Thanks Ayshen! Alexis now has a theme song, "Milkshake".
Chapter 8
Sonny's patio at the Greystone finally came together in rainbow for Sam and Jason's baby. Jason was playfully repulsed by the multi-colored décor that coveted the furniture and the trees. He eyed the table overflowing with wrapped gifts of various sizes and colors. He decided he'd payback Sam for subjecting his eyes by stealing a finger of icing off of the rainbow-shaped cake He felt Sam's fingers in his back.
"Don't even think about it." She warned him before he could dig in.
"Who picked out the decorations?" He turned to her caught in the act.
"Spinelli, Kristina, and Molly."
Spinelli hurried out to the patio with more gifts cradled in his arms. He carefully arranged them on the serving table. "Stone Cold! You made it!" He wrapped his arms around Jason. "It's just me and you."
Jason peeled himself from Spinelli. "I'm just checking security. I'm not staying. But I am…" He looked around. "…really bothered by this…is Max's room going to have rainbows too?"
Sam handed Jason a small slice of cake. "Rainbows are gender neutral. We want happy and sunshine. And peace and goodwill toward men…and women."
"So Mikkos is stuck with sheep and Max is stuck with rainbows." He stuffed his mouth full of cake to keep from saying more.
Sam walked her fingers like legs in front of Jason. "It's perfect. The sheep graze in the fields under the rainbows…"
Lulu walked out to the patio with a golden box. "And I have the pot of gold for the end of the rainbow." She placed the box at the end of the table. "That's from Uncle Luke and me. I'm sure it's diamonds or something. I let him pick out the gift. He needs to feel useful and a part of something."
"Is he alright?" Jason asked.
Lulu was hesitant not wanting to ruin the good feelings. "He's worried about Skye."
Sam bit her lip hoping Jason wouldn't ask for details.
"Is there something wrong with Skye?" Jason asked.
Lulu noticed Sam's expression. "You should go see him. I think he'd love to see you."
Since Jason and Sam's wedding, Jax was fraught with worry about the possibility that Spencer could be his son. He had heard through the gossip that Alexis was back in town. It was the last thing he wanted to burden her with, but he didn't trust Nikolas to be honest with him considering all the two of them went through over Spencer's paternity after he was born.
Jax waited on the docks for Alexis to arrive from Spoon Island. He watched her from afar unloading Mikkos' stroller from the ramp of the launch. Finally being a parent, he realized the joy he felt after years of being a jet-setter. Even from a distance, he could tell that Mikkos brought that same joy to Alexis after all she'd gone through in the last couple months. Seeing her, his excitement grew in spades.
Alexis bent over the stroller. "Mikkos, meet your Uncle Jax. Uncle Jax, meet Mikkos."
Jax was a puddle. He reached into the stroller and stroked Mikkos' face still maintain his baby Grecian tan. "I want another one."
"With Carly? Lord knows she doesn't need anymore. Her eldest has Mommy issues, but you didn't hear that from me." Alexis kissed Jax.
"I'm single." Jax nervously slipped his hands in his pockets and rocked on his heels. "Want to offer your womb again?"
Alexis touched her face. "Let me think about it. We had a rough patch, Mikkos and I. But I would do it again."
"I heard…about the rough patch. You ok now?"
"I've been better."
"I know you have places to be. What do you know about Spencer's paternity?"
Alexis huffed. "Not a damn thing."
"Did I hit a nerve?"
"I'm angry at Nikolas." Alexis plopped down on the bench. "He used to take my advice on those things."
Jax sat down and put this arm around Alexis. "Move over. Stefan is back."
"Stefan and I are a packaged deal. We always have been."
"What would you have advised?"
"Nikolas is my son...metaphorically of course. I don't care what anybody says. I helped raise him so I want him to be happy. And passing off Spencer's paternity… nothing good was ever going to come of it. Especially if Spencer, or John, is your son."
Alexis could tell that Jax wanted something more from her—either a reason to keep hoping or a reason to give up altogether. "But, I know that Diane is handling the adoption for Spencer as her parting wedding gift to Sam and Jason."
"I don't want to put you in a bad position Alexis. Would you consider representing me if I file for custody of Spencer?"
Alexis groaned. "Not again. I can't go through another custody battle with you. I love you. It broke my heart for you."
"I won't play dirty. If Spencer isn't mine, I'll back off. At least get me a paternity test."
"That I will do…after Sam has the baby. I can't be accused of killing another one."
Jax looked longing at Alexis. "Would you marry me again? We had the perfect marriage. Why did we end it?"
"Find my stolen diamond and sapphire necklace again and Stavros' head on a platter and I will book the honeymoon."
Lulu figured she'd said too much. After Jason left the shower to see Luke, she pressed Sam. "He doesn't know does he?"
Sam shook her head. "It's ok. He's going to find out eventually. Might as well let Luke cry to him about it."
"I'm a little surprised at Skye. She has a little girl. Why put herself in that kind of danger?"
Skye walked out to the patio with Lila Rae by the hand. "I heard my name."
"That was me." Lulu grudgingly raised her hand. "You kind of left my dad in a bad place."
"I didn't realize he was going to take it that hard. He is espoused to another."
"But he's drunk at the Haunted Star in your honor."
"Speaking of fathers. Where is mine?" Sam asked.
"He's at the PCPD on kidnapping charges." Skye said as Lila Rae held tight to her mother's side.
"So he came back. I heard he came back with my mother. I'm glad he did." Sam sighed. "The fact is he kidnapped Kristina. He's going to need to pay for that."
"You know I sympathize." Lulu said. "I didn't know how long I could sleep at night with the thought that my father killed his own grandson."
Dr. Kevin Collins arrived at General Hospital. When he got off the elevator to the floor of his new workplace home, he realized all he had missed by leaving all of those that he knew and loved behind.
He turned on the lights in his old office that he hoped to make new. Nothing had changed. It was just small enough for the affinity that he desired from his patients. He took a seat on the black leather couch to test it out. I'm not liking this color.
"Kevin?" Monica knocked on his door frame. "You settling in?"
Kevin got up and grabbed his appointment book from his desk still preferring the old-school way of keeping track. "Oh yea. I'm booked solid. What's in the water around here? I'm back to back up in here."
"Who's your first patient?"
"Looks like a Corinthos kid. Michael Corinthos?"
Monica stared at Kevin confused. "My grandson? I didn't realize he was in therapy."
"Oh look. Here's another Corinthos kid coming in tomorrow. Kristina Corinthos." Kevin grinned. "How many kids does he have? I might be willing to do a Corinthos family discount. I'd love to get Sonny in therapy."
"If there's anything that I need to be concerned about with Michael, would you encourage him to see me?" Monica asked.
Kevin closed his appointment book. "Of course. I will always encourage that kind of dialogue with you. But I am a little disappointed. Where is Alexis Davis? She's not on my books. She's the real reason that Lucy and I agreed to come back."
Patrick stopped by Kevin's office. "Dr. Collins. Welcome. Dr. Quartermaine, the antidote has arrived, but it will need to be tested and prepped in the lab before we can issue it to Franco."
"Dr. Collins, that is what I wanted to discuss with you. I want you with Dr. Drake when he issues Franco the antidote. You, of course, have experience with serial killers."
"Is he a classified serial killer?" Kevin asked.
"No. He's not."
Kevin looked at the stack of files on his desk dreading adding another to his list. "I'll see what I can do."
"I didn't think you were going to make it." Sam said to Alexis as she finally walked through the door of the Greystone.
"I honestly forgot. Thanks to Michael, I'm here now. Dr. Jackson said that Mikkos is the most perfect healthy baby he's ever seen." Alexis pulled a tired Mikkos from his stroller.
Sam often found herself fixated on babies ever since she lost Baby Lila. She observed Alexis tinker with Mikkos with care as he rested in his mother's lap. Sam had practiced what she wanted to say to Alexis concerning Mikkos after Jason returned from his visit in Greece. She tried to hide her deep concern for both of them. She didn't know how to bring up the subject. "You and I never actually defined my relationship to Mikkos." Sam danced with her words.
"Like whether or not he is theoretically your son?"
"Yea. Exactly. Look, Jason and I have our hands completely full so you taking on this responsibility is beyond admirable, but…"
"Just spit it out Sam."
"There are days when I want him to be my son like here with me and me as his mother and Jason as his father. That was the original plan right?" Sam knew she was going down a road to nowhere.
Alexis slowly nodded. "It was. So what do you want me to do about it? I'm a girl that likes solutions."
Sam wanted to hide feeling the reverberations of her mother's lawyer tone. She and Alexis had come far in their relationship and she didn't want to admit that Franco created the biggest wedge that sank in her heart every time she heard Jason talk about his son, Mikkos.
"Sam, I have his favorite book that Jason brought for him. I can have everything shipped from Greece." Alexis pulled a stuffed giraffe from the stroller. "I heard Jason over the baby monitor insulting Mikkos' nursery décor so we're working on liking giraffes, but Lamby-Pie still wins at bedtime. Dr. Jackson will miss his favorite little patient. Calista will miss him too. She's his nanny. And Korina…"
"Who's Korina?" Sam asked irritated.
"Korina used to be one of my nannies growing up on the island. She's old as dirt, but you'd never know it because she is full of this spunk. Calista is her daughter. So it's like a second family for him. And in the mornings, Korina likes to sing to Mikkos in Greek. And I can't forget about Andreas. God Andreas is sexy, but he's Mikkos' personal bodyguard so he should be guarding the baby and not me." Alexis drifted off on a tangent. "Do you want him? He is rightfully yours and I don't want to be accused of breaking promises that I've made to my children."
"You're making me feel like a creep." Sam rubbed her head to calm her brewing headache.
"I'm not making you feel anything. Franco played God. But the devil is in the details and the reality is that Mikkos is mine and Jason's. But the day you and I sat down in Kelly's, I wanted to give you and Jason the child that you couldn't have. You may feel like a creep, but I feel like I failed."
Sam squirmed. "You love him so much. I can tell. You always did. I was flaky through the whole thing. I went off on this 'find my father' adventure to feel useful while you ate Sonny's terrible soup and got swollen feet."
Alexis snuggled Mikkos. "I do love him. I know Jason told you about the incident in the stables. That's why you're bringing this up?"
"What incident in the stables?"
"Wow. He does keep his mouth shut. I know Jason is concerned about my sanity as a mother. This hasn't been an easy time for me, but my murderous brother is out there somewhere. And the most precious people to me are my children and I've been a little on edge about it. You, Kristina, Molly, Mikkos, and even Nikolas, I will fight for till my death."
"Luke!" Jason walked onto Haunted Star and looked around. He stopped at the bar and leaned over the counter. "Luke! I could use a beer! Maybe I'll smoke a cigar with you this time."
Jason went back to Luke's office. "Luke!" He flipped on the light and was immediately taken aback by a man hunched over Luke's desk. "Luke?" Jason poked at the lifeless body. He grabbed the man's dark hair and pulled up his head. "Ric?"
Jason tried to remain calm as he carefully moved Ric's body to the floor and rested his ear on Ric's chest. "Ric!" He touched Ric's face darkened by his time under Stavros' hostage in the sun. He touched Ric's cheeks and felt the coldness. He could see they were void of life.
Ethan ran in hearing Jason's voice. "What's up Mate? Holy crap!" He fell to the ground next to Jason still poised over Ric's body. "Is he dead?"
"Yea. Pretty sure."
Ethan stood back up. "Where the hell is my dad? Where did you find the body?"
Jason continued to rest his ear on Ric's chest to listen for any signs of life. "Somebody tried to make it look like it was Luke sitting in his chair." He stood. "I'm calling Mac. I don't want everyone at the shower freaking about this so let's keep this on the DL for now."
"What about Molly? And Kristina? Jesus, what about Alexis?"
Jason threw up his hands. "I know. This is really bad." He pulled out his phone from his pocket and made a call. "Mac. It's Jason. I got a dead body at the Haunted Star in Luke's office. Yeap I can ID it. It's Ric Lansing. I'm certain he's dead. I can continue to check his vitals to be sure." He hung up his phone. "Mac is sending over cops and paramedics."
"Think it was a good idea to call the cops?
"Luke doesn't have a beef with Ric Lansing."
"Then who the hell put his dead body in Luke's chair?"
Jason flipped through his phone. "Luke was pretty drunk and distraught over something about Skye." He put the phone to his ear. "Max, I'm coming by the office to see Sonny. I have some bad news for him. He may not care, but it's something he should know."
Anna unlocked the doors to Lorenzo's cell and opened the door. She found him cooped up in the corner on the floor. "We found your attorney, Ric Lansing. He's dead."
Lorenzo looked at Anna in slight disbelief. "Where was he found dead?"
"I can't give out details. Dante called Diane Miller. She's on the way to assist you. Hopefully she can be of some help."
"I don't think she can. She's Sonny's attorney. You know what? I don't care. I'm concerned about the Davis girls. Molly's going to be devastated. Does Alexis know?"
"Mac wants to tell her himself. They haven't picked up the body yet to actually confirm him dead. Just wanted you to know that you weren't abandoned. Were you friends or just associates?"
Lorenzo rested his head back on the wall. "We had become friends. I'm sad to hear this happen."
Diane Miller rushed into the PCPD to Dante. "What the hell happened to Ric Lansing?"
Dante shrugged his shoulders. "I don't even know how to feel about this. He's my uncle. Not that we were close. I'm worried about Molly."
"I was on the way to Sam's baby shower when you called. I can't represent Alcazar. I'm the one that filed the kidnapping charges on Kristina's behalf. That's conflict of interest."
"Well her mother was on the same plane as the kidnapper. For some reason I don't think it matters."
Diane stomped her foot. "I'm going to have to argue against myself in court."
Dante grew weary. "Diane, you don't have to take it. Alcazar is the least of my problems."
Diane thought for a moment. "I need the money and I hear Alcazar is a gentleman that pays well."
"He's in a holding cell down the hall." Dante pointed behind him and walked away.
Jason arrived at Sonny's office just as Sonny was slipping on his suit coat to leave. "Did Max tell you I needed to see you?"
"I didn't know how important it was. You know I don't like to be kept waiting." Sonny jerked at his coat lapel. "What's this about? You coming back?"
"Sonny, Ric is dead."
Sonny dropped his hands to his side and took a deep breath. "You sure?"
"I'm the one that found his body at the Haunted Star. You know anybody that was after him?"
Sonny rested on his desk to think. "Not a clue. We didn't exactly keep in touch. I know he and Alexis had a pretty amicable agreement concerning Molly."
Jason nodded. "Yea. She just was really starting to get to know him. She tells Spencer of their trips to the zoo."
"I remember when Alexis and the girls moved in the Greystone and Molly wanted reassurance that she was just as much my kid as Kristina, Morgan, and Michael. Did it look it like he was shot or..."
"No. I didn't really search for any wounds of any type."
"I'll put a call out and see if he was in any trouble with any members of the families. I know he was rolling deep with Alcazar. Guess we can't blame Franco."
"For once." Jason crossed his arms. "You ok?"
"A little in shock. A lot of people have come in and out of my life recently. And some of them just don't come back."
"I see Brenda." Jason blurted out. He averted his eyes to the ground.
"You see her how?" Sonny approached Jason and rested his hands on his hips.
"I escorted her to Rome on my way to Greece."
"You couldn't call me?"
"She doesn't want to see you Sonny."
"Then why you telling me?" Sonny raised his voice.
"I just want you to know she's ok."
Sonny stepped away from Jason and back behind his desk. "I was going to call you and tell you that Skye is going to be my new business partner."
"You doing this to spite me?"
"It's business Jason."
"Keep doing business as usual Sonny and you're gonna end up alone. You better not get my sister killed." Jason left Sonny's office.
