Several Days Later

Kellie was in the middle of a late meeting with her team and the NYPD when Lorenzo texted her to urgently call back.

She stepped out of the room to call him.

"Are you alright?" Lorenzo asked.

"Yes," Kellie said, "Why?"

"The shit hit the fan with this whole Jason mess," Lorenzo said, "First off the three guys who were after Jason, all killed in a car accident transporting them to the prison hospital"

"No surprise, someone doesn't want them talking," Kellie said, "What else?"

"Have you caught the news?" Lorenzo asked, "There's a situation at the MetroCourt. There was a hostage situation at the launch for Sam and her husband's new media company and now Sam has been abducted. "

"I'll head to Port Charles now then," Kellie said.

"If you want to go home to Tyler," Lorenzo said, "I'll explain what happened on your end to Sonny."

"That's going to go over well," Kellie said, "I'll come in for a day or two. But there's really not much I can do, especially if one nasty genie got let out of the bottle over this. Have you turned up anything yet on your end?"

"So far dead ends," Lorenzo said, "But I'm working on it."

Kellie arrived at Sonny's in time to see Jason being taken to the PCPD.

Jason looked out of the police car in time to see Kellie was there before the car took off.

"Who are you?" Jordan asked.

"Kellie Scott," Kellie said, "Sonny's daughter. I was in New York on business and decided to stop by and see my family before heading home to California. And I see as usual I've walked right into chaos and mayhem."

"Do you know anything about any of this?" Jordan asked, flashing her badge, "Jordan Ashford. I'm the police commissioner."

"I wish I did," Kellie said, "I have just as many questions as you do if not more."

"Kellie, oh my god," Carly said, running up to hug her.

"Good to see you too Carly," Kellie said, trying to loosen Carly's grip and breathe.

"There's," Carly started to say, "We'll catch up later. I have to go."

"Is my father inside?" Kellie asked.

"Yes," Carly said, leaving to meet Jason at the station.

"Commissioner," Kellie said, handing her a business card, "I really wish I could help. I'm just as in the dark as you are. Here's my card. If something comes to my attention regarding whatever this is, I'll be in touch. But I'm not in town long. So I'd really like to see my father."

"Crossing Into Dawn?" Jordan asked, reading the card, "I didn't realize that was run by Sonny's daughter. You do great work. If I have any questions, I'll call you."

"Thank you," Kellie said, heading to the house.

Max led Kellie into the living room, "Boss, there's someone else."

"I have to head to the station," Sonny said, "Tell whoever it is they'll have to wait."

"I don't think you'll want to wait to see me, Dad," Kellie said. Sonny looked up to see Kellie entering the room, delighted and yet confused.

"Kellie," Sonny smiling and embracing her.

"I was in New York on business," Kellie said, "I was a last minute replacement for operation. I was going to turn it down and Tyler insisted I get away. I figured I'd stop here since I was already so close."

"How's Tyler?" Sonny said, "Is the trial or the chemo doing any good?"

Kellie shook her head, "It's only slowing the leukemia down. Not stopping it."

Tears formed and slowly fell as Kellie tried to hold it together.

Sonny didn't say a word, but just pulled Kellie against him, her tears soaking his jacket.

"We've tried everything, Dad," Kellie said, "and it won't be enough."

"I know, sweetheart, I know," Sonny said, "I wish I could change this for you."

"I'm sorry," she said, drying her eyes and stepping back. Sonny gently turned Kellie's face towards him.

"None of that," Sonny said, "What you're doing isn't easy. Raising three adorable kids, running the foundation, and caring for Tyler until…" Sonny's voice choked. "That takes a toll I don't think I can even imagine. You're earned the right to a few tears. More than a few tears."

"There's actually a reason I came here," Kellie said, changing the subject.

"The timing is a little suspicious," Sonny said, "You show up when…well…I don't even know where to start. What did you see when you got here?"

"Jason being put in the back of a police cruiser," Kellie said, "The real Jason, not whoever, we all thought was Jason."

"I already know you saw him in New York," Sonny said, "Jason told me that the ship he was on was one you rescued a group of girls from. You had his back no questions asked."

"I would have come sooner, but I had to take care of the girls we'd rescued," Kellie said, "I didn't think it was an over the phone conversation."

"I would have had to see it to believe it," Sonny said.

"Jason was gone before I could ask any questions," Kellie said, "He wouldn't even take the burner phone I tried to give him. I did call Uncle Lo and ask him to start looking into why there's a man with Jason's face. He hasn't turned up anything yet. But he let me know that Jason showed up here and there had been a shooting. I didn't know what anyone knew so I got here as fast as I could. The henchman that were after Jason in New York all died in an accident with the prison transport."

"You've done everything you can here," Sonny said, "I know you really don't like being told what to do. But you're next move is to go home, be with your husband, your children. If this follows you to California, you let me know or Alcazar know. You've got other things to take care of. Not this mess. We'll figure out."

"I know," Kellie said, "I'll go home the day after tomorrow. It would look kind of funny if I came to visit family and only stopped by to see you. I ran into the commissioner outside."

"Did she give you any trouble?" Sonny asked.

"No," Kellie said, "In all honesty, I'm as confused as all of us. Giving her my card in case she has questions will pretty much ensure I get left alone. Not to mention finding out the daughter of Sonny Corinthos is the brains behind Crossing Into Dawn just adds to my brownie points with law enforcement."

"You always did have a way with law enforcement," Sonny said, "How many times did you have Durant eating out of your hand?"

Kellie laughed.

"Do you have a place to stay?" Sonny asked.

"I hadn't worked that part out yet," Kellie said.

"I'll have Max get your bags," Sonny said, "Your old room is free. It still has the lock you installed on the door. I know it's probably not what you expected, staying with me, but you look dead on your feet. It's going to be a long couple days."

"That works for me," Kellie said.

"Go get some sleep," Sonny said, "If there's anything to report, I'll let you know."