Chapter Two
Sonny held her hand for an hour, and then Robin walked in with Nikolas and Sam.
Sam rushed to her mother's side and began to cry.
Nikolas glared at Sonny and conversed with Robin on how she was doing.
"Sonny? How long has she been like this?" Sam asked though her tears.
Sonny looked over to Sam, then immediately back to Alexis' face, "An hour."
"Did she say anything?" Sam continued to question.
"She asked about Molly, Kristina, and you," he lied. He didn't want Sam to know that Alexis didn't mention her name. There was no point in telling the whole truth now … especially the 'Stavros' comment. He'd get Alexis to explain that one later.
Nikolas walked up behind Sonny, and politely stated, "I'm sure you need to take a break for a few minutes. Would you mind allowing me to take over?" He was proper to those he hated as well. Sonny knew Nikolas couldn't stand him, but Nikolas didn't matter to him right now. Alexis did.
Sonny nodded and stood, not releasing Alexis' hand. "If she wakes up, I need to see her." He looked over to Sam, then to Nikolas, then to Robin. "She needs to talk to me when she wakes up." He caught Robin's eyes, and she nodded. Sonny bent down to kiss Alexis once more on the lips, not missing Sam's slight gasp at his action. His lips lingered on hers for a moment, then he slowly backed away, memorized her face … not that he needed to. He could not see Alexis for twenty years and still know her face, her smell, her taste. He squeezed her hand lightly and stepped back, letting Nikolas join her side.
Robin walked Sonny out. "Are you going to stick around?" she asked.
"Yeah. I'm going to run down to the cafeteria and get some coffee, then I'll be back up. You said that I could stay with her, right?" he asked, needing her assurance once more.
"Well, you aren't supposed to, but it's fine. I'll pull my weight around. Are you going to need a cot? You've been up for a while now."
"What time is it?"
"It's eight a.m. You've been here since three thirty."
"Yeah, if you could get them to bring me a cot to sleep on, that'd be nice. Robin," he stopped her as she walked away.
She looked over to him, worried at how tired he looked.
"You didn't … " he was motioning with his hands, "You didn't tell anyone, did you?"
Robin looked around the hallway, then back to her friend, "No Sonny. I didn't. I won't," she promised once more.
Sonny nodded and watched her walk away, turned, and walked the opposite direction to get some coffee, dialing Leticia's number along the way.
"Hello?"
"Leticia, it's Sonny … "
"Mr. Corinthos! How's," she whispered the last part, "Alexis?"
"They say she's getting better. She's been sleeping, how are the babies?"
"Fine, Kristina's really worried about her mother, but Michael is helping her. They're throwing pancake's around the kitchen."
Sonny smiled. He'd have to clean that up later. Leticia would, of course, but there would also be bits and pieces of pancakes hidden that Sonny would eventually find.
"And Molly?"
"Oh, that little feisty one. She's great … cooing and babbling away. She almost walked a few minutes ago."
Sonny winced. He knew Alexis would want to be there, "Well, next time, get the camera, but for now, Leticia, don't encourage her to walk … at least until Alexis comes home." He knew Alexis would get angry at him telling her daughter's babysitter to discourage achievement, but he also knew the smile that would be on Alexis' face when she saw Molly walk for the first time.
"Okay, I understand."
"Kiss them for me."
"Yes, sir … "
"Leticia, please stop with the 'sir' and 'Mr. Corinthos'. I've known you longer than some of my best friends. I'm Sonny. I'll call back later."
"Yes, sir … er … yes, okay.."
Sonny flipped his phone shut and continued to the cafeteria, thinking of ways to get Alexis to open up to him. He knew that when she woke back up, she'd crawl back into herself and repress the memories, but he needed to know. He wanted to know what the hell his little brother did exactly.
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"Mom?" Sam whispered. Nikolas looked over to her. He knew she was hiding something. He could tell. When he came to visit Alexis before her surgery last week, he could tell his Aunt was hiding something as well, but he left it alone.
"Sam, I think we should let her sleep."
Sam looked over to Nikolas. She knew he was probably right, but she wanted to talk to Alexis to see what had happened.
Jax poked his head through the door and whispered to Sam and Nikolas. "Robin says it's my turn. She needs to run some tests on Alexis, so Luke and I need to quickly come say 'Hey'.
Sam didn't want to leave. She was pissed. She walked up to Robin and didn't hold back her anger.
"Look, I know Alexis called Sonny from the house, but WHY can't I stay in there with her? I saw your nurses bring a cot in there! What's going on?"
Robin took a deep breath and tried to calm Sam down. Nikolas had joined them by now.
"Sam. Nikolas. Alexis was raped."
Robin allowed them to get past the shock.
"She was in shock for … I would guess … an hour, maybe a little less. She called Sonny."
"And Jason! What the hell did she need them for?!" Sam yelled.
"You're going to have to ask them that, Sam. And you're going to have to lower your voice."
Sam rolled her eyes and stepped back, allowing Nikolas to talk.
"Raped?" Nikolas asked. Robin nodded. He was still processing … then the anger grew. "Who the hell did this? WHO DID THIS?!"
Robin grabbed his arm and led him into an empty room, leaving Sam behind.
"Technically, no one is suppose to know that she was raped. It's not the kind of thing that we should tell the family until the victim wakes up. I called Lainey to come here for when Alexis wakes up, but she can't make it until tomorrow. She had a family crisis to deal with. As I said before, Alexis called Sonny to come get her. She wanted him there. I'd imagine she'd want him here too. Not only that, he woke her up. He spoke a little with her. I think he can get her to tell us what exactly happened."
"We've um … " Robin looked to the floor, then back up to Nikolas, "We've concluded that Ric raped her."
Sam, who was eavesdropping in the doorway, gasped.
Nikolas walked away quickly. "I'll kill him!" he yelled, before Robin ran after him. She had to stop him. She knew Ric was dead and that Nikolas wouldn't find him. She had to calm him down.
Sam watched Robin and Nikolas with her eyes and mouth both wide open in shock. She blinked and saw Ric having sex with her … on the floor … in her mother's house. Her eyes jerked open and she sank to the floor. Shutting her eyes again, the images of that night with her mother's husband crept into her vision. Ric raped Alexis. Ric raped her mother. Sam knew that Ric was crazy … maybe even clinically insane, but nothing would have set him off to rape and hurt Alexis … on the first night home from major surgery. Sam let the tears fall, wrapped her legs up to her chest, and sobbed.
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"Good mornin' sunshine," Jax said softly as Alexis' eyes blinked open.
"Jax," she smiled. The first smile since …
"Hey, you gave us quite a scare. You must really love this place."
Alexis held the smile for a little longer, then closed her eyes to stop the tears. She couldn't feel anything.
"I can't … I can't feel anything."
Jax looked worried up at her monitor and then back to Alexis. "I'm sure they have you on some major medication, honey." He ran his hand through her hair. "I'll go get Robin, okay? She needs to know that you're awake."
Alexis nodded. She loved Jax with all her heart, but she didn't want him here now. She didn't want him to see her like this. She didn't want to give him the chance to ask what happened, because she didn't know what lie to come up with.
Jax kissed her on the forehead and left, quickly being replaced by Robin.
"Well, hello there!" Robin said cheerfully.
"Robin? … Kristina, Molly … " Alexis whispered.
Robin took a seat next to Alexis on the bed. "They're okay. They're at Sonny's. They are completely safe and happy."
Alexis cleared her throat and nodded. "I can't feel anything."
"That's okay, Alexis, you don't want to feel anything."
"What happened?"
Robin looked sympathetically at Alexis, "I thought that you might be able to tell me that."
Alexis cleared her throat once more and looked away. "No, I mean, I know what happened, but, my … " she pointed down to her bandage on her stomach.
"Oh, right, okay, well, most of your stitches were torn, it opened, and … you lost a lot of blood. Can you tell me how it happened?"
"I was … I was raped." She looked Robin directly in the eye.
Robin nodded, giving Alexis time to continue, but she didn't. She just closed her eyes.
"Do you know who … ."
"Ric," Alexis interrupted quickly. "He um … we had a fight, he was drunk. He hit me, ra … raped me and then left. He left and I don't … I don't think he'll come back." She continued to look Robin directly in the eyes.
Robin knew she was lying, but she nodded. "I'm so sorry Alexis." She took her hand as Sonny walked in the room, coffee in hand.
He looked to the two women. His friend Robin who would stick with him through anything, and Alexis. Sonny didn't know exactly how he felt about Alexis now. They had been through hell and back, scratching and biting at each other for years, but the respect, and the love … it never left.
"Hey," Sonny whispered, taking Alexis' side as Robin smiled and left them alone, going to check back on Sam.
"Sonny? The girls … "
"They're at my place. With Leticia, Max, Milo, and Viola. They're completely fine."
Alexis nodded and finally made eye contact with him.
"Sonny?" she whispered, the tears ready to fall, "I murdered your brother."
Sonny's eyes glazed over while shaking his head. "No, Alexis, you were defending yourself." He quickly stood up and walked over to shut the door, returning to her side.
"I'm not angry at you, Alexis. Ric raped you honey - he could've killed you."
Alexis shook her head, allowing the tears to steadily stream down her face. "He wouldn't have. Sonny, he was drunk, but he wouldn't have killed me."
"How can you know that Alexis?"
Alexis face suddenly turned hard as she looked away toward the window. "He wasn't hurting me when I shot him. After … " she whimpered, finally feeling some of the pain from her stomach, "After it happened, he left … he um … he went somewhere else in the house. I assume the kitchen to get more alcohol. Um … I uh, I went as quickly and quietly as I could to our room, found my gun … .and … "
Sonny moved her face towards his. "Hey, you don't have to tell this now. Look, just rest okay? Just rest a while. I'm here all night. Lainey will be back tomorrow."
"I can't tell Lainey." She started to panic. "Sonny … no one can know. No one! I can't … I can't go through that again."
Sonny remembered Luis Alcazar's trial. He knew Alexis didn't have the strength to go through that again. He knew it was self-defense.
"Alexis, this is not murder. This is self-defense. I don't care if you had waiting ten years to kill him. He deserved it."
"The court won't see it that way. I killed him. I killed my husband. I killed my daughter's father. I killed … I killed your little brother. Sonny?"
"And if you hadn't … I would have."
Alexis stared into his eyes, wondering why they provided so much comfort to her.
"Okay, look, let's stop talking about it … " Sonny ordered. "Eell, one more thing. Alexis, when did you get a gun?"
Alexis left his eyes and focused on the sheet lying over her. "After Sam was kidnapped, I bought it. I um … I realized that I couldn't protect her. I was in the house Sonny. I was sitting in the living room working. I couldn't protect any of my children."
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Sam remained seated on the floor when she saw Robin walking up to her. Robin, who Jason used to love … just one more person in Sam's life that she had to compete with. Looking over the young woman in front of her, Sam felt a twinge of jealousy. Robin was in her scrubs, with files in her hand and a stethoscope around her neck. She had a job. She didn't need any man in her life. She was nothing like her. Sam looked away as Robin approached, crouching down beside her.
"Sam. We need to talk."
Sam looked back over to Robin and nodded, pulling herself up and following the doctor into an empty room.
Robin smiled softly and started pacing the room in front of Sam, rambling on, "Look, I don't know if I should tell you this. I mean, you've been through so much over the past few months and Alexis has cancer and Jason's constantly in danger, and Ric, well, Ric's no where to be found … and … "
"Robin!"
Robin jerked her head over to Sam.
"Robin, what's going on. What are those?" Sam asked, looking at the files in Robin's hand.
"They're blood tests."
"Alexis'?" Sam started to panic again, her breathing increased.
"No. No, Sam, they're yours."
Sam was confused. "What? What's going on? Why do you have my blood tests? When did you run tests on me? Why?" Sam was getting angry. She really wasn't sure why she was angry, but she knew from somewhere that Robin had no right to do this.
"Listen … okay, have a seat." Robin waited for Sam to sit. "Look, since I've been back in Port Charles, I've started watching out for people. Jason was sick, you got shot. Every time someone that I know comes in here, if the opportunity presents itself, I do a few blood tests. You both gave blood for Alexis today, so I ran some tests, just to make sure that everything was fine. Look, I have HIV, Patrick might have contracted it, so it's automatic that I'd want to make sure … " she stopped, thinking of Stone, "and it's not even just that, I mean, I like you. I like Jason. I want to make sure that you're … you know … okay."
Sam nodded, wanting her to get to the point. "So what did you find?" she asked impatiently.
Robin let out a long breath. She knew that she shouldn't tell her. Sam needed to be there with Alexis, but Robin also knew that the women didn't really get along, and, maybe … maybe Sam wanted this way out. She looked Sam squarely in the eyes with sympathy. "Sam … you aren't Alexis' daughter."