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September 10, 2002
Jax: Not exactly your usual taste in accommodations.
Skye: How did you find me?
Jax: Does it matter?
Skye: Not much does at this point, does it? I'd ask why you bothered but that's pretty obvious. What was that speech you gave to me once about people betraying you, about revenge? No mercy when it comes to payback? Wasn't that it? I suppose the police are out there just waiting for me. Well, sorry to disappoint you, but if you think that I'm going to try and make a break for it, you can forget about it. I won't humiliate myself any more than I already have, so go ahead. Tell them I'm ready to surrender.
Jax: You're not going to jail, Skye. What happens from here on is entirely up to you.
[Later, after Jax's explanation]
Skye: Are you certain I didn't pull the plug? All this time I thought...
Jax: Edward set you up. You were upset, and he saw an opening.
Skye: I was drunk. That opening was big enough to drive a truck through.
Jax: Are you still...?
Skye: I'm back on my program. I have been to meetings every day.
Jax: Well, that's good to hear.
Skye: Yeah. It helps knowing I'm not a murderer. I, I don't get it. I don't know why Edward would risk his life to frame me when he already got his revenge. I mean, he had you believing that I betrayed you. He wrecked my life...mission accomplished. Unless he thought you might forgive me. Why would he think that?
Jax: Look, the good news is you can stop running, ok? With Ned's help, Edward's been exposed, and the police know that you weren't involved. You're cleared.
Skye: Oh. I've been cleared of the crime.
Jax: Right.
Skye: Where do I stand with you? I never stopped loving you, Jax. I never lied to you about that.
 Jax: No, you trusted Edward over me.
Skye: I know. I know I should've believed in you, in us, in what we had, but you know me. You know that kind of trust doesn't come easy for me.
Jax: Ok, yeah, so when are you going to grow up, Skye? Huh? When are you going to deal with life head-on? When are you going to stop hiding behind your history?
Skye: Look, I'm not going to make excuses, ok? I'm not going to blame my childhood or my lousy family or anything like that. I take full responsibility, all right? It was me. Who I am, ok? Or maybe, hopefully, who I was. Jax, I know, I know I have a long way to go. But I could never, ever have fulfilled that contract with Edward. I would never hurt you like that. Tell me. Tell me you know that.
Jax: Look, you've, you've got a lot of other things to deal with right now, ok? There's a lot of questions to be answered. So...
Skye: Well, you didn't tell me to go to hell. That's a start.
 Jax: Yeah. Let's, let's get your stuff and go, ok? I'm sure there's something you want to take care of.
Skye: Oh, you know me so well.
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Edward: [mid-rant] Who's going to jail? Well, I can assure you it isn't me, because you both agreed that my alleged framing of Skye is a bygone.
Monica: There's nothing alleged about it, Edward. You framed Skye for attempted murder. And now to add insult to injury, Ned is blackmailing you out of ELQ, which he, in turn, is going to destroy by going after Sonny. Can't anyone in this family leave well enough alone?
Edward: Oh-oh-oh, I would expect that of you, Monica. You know something, lady? You have made a cottage industry of leaving things alone. That's true. You know, indecision is the ultimate refuge of the spineless, and you, Alan, are the... [Jax enters the room] What the hell are you doing here?!
Jax: I've just, you know, I've come to watch the show.
Edward: Show? What in the world are you talking about?
[Skye storms in]
Skye: When I get through with you, Grandfather, you're going to wish I pulled that plug. You sick, twisted human being. How cold-blooded can you actually be, you old tyrant?
Edward: Well, if it isn't the family fugitive. Did you enjoy your time on the run, my dear?
Skye: You used me, set me up! You were ready to let me rot in jail.
Edward: You obviously wanted me dead, otherwise you wouldn't have convinced yourself...
Skye: Oh, you cruel, sadistic old man. Do you really hate me that much? Tell me, what was my crime, my unforgivable transgression? Finding love? Being happy? Or maybe it was the fact that Jax might actually forgive me. Is that it?
Edward: Signing the contract, dear, was your idea.
 Skye: You manipulated me.
Edward: Just play the innocent-lamb bit you want, but you cannot hide the facts!
Skye: No, you tell him the facts, Grandfather. You tell him the truth or I swear to God it won't be attempted murder they charge me with. Now, you tell him that I begged to get out of that contract, and you agreed. You tell him that you swore you would get rid of every hateful copy of that contract. You tell him you knew how much I loved him and I would never do anything to hurt him. Now, you know that! You tell him!
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Edward: All right, listen, everyone. I want you to know that everything that Skye has said is true. You happy now? You have convinced yourself that she is the poor, misunderstood romantic, instead of the treacherous viper who has been wreaking havoc on this family from the day she barged in through the door.
Alan: You never even gave Skye a chance. You turned her against the family before we knew her.
Edward: I knew her the moment I laid eyes on her, and she is loyal to only one person and that is herself. She never had any faith in you, Jax, none. No matter how hard you tried to convince yourself, the very fact that she even considered stabbing you in the back should tell you all you need to know about her so-called love.
Alan: That's enough, Father. We're leaving.
Edward: No, no, don't you tell me that. This is my house.
Monica: Oh, Edward, this is my house, and I'll have you thrown out by sundown if you don't go find Lila and have her plead your case for you.
 Edward: How can you be defending Skye? She is a lying, conniving...
Monica: So are you. The only difference is I can throw you out.
Edward: Very well, very well. We'll, we'll find my wife and she can talk some sense into you. Oh, and, by the way, enjoy your little reunion, my dear. Just remember that he is absolutely as faithful as you are trustworthy, so enjoy.
Skye: What he just said...
Jax: That's, that was just desperate words from an old man.
Skye: Well, you know the truth now.
Jax: Yes, I do.
Skye: Jax, this was a test. Don't you see? If we can get through this, we can get through anything. All we have to do is, is try.
Jax: It's a little more complicated than that.
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