Chapter 1

"So we'd be hearing about the progress, and Over-the-counter Switch Applications involve a lot of considerations that may not necessarily be something that our prescription drug activities normally entail, so there's new material, new kinds of reviews that come into play."

Molly spun around in her oversized chair, "Please Bryan, I have read that deposition a hundred times. I don't need you to read it to me."

"So what are we missing, Molly?" Bryan asked laying the deposition file on her desk. Molly got up and looked out her window. She had a corner office and gorgeous view of the New York harbor. She recently made partner at Crepps & Regal and now Davis.

"Maybe we're not missing anything? Maybe we need to go back to the FDA. Go over their procedures…"

"Excuse me, Ms. Davis?" Molly's secretary knocked ever so gently before entering without permission.

"Janet, can't you see that we are in the middle of…"

"I am sorry, Ms. Davis, but you have a call on line one. She said it was important…"

"I'm not taking any calls, Janet, I told you that…"

"I know Ms. Davis, but it's your sister and she said it's important that I interrupt you. As a matter of fact she said and I quote 'put my sister on the phone or I'm coming to New York and dragging her butt back home, myself.'"

Molly couldn't help but to let out a chuckle. "Your sister is a little bossy, don't you think?" Bryan commented.

"Yeah, well, she takes after my Mother." Molly picked up the phone and pushed the blinking line. "This better be good, Samantha."

"I don't care what you are in the middle of or what you are doing. You need to come back to Port Charles and stop with the 'Samantha' crap. You are not Mom." Molly absolutely loved her older sister. There isn't anything that she would not do for her. Sam could ask her for anything and Molly would provide. "You know Sam, the proudest day of Mom's life is when you let her change your name…"

Flashback

Sam carried a tray of tea and teacups from the kitchen. Kristina and Molly were playing a board game on the floor in front of the fireplace. The snow was steadily falling outside.

"Mom, can I asked you a question?" Sam asked sitting down next to Alexis.

"You just did, dear…" Sam gave her Mother a smirk.

"I'm serious…"

"Sure Sam, asked me anything you want…" Alexis closed the folder that she was fingering through and looked into Sam's big brown eyes.

"I know where both Molly and Kristina got their names…but what about me? What would you have named me?" Molly's ears perked up when she heard Sam's question, from such an early age she was interested in her family's history.

"I did name you Sam…I just had no idea…"

"What do you mean? You had no idea about what?"

"When you were born and I asked to hold you, I had called you Samantha. That was the name that I had picked. I never bothered to think about a boys name, I knew that you were going to be a girl. I had no idea that the nurse had passed that name along to the McCalls or that the McCalls didn't change it."

"I guess that's why my middle name is Evelyn," Sam mumbled more to herself.

"Now that…that is a name that I hate. I hate that you are stuck with that woman's name. That woman never made one good decision when it came to you and now you have to live…"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down Mom." Alexis stopped rambling and glared at Sam. "What would you have made my middle name?"

"Either Kristin or Alexandra…" Alexis blurted out. She didn't even need to think about the answer to that question. "Kristin after your grandmother or Alexandra after me."

"You've thought about that a lot haven't you?" Alexis nodded.

"Since the day I found out that I was pregnant."

"Well then, change it." Sam blurted out.

"What?"

"You heard me. Change my name. If it bothers you that my name is Samantha Evelyn, then change it. You're my mother. You are the only person who gets to name me. You got the job half done so finish it."

"Sam, are you serious?"

"Yes, Mom. I'm dead serious. Change my birth certificate and everything. You're a lawyer, I'm sure that you know how to take care of that little incidental thing."

"Your name, Sam, is your identity. I can't just go and change it…"

"Mom, do you like my name..." Sam interrupted.

"No. No I don't like your middle name or you last name for that matter."

"Then change it. What is going to be? Name your first born daughter, then go fill out the paper work to make it official."

A smile widened across Alexis' face. She couldn't believe the conversation that she was having with Sam or the suggestion that Sam was offering. "Samantha Kristin Davis…" A stray tear ran down Alexis' cheek. "I can't believe that you are seriously letting me do this."

Sam pulled Alexis into a hug unable to hold back the tears. "You're my mother. The least you can do is give me the proper name."

Alexis kissed Sam's cheek. "Samantha Kristin Davis, I love you. Do you know that?"

Two weeks later, Sam entered the lakehouse carrying the mail. "Mom," she called. "You've got mail." Laying the junk mail down on the table, she carried the most important letter into Alexis' office. "You have mail, Mom."

Alexis took the letter from Sam's hand and quickly opened it. "This is it, are you sure?"

Sam smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I'm sure…"

Alexis opened it up and read it aloud. "Samantha Kristin Davis, Birthdate 05-11-1980, Birth Mother Alexis Davis. My Samantha."

"Molly…are you still there? Molly?" She heard her sister's voice on the other end of the line; the voice that brought her back to the present.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm here Sam. I'll book a flight tonight. I'll see you soon. I love you."

"I love you too, Mol."

Molly hung up the phone and looked up to Bryan who was staring at her. "Bryan, you're going to have to handle this case. My sister needs me at home for a little while."