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Chapter Six
The Lake House:
Taking her time, Georgie walked slowly up to Alexis' door, breathing in the soft summer scents that floated around her. A mixture of the lake and the surrounding trees, created a soothing atmosphere, and Georgie was suddenly struck by why Alexis Davis would move into a house like this. By nature the attorney was slightly high strung, though that seemed to have leveled out since she had her first child, but Georgie imagined that the atmosphere of her home helped a great deal.
Crossing the rest of the distance across the deck, Georgie stood and lifted her hand. Giving the door a couple of knocks before stepping back and waiting. Less than thirty seconds later the door opened to reveal Alexis.
"Georgie, hi," Alexis greeted, "come on in."
"I it's okay that I'm here, I'm not intruding or anything," Georgie said, "I know I didn't call."
"Oh, it's fine Georgie," Alexis assured her, giving her a smile, "the girls and I were just doing a bit of finger painting," she explained, showing Georgie the tips of her fingers which were still a bit blue.
Suddenly a small blur ran into the room and up to her mother.
"Mommy, look," Kristina showed her recent drawing to her mother, smiling proudly.
Squatting down to her daughters level, Alexis took the drawing into her hands and pretended to examine it carefully, "You know baby, I don't think this can go on the refrigerator."
"It can't!" the little girl responded incredulously.
"No, I think it has to come to work with me," Alexis told her, winking at Georgie in the process.
"But then I won't see it," Kristina said, looking down again at the drawing, "can't we conproise?"
"Compromise, and of course we can," Alexis listened as the little girl negotiated that the drawing could go to work with her for a couple of days before she'd have to bring it home.
Turning around Kristina was suddenly aware of Georgie's presence, and responded enthusiastically, "Hi!"
"Hi, you are growing like a weed," Georgie told her, kneeling down to her height, "did you learn to make a deal like that from you mom?"
Kristina looked back at her mom then moved closer to Georgie, talking in a low voice that she knew her mother could hear she said sadly, "between us, mom's not very good at making deals."
Kristina and Georgie burst out laughing with Alexis standing over them, her arms crossed, trying to look chagrined.
"Ha, ha," Alexis said, "go finish painting."
Kristina nodded her acquiescent and said goodbye to Georgie before leaving to go back to the kitchen. In her wake she left a smiling Alexis and Georgie.
"She's smart," Georgie commented.
"Too smart," Alexis added.
The two made their way over to the couch and sat down. Georgie watched the older woman and couldn't help but think she couldn't have chosen a better role model. The first time Georgie had met Alexis Davis she'd been visiting her father at the police station and Alexis had been there defending a client. It was during the time when her mother had been running around with Luke, and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't show the same amount of enthusiasm Maxie had. Her older sister, at the time, admired her mother's tenacity for adventure.
Georgie on the other hand could never relate. But after she'd met Alexis she'd found some one who she could relate to. Of course as she grew older Georgie developed into her own person, that was by nature caring and responsible. Still after all these years her respect for Alexis had only grown.
Mentally shaking herself out of her reverie, Georgie focused her thoughts back onto the conversation. Luckily she hadn't had to respond to anything that Alexis had said since she'd been bragging about her daughters.
"I'm glad you came," Alexis told Georgie, her mind suddenly reminding her of the file Nikolas had given her.
"Yeah, so am I," Georgie replied, "I've been meaning to stop by but everything seems to have exploded."
"Welcome to the family," Alexis sighed, "but don't worry you'll be fine."
"You really think so?" Georgie asked. She been wondering whether or not she'd be able to hold her own in the Cassadine family, but she'd been to shy to ask Nikolas.
"Yes," Alexis replied confidently, "I know you will. You've got a good head on your shoulders, and you're intelligent. And speaking from experience, those are two of the most important traits a person needs when battling with Helena. You have to be prepared to out smart her and try to anticipate what she might be planning."
Georgie nodded her head in agreement. While this move by Helena had been unexpected to most, to Alexis, and Luke, it had only been a matter of time. They both knew Helena, perhaps too well, but until she was dead, that knowledge was a good thing to possess.
"Thank you," Georgie said, watching as the attorney nervously looked over her shoulder at her desk again, "I'm not interrupting your work or anything am I?"
"No Georgie you're not, I'm just debating about something that needs to be done, but to be honest I hate to do it," Alexis told her, "I imagine that the past few days must have been very stressful for you, and now you look so relaxed. I hate to break that spell."
Georgie watched as Alexis stood up and made her way over to her desk. The other woman pulled a key out of her pocket and unlocked one of the bottom drawers, pulling out a manila envelop. Turning around she made her way back to where Georgie sat and resumed her own seat.
"You know that Helena has done back ground research on you," Alexis said, "Nikolas had that file obtained. I want you to know he never finished reading this, and I haven't opened it."
By that point Georgie was more than a bit nervous, but still held her hand out and took the folder from Alexis. Opening it up Georgie noticed that it contained general information about herself, followed by her family history, her medical records, and school records. However after that Georgie gasped. It appeared as though Helena knew every personal aspect to her body, inside and out.
Appalled couldn't even begin to describe how Georgie felt. Anger coursed through her veins as she read her way through every detail of her body life in the past year. It made her sick, but some how she wasn't surprised. At least until the last page.
Alexis watched with growing concern as Georgie perused the folder, and almost panicked when the younger woman went deadly pale. When her hand went to her mouth, Alexis' eyes suddenly went wide and immediately she told her where the bathroom was. She watched as Georgie fled the room, picking up the folder when it fell off her lap. While she was tempted to know what had caused such a reaction from Georgie, she also respected her privacy enough not to look.
Ten minutes later Alexis went to the bathroom, carrying the folder with her, and knocked on the door.
"Georgie are you alright?" she asked, her motherly concern kicking in full force.
The door opened slowly and a shocked and crying Georgie emerged from the bathroom. Seeing her in distress, Alexis pulled her into a hug.
Alexis lead her back into the living room, still keeping a hold of her and back to the couch. There, five minutes later Georgie told her what was in the file.
"She took eggs while I was in the coma."
Alexis knew that Helena was capable of anything, but just hearing the words, threw her.
"Oh my God, Georgie."
"She's been violating me, my privacy and my body, for over a year. How could she do this? What gives her the right?"
"Helena believes she's above morals and ethics. She gives herself the right."
"She could have had this heir on her own, hired a surrogate, used what she took from me and probably what she took from Nikolas too."
"True, but it would have defeated the legitimacy aspect," Alexis gently reminded her, and then said, more to herself than to Georgie, "she could still do it if you pulled out."
"Like hell! I'm not going to pull out," the anger that she felt while reading the file suddenly returned full force, "I will not let her raise my child."
"Good," Alexis replied, glad to see some spark back in the younger woman's eyes.
Suddenly Georgie stood up, "I'm going to go now."
"Okay, did you want to go see Nikolas about this?"
"Um, I will, yeah," she told her, imagining the conversation in her head. If Nikolas hadn't felt guilty before he will now, she thought to herself, "but right now I need some time to deal with this on my own."
"I understand completely," Alexis assured her, guiding her toward the door. Before letting her leave Alexis embraced Georgie in a hug and whispered in her ear, "give her hell for this."
Alexis knew that Georgie was going to see Helena, and she wasn't going to stop her. Georgie embraced Alexis once more before leaving, her mind focused on what she would say to the crazy old woman when she got to her house.
Scorpio Residence:
"Don't you ever do that again."
Georgie gasped and whirled around when she heard Nikolas' voice coming from the semi darkness of the porch. Clutching her keys to her chest, she tried to steady her breathing.
"Nikolas! Don't scare me like that."
"Don't scare me by going to visit Helena by yourself."
"Alexis called you?"
"Yeah she did," he replied, watching as she moved closer to him until she sat down on the bench next to him, "she wouldn't tell me much, only that you had to see her. Why would you go by yourself? You know how dangerous she is."
"Yes, Nikolas I do realize that," Georgie told him, "and if I had any reason to think, for even a minute that I would be in danger being alone with her, I wouldn't have gone. I don't take my life that lightly."
The last portion of her statement was said so lowly that Nikolas could barely hear her. But he did and knew that she was talking about the attack that nearly killed her and left her in a coma for months.
"I didn't mean it like that," he sighed.
"I know," she assured him, "but this was something, an issue I had to confront Helena about on my own."
"I didn't read the entire folder," he said.
"Alexis told me," she replied.
"You don't have to tell me what was in there."
"I really should Nikolas, as embarrassing as it is."
Quietly Georgie informed Nikolas of the remaining contents of the folder. The darkness and the quietness of the night made the conversation much easier on both of them. They could barely make out the others visage. Georgie's low, soothing voice seemed to take the blow out of what she had to say, but Nikolas still felt his anger growing toward his grandmother.
Georgie also told Nikolas about her conversation with Helena. That the old woman had agreed to dispose of what ever cryogenically frozen biological materials she'd taken from them, but that Georgie wasn't so sure she'd follow through on her word right away.
They remained sitting in silence for some time after she'd finished. Nikolas worked through his shock, both of what Helena had done and that Georgie was willing to stick by him and go through with their marriage. Turning toward he he gathered her close to him in a tight embrace. He apologized into her ear over and over again.
Georgie felt tears gathering in her eyes as she returned his embrace. She could hear the years of guilt over what his family had done, and the people they'd done it to. Being as empathetic as she was Georgie did he best to comfort the man she was going to marry, holding him for as long as he needed her. She let him know, in the best way she could, that he was not alone.
With Mac working the late shift and not knowing where Maxie was Georgie invited Nikolas into the house. There the two spent a good portion of the night talking, getting to know each other, with Nikolas leaving at four in the morning, and a promise from Georgie to stop in and meet Spencer as soon as possible.