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August 12, 2002
Jax: Dad, I'm looking at the map right now. I mean, if this bedrock formation is the same further north, then this field is immense. We should move on the oil leases immediately. Ok. Good. Well, if a case of Dom arrives at your doorstep, you'll know that I've closed the deal.
[Jax chuckles]
Jax: Right, I'll do that. Yeah, give my love to Lady Jane. Bye.
Skye: For the fundraiser tonight, should I wear
this one or this one?
Jax: This one.
Skye: Ok.
Jax: Yeah. How was the club last night?
Skye: Busy and intriguing. Roy Dilucca was there on some sort of fishing expedition.
Jax: Really? What'd he want?
Skye: He wanted to know about you. Seems you have a mutual enemy.
Jax: What sort of questions was Dilucca asking?
Skye: I think he was trying to gauge how much you dislike Sonny.
Jax: Oh. What'd you say?
Skye: I said that I don't discuss your business with just anyone, that he'd have to talk to you, but I did encourage him to drop it.
Jax: Drop what?
Skye: Kristina died as a direct result of the tension between Roy and Sonny. Jax, I don't want to see you get dragged into something dangerous. I've got too much invested in spending the rest of my life with you.
Jax: Hey, spending the rest of our lives together is a given. It doesn't mean I'm going to pass up an opportunity to ruin Sonny.
 Skye: Well, come on. Life is too short to waste on a vendetta. Kristina's death was a wake-up call, you know? Life can change any second. You shouldn't take anything good for granted. Sonny's like a contagion, nobody gets near him without being infected. Whether you're working for him or against him, he's poisonous, and I don't want to see you anywhere near him. Now, Jax, promise me, please, that you will, you will stay away and just drop the whole Sonny thing and leave it alone.
Jax: No, I can't do that.
 Jax: I hate Sonny.
Skye: Because of what he did to Brenda, or just in general?
Jax: They're too entwined to separate. You know, the sad irony of it is that the hatred between Sonny and me, it's the only thing that's really left of Brenda.
Skye: She really mattered to the both of you that much?
Jax: Well, he claims he loved her. If he did, then his love almost destroyed her. But she's not the only woman he almost destroyed. I mean, take Alexis, for example. You know, he, well, he played the misunderstood "bad boy" with her while she represented him, and then he went back to his wife.
Skye: Men like that usually do.
Jax: Yeah, he's destroyed a lot of people. It's time for him to pay. I wouldn't mind being that guy.
Skye: Jax, come on. You told me that you would be content to sit back and watch Sonny fall without taking any active part in it.
[Knock on door]
Roy: Hey. You have a minute?
Jax: Come on in. I got a pretty good idea what this is about. So, can I offer you something to drink?
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Skye: Well, if you'll excuse me, I, I have some phone calls to make.
[Skye leaves, but hides out of sight to eavesdrop]
Jax: Skye tells me that you're interested in some sort of partnership.
Roy: Well, you know, we share a common enemy in Mr. Corinthos. And I want you to know, despite what you may have heard, I had nothing to do with the Corinthos-Morgan warehouse bombing. I don't do things like that, put innocent lives at risk. I want to bring Sonny down, but through legitimate means.
Jax: So how do I fit into your plans?
Roy: Well, I managed to gain a foothold on the waterfront. You won't find anyone more committed or harder working than I am. You got cash and connections. If we were to pool our resources, we could box Sonny in, force him to retaliate. All we need is for the guy to make one mistake. Then the police could nail him finally with some kind of solid evidence. You interested?
Jax: I might be.
Roy: You might be interested if?
 Jax: If I didn't have a problem with the partner. You're into something a lot deeper and more dangerous than you're letting on. Plus, we have a rhetoric problem. Contaminating someone's coffee shipment isn't exactly what I would describe as, as legitimate means. Look, I'm not claiming to be a choir boy or anything, but when it comes to a partner, someone lying to me from the start, that's not something I want to get into.
Roy: Well, I think I have a good sense of when I can change someone's mind and when I can't. I appreciate your time.
Jax: Hey, all else aside, good luck to you.
Roy: Thanks. I'll let myself out.
Jax: You can stop listening and come out now.
Skye: Oh! I am shocked you would think such a thing of me, but I am so glad to hear that you turned him down. I'm right, right? I mean, you're not going to go behind my back and get involved with him, are you?
Jax: No, no, no. I'm through with vendettas, they're about the past. I have a life of loving you to look forward to and a whole afternoon out on the lake sailing to prove it to you.
Skye: Ooh.
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[While Jax and Skye are at the lake, Roy breaks into Jax's safe and steals the map for Alcazar]
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