"Mom? Mom! Did you hear me?"
The sound of her eldest daughter's voice pulled Alexis Davis away from the haunting thoughts that had filled her mind. "Wh-What?" she asked.
"I said I'm having a boy." Sam gave her mother a concerned look. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine." Pulling herself together, she smiled at Sam, "Congratulations. Have you told Dani yet?"
"Yeah. She's excited to be getting a little brother." Sam's expression saddened, "Plus it gives her something to ask about besides 'When is daddy waking up?' It's a-it's a good distraction", she choked out.
Alexis closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and released it. Jason Morgan had been in a coma for almost 5 months. It was the result of an explosion that had devastated many Port Charles families. It amazed Alexis how one event could so dramatically change everything forever. "Well I think that dinner tomorrow night is in order to celebrate not only the newest addition to the family but your sister's homecoming as well."
"I can't believe Kristina has graduated from Yale already," said a disbelieving Sam. "It seems like yesterday she was graduating from high school."
"I know. But I'm glad she's coming home. It's been a hard year and I just want all my girls home and safe."
"Well, lucky for you that Nikolas offered her a job at Cassadine Industries."
"That I am very grateful for. And on that note I am going to go and let you get some rest. Trust me. You are going to need it." She said with a laugh as she stood up.
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow." Sam walked her mom to the door and gave her a hug.
"Bye, sweetheart." Alexis walked onto the elevator, and leaned up against the wall hoping and praying that the fears haunting her would not come true.
Lucky Spencer was attempting to concentrate on the mountain of paperwork in front of him. It had been a long day and look as if it would be a long night. He hated working doubles these days. He wish he could be home with his boys. He'd rather be reading a story to Aidan right now or attempting to help Cameron with his homework then slogging through piles of paperwork. His sons need him more right now then the Port Charles Police Department.
"I come bearing gifts," a voice said jarring Lucky back to reality. He looked up at his partner and brother-in-law Dante Falconeri, who was holding take out bags from Kelly's. "You okay?" Dante asked him.
"Yeah," Lucky replied. "Just tired."
"Yeah, I hear you," Dante said as he sat down at his desk. "I talked to Lulu. She was getting ready to read Aidan a story and said that Cam was working on homework. Or least he was pretending to work on homework. She thinks he was texting some girl."
Lucky laughed a little, "He was doing that yesterday. I asked him who he was talking to and he told me no one. Right then I knew it was girl."
Laughing, Dante said, "Good luck with that."
"Thanks," Lucky told him. He pulled a folder out of the giant on his desk and handed it to Dante. "Here's a update from Interpol. Carly isn't in France like we thought. Or at least she isn't now."
Dante frowned, "I wish we could catch a break. I talked to Jax yesterday and his people haven't found anything either. I just don't know why she took off."
"Well," Lucky said as he munched on a French fry, "her whole world came crashing down on her. She lost a lot at once."
"Yeah, but she still has Michael and Josslyn. I just don't understand why she would leave them."
"Sometimes people just can't take it anymore and they have to deal with it in their own way. My father, Ethan, and I tend to use alcohol. Carly, like Lulu, felt the need to runaway. Spencers deal with their problems in self-destructive ways." Lucky explained to him.
"Yeah, and Michael is trying to be a shining example of that." Dante said.
"Taking over your father's mob organization isn't exactly a recipe for a long and danger-free life."
"I just wish Jason would wake up and Carly would come back and maybe they could straighten him out."
"He's 23-years-old, Dante. It's up to him now."
"Yeah. I know. And I can't change that."
"There's a lot of things we can't change no matter how much we want to," Lucky sadly reminded him.
Dante nodded and pulled a file out of his inbox and started flipping through it. Lucky returned to the stack in front of him. Yeah, he thought, if only we could change the past. Then my sons would still have their mother.
Ethan Lovett walked towards his room above Kelly's exhausted. It seemed like everyone in Port Charles had decided to cheat on their spouse and with Sam entering her third trimester most of the work load had fallen on him and Spinelli. He opened the door to his room and was surprised to find a petite brunette sitting on the end of his bed. He smiled at her and said, "I swear your sister told me that you weren't coming back until tomorrow."
"Well…that is what I told her," Kristina Davis said with a smile.
"You're not even officially home and you're already lying to your family?", he teased her.
"My mom and sisters don't need to know everything about my life," she said as she walked towards him. "Besides, I figure we'll be found out soon anyway, so we might as well enjoy our time before everyone puts their two cents in."
"I guess you do have a point. Sneaking around is going harder now that you are home full-time."
"Well, we have two options. Either we go ahead an tell everyone about us or we keep sneaking around until we get. Personally I vote for the second option", she said with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.
"I kind of like that idea," he replied with a smile.
"I thought you would," she said as she pulled him into a kiss. Kristina didn't like keeping secret from her family but she wasn't ready to hear their opinions on her relationship with Ethan. So for now, sneaking around seemed like their best option.
Luke Spencer was behind the bar of the Haunted Star searching for the spare key to the office that he knew his daughter had hidden somewhere. Long ago he had hidden a box of forged documents in a secret compartment in the office and he needed to get his hands on for his latest con. Lulu had changed the lock on the office when she assumed ownership of the casino presumably as a way of keeping her father and brother from stealing her blind. Luke was so distracted by his mission that he didn't notice when someone walked up to the bar.
"Looking for something?" a voice asked.
Luke stood up, turned around, and smiled innocently, "Just looking for some Scotch, Natasha."
Alexis pointed at a bottle near his arm, "It's right there."
"Well, would you look at that. How did I miss it sitting right there?" he asked her.
"No idea. But if you're pouring…" she motioned with her hand for him to pour her one as well.
He poured her a glass of the Scotch and one for himself. "So to who or what do I owe this late night visit?"
Alexis took a sip of her drink and answered, "We have a problem."
"What do you mean 'we' have a problem?" Luke asked.
Alexis reached into her purse and pulled out the letter she had received earlier in the day. "Things that we took great care hiding in the past are not going to stay there much longer.", she told him as she laid the letter in front of him.
Luke picked up the letter and started reading it. Alexis nervously sipped on her drink while she waited for him to finish.
Finally, Luke refolded the letter and laid it back down on the counter. He picked up his glass and took a drink before asking, "Why now?"
Alexis shook her head, "I don't know. But what I do know is that both of our families are in danger and they just may pay the price for our pasts."