Alexis wanted nothing more than to hit the hot tub after another grueling day in court. It'd gone better than the previous day but talk about getting down and dirty…she'd been rolling in the mud with Dianne and it'd been exhilarating.
Much more than she thought it'd be. It fed the ruthless side of her nature she kept hidden away most of the time because she'd rejected that heritage after it had tried to turn her into just more collateral damage. She's channeled into that side of her nature, refusing to throttle any of it with niceness to score the win that she did for her clients.
Won the battle, still had to win the war but if Alexis was anything, she was a fighter though her family saw most of that and so did anyone who tried to hurt any of them. In the courtroom, some of her critics had seen her as too soft, too sentimental so much so that it was a given that Dianne would better her every time they faced off toe to toe in the courtroom.
Today she'd dropped kick the other attorney and the barracuda in a designer suit and pumps had been shocked.
During a recess, she smiled at Alexis shaking her head.
"I thought you'd lost your edge. Welcome back inside the shark tank."
Alexis just shrugged now at her desk finishing up paperwork and waiting for a trip home to just sink her aching body in the swirling bubbly waters in the hot tub on her deck. A nice view yet it guaranteed her privacy too. She picked up her phone and saw a couple of messages. Molly texted her to say she'd be out with TJ and the other two from Scotty and Derek.
Derek, she listened to first knowing it was another dinner invite. She hadn't called him back on that one hoping he'd get the message. Scotty…that intrigued her so she called him back.
Not that she wasn't wary because he always played an angle with her and everyone else even his ex-wife Laura but…right now she was up for finding out what his plans were for the upcoming D.A.'s race.
"Hi Alexis…how you doing? Nice job in court today…"
"Thanks…now that we got that out of the way, what do you want Scotty?"
He chuckled and she knew it was from amusement but didn't care. She needed some of that right now.
"Now that you mention it…I do have a favor. I need your endorsement for the DA's race…"
"You're kidding right?"
"No…no I'm not…no one else has entered yet but just in case…I'm trying to wrap up some endorsements."
She laughed.
"Who's going to endorse you after all the corruption you brought to that office last time?"
Scotty chortled.
"At least I didn't sleep with the mayor…"
"Hey it was a one night stand that even I barely remember…but seriously why should I believe you've changed? A leopard never changes its spots after all."
"How about dinner tonight? We can discuss it…"
She sighed. All she'd been thinking about that past hour had been the Jacuzzi waiting for her at home after a long hard day but…
"The Metro Court?"
"Well yeah…I have fond memories of it during the time I shacked up there."
Alexis chuckled.
"Half of PC lives in that building. Well anyone who's anyone in PC and doesn't mind having their suite raided at any time by Carly of course."
Scotty sighed.
"One reason why I packed up and moved out in fact. I thinks she fancies herself a narc or something…must have seduced a cop at some point."
"It wouldn't surprise me…but I don't know about dinner. It's been a long day…"
He didn't seem undeterred.
"Come on Alexis…it'll be fun. Great food…at least since that last food poisoning scare and better company."
She hedged.
"I heard you kicked Dianne's ass in court today on the big custody case. You're representing Laura's daughter and despite our divorce, I'm happy about that."
He seemed sincere and she was hungry… Scott loved to flirt and she was up for that so…
"Okay dinner at the Metro Court and I'll listen to your spiel but I'm not promising anything…"
"Dessert, I'm buying dessert too, dark chocolate fudge cake…whipped cream…"
"Stop, stop okay…I'll do it…dinner and dessert and listen to you talk," she said, "I'll meet you over there at 7."
"I'll be waiting…"
She clicked off the phone shaking her head in bemusement. It'd be a fun diversion to her ever since…but no need to even go there. Some men just promised more than they ever intended to deliver, that's all.
No need to dress to impress. Her warrior suit and accompanying armor would be enough, after all it was only dinner right?
She'd do her thing that she usually did with PC guys and then head home to some serious time in the spa with her glass of chardonnay. She couldn't remember the last time a man had joined her but…she and Dianne used to joke when they were friends about how PC was a desert for women at their ages. Women who were intellectually and emotionally grown up, at their sexual peak and they were expected to either be embittered shrews or asexual creatures.
God she missed their friendship, their late nights playing pool in Coleman's bar and kicking back with some margaritas. Their discussions about men, their running betting pool on which eligible or not so eligible man would be emasculated by the she-beast of PC this week.
That being Carly of course, the woman men invariably flocked around. Alexis' money was on her turning her latest conquest into a leashed poodle inside a month. When she remembered the sheer fineness of those abs, the well-muscled body barely contained in those briefs…she'd sigh but she didn't sit around waiting for leftovers from Carly…not anymore. She'd burned that card during her last night out with Dianne before their friendship fractured after how Dianne treated Sam on the witness stand in a case.
Enough on Snarly as Alexis' crew of women who did weekly spa sessions at Felicia's called her. She had to finish up her work and head on out to meet up with Scotty.
She'd listen to what he wanted, play with him a bit, kick up her heels and then finish off the night in her hot tub enjoying the view.
Derek sat in his office, tugging on his tie. He'd been dating Carly if you could call it that for a week and actually aside from Franco trying to challenge him for Carly, it'd been going pretty well. Carly was blond, beautiful in fact from behind she looked a lot like his sister Ava…well better not dwell on that! Back to Carly…she was…blond…had a nice body…and…
His phone rang again. He had to get work done because he had a date with said woman at the Metro Court restaurant.
"Carlos. What's going on?"
The other man sighed.
"The shipment came in…definitely illegal boss."
"What is it, what has Sonny been shipping all these years with his coffee?"
"You don't want to know…Not high quality either."
Derek shuffled some papers on his desk.
"You can tell me later…when we meet in the lobby of the hotel."
"Okay boss…I'm off to see Sabrina…"
Derek frowned.
"You two dating now?"
"Well…no but I think Patrick's going to dump her for his dead wife. Someone's got to be there to help her pick up the pieces and I love her man."
"I hope she appreciates it…Talk to you later…"
He clicked off his phone and saw his reporter Ben McCoy standing there with some copy.
"What's that?"
Ben stepped in the room.
"It's the latest on the surrogacy gone bad series. Exciting day in court."
Derek arched his brows.
"Oh?"
"Yeah that attorney Alexis Davis wiped the floor with Dianne. Talk about ruthless…wow mud flying today like crazy but she won a key victory…"
Derek just stared at him.
"You should have seen it. Like a predatory lioness on the prowl and then…bam."
"I would have liked to have seen that…"
Ben dropped the flash dive on his desk.
"Got Floyd to take some photos too. In case you need them…"
Derek glanced at him.
"Thanks…I've got some space saved for the story…"
He watched Ben leave and then put the flash drive on the computer, scanning over the copy, his eyes widening in some spots.
"She said that?"
Oh he would have wanted to be there but between work in the office…and well fending off Franco from Carly…he'd been quite busy. But he moved onto the photos of both Alexis and Dianne facing off in what must have been the hallway of the courthouse. Both in business attire but the way Alexis looked, in battle mode, her eyes flashing…full alpha female…
He clicked off the photos and tugged at his tie again before pouring himself a glass of water. It was getting warm in here. But he'd called her twice to see if she wanted to dine with him and no response. Probably busy with her case…and he'd been busy with Carly who was blond and…pretty and…
Another interruption. Ava sashayed in the room and folded her arms in front of him.
"Julian…I don't know why you're starting Morgan at the bottom of the operation."
He sipped his water.
"I don't trust him enough to make him anything but an errand boy. We'll see how he does then."
She pouted and tried to flash that deadly look at him which amused him more than anything.
"Ava I don't think you should let your feelings for the boy get in your way…"
Oh that got a rise out of his sister who'd layered herself with iciness since back before he could remember. She shook her hair back.
"I have no feelings for the boy except for what he can do to scratch my itch…and help out our plan to take over PC's mobster scene."
"Look I'm fine with it. I'm not one to judge…being with Carly…"
She tilted her face pursing her lips.
"How's that going?"
"She's blond…pretty…"
"So am I dear brother…but better be careful and watch your back or better yet, another delicate part of every man's anatomy."
He bristled, having heard all the stories about Carly's MO of sidling up to men, seducing them and then emasculating them. But he was in control here, this was all part of his master plan…besides why not follow through with it. Damn if he'd let Franco get the better on him on anything. Guy was such a low weight, fly weight…no he couldn't back away from him.
"Not that it's your business but my…anatomy is just fine. Anything else to report to me?"
She sniffed.
"Scotty Baldwin's running for DA and hit me up for an endorsement."
Julian's brow furrowed.
"He's interviewing with our editorial board for an endorsement next week. I'm sitting in on it, he could prove quite useful to us if we can dig up dirt to use against him."
Ava looked at her nails.
"He's meeting with Alexis Davis for an endorsement. She's serving on some position in the PC Bar Association and they're split between endorsing him or Luke as a write in candidate."
"Luke? He's not even an attorney."
"He's the most popular folk hero in PC, stays out of everyone's hair for the most part and a natural foil for Scotty."
Derek digested that. Ava reached for her lipstick to freshen up.
"Scotty's kind of hot looking too…he's a bad boy in a suit. I think when I put Morgan to bed tonight, I might go soften him up just a little bit…"
"You mean at the Metro Court?"
She shrugged.
"Wherever…you have your extracurricular activities. I have mine."
Alexis headed out after finishing all her work and checking in on Molly. Sam had called her to say that she was having lunch with Derek tomorrow to thank him for all he'd done for them…at Kelly's and away from Carly's lair.
She liked that they developed a friendship because he treated her daughter so well. Just because she'd asked him to dinner and it'd been an epic fail didn't change that. She'd been searching for Sam's father in Julian Jerome and hadn't figured out how to tell Sam that most likely he was her father…her dead father but still…that search was over.
Onto the court battle and god, it felt damn good to beat Dianne at her game today. A part of her cringed at being so dirty in court but she never backed away a fight. Working for Sonny had just softened her up too much and it was good to get back in the courtroom arena. It got her mind off some other things.
She parked her car at GH because she wanted to stop and talk to Liz about joining the rest of the girls at their spa nights. Liz hadn't had any action in a while either…and she really needed to get off the train of people rushing off to enable AJ Quartermaine in his drinking. Yeah Alexis doubted he killed Connie but he was a jerk before he got hauled off to PC jail on that one.
Liz seemed happy to see her, a little wan but she'd been pulling double shifts lately.
"Thanks for inviting me Alexis…I'll think about it. I make pretty mean canapés."
Alexis smiled at her.
"Good just what we need…bring your boys over to my house and Molly can babysit. We're meeting at Felicia's later this week."
Liz nodded and went back to work and Alexis headed back to her car, checking out Patrick as he went to meet Sabrina most likely. She noticed the wedding ring was finally off…time for him to move on from Robin obviously. Sam had told her that they'd renewed their friendship because they'd both lost the loves of their lives to violence.
She got back in her car played some classic rock on her way to meet with Scotty.