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Alex:
"Joe, can I help you with that?"
Joe: "Oh, no, no, no. Listen, if I let a guest help with the cleanup, Ruth would have my head."
Alex: "All right."
Joe: "Alex, thank you for being here for Gillian."
Alex: "Yeah. I couldn't believe it when Ryan walked in."
Edmund: "Yeah, I think we all sort of held our breath."
Joe: "Yeah, well, at least it had a happy ending, anyway."
Alex: "I love Gillian and Jake. I hope their lives are very blessed."
Joe: "What?"
Alex: "Oh. I have to warn you about something, Joe. I think you might hear some very disturbing news about me
soon."
Joe: "Oh?"
Alex: "Yeah. David found out something about my past. And if it is revealed, there could be some serious
repercussions for the hospital and myself, and I don't think he's going to be discreet about this."
Edmund: "I'm surprised he hasn't come to you already, Joe."
Alex: "Exactly."
Joe: "Does this have to do with your practice before you came here to PVH?"
Alex: "No. My personal life. Several years ago in London, a man was killed. And I was responsible for it."
Alex: "Geoffrey was threatening me, I panicked, and I pushed him down the stairs."
Edmund: "It was self-defense, Joe."
Alex: "I had seen him kill his daughter when she and I were children, and he was threatening me with the same fate
if I told anyone."
Joe: "Alex, I wish you had told me about this before."
Edmund: "It was a repressed memory."
Alex: "Yeah, it had come back in bits and pieces and through hypnosis. But David was the real trigger."
Edmund: "He reminded Alex of Geoffrey."
Alex: "Yeah, in his manner and in the way he came after me and he grabbed me and he accused me of being
irrational."
Edmund: "Which is why Alex pushed David down the stairs New Year's Eve."
Joe: "That was not an accident."
Alex: "No, Joe, it wasn't. In my mind, David was Geoffrey. It was as if I had been transported back in time to that
New Year's Eve all those years before, and something just snapped, you know, and I pushed him the same way as I
had Geoffrey."
Joe: "Was there a trial then?"
Edmund: "No. No record of one. No charges seem to have been filed, either."
Joe: "I don't understand. I mean, even if it were self-defense, there had to be an arrest."
Alex: "As far as we know, there wasn't."
Joe: "Why not?"
Alex: "I don't know. I really don't. The whole thing is a mystery."
Joe: "Yes, I can see that. I can imagine hw traumatic it must have been for you."
Alex: "You understand why I needed to explain this to you?"
Joe: "Yes. Yes, I do now. I agree that if all this becomes public knowledge, it will have very serious consequences
for you, as well as for the hospital and the Andrassy foundation."
Alex: "Joe, I apologize if there is any kind of scandal over this. David is not going to keep quiet about it."
Joe: "Look, what I really don't understand is how a man could die under those circumstances and had the whole
thing be hushed up."
Alex: "Well, I don't know. I've tried to remember, but so much of it is a blank."
Edmund: "The records were sealed by her majesty's secret service, Joe."
Joe: "Well. It's a remarkable story. But thank you for the advance warning. But having to relive these horrible
experiences... must be taking a terrible toll on you. How you holding up?"
Alex: "I'm not sure."
Joe: "Alex, if there's anything I can do to help..."
Alex: "Joe, you know, if it's in the hospital's best interests that I resign or take a leave of absence, I totally
understand."
Joe: "Well, we don't want to be premature on that kind of a decision. In any case, you know, you're the best judge as
to what's right for you."
Edmund: "Joe, I think Alex can handle it... you know, the job. She's a professional."
Joe: "Still, having to recall all those experiences must be taking its toll."
Edmund: "On the contrary, I think she's bounced back remarkably well. I think she's the epitome of grace under fire
and I think she's the strongest woman that I've ever met."
Joe: "Tell me, how is your working relationship with Hayward?"
Alex: "It's always been strained. I just deal with him."
Joe: "He still trying to provoke you?"
Alex: "He has to lose interest soon, doesn't he?"
Joe: "Well, if I were you, I wouldn't let down my guard just yet."
Edmund: "Yeah. Me, too."
Alex: "You know what? I'm not concerned with him. I need to find some answers for myself."
Edmund: "You will. And I'll help you."
Edmund: "How about a couple of hot toddies to warm us up?"
Alex: "Yeah, that would be great, thank you."
Bartender: "Sure, be right up."
Alex: "I'm glad we came here. I didn't fancy going back to an empty house. That was rough with Joe."
Edmund: "You did fine. And you know what you told him before about taking a leave of absence? Don't even think
about it. What you do in the hospital is important and you're doing a great job at it."
Alex: "Glad someone thinks so."
Edmund: "I do. I do. Besides, you didn't see Joe pushing you out the door, did you?"
Alex: "Oh, I don't know. That could have been a little different if he'd been at the mall and seen his reserved British
doctor suddenly turn into Xena, Warrior Princess."
Edmund: "I think you had some moves Xena doesn't have. That was very good."
Alex: "I can see the headline now... 'Alex Marick, neurologist, KO'S armed
robber.' Patients will love it."
Edmund: "You have a sense of humor. That's great. You keep it, all right? You start to lose it, that's when I start to
worry."
Alex: "You should worry now. I am. I don't trust myself."
Alex: "Great."
Edmund: "Alex, the times that you've reacted with force, they've been justified. Now, you perceive..."
Alex: "No. I nearly killed David. How can that be justified?"
Edmund: "I'm not saying... I'm not saying it hasn't been scary as hell."
Alex: "It is scary."
Edmund: "Yeah."
Alex: "I feel like I am sleepwalking through my past. And then wake up and it's all a jumble."
Edmund: "It's not going to last forever, okay? It won't, I promise. And I'll help you."
Alex: "You know, I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but I would prefer forgetting about it all if it meant that I could
get on with my life."
David: "Well, look who's out pub crawling. How was Jake's wedding?"
Edmund: "It was great, thank you. Um... Alex told Joe about Geoffrey and how he died, so that little bomb you
planned to drop? It's been defused."
David: "Why would I waste my time trying to hurt Alex? She's already set to self-destruct."
David: "Watch out for stairways." (to the bartender)
"The lady that just left? She's a royal nut case. Grey must have a death wish. She probably killed his brother.
Chances are he's next on her hit list." (A furious Alex, who's been
standing behind David listening to him badmouth her, grabs David's neck.) " Ow!"
Alex: "Move an inch and I'll paralyze you for life."
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Alex
Threatens David (Feb.
18, 2000)