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Oh.

Thanks for helping me keep my head above water these past few days. Oh, didn't I

ever tell you? I was a lifeguard once. Strike deadline's only a week away.

Union talks are going to go right down to the wire. Well, because Charles

Cabot's attorneys keep dragging their feet.

Doesn't seem fair. Charles hasn't set foot in the hotel in over a year.

Not, but as half owner, he has the right.

Uh, that was Mr. Cabot on the phone. He's coming to the St. Gregory.

When is he arriving?

Any minute.

He called from his limousine.

That's pretty short notice, even for him.

Do you think he's here for the union negotiations?

One thing I've learned, never try to second -guess Charles Cabot.

Hi, Cheryl.

The chiropractor.

That is a four -letter word.

The chiropractor did it, right?

Come on, I only read the first chapter. This guy's got murderer written all over

him. You think I'm going to let the cat out of the bag?

Hey, I got an instinct about these things.

I'd have made a great detective.

You think so?

Working reception, I've developed radar.

Take those four.

I can tell you who's married to who.

Okay.

Mr. Brooks Brothers over there goes with the sensible lady in the sensible

shoes.

While the guy with the dimples of death is married to the blonde with the drop

-dead figure.

Welcome to the St. Gregory.

Thank you. We'd like to check in.

Jonas and Melissa Robinson.

Miss Shawna Kate Maris.

Elementary, my dear Cheryl.

Enjoy your stay. Thanks.

Vowel stations.

Who is that, a senator?

President General Motors.

Someone more important around here than that.

Charles Cabot owns half this hotel.

Welcome to St. Gregory, Mr. Cabot. I'll get your bags. Thank you. Welcome back,

Mr. Cabot. Nice to see you.

Welcome home, Charles.

Peter. It's good to be here.

I think you'll find that St. Gregory is still the jewel in the Cabot crown.

No argument there.

Why don't we have dinner tonight? I'll bring you up to speed on the union

negotiations. Fine.

I have some business to discuss with you two.

I'll see if Christine can join us. My suite at eight?

Actually, I'd rather it were just the two of us.

See you later.

Here you go.

Thanks for taking care of the tip, Jonas.

Oh, don't worry. I've been keeping strict accounts the entire trip.

We'll split it down the middle when we get home.

Why does my best friend have to be an accountant?

Lucky for you, I am.

Have you any idea how much money I saved us by getting the weekend package rate

on this suite?

You know, I haven't been to San Francisco since I was a kid.

I can't wait to hit the streets, check it out. Why don't we let Jonas and

Melissa check it out without us?

We've been with them day and night for about a week.

Come on, honey. This is the best vacation we've ever had with them.

Well, it's just that remember what Dr. Fox said?

When my temperature drops, it's time to... Well, you know... Do it.

Kate, can't we wait till tonight? I mean, we just got here and there's so

to do.

You know how I... I hope I'm not interrupting. No, it's okay. We were

Hey, you're married.

You're entitled.

What do you think?

I bought it for the wild San Francisco nightlife.

I think you might get arrested.

I wouldn't mind if you try getting arrested in something like that.

Sean, it isn't me.

Well, I'm offered doing something perfectly fantastic today.

How about, um... How about taking a helicopter ride over the bay?

A helicopter ride? Perfect. I'll go tell Jonas to get a movie. All right, it's

going to be great.

Great news.

Guest relations may be able to get us matinee tickets to the opera Placido

Domingo. The opera?

On a gorgeous day like today?

Sixth row center?

Fantastic. Fantastic? Forget it.

I thought I'd stop by, see if you're comfortable.

Maybe it's the view of the bay, but I always see things more clearly when I'm

staying in this suite.

No wonder some of my most important business ventures have been conceived

here. I hope I haven't interrupted one. Oh, in any case, it's a welcome

interruption. Peter, I'd like you to meet Lee Jordan.

How do you do? Nice to meet you. Lee, this is Peter McDermott. He owns the

half of the hotel.

If your half is anything like this one, I'm impressed.

Funny, I thought this was my half.

Peter, I know you must be up to here, but I was wondering if you could take

on a tour of the hotel.

Show him around as a personal favor.

Of course.

Feel free to show him everything, from the crown room terrace to the boiler

room.

I want Lee to see what makes a great hotel tick.

Now, that cable car will put us one block from the opera house. I still

see how you two can pass this up. I mean, seeing Placido Domingo is a once

-a -lifetime opportunity.

It's just flying in a helicopter over the San Francisco Bay.

Well, let's make sure my husband wears his seatbelt. Oh, I'll wear my seatbelt

and my mittens.

Here, I've marked the best route to the helicopter pad.

Honey, a map would take all the fun out of it. Don't worry, we'll find it.

All right, well, you better hurry. Your reservations are half an hour. Who was

this at all? Great adventures as a result of bad planning?

You did.

Be back by five. Okay.

Have fun.

Oh, do you know where we're going?

Oh, yeah, I know exactly where we're going.

Where? This way.

We put in the glass elevator in 82.

The first week, we had one little old lady who rode up and down in it 43

I wouldn't be surprised if it was my grandmother.

You know what I love about the St. Gregory? It's a perfect blend of the new

the old.

Space age elevators, crystal chandeliers. It must be a joy to run.

It is, until the hour of the wolf.

The hour of the wolf? It comes at three in the morning. I wake up staring at the

ceiling, my mind filled with...

Broken air conditioning, skyrocketing overhead, the threat of a strike.

The only cure is 100 sit -ups.

Or a peanut butter sandwich.

I just got back from a hotel in Jamaica where they've never heard of the Hour of

the Wolf.

Really? Well, they don't have to worry about air conditioning.

They've got the trade winds.

As for overhead, instead of using glasses in the bar, they pick coconuts

off the trees.

The guests love it. I stayed in a place like that on St. Croix once, the Royal

Palm.

I wouldn't mind being there right now myself.

Peter.

Christine Francis. This is Lee Jordan, business associate at Charles.

Oh, welcome to St. Gregory. Happy to be here.

Miss Francis is my general manager, which means she wears even more hats

here than I do.

Peter, I just finished meeting with our attorneys. They need to update you on

the union demands.

I'm afraid that means we'll have to cut our tour short.

Unless Miss Francis would care to put on her tour guide hat for a while.

Well, for a friend of Charles, I think I could manage it.

The things I do to be alone with you.

A helicopter ride across the bay.

I should win an Oscar.

Most convincing performance by a man having an affair with his best friend's

wife.

I hated it, too. I mean, being with you, but not being with you.

You know the worst part?

Why don't you go off to bed every night with Jonas?

I'll be the same way when I see you with Kate.

Sit down.

Poor Kate.

I mean, I'm sitting there next to her on the plane, and all she can talk about

is starting a family, and I'm feeling guilty as hell.

Sean, she deserves better than this.

I know.

So does Jonas.

I know.

Some way to treat your best friend, huh?

That's why we have to make a decision.

Today.

Either we break it off between us. No.

No, I can't do that.

Well, we tell Kate and Jonas how we really feel, and we break it off with

And the Cavalier Bar.

The smell of leather and cigar smoke.

New Rolexes and old money.

Believe it or not, before 1959, the Cavalier was for men only.

What a waste.

It's my favorite spot to meet someone before going on to dinner.

Why not?

Oh, no, wait.

I didn't mean to... The thing is, Charles took me up to have dinner with

Well, that hardly seems fair, does it?

Marriage of Figaro.

I never imagined I'd laugh so much in an opera.

Mozart had the right idea. What could be funnier than a man fooling around

behind his wife's back?

Anyway, the music was wonderful.

You know, I was weaned on opera.

My Italian grandmother used to give me bubble baths when I was a little kid.

I'd be splashing around and she'd be singing, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro.

Maybe if I'd taken more bubble baths, I'd have wound up a tenor with the Met

instead of a tax accountant. Maybe.

The last time I dragged Sean to the opera, he tried to smuggle in his

You know, it's almost six. They were supposed to be here at five.

I told Melissa to take a map. They're probably wandering around somewhere in

Chinatown. Lost in a fortune cookie factory.

I never should have let Sean take Melissa up in a helicopter.

Have you any idea what the statistics are for helicopter accidents? I'm sure

they're fine.

Mr. Robinson.

Yes. Message for you.

Oh, thanks.

Here you go.

Oh, thank you.

Who's it from?

Oh, my God.

It's Sean and Melissa, isn't it?

Something's happened to them.

They've run off together?

Well.

What do you think?

I'm impressed.

With the facilities and the staff.

But there'll be some changes around here.

Once the St. Gregory belongs to me.

The only way to be fair to you is to stop the lying, to get this out into the

open.

That's why we've gone to Carmel to plan our next step.

We don't expect you to forgive us, but please believe we're sorry.

They're going to be sorry, all right, when I get a hold of them. What are you

doing? I'm going to call every hotel in Carmel until I find them. Oh, that's

brilliant.

I suppose you have a better idea? You know, don't you get it?

Hasn't it sunk in?

They don't want us to find them. They don't want us.

I can't believe Sean did this.

Why not? It happens all the time.

The guy in the marriage of Figaro did it.

If that's supposed to be a joke, it's not very funny.

How could Melissa... Are you kidding?

She told me that you'd work on corporate income taxes in bed.

Talk about a turn -off.

Oh.

I suppose your sex life was right out of Dynasty.

Sean said the minute you decided to start trying to get pregnant, making

you was about as thrilling as washing the car.

Sean said that? He told me a lot of things. He was my best friend. Yeah,

best friend. He ran away with your wife.

You know, Peter...

Despite our past differences, we share at least one thing in common.

Besides the St. Gregory?

Absolutely.

Upstairs in the Crown Room, there's a French chef preparing the rarest of

delicacies. But the two of us would still rather sit down to a juicy steak

an honest bottle of wine.

You don't expect me to believe you came all this way just to split a

Chateaubriand with me.

Well, the truth is, Peter...

As far as the Cabot family's business interests are concerned, this year has

been leaner than its stake.

Well, I read about some setbacks in the Wall Street Journal.

But I assumed with you at the helm, not all the areas of judgment were my own.

Market collapse, weak dollar, jumpy world market. They all seem to have

conspired against us. Well, how bad is it?

In the Cabot family, the buck stops with me.

I'm caught in a cash flow squeeze, one I can't bridge with a loan or a line of

credit.

I need close to $200 million, and I need it now.

What are you trying to tell me?

Lee Jordan wants to buy this in Gregory.

He's offering $235 million for each of our halves.

That's millions of dollars above the hotel's fair market value for each of

In cash.

After all the battles we've fought over control of this hotel, I can't believe

you'd sell it.

I can't jeopardize my family's economic survival because of a sentimental

attachment. You're a businessman.

You know this offer's too good to pass up.

Not for me.

Lee told me you were talking about a hotel in the Virgin Islands, I think.

If you accepted his offer, you could afford to buy one.

You'd be sole owner.

With enough loose change to buy a fleet of yachts. Let's stick to the subject.

The St. Gregory?

Jordan Financial Prospectus. I think you'll find it's impeccable.

Why the hard sell, Charles?

You're cautious.

Well, in view of what we've been through in the past, I guess you're entitled to

be. But I assure you this deal is in both our best interests.

Why do I get the feeling that it's more in your best interest than mine?

What happens if I don't sell?

Lee Jordan wants to buy the St. Gregory.

The entire St. Gregory.

So he'll only buy your half of the hotel if I sell him my half, too.

That's right.

He's wasting his time.

Think about it, Peter.

Sleep on it.

For both our sakes.

What'll it be, your usual Perrier with a twist?

Right now, I think the twist would like some vodka.

I'm sorry about the things I said.

I was just angry. We both were.

We shouldn't take it out on each other.

Look, you weren't the problem in your marriage.

It was Sean.

He has always been an overgrown kid.

I mean, maybe that's why he went into journalism.

Every week a new story, a new game to play.

A game?

You think this is all just a game to him?

And Melissa isn't exactly Miss Maturity.

She does thoughtless things without considering the consequences.

And even when she goes shopping, the damage that woman can do with a piece of

plastic.

What about the damage she's done to our lives?

To our spouses.

Two irresponsible,

immature... Jerks.

We were the responsible ones. Where did that get us?

My father was in international finance.

I grew up in world -class hotels.

I envy you. I didn't know what a world -class hotel was until I came to think

with you.

Once when I was a kid, I played astronaut at the plaza.

I blasted off in the dumb waiter.

Another time at the Ritz in Paris, I hijacked the hotel's pastry cart.

Better warn the maitre d'. It's all right.

I've had years of therapy since. Oh, perfect training for the hotel business.

Have you ever thought of going into it?

I always said I'd take the plunge when I made my first million.

It wasn't until after I'd made my tenth that I was crazy enough to get my feet

wet.

You bought a hotel?

It's just a little place, the Cinnamon Lodge in Sun Valley.

I've never been to Sun Valley, but I hear it's spectacular.

Why not come up for a ski weekend?

I can offer you perfect powder, scenic slopes, thermal underwear.

Just think, right now my husband's probably sitting down to a romantic

with your wife.

Melissa wouldn't be with Sean right now if I'd taken her out to a few more

romantic dinners myself.

That's funny.

You know, when most men tell their wives they're working late at the office,

they're out fooling around.

When I told Melissa I was working late, I was really working.

Come on, she was lucky to have you.

It's my fault.

I mean, I put Sean under so much pressure to start a family.

Our sex life got about as romantic as a visit to the Denton Top.

No wonder he ran off with Melissa.

Don't come down so hard on yourself.

If Sean didn't want to have kids with you, that's his loss.

Sorry to disturb you, but here's a voucher for the sailboat your wife

tomorrow. That sailboat?

Yes, she and your husband asked me to make arrangements when you first checked

in. They didn't pick it up, and I was afraid they'd forgotten about it.

Oh, they made other plans.

Oh, that's too bad. I'm afraid there are no refunds.

Oh, perfect.

She put this on my visa.

Any chance the two of you can use it?

No, I really don't think that would... On the other hand, how can we let it go

to waste?

It's $200 worth of rent -a -boat.

No wonder you wanted to talk to me right away. How can Charles expect me to sell

the St. Gregory?

To give up the thing I love most in the world?

With one exception.

Still, $235 million in cash?

Each.

More than enough to buy my own hotel, a place like the Royal Palm.

In St. Croix?

Uh -huh.

That was some vacation we spent there.

Was it not?

How could I forget it? The sunburn, the mosquitoes.

What?

That's it?

That's all you remember?

Oh, I know how much you've always wanted to have a hotel all your own.

Especially after the headache of sharing ownership with Charles.

Are you sure you want to turn down this offer?

$235 million?

Tell me, Christine.

If I accepted Lee's offer and bought a hotel of my own, like the Royal Palm,

would you come with me or would you stay here at the St. Gregory?

Peter, you've taught me so much.

You know how loyal I am.

To me or the St. Gregory?

Do you really have to ask?

Maybe Charles didn't make my offer quite clear to you.

Well, he made it perfectly clear.

My answer is still no.

But this is millions more than either of us could hope for.

This isn't the first time we've had different priorities, Charles.

I'm sorry if it sours the deal for you, but... Maybe it doesn't have to.

I've only been at the St. Gregory one day, but I have to admit, I'm hooked.

I'm willing to offer you the same deal.

Even if it means I can only buy your half of the hotel.

If you're still game.

Of course I'm game.

I'll have the papers ready for you to sign tomorrow.

Fine. Well, it looks like we're going to be partners.

Apparently so.

Don't worry. I won't leave you the burden of running the hotel like Charles

It's not a burden. It's what I care about most.

I plan to move into the Cabot suite and the executive offices.

From now on, any decision that affects the St. Gregory...

I intend to make with you.

Our little...

Sailing jaunt.

We didn't exactly qualify for the America's Cup.

Oh, you mean when my bag fell in.

That's okay. The only thing in there was my sunscreen.

I'd have looked for it when I fell in, but I lost my glasses.

There's something. You look great with a little sun.

That's just because you're not wearing your glasses.

We'll see about that. I've got an extra pair back at the hotel.

Well, as someone once said...

All great adventures are the result of bad planning.

Bay Street coming up.

This is Bay Street.

I've been over the Jordan perspective about finance people.

The investors are all squeaky clean.

Maybe so, but the majority of the money is coming from Lee Jordan himself.

What I want to know is who's the money behind his money.

There has to be some way to find out.

Yes.

Well, tell him I'll be right over.

What's it got to do when he's got to be in two places at once?

He asks a woman to bail him out.

When I had dinner with Lee, he mentioned he owns a little hotel in Sun Valley,

the Cinnamon Lodge.

Do you know anyone in Sun Valley? No, a fishing buddy of mine, Jake Peterson.

He manages the White Feather Inn. If anybody so much as loses a ski pole in

Valley, Jake knows about it. Give him a call.

Well, I finally finished it.

I can't believe it.

It wasn't the chiropractor who did it, but the caterer.

Give me a break.

Check it out.

Hey, wait a minute. I don't get it.

I thought he was married to that other woman.

Well, maybe I was wrong about who did it.

Looks like I was right about them.

Well, thanks anyway.

The Sun Valley Real Estate Board can't help us.

Oh, Mr. Taylor.

Jake Peterson said you did some remodeling on the Cinnamon Lodge.

No, I'm not interested in hiring a contractor.

But about Mr.

Jordan, the new owner.

He's not the actual owner?

That's who paid for the remodeling?

I see.

Well, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Get Peter on the phone.

But he's in a closed -door session with the union representative.

He's not taking any calls.

He'll take this one.

You're not going to be pleased with what Christine discovered.

Lee Jordan is a front for Medallion Hotels.

I see.

You knew about it all along, didn't you?

Of course I knew.

But how can you do business with someone working for Medallion?

Peter, Medallion's a billion -dollar conglomerate. You talk about them as

they're some kind of fly -by -night operation.

Well, they might as well be. You know how they operate.

They take over a distinguished hotel for its name, then they start cutting

corners. Once they start letting the staff go...

It's impossible to maintain the quality that this hotel stands for.

You're exaggerating. You think so?

All right, so maybe they don't have the highest standards, but their offer, it's

what I need to put the Cabot family interest back on track.

If it's the Cabot family you're worried about, what would Victoria Cabot have

thought of your decision?

Victoria was a businesswoman. She'd have understood. You're right. She was a

businesswoman, but she was a Cabot first, and she would have been mad as

You look great.

Do you really think so? Well, I mean, I know that it would look good on Melissa,

but on me, it... I knew it looked terrific.

Um, we'd better hurry. I've made reservations at the Fleur de Lis.

Wouldn't it be more fun to go up to the Crown Room?

But we don't have reservations.

So let's go without a reservation.

And live dangerously.

I heard you had a granddaughter.

Congratulations.

Thanks. After three grandsons, it's about time.

You know, that's what I like about the St. Gregory.

Staff's one big happy family.

Let's just hope it stays that way.

I guess the news is out.

So now that I'm going to be family, you have time for a drink?

I only have time for a question.

Last night at dinner, why didn't you tell me the truth?

Yeah, part about growing up in hotels.

That was true.

Only my father wasn't a wealthy guest. He was a hotel manager.

A hotel manager?

He was a nice, well -meaning loser.

I'll give you an example.

Once a guest died in the hotel, and he let the widow stay there on credit until

she could get her life together.

Your father doesn't sound like a loser to me.

You think so?

When she skipped on the bill, he got the boot.

It wasn't the first time. And it wasn't the last.

Because he never learned that in the hotel business, the bottom line is the

bottom line.

At a medallion hotel, I'd believe it.

But at the St. Gregory, I don't think so.

This rack of lamb is terrific.

And the music is... And something else.

Would you like to dance?

Sure.

Of course, I have to warn you, I'm not as good a dancer as Sean is. That's

Neither am I.

So when was the last time we danced together?

At my wedding.

That's right. I was the best man.

There I was, dancing with the bride, trying not to step on her train. You did

step on my train.

You know, I met Melissa right after that.

I think I maybe rushed into marriage because Sean seemed so happy with you.

I should have realized you were one of a kind.

When is Charles signing the papers?

Tomorrow. But even when Medallion does become half owner of this hotel, I'm

going to put up one hell of a fight.

Keep things exactly as they are.

We both will.

Who do I think I'm kidding?

Medallion's going to use its corporate muscle to steamroll right over us.

They won't just cheapen the quality of our accommodations. They'll cut back on

the staff.

Whoever is left will stop caring.

Christine, there's only one other possibility.

One chance to do what I've always hoped for.

And I'm going to give it my best shot.

Somehow I got to buy Charles half myself.

I had a great time. Me too.

Well, I guess it's good night.

What about the champagne?

Oh, yes, it did come with the sweet. And I know how you hate to waste things.

You're right about that.

But the ice is all melted.

It's still cool.

Okay.

You have to be really careful with these things.

If you don't get a good grip on the cork, you can put someone's eye out.

Sounds dangerous.

So was, um... So was sailing today.

Yeah, you could have caught pneumonia.

Oh, sorry.

It's okay.

Still... Being out there with you today...

It was very... Adventurous?

Oh, we shouldn't be...

Must have been going through hell since we left.

We are so sorry.

Please.

Will you take us back?

I don't know. Honey, I hope you're not going to let one impulsive mistake just

wipe out all the good things we've had together.

Sean and I were too much alike.

Immature.

Crazy.

You grounded me.

I need you. I know that now.

What are you doing wearing my dress?

Huh?

Oh, uh... What's with the champagne?

What the hell's going on here?

What the hell gives you the right to ask?

After what we did, we don't have the right to ask anything.

You better believe it. Yeah, but don't come down too hard on Melissa.

I talked her into this.

I bet you did.

You jerk.

Okay.

Maybe I am a jerk.

But I love you.

And I'll do anything to deserve the right to have you.

Please.

I want to make our marriage work, Jonas.

I hope you'll give me a second chance.

I understand the realities, Howard, and I appreciate what the bank is prepared

to do for me. I'll let you know this afternoon?

Okay.

Break it to me gently.

It could be worse.

My bank will back me in an offer to Charles.

But?

It doesn't come close to matching Medallion's offer.

With Charles signing the papers today, there's no time to come up with another

approach.

There's only time to talk to Charles himself.

Good luck.

I guess Melissa and I won't be seeing much of you and Sean when we get home.

Guess not.

You don't want to miss your elevator.

I had a great time yesterday.

Jonas, the elevator's here.

I thought you'd be more comfortable going home on a different flight from

That's very considerate.

Now, look, we still have a couple hours.

Do you want to take a walk, see the museum, or whatever you'd like?

Thanks, but I don't really feel like going out right now.

Great. We'll just stay here.

We'll start working on that baby. Sean.

A walk, the museum, even a baby won't help.

Not really.

You see, you didn't just go off with Melissa. You didn't just leave me. You

us.

There was a reason for that.

And pretending that nothing happened, that nothing is wrong, is not going to

make what is wrong between us just go away.

Look, I said I was sorry.

Sorry isn't the point here.

What is?

I don't know.

But we just can't go back to business as usual.

What do you want me to do?

Go on back to Chicago.

I need some time to think this through.

On my own.

Okay?

Peter, my decision to sell has been made. If you're here to change my

I'm not here to change your mind.

I think you should sell.

And I'm here to make you an offer.

It's a little late to pull this one out of the fire, Peter.

Charles, haven't you always referred to the St. Gregory as the jewel in the

Cabot crown?

I told you.

The one thing more important to me than protecting this hotel is protecting the

Cabot family.

But that's the point. The St. Gregory is more than just a money machine, more

than its 1 ,000 phones and 30 ,000 pieces of silver.

It's a member of the Cabot family, too, and it deserves your protection.

I'm afraid sentiment can only push me so far.

I trust that Medallion's offer was generous enough to rule sentiment out

completely. Perhaps, but after all Peter and I have been through together, the

least I can do is give his offer a fair hearing.

Charles, I can raise $100 million in cash from my bank now, and I can pay the

balance equal to Medallion's offer, plus interest over the next 10 years.

No, the profit margin that St. Gregory operates on.

If convention business falls off, if tourism drops, you'll lose the St.

to the bank. I'm willing to take that chance.

Charles, suppose Medallion increased its offer by, say, five

million in cash.

I'll match you.

How about ten?

Can you match that?

No, I can't.

Then that settles that.

Not quite.

I don't understand.

Peter's offer can't match yours in dollars and cents.

On the other hand, it gives me enough cash to weather my current financial

difficulties, plus something your offer could never guarantee.

What might that be?

With Peter as full owner, I can be sure the St. Gregory will always be the St.

Gregory. You're making a big mistake, Charles.

Maybe you're right, but I don't think so.

I'm selling my half of the hotel to Peter.

I thought she went back to Chicago.

I got as far as the airport.

Melissa was being so nice. You know, the way she'd be with, like, a bank teller

or a checkout clerk. Not with me. I mean, it wasn't real.

And I said to myself, is this just a temporary truce? I mean, is she really

going to change?

Am I?

And?

And I didn't really come up with an answer, yes or no.

Maybe not the best way to restart a marriage. So I thought I'd take a room

for a couple of days.

Try to sort things out.

A scenic helicopter ride over San Francisco Bay.

Forget it.

Why not?

What? Do you remember that little boat ride we took? So I got wet.

So you fall out of a helicopter, you get more than wet.

But Taylor said if you return the scene, we get a 15 % discount.

Fifteen percent.

That's almost too good to pass up.

Sorry about the way things turned out.

I was looking forward to working with you.

Well, consider the upside.

At least this way the St. Gregory will always be the kind of hotel I want to

come back to.

Should I be thanking you or should you be thanking me? Why don't we just call

even?

It's going to take a while for the lawyers to finalize our agreement. In

meantime, do you have any thoughts about the union negotiation?

As far as I'm concerned, as of now, you're the full owner of this hotel.

No problem.

Congratulations. It's finally yours. It's mine in the banks.

Oh, I know how long you waited for this moment. I'm just sorry it came at such a

high price. To make the St. Gregory all mine, it was a bargain.

you