| June9/12, 2000
Helena: It's a lovely color, isn't it? Stefan: Father's private stock. Helena: We used to drink it Christmas night. Stefan: I should be honored. Helena: It's no more than you deserve. Stefan: At the risk of sounding dim, did I miss something? When did we reconcile? Helena: You've impressed me, Stefan. Finally. I never dreamed that you would be able to survive losing Laura, but you have. Stefan: And I still hate you as you hate me. Helena: Oh, hate is often love in disguise. Stefan: But not always. Helena: Ah, stubborn as always. I admire that. Stefan: I did love you once, Mother. I loved you desperately when I was a child. Helena: You were a challenge. Stefan: I was a bitter disappointment. Helena: I always enjoyed a challenge. Stefan: Ah. You enjoyed hurting me. You loved Stavros. Helena: But here we are now. Why not celebrate that? Stefan: Tell me what you want, mother. Helena: We've been fighting far too long. now, we've been giving our enemies a terrible advantage and hurting the person that we love the most. Stefan: so -- This is about Nikolas, then? Helena: Now, what if we put aside the past, all the pain and disappointments? What if we agreed to work together to help Nikolas? We'd make a formidable pair. Stefan: Indeed. But why should I trust you? Stefan: You're quite beautiful, mother, even now. and treacherous. the center of your own universe. Helena: I should invite you over more often. Stefan: You'll do anything to get what you want. I've always admired that. Helena: Thank you. Stefan: you were a goddess to me when I was a child. I worshipped you. I longed to earn your favor. Helena: Oh, honestly, Stefan, I was simply a dedicated mother. with a strong fashion sense. Stefan: I would have done anything for you. Helena: I never had that impression then. Stefan: You never suspected that my greatest strength was to anticipate a problem and to solve it from every conceivable angle. Helena: All that dreary attention to detail, my darling, made you a bit of a bore, even as a child. Stefan: Perhaps. Helena: To my beloved bore. Stefan: That's the first time you've ever said you love me. Helena: Is that what I said? Stefan: Touche. to the survival of the fittest. |
[continued] Helena: I know you can hear me, Stefan. what is that dreary saying? something about turnabout and fair play? oh, it was the port, darling, in case you're wondering. you'll drown tonight, the victim of a terrible boating accident. drowning is supposed to be the most painless way of dying. or is it the most agonizing? who can remember these things? to survival of the fittest. Helena: Mmm. this port is truly extraordinary, Stefan. I'm sorry you couldn't finish yours. Andreas, doesn't my son face death gracefully? Andreas: Yes, madam. Helena: Finally, something you do well. unless, of course, you're trying to fool your mother. I wouldn't want you to hit the water and start swimming away. Andreas? Andreas: You're very good at this, madam. Helena: Thank you. I pride myself on learning from experience. paralyzing mommy was not the wisest choice you've ever made, my darling. you know how cross I can get. Helena: What on earth did you do to your face? you've always been so clumsy. Andreas? the lighter. [ Helena laughs] Helena: A burn would be so difficult to explain to that dimwitted police commissioner. I'd like a moment alone with my son. Andreas: Yes, madam. Helena: My darling boy, there's something I'd like you to know. Helena: You will die as you have lived, my darling boy. Alone. Longing. And cold. Don't you know Nikolas has left you? Laura finally pushed you away. Alexis is beside the point, but I suppose she cares for you in her own way. not that it matters. No one loves you, Stefan. Oh, I tried to for a while, when you were a baby, but you cried all the time. No one could hold you. No one could comfort you, certainly not I. You wouldn't even look at me. you screamed. When I tried to touch you, you pushed me away. You ignored me. Oh, but Stavros -- Stavros loved me with all of his heart. And I adored him. So many times -- So many times I wished that Luke and Laura had killed you instead. Can you imagine how happy we'd all be? I'd have my Stavros. they'd have their Lucky. I'd have no need for revenge. But Luke and Laura got it all wrong, as usual. And now they have to pay. |
 [continued] Helena: I let you live for a good long time, Stefan. You should be grateful for that. there are so many things -- so many things that I have grown to admire about you. Your treachery. Your cold heart. Oh, and you have a gift for malice that challenges my own sometimes. But you're not thorough, my darling. No. Not for all of that dreary attention to detail. You have no vision. You can't see -- what is that -- that silly American phrase? The big picture. You should've known that you couldn't threaten my plans for Lucky. Did you honestly believe that knowing that I would allow you to live? Good-bye, Stefan. I don't love you. I never did. I may miss you. Probably not. Helena: Good-bye, dear boy. Helena: Andreas. Helena: Throw him overboard. Helena: Ta-ta. [splash] Helena: Good night, second son. 
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