Emily: Well, the storm's over. The sky is clear. The stars are so close, we can practically touch them, so who could possibly believe in a curse on a night like this?
Nikolas: Yeah, well, not all our problems are going to vanish as quickly as that storm.
Lorenzo: Maybe I can help.
Nikolas: Emily and I are both facing charges in connection with Mary's death. I doubt you could help us with that.
Lorenzo: No, but I may be able to improve your financial situation.
Nikolas: Oh, yeah? How's that?
Lorenzo: I'm looking to expand my shipping interests. Buying into Cassadine Industries would be advantageous.
Emily: And why should we trust you? I mean, you lied to Nikolas about who he was, and then you stayed friendly with Mary Bishop even after the truth came to light.
Lorenzo: I felt sorry for Mary Bishop, and I had no idea she was mentally ill. And I certainly did nothing to encourage her murderous rampage, which, as you know, resulted in the death of my niece.
Nikolas: What makes you think I'll say yes to this?
Lorenzo: Well, you're in a weak financial position to begin with, which has only been worsened by the court battle over your estate when you were presumed dead and your erratic behavior once you resurfaced.
Nikolas: Look, if you're feeling charitable, there are worthier causes than the Cassadine finances.
Lorenzo: Nikolas, you're smart and resourceful. I'm sure that when you're free to do so that you will run Cassadine Industries to the best of your abilities. Now, from a business standpoint, an alliance with your firm -- that could be useful to both of us.
Nikolas: I'll need some time to consider it.
Lorenzo: I'll be in touch.
Emily: I don't trust that man.
Nikolas: Yeah, I'm not sure I do either.
Emily: Nikolas, please promise me that you won't even consider his offer. Alcazar is much more dangerous than Helena's supposed curse.
Nikolas: Look, if I decide to do business with Lorenzo Alcazar, I won't get involved in anything illegal.
Emily: How do you know you won't? He's a criminal, Nikolas. He must have hundreds of ways of hiding his money.
Nikolas: Do you trust me?
Emily: Of course I do, but --
Nikolas: Then don't worry, all right? I'm a businessman. I know how to protect my interests.
Emily: Why would you even consider this? Alcazar has lied to you so many times.
Nikolas: Because, well, for one thing, I need the money, and he's right, it could be advantageous to us both.
Emily: So find another partner, someone honest, like Jax or --
Nikolas: Jax? I have nothing to offer Jax, and Alcazar came to me. And besides, come on, we have a wedding to pay for, you know, a new life to start together. Come on.
Emily: Nikolas, I would rather live above Kelly's than have you risk your life like that.
Nikolas: All right, what's this really about, Emily?
Emily: What, I don't have a right to be concerned?
Nikolas: Am I supposed to be against Lorenzo Alcazar because Jason is? Is that it?
Emily: If you want to look at it that way, fine. I don't want you anywhere near Jason's enemies. He's my brother, and I trust him.
Nikolas: Well, do you -- what about me? Do you trust me?
Emily: Why are we fighting about this?
Nikolas: I don't know. I don't know, but we shouldn't be. Look, I'm sorry, okay? Maybe it's -- I don't know, maybe it's just the stress of everything that's been happening around us. I'm sorry. All I know is that the only real thing in all of this is the love that we have for each other, okay? I'm sorry.
Emily: I can't wait to marry you, to walk down the aisle of that little church in the woods where we made our promises to each other and vow to spend the rest of our lives together.
Knock on door.
Minister: I apologize for the interruption. I knocked at the front door, but there was no answer.
Nikolas: No, I'm glad you let yourself in. Are you here to discuss the wedding?
Minister: I have some unfortunate information. The church where you plan to be married has burned to the ground.
Nikolas: How did the fire start?
Minister: I can't be certain. I'd locked up for the night. All the candles were extinguished. The lights were off, so an electrical fire's unlikely. The fire department is sending an arson investigator. But the church burned almost to the ground. I doubt they'll be able to find anything.
Emily: Do you think it was arson?
Minister: I can't imagine who would've started it.
Nikolas: Well, if there's no other explanation, then, yeah, the fire must have been set deliberately.
Minister: There was a thunderstorm earlier in the evening. You know, it's possible the church could've been hit by lightning and the fire was an act of God. Either that or, I don't know, we're cursed.
Tracy: You burned a church?
Helena: It was only a wooden building. They didn't even hold regular services there.
Tracy: You don't think that's a little over the top?
Helena: I am merely being creative.
Tracy: You're thwarting a wedding, not conducting guerrilla warfare!
Helena: Nikolas is a Cassadine. Unlike the weak and avaricious Quartermaines, he's not easily dissuaded from his heart's desire.
Tracy: Spare me. Torching a church is exactly what I should've expected from you. Let's just keep our fingers crossed that Nikolas and Emily believe that mumbo-jumbo curse thing and cancel the wedding.
Helena: It is imperative that Nikolas believe in the curse. Now, he will only give Emily up to save her.
Nikolas: The odds are definitely against us. We're both facing criminal charges, the witness who accused you was murdered, I stained your heirloom wedding gown, and the church we were about to get married in just burned to the ground.
Emily: Could be worse.
Nikolas: Well --
Emily: I'm not sure how, but --
Nikolas: You sure you still don't believe in curses?
Emily: I believe in us, in how strong we are together. And if that curse is real, then we'll fight it.
Nikolas: Yeah, that's right. We'll beat Helena at her own game, okay?
Emily: Okay.
Nikolas: Because nothing -- not curses or fires or lightning or both our demented families -- nothing's going to keep me from making you my wife.
Tracy: Not only was torching a church in bad taste, it didn't accomplish a thing. All Nikolas and Emily have to do is choose another church or get married in that monstrosity they call home.
Helena: Then we'll have to raise the stakes. We'll have to find a way to convince Emily and Nikolas that their marriage can never be.
Tracy: That much is obvious.
Helena: Then start thinking.
Tracy: Oh, has your creativity dried up?
Helena: Hmm, this from the woman who hasn't come up with a single idea of her own?
Tracy: Well, all your harebrained schemes are worthless if Nikolas and Emily decide to go ahead with their plans.
Edward: Perhaps I can help.
Tracy: Daddy! Darling! I guess your heart condition wasn't as dire as we thought. When did you get back, and how long have you been listening?
Edward: Long enough to hear you two conspiring.
Tracy: Oh, well, you must have misunderstood. I would never --
Edward: It's all right, I'm not objecting. On the contrary, i agree. Emily and Nikolas should never marry. So count me in. We'll stop the wedding together.