
Nicole: But me. I know. Oh -- Felicia?
Felicia: What?
Nicole: If you were writing this, you know, story as a novel --
Felicia: Mm-hmm.
Nicole: How would it end?
Felicia: Well, let's see. I would probably take it up to where it is now, and I would end it with the two characters just beginning. Maybe even in Monte Carlo.
Nicole: Oh, no, not Monte Carlo. No, I can't leave Donna now.
Felicia: Have you really discussed this with her?
Nicole: Yeah, I was just going to go to the hospital and talk to her now.
Felicia: All right, good. I think you should. I've got a million calls to make here.
Nicole: Ok. I'm sorry to run out on you like this.
Felicia: Honey, would you stop apologizing? Just give Donna my love, will you?
Nicole: Ok, I will. Thanks.
Felicia: Nicole, you know, about this novel -- whether it takes place in Monte Carlo or not, it is definitely a love story. That much I do know.
Nicole: Ok.
Cheryl: Hi.
Scott: Hi.
Cheryl: Hey.
Scott: Hmm?
Cheryl: You don't look great.
Scott: Thanks.
Cheryl: Not that you don't look good. You just look --
Scott: Bad.
Cheryl: Bad, right, right.
Scott: Yeah, right, right. Well, I've -- I haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately.
Cheryl: You must be real worried about your dad, huh?
Scott: I don't want to talk about him.
Cheryl: Ok.
Scott: Ok?
Cheryl: I'm sorry.
Scott: No, I'm sorry. I've just been going through a lot the last few weeks, that's all.
Cheryl: Have you heard anything about Dawn's case?
Scott: No, we haven't, and she's not too happy about that, either.
Cheryl: You must be having to deal with a lot of pressure yourself, huh?
Scott: What do you mean?
Cheryl: Just the kind of person you are.
Scott: No.
Cheryl: You know, Scott, you don't have to be strong all the time.
Scott: Cheryl, what am I supposed to do? Really? What am I supposed to do? I mean, I wish I would have never had a father named Reginald Love, right? I wish I'd have never heard of a disease called AIDS, but I can't really change that kind of thing now, can I? I have to kind of live with it.
Cheryl: Yeah. But you don't have to do it alone, Scott.
Cass: Maybe the best thing is for her to get her mind off her father.
Donna: Right, right. And let's get her to thinking about something else -- the fashion show.
Michael: Yeah. That's tomorrow, isn't it?
Cass: Monday, actually. The clothes are being shipped today, and Nicole and Felicia and I will be dropping in tomorrow.
Donna: Good. That's great.
Cass: Yeah.
Donna: Listen, though, would you just stick by her? I think she might need somebody.
Cass: Don't worry. I will. And who knows? This whole thing may wind up being about a lot more than just a bunch of clothes.
Michael: What?
Donna: What do you mean?
Cass: Well, I just meant that -- I don't know what I meant.
Donna: Oh, yes, you do.
Cass: Oh, yeah? Well, then why don't you tell me.
Donna: You and Nicole.
Michael: Yeah, and they are -- are you -- you are?
Cass: We -- well, it's a possibility.
Michael: Yeah, that's funny.
Donna: Yeah, I think it's a great possibility.
Michael: Well, congratulations.
Cass: Thank-- thanks.
Jamie: Hey, what is this?
Cass: Hey, Jamie.
Jamie: Is this a hospital room or a coffee lounge? Now out, you two. I want to discuss this test with Donna.
Donna: Oh, the sonogram? Jamie, I already know all about it.
Jamie: Oh, well, that's great. But there's still some things we have to talk over. Alone, gentlemen.
Michael: All right, I got you.
Cass: Ooh.
Donna: Ooh. "Ooh" is right.
Cass: Ok, good luck, honey.
Donna: Oh, thank you.
Cass: Bye-bye.
Donna: Oh, listen, I'm going to have the salon all finished by the time you all come back.
Cass: You are?
Donna: Yes, yes.
Cass: All right.
Donna: And please, just give Nicole my love and tell her that I expect her to dazzle Europe and to just take it by storm.
Cass: Ok, you got it.
Donna: All right.
Nicole: Not this time. Nicole's not going to Europe.
Cass: What?
Nicole: I'm not leaving my sister when she's in this condition.
Donna: Nicole, I told you. I am just fine.
Nicole: Right. That's why they won't even allow you out of bed.
Donna: No, no, you -- you have too much at stake here.
Nicole: No, wait. I want to tell you something, ok?
Donna: All right, but, you know --
Nicole: Oh, Donna, just be quiet and listen to me, ok? Listen, you almost died. I almost lost the only sister I have.
Donna: Nicole --
Nicole: And you know what's even worse? Is the last time that we saw each other, I was yelling at you.
Donna: Nicole --
Nicole: Do you know how much you mean to me? How much I love you?
Donna: Of course I know that, and I love you, too. That's why I don't want you to ruin this effort. I mean --
Nicole: No, no, no, the decision has already been made, all right? So just skip it. Now, the main point is I don't ever want to fight with you again. Without you, you know, I sometimes wonder what my life would be like right now.
Donna: You? You would have been a success at anything.
Nicole: Oh, come on. You know that's not true. I've screwed up so much the last few years. But I always knew that I could call you and I could come to you and I could ask you what to do.
Donna: I'm just a big sister, that's all.
Nicole: Hey, it's because of you that I could stand up to father. I wouldn't have been able to do it without you.
Donna: What are you talking about? You were the one that Peter and I envied. You did. You always stood up to him.
Nicole: Oh, I was faking it all the way. Oh, Peter called this morning.
Donna: Yeah. He called here, too. Nicole, I told him not to come.
Nicole: Yeah, it's probably better. He finally broke free of that man. It would be really rough on him to go in and see father right now.
Donna: Yeah. Have you heard how he is?
Nicole: About the same.
Donna: Well, it's over now. Peter, Nicole, Donna -- we don't have to worry about him ever again.
Andre: I'm not going to let you be carted off to jail or die -- at least not till I get paid. Of course, you're a wanted man now, so if I get you out of the country, you'll owe me plenty.
Reginald: You can't.
Andre: What?
Reginald: Can't go.
Andre: Yes, you can, my friend. I've got it all planned out. I've got access to a private plane that's leaving this afternoon.
Reginald: You go.
Andre: But no one will even suspect you're on it. Even if they find you're gone, when we take off, you'll -- come on, I came to get you out of here. I've got a way to get us to the island.
Reginald: Get away from here.
Andre: Not until you give me the money you owe me.
Reginald: Take whatever you like.
Andre: Yeah? Then I will. You can bet on it.
Reginald: I'm sure you will.
Reginald: Andre?
Andre: What?
Reginald: Please take care -- take care --
Andre: Yeah, I'll take care of everything, my friend. Die in peace.
John: Hi.
Michael: Hi.
John: Mom wanted to come. I wouldn't let her. I didn't think that she could handle it right now.
Michael: Well, I told her the same thing. I'll call her later.
John: Donna ok so far?
Michael: So far.
John: How about you?
Michael: What about me?
John: How are you? I mean, I heard you got hit. You ok?
Michael: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't worry about me. I'm fine.
John: Just let me take a look at it. I could have done a better patch job than that.
Michael: Tell you what -- next time I get shot I'll be sure to drop by your place first, ok?
John: Good. But I don't think that Reginald's going to have any more next times.
Michael: He better not.
John: I guess he'll spend the rest of his days in prison.
Michael: If I have anything to say about it, he is. Hey, baby.
Donna: Hi.
Michael: You going for a little ride here?
Donna: Yeah. You know, I wish you were going with me.
Michael: Well, I think you can make this trip by yourself, huh?
Donna: Yeah, well, I'm just a little worried.
Michael: Hey, about what?
Donna: The baby.
Jamie: Ok, how's our patient? Is she all ready?
Michael: Come on, just a sec here. Look --
Donna: The baby. I mean, Michael --
Michael: Hey, hey, hey. If we're meant to have this baby, we will. If we're not meant to have this baby, God has a very good reason, and we'll just have another one, ok? All right?
Donna: Ok. I love you.
Michael: I love you, too, and that's all that counts.
Donna: I know.
Michael: Ok.
Donna: Ok.
Michael: I'll see you later.
Donna: Ok.
Michael: Good night. Keep smiling.
Jamie: Talk to you later.
Nicole: Ok.
Nicole: Michael, you're not helping Donna by waiting.
John: What do you say we get a cup of coffee?
Nicole: Yeah, right. And then when Donna comes back, I'll let you know.
Michael: No. No, thanks. I got to wait.
John: Mike, you've done everything you can for her.
Nicole: Really, it's just a test, Michael.
Michael: I'm ok, guys. I'm going to wait here for her, thank you.
John: Can't imagine how stubborn this kid of theirs is going to be.
Nicole: Really.
I am not babysitting.
John: Mike, look, I will not only spring for a cup of coffee, I'll buy you a doughnut.
Michael: Have you seen the doughnuts down there?
John: Well, I mean, I've always figured that as long as they don't crawl away from you, you can eat them.
Michael: Well, if they do start crawling away from me, all you got do is dip them into the coffee. That'd kill anything.
John: I like the coffee down there.
Michael: You would.
Nicole: Oh, there you are.
Cass: Has Donna gone off for the sonogram?
Nicole: Yeah, she has. Listen, I'm sorry I sprung that on you, earlier.
Cass: About not going to Monte Carlo?
Nicole: Yeah. Look, Felicia feels she can handle it.
Cass: Yeah, well, I made some calls.
Nicole: Well, that's good, because once you're there, I know you'll be able to take care of everything.
Cass: Oh, I'm not going.
Nicole: You're what?
Cass: You're not going. Neither am I.
Nicole: What? You've got to go.
Cass: No, I don't.
Nicole: What are you doing? Oh. You're trying to blackmail me, aren't you?
Cass: No. I just don't feel like going. I'm doing what I feel like doing.
Nicole: I don't understand.
Cass: Well, you have your priorities straight, right? And so do I. My priority is you -- being with you.
Nicole: Me?
Cass: Do you see anyone else around? So Felicia's going to have to handle it as best she can, and that's that.
Nicole: Right.
Cass: In fact, I'm going to give her a call now and straighten out some of the scheduling, so excuse me.
Nicole: Ok.
Cass: The phone's that way.
Nicole: Right. Me.
Cheryl: Here you go.
Scott: Thanks. You're right, you know.
Cheryl: What?
Scott: I can't expect myself to deal with these things alone.
Cheryl: Of course you can't.
Scott: I went to the hospital this morning and saw my father.
Cheryl: Wait a second. I thought you said --
Scott: I know what I said, yeah.
Cheryl: Yeah, but he is your father, right?
Scott: They say he's definitely going to prison this time.
Cheryl: Well, you probably had to find some way to say goodbye. There's nothing wrong with that, Scott.
Scott: Yeah, well, I kept looking at him laying there. I kept thinking of all the things that he's done to all these people.
Cheryl: Yeah, I know.
Scott: And I just wanted to go nuts. I wanted to explode, Cheryl.
Cheryl: Yeah, but it's over, Scott.
Scott: No, it's not. I was walking home, and I started thinking about school. I started thinking about Dawn and what she's going through.
Cheryl: What's the matter? You don't think you're going to win the case?
Scott: Even if we win -- even if we win, what does that give us? How much time does that give us? Do you understand?
Cheryl: Yeah.
Scott: I just want to be with her. I just want to do simple things. I just want to take her for a walk. I just want to go -- just play in the rain, just do something like that.
Cheryl: Hey, Scott, you know what?
Scott: You know, the funny thing about it is, is that I probably would be worried about her catching pneumonia or something, or I'd be worried if she's even going to be alive by then.
Cheryl: Come on, Scott, stop it.
Scott: Stop what?
Cheryl: You can't think like that.
Scott: Well, how am I supposed to think? I'm scared, Cheryl.
Cheryl: I know that. Hey, it's the first time I've heard you open up. It's really important.
Scott: Yeah, well --
Cheryl: You really have to do that more often.
Scott: Yeah, it's easy to say.
Cheryl: I mean it.
Scott: Yeah.
Cheryl: Come on, Scott, I mean it!
Scott: Ok, ok, ok, relax. Don't throw anything, all right? Yeah?
Cheryl: Well, it got your attention.
Scott: Yeah, you probably hurt your hand?
[Cheryl laughs]
Cheryl: No, not really.
Dawn: Scott, Scott, Zack just called, and he said the judge just reached a decision.
Nicole: Thank you.
Michael: No problem. Any word?
Nicole: No, not yet. Where's John?
Michael: He's down the hallway, talking to some pal of his.
Nicole: Oh. You know, it was good to see you two talking again.
Michael: Well, it was -- it's good to talk again.
Nicole: Forgiveness is a wonderful thing.
Michael: Yeah, it is.
Nicole: You know, if something would have happened to Donna before I'd been able to tell her that I -- I love her, and I wasn't angry at her.
Michael: You know, I know exactly how you feel.
Nicole: I mean, that fight we had, you know, it was just so stupid.
Michael: Well, it's ok to get angry.
Nicole: Yeah, I know. And I know how Donna goes off on her tangents sometimes, but I should have realized. All that stuff about our mother having an affair with Jason Frame -- I mean -- well, it's just so silly.
Michael: You know what? If I were you, I might just forget all about that quarrel.
Nicole: Oh, hey, listen, I already have. Donna and I even had a talk about it.
Michael: Really?
Nicole: Yeah.
Michael: Hey.
Donna: Hey, make way for the expectant mother here.
Nicole: Yeah.
Donna: I saw the baby.
Michael: Really?
Donna: On the sonogram.
Michael: Oh.
Donna: Michael?
Michael: What?
Donna: It's a boy.
Michael: So it's a boy?
Donna: It's a beautiful, beautiful baby boy!
Michael: Wow! Honey!
Bianca: Well, that's --
Donna: I did. I saw his little heart beating. Oh, and remember that at one point where he moved his little arm? Oh, it was -- it was just so magical.
Michael: Well, tell you what -- look, the next time you do this, I want to be there, ok?
Nicole: All right. Let's do it again so we can all see.
Jamie: Wait a minute. Sonograms as entertainment isn't exactly hospital policy.
Nicole: Ooh. Oh.
Michael: Oh, boy, that's great. A boy. It's a boy. We got a boy!
Jamie: Listen, folks, I don't want to throw a wet blanket on all these good times --
Michael: Uh-huh.
Jamie: But Donna is still in a very precarious state.
John: Yeah, you right. We should go clear out of here.
Nicole: Yeah, we should.
Jamie: I don't want her tired. Things are by no means perfect.
Donna: I know, I know, but I am going to stay in bed from now on until the baby's born.
Jamie: Definitely.
Donna: And I am going to be so good you're not going to be able to stand me, I promise.
Michael: Well, anything you need, anything at all, we're going to have it brought to you right here in this room.
Donna: All right.
Jamie: Now, what she needs now is rest, and plenty of it.
Nicole: Ok, everybody, you heard the doctor. Let's get out of here, all right? Get some rest.
John: Bye, Donna.
Donna: All right, thanks for coming, John.
Nicole: We'll see you later.
Donna: And, Nicole -- Nicole --
Nicole: Yeah.
Donna: Stay here?
Nicole: Ok.
Michael: Ok, well, I'm going to go. I'm going to see you later. We got ourselves a boy!
Donna: I know, I know, I know. I bet anything he's going to be a wide receiver for the cubs.
Michael: Honey, wide receivers are football.
Donna: Oh, I know.
Michael: Right. I love you.
Donna: Bye.
Michael: Bye.
Nicole: Donna, did you want me, Donna?
Donna: Yes. Could you please stay a minute?
Nicole: Sure.
Jamie: I'll drop back later. Right now I have to go be fitted for a tuxedo.
Donna: Oh. Oh, that's right. Amanda's wedding. I guess I'm not going to be able to go now, am I.
Jamie: Well, I wouldn't worry. I'm sure my mother's going to bring a videotape of the event to you.
Donna: Oh, good. Oh, good. I love weddings.
Jamie: Get some rest.
Donna: I will. Thanks, Jamie.
Jamie: We're not out of the woods, yet. Remember that.
Donna: Yeah, I know.
Jamie: So long.
Nicole: Thanks, Jamie. Well? What is it?
Donna: Sit down.
Sit down. I have an order for you. Since I am your older sister and older sisters always know what's best --
Nicole: What?
Donna: I am ordering you to get thee to Monte Carlo.
Nicole: Oh, no.
Donna: No, no, I don't want any excuses. I want you to get there today or -- or just as soon as you can because I am -- I am fine.
Nicole: Donna --
Donna: And this baby is fine, and I don't want you and Cass hanging around here, worrying about me when you should be over there taking the world on by storm.
Nicole: No, no, no. It's ok. Look, I've already made all the arrangements.
Donna: No! I have given you an order. Now, I want you and Cass in Monte Carlo.
Nicole: No, it's not --
Donna: Nicole --
Nicole: I mean -- what?
Donna: You have always, always wanted to succeed.
Nicole: Yeah, I know, but --
Donna: Now, this is your chance. Now, don't lose it. Get over there now!
Nicole: Ok.
Donna: Ok? All right! Well, now you're talking.
Nicole: I'm going to knock their socks off over there.
Donna: You certainly are.
Nicole: My designs are really terrific.
Donna: They're wonderful.
Nicole: Oh. We could probably even leave tonight, you know?
Donna: Oh, you could. Yes, today.
Nicole: Yeah, because there's the plane, you know, with the designs on it. I could ask the pilot. We could be there by tonight.
Donna: Great. That's perfect.
Nicole: Oh. Donna, I love you.
Donna: Oh, honey, I love you, too.
Nicole: Thank you. Ok, I'll call you later, all right?
Donna: All right, you better.
Nicole: Ok.
Donna: Bye.
Dawn: No, no, Zach said that the clerk called and said that the judge had made -- what do you call it?
Scott: Decision, decision.
Dawn: Right, and that we were due in court tomorrow morning.
Scott: That's great.
Cheryl: Dawn, that's great.
Dawn: So what do you think?
Scott: I think that we are finally going to have some justice.
Dawn: Do you think that we won?
Scott: Well, what do we look like, a bunch of losers standing here, huh?
Dawn: Oh, Scott, I'm so happy!
Scott: I'm happy for you. That's all I want. Come on, sit down.
Dawn: You know, I've been working on my new song all morning.
Scott: That's great.
Dawn: Well, I mean, I'm not quite finished. I still have the lyrics to do in the second verse, but I have a melody that I really like.
Cheryl: That's great. When are you going to let us hear it?
Dawn: Not until it's finished because I don't want to jinx it.
Scott: Well, we're just going to sit back and relax and wait for you, ok?
Cheryl: Hey, you know what? Maybe we could get it recorded.
Scott: Yeah.
Dawn: Oh, wait, hold it, hold it. It's not even finished yet. Not so fast. Speaking of fast, what happened to you this morning? You got up really early and didn't come back.
Scott: I went to the hospital.
Dawn: You went to see your father?
Scott: Yep.
Dawn: Well, how is he?
Scott: He's out of it.
Dawn: How are you?
Scott: I'm ok. I finally got him out of my system. I -- I saw him, and he's not a part of my life anymore.
Felicia: Ok. Now, when I get to Monte Carlo, who do you want me to call first?
Cass: His name is Yves Chabot.
Felicia: Chabeaux? B-e-a-u-x?
Cass: No. C-h-a-b-o-t.
Felicia: [French accent] but of course.
[Normal voice] all right, now, he's in charge of transportation of all the models, right?
Cass: [French accent] but of course.
[Normal voice] and tell him to keep his hands to himself.
Felicia: Oh, he's one of those, huh?
Cass: Yeah.
Felicia: How nice. All right, what else?
Cass: There's only a couple of more things here, but, you know, all you have to do is call me. I'll stay by the phone if there's something we miss.
Felicia: Well, I know. Actually, that's not really what's worrying me. You want some coffee?
Cass: Sure. I'll have a little. What is it? Nicole?
Felicia: Yeah. You know how the press is.
Cass: Yes, I do. My interview, right?
Felicia: Yeah, well, a design is only part of the hype.
Cass: Well, Nicole is just going to have to be fashion's woman of mystery, that's all.
Felicia: But, you know, it's not going to have the same impact without Nicole being there. You know that.
Nicole: Oh, but Nicole will be there.
Felicia: You're back!
Cass: What?
Nicole: Excuse me, I'll pack.
Felicia: What?
Cass: Whoa, whoa, wait, wait a minute. What's going on here? What about Donna?
Nicole: Oh, Donna is fine, and the baby's fine, too.
Felicia: Oh, honey, that's great.
Nicole: Yeah, isn't it? It really is.
Felicia: Yes.
Cass: Nicole --
Nicole: And Donna was right. I mean, this is what I've dreamed of for over a year. I have to go for it.
Felicia: Of course you do.
Nicole: So, what do you say, huh?
Cass: Well, I'm with you. I'm a little confused still, but I'm with you.
Nicole: Great.
Cass: So we'll take the first plane in the morning?
Nicole: How about in an hour?
Felicia: Oh.
Cass: In an hour?
Nicole: Mm-hmm.
Felicia: You're talking about the plane that's carrying the designs.
Nicole: Yep. I talked to the pilot. He said he could take us, too.
Cass: What's a couple of more pieces of baggage, right?
Felicia: I think it's wonderful, and then I'll join you there tomorrow, that's all.
Sophie: Nicole, you are here.
Nicole: Yeah, but not for long. What's the matter, Sophie?
Sophie: The ladies, Mrs. Cory and her daughter and the bridesmaids -- they came in the back door and they are upstairs.
Nicole: Well, that's fine. Have them try on all the dresses.
Sophie: Oui.
Cass: Ooh, la-la.
Nicole: I'll take a minute to say hello, and then I'll pack.
Felicia: All right, I'll be up to help you, all right?
Nicole: Ok.
Cass: We have some phone calls to make.
Felicia: Yes. I have to cancel the fact that you canceled.
Cass: Something like that, yeah.
Felicia: Yeah, something like that.
Cass: What?
Nicole: You think I'm a ditz, don't you?
Cass: What?
Nicole: Well, you know, one minute I'm going -- not going, and then here I am -- I'm going.
Cass: No, loving your sister doesn't make you a ditz. I'm just glad you don't have to worry about her and that you're going to be able to knock them dead.
Nicole: You know, you are terrific.
Cass: She finds me irresistible. What? Hey, come on, we got -- the plane leaves in less than an hour. We got some calls to make.
Pilot: Oh. Hi. I'm Greg Molson.
Andre: John Hardy.
Greg: Nice to meet you. Come on up front and keep me company.
Andre: The cockpit?
Greg: Sure. Great view. And lots more comfortable than those things.
Andre: All right, thanks.
Greg: My pleasure. I like to have somebody to talk to, you know.
Andre: Sure.
Greg: Well, it looks like a nice smooth flight to Monaco.
Andre: Smooth as silk.
Michael: Hi, Reg. Just thought I'd stop by because I wanted you to know something. I got my wife, I got my kids, and you are going to spend the rest of your life in jail. The stable boy finally got it all, Reg. Live with that.
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My brief visit to the village this Easter was as sobering as it was heart-rending.
And that is one of the reasons I'm usually reluctant to visit the countryside theses days. No matter how much cash one goes home with, one soon runs out of funds – not necessarily because one is playing Father Christmas in Easter.
Whatever direction you look, you're confronted with abject want and life-threatening desperation. This is where you finally put a real face to the word "recession".
You would be made of stone to see one kinsman hanging between life and death for lack of money to buy as little as N600 anti-malaria drug and do nothing about it. Many go to bed on empty stomachs. Here, a N200 gift could make the difference between life and death, hunger and a full tummy, sound night sleep and a hunger-induced all night vigil.
In our villages, you see poverty walking on two legs. Of course, many of the city dwellers pass through the same thing, but it would appear those ones manage to find a way to get by. Those who can't are sometimes pushed to the wall so much that they either take a plunge off the Third Mainland bridge or simply waylay us on the road or 'knock' on our doors at night.
I don't know about you, but for me, the biggest torture I've ever had to face is that seeing a loved one suffer from the commonest (cheap-to-treat) ailment and not be able to do anything about it, because one has suddenly run out of funds.
Painfully, all these are happening in a country that has more than enough to go round. In a country, where some have stolen and stashed away so much of the national patrimony, in private vaults, in the vain belief that their third and fourth generations would not need to raise a finger to earn a living. In a country where apartments in highbrow and not-too-highbrow areas are bursting at their seams with inexplicable stash of cash. A country where enormous sacks of cash are put on a plane without any escort. A country where market stalls are stocked with dollars and pounds instead of goods.
And the anti-graft agencies want us to believe that they don't know who owns the money? Tell that to the marines! They would also not give the cash to those of us who are laying claim to it.
One thing I'm very sure of, however, is that if the money belonged to a PDP chieftain, or any functionary of the Jonathan administration, we would have since named and shamed him. For, even now that it does not appear to belong to any of them, we are daily being regaled with tales of how Jonathan signed it, how Stella Oduah warehoused it for Neighbour 2 Neighbour – a project that literally ended with the 2011 presidential election.
I guess that's why we've kept running in circles with this anti graft war – because we're lying to ourselves.
But my concern today is not really about who owns the money. I'll oblige them my house address, if they can't find the owners and do not know what to do with the loot, they could, at least, deliver some to my house. I have a fair idea of what to do with it. There just can't be so much cash and we won't have any to spend.
Yes, money, money everywhere, but not a dime to spend – apologies to John Pepper Clark.
Nigeria is sure one huge cocktail of paradoxes. A country where the most stupendous wealth exists side by side the worst forms of poverty.
Every bundle of the dollar notes, totalling $10,000 each, represents, at least, one solid small scale industry that can employ about five people each. Now, imagine how many $10,000 wraps that are in $43 million. Yet, we're complaining of unemployment and prostrate economy!
These people are wicked!
And to rub insult into our injuries, they insult our collective intelligence with their shambolic investigation of the cases – intentionally messing it up and only pursuing the cases of only those who are not politically correct. And when a totally disgusted judge throws out their wobbly cases, they begin to insinuate judicial gang-up. They get the most inexperienced lawyers and expect them to floor SANs of several years standing. They want you, the accused, to feel sorry for engaging better lawyers than they. They just expect you to roll over and just and plead guilty? Even when they've not been able to piece a case together. To make matters worse, they blackmail people who genuinely want to help them.
I remember the case of Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), who feels just as bad about the corruption in the country as President Muhammadu Buhari himself).
Chief Akintola was said to have sent word to the Attorney-General of the Federation, pointing out a few lapses here and there. He was subsequently invited by the AG to help expatiate on the observations and how to fix the situation.
But immediately he left the AG's office, news went out that the respectable senior lawyer was among those being investigated for bribing a judge and had gone to beg the government, so that he'll not be named and shamed. What a shame!
…Real reason EFCC is losing cases
But if you're still in doubt as to why the anti-graft war is in tatters, here is a little piece sent by another Senior Advocate of Nigeria to the Frank talk of last Wednesday…
"What a pity. Some Nigerians speak before thinking. When you have government officials who run government of the illiterates, by the illiterates, for the enlightened, what do you expect. It is a pity that most commentators on the issue of corruption are legal illiterates, including some of those saddled with the responsibility of fighting the monster to a stand still.
It is also a pity that some of them, though trained, as lawyers, never practise in the court rooms but on the pages of newspapers, electronic media and social media, expanding the scope of media trial of suspects and prejudicing the mind of the gullible public.
Judicial system in all common law countries is acquisitorial in nature. It is justice according to the law and not justice according to how anyone feels or moral persuasion, for morality is an unruly horse. You get astride the horse of morality and it takes you to an unexpected destination.
Now come to the crux of the matter, many often forget that Nigeria is a federation with component parts that have no synergy with the centre. Most often, the centre behaves like an overbearing principal, ever too eager to bully the component parts to submission.
Contrary to the pedestrian thoughts of some commentators, very many senior lawyers had offered, and are still offering, legal advice, making suggestions to the decision makers on how to ensure that the fight against corruption is not derailed, but are they willing to listen or act on the suggestions. Femi Falana and I had on several occasions rubbed minds on the issue, and have written several memos to the supervisory authorities, drawing attention to the lacuna in the system, had one-on-one meetings with some stakeholders on the issue, but the impression being created is that the fight is the baby of PMB when it should be every body's fight. Good intention is certainly not enough in achieving a particular goal. Good intention but bad approach would not yield the desired goals.
Legal profession is a conservative calling not synonymous with loudness. No judge would convict a suspect over an offence that does not exist, no matter the public sentiment to the contrary.
The prosecution of corrupt cases should not be a training ground for a rookie lawyer, who has no trial experience, knows no court procedures, bereft of capacity to handle pressure of courtroom advocacy, have no pupillage experience and have never had practical forensic advocacy training. As pointed out by Chris Uche, SAN, at one of the stake holders meetings, such incompetent prosecutors rely more on media trial of their victims and, in fact, encourage same in order to cover up their incompetency, so that when the accused is set free, he would resort to name calling, allegation of bias or corruption against the judges, etc.
Not every academic Lawyer is a forensic advocate like Profs Osinbajo, Osipitan or Awa Kalu, SANs, who made their silks in the court rooms. Not every human right lawyer is of Femi Falana, SAN, standing. Appearing on Channels or AIT every day should not be the standard for appointment of prosecutors. Falana, SAN, has demonstrated forensic advocacy competency over a period of 30 years. Get the likes of Osipitan, SAN, Awa Kalu, SAN, Jide Candido, SAN, Sabastine Hon, SAN, Livy Nwosu, SAN to compliment the efforts of Rotimi Jacob, SAN, fund the anti graft agencies properly, place the appointed prosecutors on yearly retainership and pay them reasonably to prevent conflict of interests and you will see a much more robust prosecuting team. Some charges pending in some courts have no business being in court. The Advisory committee should take a closer look at all the charges pending in court and drop those or amend those that are bereft of facts that can sustain conviction, apologise to the suspects concerned in line with the tradition of the anti-graft agencies in the western world. De-emphasise media trial and resist the practice of arrest before investigation or commencement of trial before looking for evidence. The trials of suspects as it is now is too media-driven.
EFCC is the most guilty of media hype on issue of corruption fight of all the agencies. It is very painful to see a notorious corrupt fellow, escaping justice due to case mismanagement.
As for the disco critics of the senior lawyers in the country, they should know that no serious lawyer worth his calling can afford to be flippant or engage in AGM. We add more value to the fight against corruption with constructive suggestions, positive and sound legal advice devoid of sentiments and emotions, which is the trademark of the lazy and ignorant.