This is light Liason, because I needed to put things where I wanted them to move on to the next part of the story.

Chapter 13

As they waited, Jason holding onto Elizabeth; Sonny paced back and forth. He felt conflicted about this child in ways that made him feel sick and angry with himself. Looking back he had been happy when Lily had told him she was pregnant and devastated at the loss of the baby and the woman he had cared about.

Then had been Carly and the baby they had created the night he had betrayed Jason out of a need to prove himself right about Carly... With a angry snort, he couldn't help cringing and thinking how wrong that had gone, then she had lost the baby but he had gained Michael.

Michael... the little boy who was so angry and resentful. The little boy who wasn't going to understand his marrying Sam. He had been doing better since Sonny had been listening to the doctor and really dealing with his son's issues but he knew that that was a very thin line.

Then there had been Morgan, the son he had almost lost before his birth, first from his half brother kidnapping his mother then the whole Lorenzo Alcazar drama. He couldn't help wondering if his shooting Carly had anything to do with the nightmare she was now living.

Sonny's mind traveled back to Morgan and how the little toddler was just gaining his own feet and gave a small grin. That quickly went away as he thought about Kristina and all she was going though. His daughter had been living with this disease before he had even found out he was her father and poor Alexis had been taking care of her all alone.

He understood why she had done what she did, Olivia had helped him deal with that. Made him face that his ego was keeping him from seeing that he held a big part in that mess. Then he had gone looking for her the night before, to tell her about the deal with Sam and heard Elizabeth talking to the attorney and after wincing at the unflattering but truthful portrayal of himself, had let go of any lingering anger.

Dante, his adult son that he had just met. Dante had bonded with Michael, had spent time with Morgan and had even been allowed in to see Kristina. Alexis letting down her guard enough to know that the young man would be good for his sister.

His mind went back to the child that Carly had lost the night she had tried to harm Elizabeth, he didn't know how that would have turned out, but he mourned the loss of the child she had carried. Then there was Sam, Steven Webber had told him that the results were now saying Ric Lansing but that there were some problems...

That they would need to run fresh tests as soon as the baby was born... a little girl... one who would save her big sister or her cousin, but either way he had decided to claim her. His mind kept going to Ric and how his father had twisted his mind. He didn't wish that on any child let alone one that would have Sam McCall as a mother.

Hearing footsteps, he saw Kelly Lee coming out and removing her mask and the cap on her head. "Sonny, we need to talk."

Sitting down, he looked on in shock as she explained "But two of them?"

"Yes, it was why things were so confusing. The ultrasound showed shadows but with all the scarring that Ms. McCall has, we had no idea. The problem is that we need permission to operate on one of the little girls."

"I will sign whatever you need." he said then listened as she explained about needing the shunt on the brain, that there was internal bleeding. "What about the other little one?"

Reaching out, hating to be the one to give this sort of news, she said "The other little girl... she didn't make it."

Rejecting the words even as she said them, he looked at her in horror then was told. "We have reason to believe that she was stillborn inside of her mother since the incident that landed her in the hospital. We need to perform an autopsy to find out what happened but you should know, that the stem cells, hers were a match to Kristina's. Dr. Webber took them straight away to her pediatrician who is scrubbing up already."

"Thank you, for everything you did. Before, before they take my little girl down, may I-" his voice broke as Kelly Lee gave him a sympathetic smile then led him down the hall. Jason and Elizabeth who had heard the whole thing, sat there both stunned at what was going on.

In another waiting room in a different part of the hospital, Nik sat with his Aunt Alexis who was shaking in fear as they took her little girl to the operating room. Seeing Ned entering, she flew into his arms and cried silently.

Nik stood, knowing that Ned would stay with Alexis. He went to find Bobbie, she had rejected the idea of going on leave and was still working in spite of the bad time she was having. The red head was filling out charts as he walked up. "How are things?"

With an angry scoff, she said "Lulu is refusing to listen to reason, I am a pariah at a hospital I have worked at for over twenty five years and now I have gotten a call from Singapore informing me that Luke and Lucky have disappeared. Arrest warrants have been issued and if they turn up both will be returned there and each will have twenty years added on to their sentences, but other than that. I am peachy keen."

Ignoring the bitter tone, he gave her the rest of the news. "I got a call from Shadybrook, they are under new management, I have to move Laura. I am taking her back to Switzerland, she was having some success there until Luke convinced me she needed to be close to her family."

Thinking on the pink message slip she had in her pocket, Bobbie pulled it out and returned the call she had been ignoring. Her eyes widening, she said "You can't do that. The state facility isn't an appropriate place for my daughter."

Hanging up after arguing for another ten minutes, she gently slipped the phone into the cradle then said numbly "They are moving Carly to the state facility close to Buffalo. The judge signed the orders this afternoon and there is no changing his mind."

"Just go tell Sonny, you know he will take care of it." he asked a bit surprised

"I can't. He divorced her and made it pretty damn clear that things are over. He even has papers drawn up that sever Carly's parental rights." she replied. "What am I going to do?"

Nik really didn't give a damn about Carly but felt for Bobbie. "Let me make a few calls in the morning."

"By then it will be too late, they are moving her at first light."

Nik headed down towards where Alexis was waiting, well aware that his Aunt would be of no help to him. Seeing Sonny approaching, he listened as they stiltedly talked about Sam giving birth and the surgery going on. Ned asked about Sam and was told "She is back in recovery. The one baby didn't make it and the other... the other is having a stent put in her head."

Sonny had decided to name the little girl who didn't make it Adella and the one who had after his first wife Lily. Justus has already filed paperwork with the courts have Sam declared incompetent. She would received visitation with their daughter, but her actions had clearly shown that their child was a means to and end.

Jason and Elizabeth had talked to Kelly Lee at Sonny's request, given the news the nurse said "Please let us know when she wakes up. We will be checking in on Georgie then going to find out how Kristina is."

"We just gave Alexis and Sonny the news." said Steven approaching with a smile. "It looks to have been a success. We will find out from tests tomorrow what care she still needs but for now, she is heading back to her room."

"Are you restricting visitors?" asked Elizabeth.

"Sonny and Alexis only, along with Ned." he informed them. "I heard about the two babies. Now comes the part I am not looking forward to, figuring out what is going on with those DNA tests."

Thinking on it, then reluctantly telling her brother and Jason they needed to speak privately, she said "Alexis had a child years ago. From what she told me, the baby would be close to Sam's age."

Nodding grimly, Steven went to shower then personally run the lab tests. Meanwhile Jason and Elizabeth had gone to see Georgie and found her playing cards with Johnny. "What happened?"

"Sam gave birth, to twins. One didn't make it." Explaining the rest, Elizabeth asked "Shouldn't you be getting some sleep soon?"

"I am fine, I was too excited to sleep." said a grinning Georgie then showed them her toes moving. "I would have never guessed that seeing my big toe wiggling would ever have me this excited."

Jason saw Johnny smirking then starting to lift a card just as Georgie said without turning around. "No cheating. I can see you in the window."

Hugging the girl, Elizabeth quickly pulled Jason out of the room to leave the two of them alone. "Has Sonny talked to the boys? Or even Olivia? Where is she? I haven't seen her since yesterday?"

"He is going to tell the boys a bit later, Olivia is helping to keep them occupied along with Dante and she is keeping a low profile for now." Jason said before kissing her on the lips. "Now before we head over to deal with what is surely to be a tense situation, I say we head up to the roof."

With a quick grin, they went up to find peace and quiet. Elizabeth was soon encircled in Jason's arms as they kissed. Things were getting a little heated in spite of the winter weather when her brother came onto the roof and gave a small cough.

"Elizabeth, we checked, your suspicions were correct. Alexis Davis is Sam's mother." he said sorrowfully. "We are going to have to decide what to tell her."

When Steven had left, Elizabeth almost wished she hadn't suggested checking on things. No one deserved to have to deal with what Sam McCall was sure to mete out to Alexis.

"Let's wait until they are all out of the hospital." she said then with a sigh rested her head on Jason's shoulder. "We need to tell Sonny."

"I need to tell Sonny. This mess just keeps getting worse." he replied then asked her "What happened this morning, did you talk to your doctor like you promised?"

Hiding her grin, she said "I made an appointment for Monday. By then things will have calmed down a bit and my blood pressure won't get me in trouble."

Jason was still worried, Elizabeth had almost fainted early that morning and while he knew that she had been dealing with a lot since the death of her father, he was scared he might lose her.

Lorenzo saw his wife talking to someone on the phone then when she hung up asked "How is the young lady?"

"She has my brother all tied up in notes and it is mutual." she said looking confused then said "We promised to be open with one another, so here is one of those ugly things I need to be honest about. When I was Georgie's age, Trevor, well he..."

Her head drooped low, trying to find the words. "He said I seduced him. That the way I dressed and acted, my father... Anthony..."

"I know." he said then settling her down, looked at her then away before saying. "Your father told me. That Trevor raped you and to protect you, he let the man think he didn't believe you. That he sent you to your Uncle for his protection."

Claudia gave a harsh laugh then stood, before spinning nervously then pacing back and forth then looked at him. "That is revisionist history. The words he called me, whore, tramp, slut, he asked me..." her voice broke then she said "HE asked me if I enjoyed it."

Standing, Lorenzo pulled his wife into his arms, his eyes closing as he got the pain she was in. As she cried, he just held her then asked "Claudia, have you ever talked to anyone about what happened? A professional I mean?"

With a bitter laugh, she said "How, with what goes on in our lives, how could I do that?"

Kissing her forehead, he thought about it then about how she presented herself and had an idea then asked "What do you think of Elizabeth Webber? I mean, her personally."

Wondering about the quick change in subject, she answered cautiously. "I would say she is sweet, too sweet, kind, caring. She probably never dealt with too much. Mommy and Daddy more than likely gave her everything she ever wanted."

Hating to bring another woman's past into this, but needing to make a point, he said "Try Mommy and daddy abandoned her at 14. She came to New York to her grandmother's on her own. She had a date with that Spencer kid for a dance, she was stood up then raped that very same night in the park. I know you are aware of the whole Spencer mess. As well as what happened after that, but one more thing. She drank poison when she was barely nineteen to save those she cared about."

Hearing her gasp, he said "If you won't talk to a professional, why not talk to someone who has been through something just as bad."

Claudia sat up, looked into his eyes then said "Why do you care, this doesn't change our deal."

"Because our deal as you call it is our marriage and strangely enough, I think you are the perfect woman for me." he said dryly. "You are smart, driven and will do anything for your family. But like me, part of you is broken. I am healing, I want you to take a chance, go talk to someone that can help you, someone who won't judge, who won't criticize you. Try, for me for our child."

At the Corinthos residence another late night conversation was taking place and someone was eavesdropping. "So Justus came to see me and confirmed, she is going to be kept away from the surviving little girl."

"Wow, sick stuff, Mom." said Dante. "But the stem cells saved the Davis girl?"

"Yes, your sister is going to be fine." stated Olivia trying to get him to open up regarding all the siblings he was gaining at such a fast speed. "I am going to see if I can do anything for Sonny are you going to be okay with this?"

Looking at his mom, taking a few minutes to think on it, Dante said "Yes, because I believe you when you say you are over him. I am going to try and ease into this with poor Michael, so that when Sonny tells him it won't be such a shock."

When Olivia had left, Michael considered going back up to his room but instead entered the small room. "Dante, did Dad marry that woman?"

Seeing his older brother's shock, he said "Why would he do that?"

"Sit down, Michael and I will try to explain." Telling the young boy all he felt was important, he asked "Do you understand why he did it?"

"To protect Kristina." he said a bit of a groan and moan. "A stinking girl."

Hiding his grin, Dante said "Yes, but also for your new sister, another girl."

"Dante, dad has a lot of kids, doesn't he?" he asked. "Will he still want me since I am not really his?"

"Oh, Michael, being someone's parents has nothing to do with biology." he replied.

Carly was transferred early that next morning. Not sure what was going on, she had been sedated then placed in a straight jacket before being led to the white van with no windows in back. Two hours in, she was starting to get nervous. "Where are we going?"

Looking at the driver, the doctor said "To your new clinic."

When the blond went back to staring off into space, the driver asked nervously. "I thought she was drugged."

"She is, a light sedative to keep her docile." When the signs for Rochester showed up, he said "We have to stop at the clinic here for lunch and to use the facilities, then we can drive straight through."

At Shadybrook, Bobbie and Nik showed up with a stop transfer order only to be told that the patient was already gone. "I will see what I can do to bring them back tonight."

Making the call, she said thank you. "They were stopping for lunch, she will be returned later this evening. You must have her transferred to this other hospital in the next forty eight hours."

The doctor got the news, then said "We are being ordered to take her back."

The long drive home was tense, they didn't have enough sedative to keep Carly calm so they only gave her half a dose. Arriving in Port Charles, they were called by a nurse. "The patient is to be temporarily held at General Hospital while they figure out what do with her."

Arriving at GH they turned the patient over, Epiphany Johnson wasn't happy in spite of finding orders in the computer regarding the woman. "Are you sure she was to be brought here?"

"I don't know, it just said for us to come back." he said with a shrug. Giving the head nurse the file on the patient, he said "We were told to leave the patient here."

"Fine." with that the woman took the file

"Don't worry, we will get you settled in then when the doctor comes he will explain everything." she said in as soothing a voice as she could when she couldn't stand the patient. Calling Shadybrook, she scowled at what she was told. "Then you had better get someone here, Carly Corinthos is now in our lock down ward."

Maxie had slipped in to see Georgie who had had a tough session. As she joined the various people in the hospital room, she said "I just want to know, what do you know about what is going on?"

Claudia handed Emily the empty to go box then looked at the petite blond and said "You do know you make no sense, right?"

"I understand her." said her sister laughing in spite of the spasms her legs were currently having. "Yes, Sam gave birth to twins, yes one is Ric Lansing's and the other is Sonny's. No, they don't know which is which yet and no, she hasn't woken up yet."

Shrugging, Maxie said "By the way, I heard that Kristina Davis is going to be okay. Brooklynn was here a bit earlier and she said she was going to come down and tell you."

"She did." said Georgie softly. Things between them had been distant since college had started and it had gotten even worse when she had rejected Dillon's offer of getting back together. "Things aren't doing so well between us."

Maxie left soon after planning on meeting Jesse for dinner at Kelly's. Claudia had left after promising to call back later and then Emily who had been checking in and out regretfully announced that she had to head back to work.

Lying there, Georgie half-heartedly lifted her text book, she had all of her school work done maybe she should... "Georgie, can we talk?"

Lifting her eyes, she saw Rosie and a few of her teammates all dressed up and at the door. "Sure, come in."

Rosie hesitated then closed the door with the others still on the outside. "I uh, I was told not to come that I didn't deserve to be here but I owe you an apology. For trying to... for trying to flirt with that guy." Rosie had been ordered to apologize and she would grit her teeth and do so, not like she gave a damn. She was so sick of hearing about Georgie Jones from people at school and even her own parents acted like she could do no wrong.

"Rosie, you wouldn't be you if you didn't try things like that." she said then added "I am going to walk again, so don't start pitying me and acting all condescending and superior. When I am out of this bed, I am going to be the same girl you knew before, the same girl you acted like was way beneath you."

"Look, I just can't stand you." she said honestly. "This oh so smart act you have going on, then the way the team acted when you kept us scoreless. We were part of that team, but everyone acted like you were the reason we were winning. Then there is the ex-boyfriend, Dillon. Please, you act like you are perfect, little miss I can do no wrong. I never liked Lulu Spencer, but at least she is honest as to who she is, you just act like you are a complete angel, come on, like you really want to volunteer here. You just do it for the way the you are held up to the rest of us as a role model. If they knew the real you..."

"Rosie, shut up. You don't know a thing about me or why I do what I do. Now, please leave." she ordered. Rosie stopped at the door, then throwing Georgie a sneer, left, pushing her way through the girls still waiting.

As they entered, the girls had a small heavy package then one of the freshman said "Georgie, sorry about that. Did you know that tonight was the end of the season banquet for the district?"

A bit surprised, she said "No, no one told me."

"Rosie was upset, they handed out the awards and well, here." she said handing her the bag. Georgie opened it then felt wistful as she read that she had gotten Soccer player of the year. "You know, the press votes on it along with the other coaches. Rosie thought she was up for it and well, when she found out she wasn't... she is just angry."

"That plus, Vassar didn't offer her a scholarship like she thought they would. Only Cornell." announced one of the other girls.

Georgie looked down at the award then said "I can't help thinking I got this because of my accident."

"Please, tell me you are kidding." scoffed one of the other girls. "Georgie without you, we lost, big time. We didn't make it past the first round of the playoffs, we lost to Hayes Landing, for god's sake."

"Still, I can see the article tomorrow, local paralyzed athlete wins." she said then added "Besides the Quartermaines own the paper."

"Now you sound like Rosie." snickered one of the girls. "Seriously, you only lost what, three games in four years, Georgie? Besides, I know that you turned down the scholarships. I just don't know why?"

"I don't want to be a soccer player attending college, I want to be a college student. Even if it means I only attend PCU." she said quietly.

The dark figure slipped in, the guards were easily distracted and the patient was all alone and defenseless. Seeing the woman lying there not moving, the person smirked as they stood over the dark haired bitch. When the intruder saw the hand move, then a foot shift they stepped back, waiting for her to wake up.

"Samantha McCall." was all that was said to the now barely awake woman, "Or rather, Corinthos, nice trick there by the way."

"What do you want?" croaked the woman. "What is going on."

"You gave birth, twins by the way." Then added "One didn't make it. Probably killed herself when she found out who her mother was going to be."

"Get out, you sick, sadistic..." Sam didn't know who this woman was, but she didn't like her at all.

"The other one, well she is more than likely brain dead."

Sam looked around, trying to figure out what was going on. "Oh Sammy, guess what I heard a delightful little rumor. Those real parents, the ones you have been searching for for years. You know with your expectations of hurting them for deserting you. They have been found. Too bad for you, it is too late." She would make damn sure of it, there was no way the truth of what she had done was going to be exposed.

"They are dead?" she asked annoyed at the news as she came to just a bit more and started to get the feeling that she was in danger.

"No, oh and Sam they were rich, very rich." snorted the shadow. Lifting a pillow, they said "As for too late, no, you are the one who is too late."

There was a struggle, the woman in the bed, reaching, desperately trying to find the call button then not finding it, trying to push the pillow off her face even as she gasped for breath. As the pressure eased, Sam was sure someone was going to save her, but then the person said "Nighty night Sam."

Then two minutes later, the shadow eased away, then there was just quiet.

Epiphany had just hung up from her conversation with the chief of staff, Alan had told her that he would take care of the Carly Corinthos issue. Getting ready to end her shift, she saw that not all of her nurses had signed off on their charts.

"Nurse Thompson is there a problem?" she asked the nurse.

"I had to spend a few more minutes with that patient belonging to Dr. Quartermaine. His oxygen level was off a bit. I only have the woman you had them bring down here from obs/gyno and Georgie Jones."

"Let's go check them out so we can head home." she said then after finding Georgie grimacing from the pain and offering a pain pill.

"No thanks, the Tylenol is fine." she said gritting her teeth. Then asked "Epiphany can I get some pudding or something?"

"Sure, sweetie, I will have them bring you up some." she said then they went to check on the other patient. A bit confused to see the lights out, they turned them on and saw the patient was still sedated but that the medical equipment was disconnected.

Moving over, Epiphany saw the face, the open eyes and told the nurse to call Dr. Quartermaine, then security. Her eyes wide open she asked "Is she dead?"

"Nurse Thompson, do as I ordered." with that the young nurse rushed into the hallway and made the call. The two guards started to enter the room, then turned white as they explained that they had moved away from the door when their boss had sent a senior guard to talk to them.

"We were only right over there." they announced while Alan who had already been on his way to deal with Carly and Bobbie Jones, stopped and asked if they had seen anyone?

"No one, there was no one in there. Only the nurse checking on her about a half hour ago." said the one guard.

Alan sent for Sonny, then called his son. "Sam McCall was murdered."

Jason who was at home with Elizabeth and their son, said "I am on my way."

Mac arrived, followed by two of his detectives. "What happened?"

"Sam McCall is dead, from the looks of it she was smothered." Said Alan as he led the man into the hospital room.

An hour later, Epiphany having assured Mac that her nurse hadn't been in Sam's room he grimly had the body taken to the coroner then went to talk to his long list of suspects. After finding out that Sonny was the only one with an alibi, he almost concentrated on the man until Steven Webber gave him some news.

"Mac, I have something I need to tell you." he said reluctantly. "I had a discussion with Nik Cassadine earlier, gave him some news. We ran tests before Kristina's surgery and Sam's DNA proved she is related to them. It's one of the reasons that her daughter's stem cells worked for Kristina."

"How related?" Nothing surprised Mac anymore and frankly Sam acted as cold as most of the Cassadines he had met did.

"We aren't sure." he said not confirming what Jason and he suspected. Mainly because he had no proof. "Anyhow, Nik didn't take it very well. He was furious and threatened me. He wanted to run fresh tests, I told him he was more than welcome to, once Sam was awake and able to consent. He stormed out of here and I went to deal with the Carly Corinthos situation and didn't see him until a few minutes ago."

"What was he doing?" He really doubted that Nik had killed Sam but who knew, maybe there was a way she would have gotten part of his inheritance.

"Coming out of the staff locker room." he stated.

Mac was about to go looking for Cassadine then found Alan Quartermaine looking for him. "We need to talk. It looks like Carly Corinthos escaped from the lock down ward. The staff at Shadybrook said she was supposed to be brought back there."

"I don't get it, I thought she was already there?" he asked.

"She was, but the new owners are changing the purpose of Shadybrook and the patients are being move out. Carly was supposed to be sent to the state clinic outside of Buffalo, but Bobbie got a restraining order to have her sent to Belview instead."

"How did she end up here?" asked Mac wondering if he was going to be bringing Corinthos in for questioning, he knew that the man had had her committed but heck, even he would have felt bad for the blond ending up in the state hospital.

"From what I was told, they were in Rochester when the order came in and they were bringing her back to hear when a nurse called the transport team to divert to GH. The problem is that no one at Shadybrook authorized that."

Swearing softly, Mac said "Bobbie, Bobbie did this, didn't she?"

"That was what I thought at first. I just called her into my office to question her, but she just about freaked and I hate to say it, she didn't do this." grimly stated Alan.

Mac said "So Carly is here?"

"No, she isn't. I just checked. She was checked into the lock down ward by Epiphany Johnson, then the nurse there said someone showed up claiming to work at Shadybrook, ten minutes ago, Mac." Alan then said "There are cameras, you need to see this."

Taking Mac down to the security area, he said "With all the problems we have had, I had cameras put in and didn't tell anyone where they were." Telling the guard to hit play, Mac watched in astonishment as Helena Cassadine walked into Sam's room and then left, followed by a trip up to the ward.

Then Carly leaving with the woman. "What on earth?"

"Do you notice that she isn't being forced to leave with the woman?" asked Alan softly.

"What is going on?" asked Mac yet again then went to make a call. "Wait, what did you say Garcia?"

"It looks like Carly Corinthos was murdered this evening." he repeated. "I am down by the docks, they had a floater tossed off a Cassadine ship."

"When?" he asked.

"Just now, I was down at Kelly's, having a late dinner." he replied. "What should I do?"

Mac went down the hall to where Alexis and Sonny were standing along with Jason Morgan and Justus Ward. "Why on earth would Helena kill Sam McCall? Then help Carly escape then murder her?"

Nik entered the cabin, then said "Grandmother was all of this necessary and why did you kill that McCall woman? You told me she isn't Alexis child."

"I won't allow your father's unwanted brat taint your blood line. The kid won't live and now that we have found out the truth about your sister, we can leave this town far behind."

"What about Bobbie Jones?" Nik had always liked Bobbie, she had been kind to him in the beginning before she had started to expect him to solve her Spencer problems just like the rest of them.

"She is nothing, besides, letting her live while her child dies, is more than punishment for just being a Spencer." she sneered. "Now, when we arrive in Greece, you need to explain to your sister the truth."

Nik watched her leave, then went to Lulu's room. "Nik, thank you for saving me."

Hugging his little sister, he frowned when she asked about rescuing Luke and Lucky then said "Before we discuss them, I have something to tell you. Mom is on board. We won't be returning to Port Charles."

"I can't, I guess, not as long as Georgie Jones dad is pressing on this accident. I mean, I didn't mean to hurt her. I just lost control of the car." she protested. "It's really not fair that I have to leave."

"Lulu, I have some news. With some news that we found, it turns out you are really my sister. Completely and totally." he said with a smile.

"Wait, no that isn't possible, I mean, Luke, Luke is my dad, I am a Spencer." she protested with a sinking heart as she saw the look on his face.

"No, you aren't. You are Princess Lesley Cassadine, no more silly peasant nicknames, no more having to bow to people like your cousin Carly. You are a princess." he said regally as he walked to the doorway. "As for Luke and that half brother of ours, well they tried to escape and didn't make it."

"We have to look for them, Nik." she said reaching out to stop him. "We can't just leave them there in that horrible place."

"Yes, we can." When she started to protest, he said "Well, this doesn't bode well."

Leaving he locked her in her suite then went to tell his grandmother. "That didn't go over well."

In Port Charles, Jesse Beaudry and the two uniformed officers were ahead of the second boat with Mac and Garcia along with Cruz and the newest detective Harper when they landed. Hearing the click, the one man said "Don't move."

Jesse had his foot in the air and put it down, then there was a huge white light then nothing but a large roar. The men still on the second boat landed in the water, while the sky lit up white, then red then yellow and finally white again.

The citizens of Port Charles woke up, thinking they were having an earthquake. Then the sirens started, then those down by the docks watched as the island they were so used to ignoring suddenly caught on fire. The men in the water, were soon rescued as fire boats and others were soon trying to put out the flames.

At a Brownstone, the distraught woman who felt like she was losing everything could see the lights as she walked down the streets now filling up with people until she arrived at her diner. From there she could see Spoon Island and would swear she felt the heat of the flames.

Letting herself in, Bobbie saw what looked like to people sitting at a table. Walking over, she gasped when she saw it was Luke and Lucky, then moving closer realized they weren't moving. Trembling, she saw the note on the table and that it was addressed to Barbara Jean Spencer.

Opening it, she read "The war is at an end."

Sliding into the chair, next to her brother's dead body, she shifted Lucky's by accident and his head fell off and rolled over to the jukebox. Starting to hyperventilate, she buried her head in her hands then lifting them found herself unable to do anything but stare into the lifeless eyes of her nephew as she heard the roar of the fire and the screams of the sirens.

Chapter 14

The citizens of Port Charles woke up, thinking they were having an earthquake. Then the sirens started, then those down by the docks watched as the island they were so used to ignoring suddenly caught on fire. The men in the water, were soon rescued as fire boats and others were soon trying to put out the flames.

Sliding into the chair, next to her brother's dead body, she shifted Lucky's by accident and his head fell off and rolled over to the jukebox. Starting to hyperventilate, she buried her head in her hands then lifting them found herself unable to do anything but stare into the lifeless eyes of her nephew as she heard the roar of the fire and the screams of the sirens.

Emergency crews soon had the police officers back on dry land, transporting them to the hospital just to be safe, but it looked like there had only been one fatality. Jesse Beaudry hadn't stood a chance. "We need coffee."

Mac who was wrapped up in a thermal blanket, shivered as he sent two of his staff to Kelly's. Break in if you have to, right now, I am not to chuffed about offending anyone from that family."

"Sir, I had them bring you some clothes from your locker." said the DA as he arrived. Mac debated then decided to borrow one of the showers at the diner. Hurrying along after the men he had sent there, he stopped when he saw them standing in the doorway.

"What is it?" he asked then they both stepped aside so he could enter. The macabre scene stunned him. Bobbie Jones sat at a table, her head in her hands as she sobbed while the obviously dead body of Luke Spencer sat next to her. But across was a body without a head, hearing something he saw one of the uniformed men retching then pointed over to the corner.

Well, there was the head he thought to himself as he kept from throwing up just barely. Lucky Spencer's head was leaning against the jukebox, upside down with his eyes open and what seemed like staring at him. "Simpson, go back and get the DA, Andrews, have them send an ambulance and the wagon."

Entering, Mac walked over to where Bobbie was, knelt down then said "Bobbie, what did you see?"

Still crying, she reached out and gripped his arms, then handed him the note in her lap. "Helena, Helena did this."

Reading the note, he swallowed his disgust then said "Bobbie, I have to ask. Did you know about her visit to Carly tonight?"

"Carly?" she asked blinking. "Why would she visit Carly?"

Swearing under his breath, he said "Bobbie, has anyone stopped over to visit you, this evening?"

"No, Mac, what is going on?" she asked.

"I have some bad news. Carly left the lock down ward with Helena voluntarily. We then got a call from the Coast Guard. Bobbie, they saw a body being tossed off of a Cassadine Cargo ship. It was her."

"Is she at General Hospital?" she asked. "I have to go, I have to see my-"

Mac stopped her as she stood and said "Bobbie, she didn't make it. She is dead."

"No." she said shaking her head. "Carly has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the Cassadine Spencer stuff. Why would Helena hurt Carly?"

"Sir?" said Simpson in the doorway. "Uh, I have some news."

Mac came to the doorway then listening swore silently. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yeah, Nicolas Cassadine paid Lulu Spencer's bail. Then she was seen down on the docks, leaving with him. The ship just went into port just before heading for the Seaway for inspection. Neither of them were on there."

"Bobbie, did you know about this?" he asked the woman who just sat there, staring at the headless body of her nephew.

"Sir, Garcia had reported that Laura Spencer was released from Shadybrook into the custody of her son." Mac said "Has anyone heard about Helena Cassadine?"

"Yes, sir. That was why the Mounties called sir. Her dead body was found on board this ship." said the officer. "They said from the looks of the color around her lips, she drank poison."

After returning from GH with the news, Jason and Elizabeth both felt sick at what the Russian woman had done, but both agreed that Alexis had to be told about Sam, but not right then. As they were trying to figure out the rest of the mess, they saw the sky light up, then a slight shaking of the building.

There was a knock on the door, then Francis stuck his head in. "Spoon Island just exploded. My man said for it to have had this impact, it had to be a very large bomb."

Deciding to head over to the empty penthouse that Sam had been living in, they stood on the cold balcony and could see down the river as the sky was aflame with bright colors and the sound of sirens and the flashing of lights on emergency vehicles..

Jason called Sonny who immediately checked on his family to be told they were fine. Calling Jason back, he suggested staying out of it. "We don't want this mess coming back on us."

An hour later, one of his men had called and gave them the latest news. Elizabeth shivered, having dealt with Helena and knowing how ruthless the woman was, then asked. "Do you think it is safe?"

"I don't know." he said quietly as they were soon joined by a few of the guards then there was a knock on the door. "Sir, Lorenzo Alcazar needs to speak to you."

"I am going to check on Cameron." said Elizabeth while Lorenzo entered the penthouse with a grim expression on his face. "Mr. Alcazar."

He tried to smile but it was clear that he had bad news as she quietly left. Once the door was shut, the Venezuelan said "I just got word. My middle men in Asia, found out after Spencer was dead that there was a long standing offer for Spencer's body. Helena brought it back here. It's at the diner, she left it for the sister to find."

Swearing, Jason said "Can it be tied back to us?"

"No, I used backdoor contacts. There is more. Cassadine played his grandmother. But I doubt he blew up the island, my guess is that was her idea." Taking a deep breath he added. "The mother was transferred quietly and now it looks like he took his sister as well."

"I don't think he is planning on returning. It explains why most of his local property was put up for sale."

"He has discreetly put GH up for sale, problem is that in this economy, no one is biting." said Lorenzo.

"My family will buy up his shares, more than likely." said Jason with a sigh. "What I want to know, is why now?"

"To save his sister. After all, she is all he has left." said Francis from where he was sitting. Francis got a call, shocked he said "Repeat that please?"

Jason went over and gave Elizabeth the news. "So, Nik did this?"

"My guess is Helena did the rest, Nik just took Lulu and Laura then advantage of Helena's plan. We found out that she was called from the medical lab so my guess is that someone there kept her up to date. She more than likely killed Sam because she was Alexis' daughter."

"Jason, that doesn't make sense. Why not kill Kristina as well, then?" She pointed out that both were Alexis' children. Blinking on it, she said "Wait, Helena got someone in the lab? We need to find out when and who?"

Knowing what she was thinking, he kissed her and said "Elizabeth, no Cameron is ours. Emily had the tests run by someone she has complete trust in. It was a different lab tech, the who did Cam's tests, she went to work for the police, Alan recommended her, he told me about it when your brother wanted the tests on Sam and the children rerun."

Relaxing a bit, she said "I just can't help it. I mean, I have always been afraid of too much good stuff. There is always bad news around the bend."

"Not this time, not if I can prevent it." he replied then looking at the clock, "We should head up to bed, we are both going to have a lot to deal with tomorrow."

"I was looking forward to sleeping in." she groaned then said "Now, we have a lot to deal with, plus you have to be there when Sonny tells Mikey, he is going to need you."

With a heavy sigh, he said "Actually Sonny asked me not to be there. He thinks that might work out better. He said something that does have me worried, we can talk about it tomorrow, but for now, lets just concentrate on us and get some sleep."

Nik paid off the Captain then went to check on his passengers. He had always wondered a bit about Lulu, how his blood had been necessary to save her way back when, how Lucky's hadn't worked. Then when he had overheard Helena talking about Sam McCall and her true origins, he had been shocked. Scared, he had gone along with his grandmother's plans, then made damn sure the one last person on this earth who knew the truth was dead.

Laura had given birth to both Sam and he, he had been shocked to learn that the Cassadine line frequently gave birth to twins. Too bad Helena had been concerned enough about the family line, otherwise she would have killed the annoying woman before now. His mind on the sickly children at the hospital, if the child had been a boy, he might have been able to fight him for the power and money he had worked hard for all these years.

Certain that the truth was covered, he had considered Alexis, but she was now consorting with the enemy yet again and he didn't trust her not to tell someone. He thought about it, then decided it was better that when Sam McCall was buried, that she be thought Alexis' bastard child then for the truth to be known.

Looking in on his mother, he felt bad for her, she was in a world all her own, driven that way by Luke Spencer. Now, Luke was dead, after infecting his sister with the nasty bad habits of the Spencers. Kissing his mother's cheek, he walked to the room where a now sedated Lesley was sleeping.

"You will learn your place. You might not be able to be out in society until I get this small mess to go away, but as my sister, my full sister you have a worthwhile mission in life. To live up to the Cassadine ancestry. And you will, I will ensure that you will be a princess to be proud of."

Leaving, he went to his own suite, then took out the files that Stefan had had created back when he had been looking for a wealthy heiress to save his family's finances. Annoyed with himself as he thought about all the time he had lost by letting his love for Emily influence his decisions, Nik decided to find himself the proper wife, with the proper bloodlines and wealth to back it up.

At the hospital, Emily went looking for Steven and found him in the nursery talking to a wan Sonny Corinthos. When he joined her outside the glass wall, she gave her friend a hug and whispered "Is he okay?"

"Strangely enough, yes. I heard him on the phone with a doctor, talking about his sons, then discussing what to do regarding Sam and the one baby with Justus."

"This baby, Lily, is she?" she felt crass even asking.

With a smile, he said "Yes, those tests came back a few minutes ago. Adella, the one who didn't make it was his brother's child. He is going to bury them together in the family plot."

Shaking her head, she saw his confusion, then said with a sigh. "It's just Lily, his first wife is there. Now, Sam, and I can't help wondering where they are going to bury Carly."

His lips twitching even as he tried to control it, Steven got her down the hallway before finding himself laughing. "Lord, with everything going on, I guess I needed that."

Emily looked abashed for a minute then said "I know, I do know that it was wrong, but seriously..."

Burying her head in his shoulder, she said "I can't believe the rumors, that Nik was somehow involved in this, that he spirited Lulu away. I just don't want to imagine that the man I once loved..."

"It's true." said Bobbie as she approached. They could see the mascara tracks down her face as she came to them. "He took Laura out of Shadybrook, that one was already in the works, but this to do this... Luke and Lucky... in the diner... head... I need... I need to..."

When the red head collapsed, Emily saw her parents coming down the hallway with Mac Scorpio who stopped Steven and asked "Has Maxie been here all evening?"

"Yes, she is in with Georgie." he replied then saw Alan and Monica turn Bobbie over to Epiphany Johnson, then Monica talking quietly with Mac before heading towards Georgie's room. Meanwhile Alan gave them the news.

"Jesse Beaudry was killed, he stepped on a land mine over on Spoon Island." he announced grimly. "Otherwise all the victims were connected to the Spencer Cassadine mess."

"What was Bobbie talking about regarding Luke and Lucky?" Hearing the news, Steven said in shock. "I can't believe it, but I feel for Bobbie right now."

Mac took Maxie out of Georgie's room leaving just Johnny and her talking. He had returned with ice cream, wanting to take her mind off the pain from the leg spasms only to be shown up by the sky lighting up and half the harbor catching on fire.

"I wonder..." Georgie heard her sister screaming no, no, no... then looked at the television that was on mute in the corner, with the words across the bottom about a dead police officer and knew. "Oh god, Maxie."

Johnny held her, as they listened to Monica and Mac taking her sister to the morgue at her request. "The Cassadines strike again."

Giving Johnny the history from freezing the town, the dead sons returning and how crazy granny loved to terrorize people. They soon turned the news up as the reporter on screen went over just that history. When they mentioned how the blood feud happened, Johnny asked with a frown, "I am confused, what is Alexis Davis to this mess again?"

As she explained, he said "Wait, so why not harm the kids?"

Her eyes widening, Georgie said "Who knows, honestly. Hey, do me a favor. I am tired..."

"Do you want me to leave?" he asked going to grab his coat, worried he was keeping her awake.

"No." she said blushing then quietly asked "Would you sleep with me, at least, you know, hold me?"

As they maneuvered around, him helping her ease her legs a bit, he saw her frustration and anger at not being able to do so herself and just reminded her that she was getting there. Soon asleep, both having troubled dreams, Georgie had no idea that Epiphany Johnson had come in to check on her and saw her legs moving a bit.

Calling Dr. Webber just before getting off from the graveyard shift, she gave him the news. He grinned then called the physical therapist he wanted to work with the young girl. Entering the room just as Mac Scorpio returned to the hospital, he gave him the news. "Her legs moved a bit."

They both stopped at the picture they entered in to. Georgie asleep, her legs now curled up over Johnny's hip and his hand on hers while her head was resting on his torso. Waking the two of them up, Mac just gritted his teeth then listened as Steven gave them the news.

"Wait, you are saying... my legs... I thought you said at least a month... oh my god." seeing the large grin, Steven watched as she hugged her boyfriend then her very tired father.

"So, what does this mean?" asked Johnny practically. "What happens next?"

"We start her with a therapist. Georgie, I know this sounded a bit..." The last time they had tried to talk to her about what was going to need to happen, she had tossed the water pitcher at him while sarcastically commenting that Cameron and she could learn to crawl together.

Thinking back on her acidic comments when he had told her there was a good chance she would have to learn to walk all over again, she said "I don't care if I have to learn to crawl first."

"Well, it won't be that bad." he assured her. "I am going to have your uncle Tony run some scans on the swelling on your spine. See how far it has gone down and what we can see underneath now. Mac, unless you want a different doctor?"

"I am fine with Tony, Georgie?" he asked leaving it up to her.

"Uncle Tony is fine." she said then gripping Johnny's hand said "Hey, can you call Elizabeth for me?"

"Yes, and I had better let Claudia know, or she will be pissed." he said reminding her that his sister was very interested in how she was doing.

"She was supposed to be here later today." she reminded him. Then when he left to take care of things, she looked at her dad then at Steven and asked "How is Maxie?"

"She is taking this very hard." he replied then said "Monica is monitoring her, they sedated her last night."

Elizabeth and Jason saw Audrey when they arrived, the elderly woman hugged her great grandson then announced she was stealing him away for the day. "I have pies to bake and he will be the perfect companion."

"He or the guards that come with him?" asked Elizabeth shrewdly while laughing. Turning to Jason she said "Grams uses real pumpkins but they are hard for her to cut."

Concerned he offered to arrange for someone to help only to be told that she had that part taken care of. "In spite of what my granddaughter is saying... I have already taken care of that."

Seeing Elizabeth's eyes narrowing, she said "Young Mr. Giambetti took care of it for me in exchange for a pie."

Kissing Cameron and telling Audrey they would be by around noon, they went to see what kind of fallout had happened over night. Seeing Alexis looking ready to fall apart, Elizabeth went over and asked "Is everything okay with Kristina?"

Glancing up to see Jason and Elizabeth she said "My daughter is fine, it's the rest of my family. Oh my god, Elizabeth, Nik, what did he do? To help Helena, then to blow up that house, then they told me Helena is dead, what happened? What caused him to go this far?"

Sitting down, she let Jason know she was going to stay with the attorney, then said "Alexis, I have no idea. He has been acting a little off, but this... I have no idea. I mean, I wasn't expecting this at all."

"Me either, then there is this idea that Sam is my child. It's impossible, I don't care what the tests show. I gave birth to a boy, not a girl. I am certain of that." she admitted. Seeing Elizabeth's surprise she said "Your brother told me after Nik so kindly sent me a note, trying to assure me that it was true."

"Alexis, are you sure it's not wishful thinking? This idea of her not being your child." she gently probed.

"Elizabeth, I held my child in my arms, it was a little boy, he was still attached me to at the time." she said softly. "I know, I know that Helena is capable of just about anything, but this time... I think someone for some reason, wants me to think that Sam is my child."

Jason meanwhile had gone to the nursery and saw Sonny quietly talking to Olivia. He wasn't too sure about the woman and her relationship with Sonny, but yet... she had a way of dealing with him, one that he had never seen before. She didn't a act like he hung the moon, gave him back the BS he liked to dish out and was just as good with the kids.

"Jason?" Turning he saw Dante who then looked in where his father and mother were talking. "I have Michael with me, Sonny wants to talk to him here. The things is, he saw the news. It's been hard to avoid. He knows that Carly is dead, that Sam is dead and that one of the babies didn't make it."

"How is he doing?" he asked still worried about the way the little boy was going to react.

"Strangely enough, he has been talking. His mom he took that news hard, but Sam had me worried, he wanted to know if Sonny killed her?" he admitted quietly. "I told him about Helena but he didn't get why she was so determined to wipe out the Spencers nor why she had hurt Sam. As for the baby, that was the one that has me worried. He at first said good."

"What?" asked Jason harshly.

"No, not like that." he replied sadly knowing why the man was worried. "He went on line looking for some reason before we know about the baby dying, read what the article said then came back asking questions. I answered the best I could then asked him how he felt about the baby dying. That was when he said that. Then when I asked why he said that no one should have to live like the article said. Then he asked about the remaining baby, I told him that the little girl would be fine."

Seeing the smile on Dante's face, Jason frowned a bit. "Then he asked if we could trade her in for a boy. He is very unhappy to have sisters."

"Jesus." said Jason "At least if that is the only worry there, I can rest easy."

"No, the issue with his mother, he is asking questions, Jason. Good questions actually." admitted Dante. "He is getting that there was something wrong with her, but now, he wants to know why this Helena killed her, and why his mom left with her."

"Jason, do you have some time?" asked Alan looking rather unhappy even as he waved the CD he had in his hand around.

Sonny had come out of the nursery, leaving Olivia with his little girl. "If this is about what I think it is, I need to see it, I need to actually see it before talking to Michael."

Looking between the two men, Jason got the feeling there was something on that CD he wasn't going to like. "What do you two know?"

"Come with me." Alan said then when they were in his office he said "There is a security camera in the room of every single patient in the mental health lock down ward. I had them installed and no one knew about them."

Hitting play, they saw Carly on the bed, then saw the door open. "What do you want?"

The person in the nurses outfit entered the room. "We have much to talk about, Mrs. Corinthos. I have a deal for you."

"What kind of deal?" then a hastily thrown in "Not that I am interested in anything you have to offer."

"Yes, you are." she smirked. "That you are even in here is proof of that. So, here is the deal. I want something erased from the computer, you want freedom."

"I have no knowledge of anything regarding computers."

"No, you don't. Do you? You earned your money the old fashioned way, didn't you my dear." replied Helena. "You slept your way into rich men's bedrooms then married them for the privilege of raising your children. You know, the only reason I never came after you, I admire you. You have no class, no brains, really nothing to appeal to most men. There are certainly way more beautiful women in this town than you, Elizabeth Webber, that inane Emily Quartermaine, even the very lovely but too young Maxie Jones is prettier. Yet, you managed to claw your way up from the sewers."

"Oh please, that muffin faced Elizabeth, Pretty, she is nothing, absolutely nothing." sneered Carly.

"See, like I said, gutter trash, but I do admire your tenacity. Now as I was saying, I have a use for you and if you help me, I will make sure you are free."

"Why should I trust you?" asked Carly.

"Because my dear, I am going to let you in on a deep dark Cassadine secret." she said "One that prevents me from betraying you."

They could all see the wheels in Carly's head spinning then she asked "Okay, tell me."

"My dearest grandson Nicolas wasn't the eldest child, his sister was. But I had no intention of letting a girl child stand in my way, so I turned her over to the same attorney I told to deal with Natasha's unwanted brat."

"What do you want?" asked Carly as she stood and took the clothes that Helena offered.

"You are going to use your mother's code, the one I know you have and make Lesley Lu Spencers medical records disappear."

"Why?" asked Carly.

"That is my business, now do we have a deal?" she asked then offered the key card to Carly. As they left the room, the three men watching the recording all looked at one another and Alan hit stop.

"What is on those records and why would Helena care?" asked Jason.

"Lulu, my guess is that Lulu is a Cassadine." When they all looked at Sonny he said "At one point, Luke and I were in his nightclub, it was about the time that Nik showed up. He was drunk and confessed that when Lulu was first born, so quickly after Laura returned from Greece, he had suspected she was not his."

Mac had not been happy when his teenage daughter insisted he go home and sleep, she then had Dr. Quartermaine back up her order. As he showered then went to bed, his mind still racing with all that was going on, he kept trying to figure things out only to finally fall asleep and missed hearing the phone ringing.

Kate Howard read the note, still in shock even as she tried the number of the police commissioner yet again. "Are you sure this is the correct cell phone number?"

Her assistant Clarice trembled a bit and said "Yes, Ms Howard."

Having just gotten her magazine back due to Warren James wife insisting he hire her back, she had ruthlessly purged any trouble makers and had everyone on their toes. "Well, I need to speak to him."

"Ma'am, he might be busy dealing with..."

"Fine, get my driver to bring my car around, I will just have to track him down." she snapped then picking up the letter and the envelope then left to deal with this latest nonsense.

While Lorenzo was on the phone with Italy, Claudia had stuck around, now that he was dealing with South America, she went straight to GH. "So I hear you are going to be well enough to kick some blond rear end."

"Maybe." said Georgie as she smiled "I uh, have to work on this learning to walk stuff, and it will take some time. If you are looking for Johnny, he went to class."

"Shouldn't you be studying?" she asked as she saw the books on the desk.

"I am, I just already read this book." she said holding up her latest assignment. "But I guess I should be glad it's not Moby Dick again. Did you hear all that is going on?"

"That Davis woman, the McCall woman, the Spencers and the Cassadines. Yeah, we heard." she replied. "That cop, he was here visiting you, wasn't he?"

"He is, was dating my sister." she said sadly. "Her doctor sedated her."

"Oh, that's right, she was a heart transplant patient." said Claudia sitting down then asked "How are you with Lulu getting away?"

"Not surprised." she said then added "Still want to kick her butt, but for now, I am just going to concentrate on my friends and family and getting well."

Claudia and she kept talking as the dark haired woman tried to bring the subject around to Elizabeth Webber without appearing obvious then said the hell with it and just asked. "Georgie, Lorenzo wants me to talk to Elizabeth Webber about that I was attacked several years ago."

Expecting pity, she tensed up then was surprised. "Elizabeth would be a good one to talk to."

Looking at the younger girl, she saw her face and said "I was expecting that oh, how sad crap."

"Not from me. Like you said, you are tough, it sounds like you had to be. And I have worked here for years as a volunteer, I have seen that face before and you know what, none of them wanted pity. Revenge, to heal, to just make it disappear and you know what, Elizabeth still attends meetings when she needs to. And so does Mrs. Hardy."

"Her grandmother goes, talk about a support system." Claudia found herself once again envying the woman for her family.

"No, Mrs Hardy was raped a very long time ago." said Georgie softly. "I only know about it because she came to our school, there were some date rapes, she talked to a friend of my sister's who was a victim. Got her to open up."

Sitting there, Claudia just about snapped she was so tense then she said "I have to go."

"Claudia?" The Italian stopped at the door and looked at the girl in the bed. "Either one would listen, if you wanted them to. And both, both are good at doing just that. They won't judge, they won't offer pity, just words, time and they will tell you the same thing they tell every woman. That it wasn't their fault."

Just leaving, needing to get away, Claudia hurried to the docks, wanting fresh air.

Mac had just arrived at the station when he was informed that Kate Howard was waiting to speak to him, that they had analyzed the tapes from the hospital and the data Carly had tried erasing. "Okay, tell me."

Listening, he tried to figure out all the connections then the visit from the fuming at being kept waiting Kate Howard answered the last of his questions. "Thank you, Ms. Howard."

At the hospital, he gathered everyone and said "Alexis, I have where your son is buried."

Shattering a bit, she saw Jax entering the room and leaned on her good friend. "Where?"

"On the Crimson Point estate of Anthony Zachara."

"Why there?" asked Sonny suspiciously.

"Trevor screwed up, simple as that and the baby died before he could be put up for adoption. He held out for more money and the nurse didn't realize the baby was allergic to cow's milk." he said holding up a copy of the letter. Lansing had a bank box in Ms Howard's name."

"What about the records?" asked Alan. "Why did Helena want them erased?"

"Tests proof conclusively that Lulu Spencer isn't a Cassadine, she set it up to make Nicolas grateful to her for some reason." he said shrugging. "There is a International BOLO out on her. Sam's tests do match Laura Spencers."

There was some muttering then Sonny asked "What is going to happen with Carly? Michael wants to bury his mother but I was told her body couldn't be released yet."

"I have the paperwork here. We needed to do an autopsy." he said then added "Corinthos, we tracked the drugs back, the ones in Sam. She had to have taken them herself. They are fast acting."

Standing he whispered "What did you say?"

"She dosed herself for some reason." he replied. "I have no idea the why, maybe you can shed some light on it."

Steven thought about it. He had his own ideas and from the look on his sister and Jason's faces, they had the same one. Sonny felt sick even as he faced that Sam had essentially killed one of her own children while trying to con him. "Thank you, I have an idea, but it is too late to do anything about it now."

Sonny left GH, needing some time to come to terms with all that had been going on, meanwhile Elizabeth had visited Georgie, worked her short shift then left with Jason. As they picked up Cameron, he made plans to get away, just the three of them in a few days.

Maxie and Mac attended Jesse's funeral service, Maxie holding strong while talking to his parents, then breaking down with her sister. As she tried to hold on to what she had, she found her sister's pal Dante around a lot, giving her support. "Why are you here?"

"Because Georgie can't chase you around, right now." he said. "Besides, I feel like third wheel around the two of them."

Sighing, she said "I just hate feeling sad, I can handle anything else, angry, humiliated, happy, even vengeful, but sad, I just hate it."

Hugging her a bit, he said "I get it, Michael is the same way, he is trying to deal with grown up things at way to young of an age."

Maxie thought about the sparsely attended service for the blond. She had not wanted to attend but had gone because she knew that Georgie would have been there for Lucas. She had seen Michael who had looked too old for his age.

"Where is he today?"

"At home, he has been being tutored." he said. "He wants to go back to school after the New Year. They kept it quiet about his mother being part of Helena's plans, so he shouldn't have too bad of a time."

"Maybe, I can help." she said. Seeing his surprise, she added dryly "I know what it feels like to go to school and know that everyone and I mean everyone is talking about you."

Sonny was the sole person there when Sam and Adella was buried. Several people had offered to attend, including Alexis. However he had turned them all down. Looking at the small coffin, he thought about what Sam had tossed away and just dropped the calla lily on the top of the silver box and said "I would have loved you no matter who your father was."

Walking away, he felt tired, too tired for his age. Heading home, he saw Lily being held by Leticia and Morgan crawling on the floor with Michael playing cars. "Hey, were is everyone?"

"Ms. Falconari went to a meeting with Mr. Jacks regarding the hotel and Dante went to the hospital." she announced then left the grieving man with his two sons and daughter.

Michael waited until the two littlest kids fell asleep then quietly talked to his dad about his mother and then about not wanting to go back to school. "Michael, how would you like to move to the Island?"

"Really?" he asked then said sadly "No, can we go someplace Mom has never been to?"

That night, Sonny quietly talked to Jason on the phone. Jason said he would think about it AFTER talking to Elizabeth. "I need to make sure that she is okay with all of this."

Hanging up, Jason sat her down and said "That was Sonny."

Cautiously she said "Jason, what is it?"

"He wants to take the kids away for awhile." he stated. "A long while, actually. He is still going to be involved but more from the Miami end. You know that things are settling down, what we have going on with Alcazar."

"Wait, I thought two of you had to be here? I heard they were moving to Italy." she pointed out the flaw in the plan.

"It wouldn't have had to be that way now that we dealt most of the Zachara properties." Things were clearing up business wise, but with the more legit shipments came more paperwork. That would fall more on Jason's shoulders. "With the changes, I am going to bring in Johnny, I don't know that Dante is moving with his father."

Getting that things would be different, she said a bit worried "Are you sure you can trust Lorenzo Alcazar, for years he has been your enemy."

Taking a leap of faith, he said "Yes, I am because of the way the partnership is set up, he has most of the illegal stuff, we are just skirting the edge. It would mean fines, but no jail time. Nothing that would be worth territory except the docks and shipping lanes and we dealt away the dangerous ones."

Burying her head in his shoulder she said "I trust you, Jason. The choice is up to you. In a way, I think without Sonny here, things might be..."

"Calmer." he said then added "I agree."

Sonny made the announcement that after Christmas he was moving to Florida. Alexis and he had worked out a deal regarding Kristina under threat from a family court judge. A bit sad to know that his daughter wouldn't be around daily, Sonny knew that with the tense situation between her mother and him, that might be for the best.

As the holidays drew near, things started to come together. Georgie was improving, Jason was plotting to give Elizabeth the perfect wedding. She just laughed and told him she just wanted the wedding, them, a priest and a couple of witnesses.

Christmas surprises were being taken care of all over town, AJ had returned with the news of Carly's death. Sonny had been scared since he had brought home a wife, only to be warned that he would be watching, waiting. "Someday, I am going to get to know my son, Sonny. You might want to consider whether or not he will hate you after I tell him the truth."

Sonny was working with his doctor who was already planning on moving to South Florida himself. He knew that time would tell, but for now, he would work on things regarding AJ by not working on them.
He had been a bit surprised when Olivia chose to stay in Port Charles, some part of him had expected her to come with him.

Meanwhile there was a man in a boat, watching a blond and plotting to steal her away. Just as he was about to give up, he had an idea, then made a call. Smirking when he realized that no one would be expecting what he had planned, he made his preparations then went to get the news from Port Charles.

Thanking his contact, he glared at the white washed beaches, then his eyes narrowed when he saw a familiar looking petite brunette on the docks disembarking. Looking at the magazine he had bought in town, then back through the binoculars. "Why oh why are you here? And what is your interest in this mess?"

After another call, he his eyes were drawn back to the greetings going on and knew, he just knew that something, something was seriously wrong here.

TBC