Chapter Six

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Alexis was looking over a file when Julian slid into the seat across from her at the Metro Court restaurant.

"Hi," he said with a smile.

Alexis smiled back. "Hi, yourself. What brings you here?"

He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a stack of folded papers. He tossed them onto the table in front of her.

"Those are for you," he began. "They're certified copies. My attorney has the originals."

"What are they?" Alexis asked as she began unfolding them.

He cleared his throat. "Well, the first couple are an updated will; updated to include you, Sam, Lucas, Danny and Cameron. The second, third and fourth documents there are my durable power of attorney, medical power of attorney and an advance health care directive form. They appoint you as the person authorized to make any decisions on my behalf if I become incapacitated in any way and to make all medical decisions if I can't make them myself."

Alexis' eyes widened when she saw the amount of money listed in the will. "This is…wow."

Julian chuckled. "It's nearly everything Wells Publishing has ever made. I set aside several million for charities, but…the rest belongs to you, Sam, Lucas, Danny and Cameron."

Alexis then read the other papers. "Why give me medical POA? Are you okay? Does this have to do with Sonny?"

Julian leaned forward and gasped her hand in his. "I'm fine, Alexis. No, it doesn't have to do with Sonny. These are things the WSB has been bugging me about for years so…look, I don't plan on being incapacitated any time soon. It's just…precautionary."

Alexis wasn't sure she believed him. She looked into his dark eyes for several long moments before looking back down and the last two documents.

"This is very generous," she commented when she saw that the last two were trust funds for Danny and Cameron; to be used for college educations and other expenses that might arise. "I guess we need to actually tell Elizabeth that Cameron is our grandson."

"What's she like?" he asked. "I met her once at the hospital when Danny was sick, but…I don't know anything about her."

Alexis smiled gently. "You might remember Audrey Hardy from your time in Port Charles years ago; Elizabeth is her granddaughter. She's fought some major battles in her life and come out the other side. She's a single mother; Cameron is her eldest. He'll be ten in May. Jake will be seven in May and the baby, Aidan, will be four in July."

"That's gotta be tough, three boys," he said. "So, what about the father of the younger two; he around?"

"No," Alexis said, her voice sad. "Actually, I was going to leave this to Sam to tell you, but…I won't go into details because they aren't important. Sam's husband, Jason, he was Jake's father as well."

Julian tried to absorb that, knowing there were parts of the story he didn't know. "So, Elizabeth Webber's middle son is Danny's half-brother? What about the other one? Aidan?"

"Aidan's father is a former PCPD detective named Lucky Spencer," she informed him. "Lucky and Elizabeth are divorced and he lives in Ireland currently. Elizabeth works her butt off to provide for her boys and I have a tremendous amount of respect for her. We've had our differences in the past over Sam and Jason, but she's one tough young woman who loves her boys and would do anything for them."

"From what you told me about Zander and Emily Quartermaine, I got the impression that he and Elizabeth Webber weren't exactly together," Julian said.

Alexis nodded. "No, they weren't. It was one night between them and Cameron was the result. Zander knew he was going to be a father, but he died before Cam was born. He came to me shortly after Elizabeth told him she was pregnant. He was scared; said he had no idea how to be a father."

"I can understand that feeling," Julian remarked, mostly to himself but Alexis heard him.

"You'll figure it out," she reassured him. "Zander never had the chance. He would have been a good father, I think."

Julian was quiet. He thought about the son he never knew; would never know. Then he thought about Lucas; the son he wanted to know.

"Hey, you okay?" Alexis asked, bringing him out of his thoughts.

Julian sighed. "Yeah, I'm fine; just thinking about Lucas. Our first meeting didn't go…well. I need to find him and try to talk to him again. You know, I never imagined having a family before, and now…it's hard to come to terms with the fact that I have two grown children and two grandsons. I'm a little…overwhelmed."

With that, he stood; as did Alexis. She didn't even think before she stepped in front of him and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. With no thought to the fact that they were in public nor any consideration for the fact that she was supposed to hate him, she pulled back just a bit and pressed her lips against his.

He opened his mouth against hers as her hands tangled in his hair. He was about to deepen the kiss when…

"Alexis!" Sonny yelled. "What the hell are you doing!?"

She felt Julian tense in her arms as they both pulled away. She saw the fire in his eyes and the way, as his arms fell away from her, his hands were beginning to clench into tight fists. She gently touched his cheek with her fingers.

"Let me handle him," she whispered as she stepped around Julian and acknowledged Sonny's presence.

"What do you want, Sonny?" she asked in as professional a voice as she could muster.

She was surprised by the depth of disgust she felt after learning so many ugly truths about the father of her middle child.

He approached her and pointed to Julian. "What the hell you doing with him? He's…"

She cut him off. "Who I spend my time with is my business, Sonny. Now, if you have something to say to me regarding Kristina, I'm willing to listen. If you have something to say to me regarding my legal services, I'm willing to listen. If all you're here to do is push Julian's buttons, then you can turn around and leave."

"First you hide behind a child to keep your sorry ass alive and now you let a woman fight your battles for you, Jerome?" Sonny asked with a smirk. "Real stand-up man, huh?"

Julian wanted nothing more than to punch Sonny in the face. But, he knew he'd have the last laugh, so he just smiled.

"Alexis is a strong woman, Corinthos," he said. "She doesn't need me, and certainly not you to fight her battles for her."

Sonny smirked again. "You should stay away from him, Alexis. He's bad news."

Julian laughed. "Says Port Charles' finest citizen. Go peddle your crap somewhere else."

"Sonny, you should just leave," Alexis told him. "There is nothing to be gained by the two of you engaging in a pissing contest in the middle of a restaurant."

"I'm on to you, Jerome," Sonny said as a parting shot.

"You have no idea how wrong you are about that, Corinthos," Julian fired back. "But you'll see; soon enough."

Sonny turned around and headed to a back table where he met with one of his men Julian recognized as Mateo Sanchez. Mateo handled most of Sonny's business on the docks. He was the man who Angelo Santorelli reported to directly.

Alexis turned back around to Julian and found that his eyes were focused on Sonny. She rested a hand on his shoulder to get him focused on her.

"Come on," she said as she grabbed her purse. "Come back with me to the lake house. We can talk more."

Finally taking his eyes from Sonny, he nodded. "Okay. I'm…I'm sorry. I just…he makes me sick, Alexis; physically sick. I look at him and all I want to do is kick his ass and throw him in jail."

"I know," she said as the two walked out together. "Knowing what I know now, I feel the same way."

Alexis unlocked her car door and Julian held it open for her as she got in. He agreed to follow her to the lake house so they could talk more. He decided that he was going to tell her about the operation that night to bring Sonny down.

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Sam was just walking out of Kelly's holding Danny's hand when Lucas appeared. He smiled down at the little boy.

"Hey there, little guy."

Sam smiled and bent down in front of her son. "Danny, I'd like you to meet someone. This is your Uncle Lucas."

Lucas bent down as well and held out his hand. Danny looked between his mother and the stranger before very slowly reaching for Lucas' hand.

"Nice to meet you, Danny," Lucas said as he held Danny's hand for a moment. "Maybe Uncle Lucas can come to the park with you and your mommy sometime."

Sam nodded. "Absolutely. We'd love that. I want to get to know my new brother and Danny can always use some strong male influences in his life. Without his dad..."

Lucas nodded sympathetically. "I was really sorry to hear about Jason. He was…he was always nice to me when I was a kid."

Sam ran her hand through Danny's hair and smiled sadly. "I miss him a lot. I wish Danny would have had the chance to know his father. That's a big part of the reason I want to get to know my…our father. Danny will never have the chance to know his, but I have a chance to know mine. We both do."

Lucas ran a hand through his hair as the two of them took seats at one of the outdoor tables.

"When I was a kid I used to wonder a lot about him," Lucas told her. "I wondered what he was like, whether or not he would have liked me. I had this whole image of the guy built up in my mind and I used to pretend that he would come back some day and we'd…I don't even know. It was so much easier to accept what he did, who he was when he was dead. The reality, him standing in front of me the other day, I just…I didn't want to run away but my feet just started moving."

"Where'd you go?" Sam wondered.

"I just walked," he answered. "I needed to clear my head."

"Did it help?"

"Yeah, I think so," he said with a shake of his head. "I think…you know, I've read everything there is to read about him. I know everything about him that everyone else has to say. Now, I think I want to know him and form my own opinions."

Sam smiled. She wanted so badly to tell her brother the truth about their father; that he wasn't a terrible mobster but a WSB agent. She wanted Lucas to know Julian Jerome was a good guy, not the bad guy he'd read about as a kid.

"I'm pretty sure he wants the same thing, Lucas," Sam told him. "He wants to get to know us both."

"You seemed pretty frosty with him," Lucas commented. "When I walked up you didn't seem interested in what he had to say."

Sam shrugged. "Well, like I said; Danny won't ever know his father. I decided that I didn't want to miss the chance to know mine."

They talked for a few more minutes before Danny started yawning. Sam picked the little boy up and he rested his head on her shoulder.

"I'd better get him home," she said. "It's past his nap time. Listen, come by the penthouse any time you want or call me and we'll hang out. I'm really glad you're here."

Lucas smiled as he stood. "I will. You two be careful going home."

Sam and Danny walked off while Lucas decided that he needed to go talk to his dad.

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Davis Lakehouse

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Julian tossed his coat onto the couch and flopped down next to it. He then motioned for Alexis to sit down next to him. The moment she did, he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her tightly against him. She put her head on his shoulder and rested a hand on his chest.

"Something's bothering you," she said softly.

He nodded. "Yeah. I need to tell you something. Earlier, when you asked me if the papers had anything to do with Sonny and I told you no; I…that was a bit of a lie."

She tensed but didn't move from her spot. "What do you mean?"

He cleared his throat. "I'm…my team and I are running an op tonight. We're going after Sonny."

She pulled away from him. "What do you mean by going after him?"

"There is a shipment coming in tonight," he informed her. "According to our information, it contains fifteen to twenty teenage girls, Alexis. We're going to catch him in the act of human trafficking; teenage girls being brought into the country and sold to the highest bidder for whatever purpose they want. This is our chance to put him out of business for good."

She was very quiet and just as Julian was about to speak, she leaned forward and kissed him. He reacted quickly and he opened his mouth beneath hers. Their tongues tangled together as Julian's hands gripped her arms and pulled her into his lap. Her arms went around his neck and she pressed her breasts against his chest.

Julian ran his hand beneath Alexis' top and gently caressed her back as he pulled his mouth from hers and placed soft kissed along her jaw on his way to her neck.

Alexis pulled his head up so their eyes met. Both were breathing heavily.

Julian used his hands to push her hair away from her face; his hands came to rest on her cheeks.

"You are so beautiful," he said softly. "I want you; so much."

Alexis stood and held out her hand. He didn't hesitate in taking it as she led him down the hall and into her bedroom. She closed the door behind her and turned to face him.

"Make love to me," she commanded as she stepped into his embrace; arms wrapping around his shoulders.

"Are you sure?" he wanted to know even as he picked her up and carried her across the room to her bed.

Her legs went around his waist as he followed her down onto the bed.

"I'm sure. Make love to me, Julian."

Their bodies came together in a fiery explosion of passion while a light snow began falling outside.

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Chapter Six, part 2 is rated M. If you wish, you can skip right to chapter 7, which picks up where chapter 6 ends.