Nikolas sighs.
Mary: Hi. I'm so glad you called. I'd hoped that once you had time to think about it, you'd realize you couldn't just walk away from everything we had.
Nikolas: I'm not coming back, Mary. That's not why I asked you to meet me.
Mary: Then, why?
Nikolas: Well, as it turns out, I’m wealthy. The Cassadines aren't as rich as they once were, but the name still carries weight. The point is I’d like to provide for you.
Nikolas: You invested a lot in me and --
Mary: It wasn't about money. I did what I did out of love.
Nikolas: For your dead husband, Mary.
Mary: For you. It started off as a way to fill the hole in my heart, but we spent time together and grew to care about each other. And we shared so much. You were happy. We both were. If we'd never left Mexico --
Nikolas: We would have been living a lie.
Mary: I love you, whatever name you call yourself, and I want a chance to win you back.
Nikolas: But you -- you never had me!
Mary: You told me you loved me. You slipped this ring --
Nikolas: Mary, Mary --
Mary: On my finger and you said those words.
Nikolas: I thought I was your husband, and now I know the truth.
Mary: Emily's not giving up on you. Neither am I. Is her love more important to you than mine?
Lucky: Nikolas. Is there a reason you're hanging out with your kidnapper?
Lucky: I would gladly arrest you if my brother would press charges.
Mary: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought I was helping.
Lucky: No, Nikolas needed his family and friends, but you kept him hidden from all of us. You know what? I came to you. I came to you the night of the accident.
Mary: I am so sorry --
Lucky: I showed you a picture --
Mary: I know. I --
Lucky: Of Nikolas and you said you didn't even see him.
Mary: I -- I -- at the time thought --
Nikolas: Lucky --
Mary: He needed his rest and that he could --
Lucky: No, you took advantage of Nikolas, all right? He was a prisoner in your home!
Nikolas: Lucky --
Lucky: You stole my brother and now he's a stranger to me!
Nikolas: Stop it! Lucky!
Lucky: You know what?
Nikolas: That's enough!
Lucky: No, you stop! You --
Nikolas: That's enough, Lucky! Stop!
Lucky: I don't blame him. I blame you. You're a criminal. You deserve to be thrown in jail for what you've done.
Nikolas: Proud of yourself? Huh? I'm the one who can't stand the sight of you! Be mad at me, not her!
Emily: Mary stole your life. How can you defend her?
Nikolas: Mary doesn't have anything to do with the choices I’m making right now.
Lucky: What? Of course she does. You would've known who you were months ago if she hadn't lied.
Nikolas: But she -- you all lied, all of you!
Lucky: We were trying to protect you.
Nikolas: Just save it, will you? I lost my memory, not my intelligence!
Emily: You could've gone into shock if we'd suddenly told you that your whole life was a lie.
Nikolas: Emily, it's my life! What, I don't get a vote?
Lucky: Yeah, okay, so we were torn and we were just trying to do what was best.
Nikolas: Torn -- oh. Do you have any idea how holier-than-thou that sounds? Come on!
Emily: What Mary did was crazy -- why can't you see that? Why don't you get that it's outrageous for a woman to find a complete stranger and then proceed to fill him with lies about who he is --
Nikolas: Look --
Emily: And then set about keeping him away from anyone who might be able to tell him the truth?
Nikolas: Look, she was wrong, okay? She was wrong, I know that, but so were the both of you! And you two were supposed to be the ones who loved me!
Lucky: What --
Lucky: Did I tell you you were great today at the service?
Emily: I'm not even sure what I said. It's all a blur.
Lucky: "Tell someone you love them one extra time."
Emily chuckles.
Emily: I do remember saying that, trying to explain that time is precious. I think Nikolas has forgotten that, like he's forgotten so much. He doesn't realize that he's wasting time he wasn't promised -- you know, pushing people away without any guarantee that they'll be with him tomorrow.
Lucky: Yeah, well, his loss, my gain.
Emily: What do you mean?
Lucky: Emily, listen, if it wasn't for the accident and all of Mary’s lies, you'd be with Nikolas, and I never would've had the chance to fall in love with you and I -- I am in love with you, Emily. No, and you know what? Just don't -- don't say a word. I know that it makes you uncomfortable.
Emily: Mm-hmm.
Lucky: You know what? We've always been truthful with one another and it's not going to change.
Emily: I still love Nikolas, despite everything, and --
Lucky: You got to see what happens with him. I -- you know what? I get it. But even if the two of you got back together, I’d still be in love with you.
Emily: Nikolas?
Nikolas: I thought I told you I want nothing to do with you, Emily.
Emily: Message received. But Lucky’s your brother. He loves you.
Nikolas: Yeah. He's certainly got a strange way of showing it.
Emily: Nikolas, it is killing him to be at odds with you, and the way you're treating him isn't fair.
Nikolas: "Fair"? Well, fairness doesn't seem to be a top priority for any of us here, does it?
Emily: Wait -- you keep saying how angry you are that we lied to you? Well, Lucky didn't want to. I'm the one who told him it might be traumatic for you to know the truth. I made him swear not to tell you, so if you want to be mad at someone, be mad at me.
Nikolas: That won't be a problem.
Emily: You know what? It kills me to see you and Lucky fighting like this after everything you went through to be brothers. Your families tried to pit you against each other, but you and Lucky -- you refused to be a part of their stupid, endless fight and you grew to love each other, maybe even more than if you'd grown up in the same household.
Nikolas: Emily, even if I get my memory back, even if I do, my life isn't going to be magically restored to the way it was.
Emily: I know that. I am just saying that you --
Nikolas: What, what? That you what? That you want me to patch things up with my brother, because you're wasting your time. But, hey, if you -- if you want my blessing for you and him, go ahead. You got it.
Emily: Lucky's my friend. You're the man I’m in love with.
Nikolas: Emily, you can say that a thousand times, and I --
Emily: Of course I'd like to get back what we had, but it's more important that you don't do anything that the old Nikolas would regret.
Nikolas: That's not my concern right now.
Emily: But it should be because your memory isn't lost and you may still remember who you are and how much you are loved. I spent the entire day at a funeral watching people forgive each other and seeing how their lives changed like I want your life to change.
Nikolas: Emily, I can't live up to this person you keep describing --
Emily: Listen, you are a man of compassion! You always saw things from the other person's perspective and I want you to recapture that -- not for me, but for yourself, and I –
Emily passes out.
Nikolas: Oh! I got you. I got you. It's okay.