Chapter 9
Alexis woke up and was in a very comfortable bed in an outstandingly elegant room. It was light outside, but the curtains were drawn. She had on her same clothes. She got out of bed and walked out of the room to view the inside of a very elegant mansion. Everything was gorgeous. A butler walked up to her.
"I hope that everything is to you liking, Princess."
"Yes, everything is fine, um…may I see my daughter now? I haven't seen her in a while … since before she was kidnapped, and I just … I want to make sure that she's really okay. She must be very confused."
He answered, "Tea will be served in an hour. You will see her then. It's downstairs, the sixth room down the left hallway."
"Thank you," she said.
"Yes, Princess, anything else, ma'am?" He asked politely.
"Clothes …"
"In your closet."
"Thank you."
"Of course, Princess…" He bowed to her and walked away.
Alexis had to get used to that. She walked back into her room, peeked in the closet, and found the most gorgeous wardrobe. She took the dress that wasn't as fancy as the others and headed to the restroom. She took a long, hot bubble bath and thought about the last week. She remembered her dream with Ric and secretly hoped that he wouldn't listen. She wanted nothing else but to go home to them…them…her family. Her everything. She placed a hand on her stomach. It was a boy. She knew it. She also knew that she would never be able to see him. Her first boy. Probably her only boy. He would be taken after birth and raised by these people. She cried, her heart breaking, remembering the conversation that she had with 'him':
"What do you want with me?"
"A child. You have four…the eldest is too old. Kristina wouldn't really do because she's attached to you already. She's such a beautiful child, Natasha. I honestly don't understand though, your relationship with her … father."
"It was a temporarily lapse of judgment. I apologize for that … Dad." She laughed.
Mikkos smiled and reached his hand over to hold hers, "I'm sorry, Natasha. You can stay here, you can move your entire family here in this mansion and …"
"No. I can't do that. I don't understand why I have to give up my child though, Molly and this baby are so very important to me, I can't just let them go. Why can't …"
"This is the only way, Natasha. This is it. Here, take this …" he handed her a small white pill, "This will help you sleep. Tell your husband that you will act as if you have no idea who he is if he finds you…you'll know what that means when you fall asleep." Mikkos explained, noticing her confused reaction.
"I do love you, Natasha. I always have. I will treat this child with so much love that I denied showing you."
Alexis just looked at her father, "I love you too, but I hate you for doing this to me."
"I know…I know."
Ric walked out of Molly's room and right into Jason.
"Sorry, um…your Nanny told me I could find you here. We need to talk."
"Yeah, we do, Jason." Ric agreed and led him to the living room. "Jason, I had a dream…it was so real…"
"I had the same one."
Ric looked horrified and then kind-of smiled. "I hope it was Sam that was in yours and not my wife."
Jason actually smiled at that. "Yeah, it was Sam. She told me that they were fine, but you and I couldn't…"
"… look for them…" Ric finished his sentence.
"Yeah."
"… but we have to," Ric stated.
"Yeah," agreed Jason
"Well then…let's get started!" Ric smiled, and he called Lorenzo, Ned, Jax, and Nikolas.
"Can I please take a breather?" Sam asked.
"May I …" he corrected.
Sam rolled her eyes. She wasn't proper…she wasn't a 'lady', she definitely wasn't Princess material, but she had to be…this was the third hour of her training. She was sick of it.
"Listen, I know that you hate this, Princess, but it has to be done. I would prefer the younger ones, but your mother refused. She knew that you could handle it. So, don't disappoint my only living daughter, try harder, please."
Mikkos was getting fed up with his granddaughter. She was hard around the edges and acted as if she had no royal bone in her body.
"So you were married to Helena? May I ask why?" she emphasized the "may I".
"Yes, unfortunately, for many years…and I'm not sure exactly why. She was different when we first met. That's how she sunk her claws in to me."
"And she will freak out when she finds out that you're alive!" Chimed in Alexis in the doorway. Mikkos looked over to Alexis.
"Don't say the phrase 'freak out', Natasha," he ordered, but was unheard as Sam bounced up from the table and ran into her mothers arms.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! Alexis, I'm so extremely happy to see you!" Sam hugged her so tight with a huge smile on her face.
"Hey! I was so frightened for you, Sam. Let me look at you…are you okay?" Alexis placed her hands around Sam's face and suddenly started crying, "I'm so sorry, Sam. It my fault that he was able to take you, I defended him…you warned me…"
"Stop it…no…stop Alexis…it's not your fault…look, Manny was in Port Charles harassing me before you had anything to do with this! Nothing that has happened has been your fault." She dried her mother's tears and hugged her again, "Nothing is your fault. You saved me."
"Well, actually, I saved you…" Mikkos said strolling up to the women.
"Oh, that's right, thank you Pawpaw." Sam smiled.
Alexis looked at her father and Sam and had to smile. She knew that she was in for a tough nine months, but she would convince her father to let her, her daughter, and her unborn child go. It did make her happy to be near him again. She knew that he loved her, but was that love big enough to let her go? She was going to find out … tonight.
